President ial debates also tonight, Michael Cohen is bracing for round two of his fiery crossexamination in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial the next moves by the defense could go a long way toward deciding if jurors believed the longtime trump fixtures incriminating testimony against his former boss at a cnn exclusive this hour for inside the illegal gun trade in haiti, a cnn team flies over the country devastated by Gang Violence to see how Deadly Weapons are smuggled and why thats making efforts to feed starving people even more dangerous welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer and urine the Situation Room our top story tonight the deal is now done and the date is set for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to go headtohead on the debate stage here on cnn, a first in their historic rematch. Cnns jeff zeleny has bore and how this all came about, and i would could impact the race well, make my day pal, ill even do it twice
How do you view your time as governor . I had 2,800 happening now, the first biden trump did 27th, right here on cnn standby for new details on this extraordinary early face off white ball with candidates said yes. And how this very highstakes event is breaking the mold for president ial debates. Also tonight, Michael Cohen is bracing for round two of his fiery crossexamination in Donald Trumps hush money trial. The next moves by the defense could go a long way toward deciding if jurors believed the long term im trump fixtures incriminating testimony against his former boss at a cnn exclusive this Our Inside The Illegal Gun Trade in haiti, a cnn team flies over the country, devastated by Gang Violence to see how Deadly Weapons are smuggled and why thats making efforts to feed starving being people even more dangerous welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer in urine, the Situation Room our top story tonight, the deal is now done, and the da
and the manhunt for a murderer not going according to plan. dense terrain and brutal heat as police struggle with the search now in its eighth day and new questions about how the killer got away and how another prisoner did pretty much the same thing just a few months ago. police expected to update the situation this afternoon. we ll bring you that when it happens. plus, democrats, you have a problem. new poll numbers painting a bleak picture for president biden s re-election campaign. concerns about his age, his job performance, and new numbers showing one republican with the best chance to beat him. can you guess who it is? we re following these developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. rescuers in turkey are rushing to save an american trapped deep inside a cave. mark dickey is more than 3,000 feet below the earth s surface. 300 stories. the 40-year-old is an experienced caving instructor who was part of a research team in the mor
all right. andy scholes, thank you very much. great to see you. thanks for joining us. i m kasie e hunt. don t go a anywhere. cnn this s morning s starts r now. good morning, everyone. we re glad you re starting your day with us. here are five things to know. president biden and xi jinping easing tensions a bit after their high-stakes face to face summit. the leaders both greeting to reopening some military communications. and president biden signaling new hope for what could be an eminent hostage deal at a news conference last night. he s been deeply involved in the negotiations and is mildly hopeful. also a pro palestinian protest turns violent in washington, d.c. we re told six capitol police officers were injured and several arrests were made. congress has averted a government shutdown. the senate passing a short-term fund ing bill last night. president biden expected to sign it before friday s headline. and thousands of workers set to walk off the job today
a subtle message shift, but a strong message from secretary of state tony blinken saying that far too many palestinians have been killed. and senator joe manchin says he is not running for re-election and threatening the democrats chances of keeping control of the senate next year and stoking speculation of a third-party presidential run. and dispatching alerts across the country with letters sent to election offices in six states and workers finding fentanyl in one office. john and sara are off today. i m kate bolduan with omar jimenez. this is cnn news central. this morning, secretary of state tony blinken says that israel must do more to protect palestinian civilians and seen as one of the most direct condemnations so far of the civilian death toll of the hamas-israel war. and this as strikes hit a hospital in gaza. watch this. explosions were seen near two hospitals where israel says that hamas has placed some of the headquarters underneath in tunnels. just a few m