them as they recover from all of them the gravis and great to see you this morning. thank you very much. and new hours. cnn news central stars right now history will be made on several levels when president joe biden and former president donald trump take the stage for the cnn debate in atlanta with polls showing there in a dead heat, we have new details on the candidate strategies and the u.s. embassy in moscow fighting back as russia puts detained american journalist evan gershkovich on trial for what the state department says is a sham espionage charge and cities swamped by a deluge of flooding, roadways washed out and river gouges still at major flood stage across the upper midwest when will that water some side nine sarah side or john berman and kate bolduan, this is cnn news central the big day is here nearly here basically, here, joe biden, donald trump preparing to make history the first time a sitting president and debates a former president. in this first debate
buttons dragging my remote kid it looks like your generation has evolved past traditional political symbols. and there s room for everyone. yeah puke rainbows when taken good morning you were alive in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington this morning millions of americans are in the grip of extreme weather, deadly wildfires, a record-breaking heat wave, and the first alert of a much feared atlantic hurricane season buckle up. everybody in new mexico, thousands of people are racing to escape two wildfires, at least one person has died, and the number of destroyed buildings has tripled in just a few hours, a short time ago on cnn, we heard from a man who made the gut wrenching decision to evacuate with his wife and their three-year-old daughter we don t know what s going to happen with our home and my daughter was called the patents that but she thought we were leaving that we ve never come back. and i said, no, we re not leaving. we re not given up the house. i
congressman who helped ouster former house speaker kevin mccarthy could be on the verge of losing his own seat and banning cell phones in the classroom. how one of the nation s largest school district aims to curb negative mental health issues for students kate baldwin out today, i m sarah sided with john berman. this is cnn news central happening now at least one deaths so far as two raging fires burned through, hundreds and hundreds of homes and businesses in new mexico, we are seeing more and more pictures of the damage. one fire alone has destroyed 1,400 structures. it is 0% contained thousands have been forced to flee and just seconds, sarah just spoke to one man who did manage to escape you. i understand correctly. you just moved into the home in march yeah we just how to mark this. we don t know what s going to happen with our home. and my daughter was car and when i was packing, step up, she thought we were leaving that we ve never come back and i said, no, we r
obviously, good news that s back up and running positive development. the lead with jake tapper, also a positive development. it starts right now another laws in court today for donald trump the lead starts right now the former president, just minutes away from a campaign appearance in risky, racine was scott anson as the new york hush money cover-up case comes back into play it now when appeals court has weighed in the decision, did not go in, mr. trump s favor, and senator bernie sanders is going to join me live. what he wants here from the big pharma ceo about the high cost of ozempic was his response to israeli prime minister netanyahu is scathing criticism earlier today of the biden administration, an even more explosive fires and a brutally hot summer. i m going to talk to a governor leading efforts on the frontlines welcome to leave and dig tapper moment it s now former president donald trump will be speaking to voters in battleground wisconsin, but you know, what, he
under control, then 175,000 marijuana convictions race, one of the most sweeping pardons ever new reporting on who would impacts this morning j.d. out? i m john berman was sarah cider in this is cnn news central happening now and wildfire north of los angeles has consumed nearly 15,000 acres so far and is forced 1,200 people to evacuate and it is on the move, the post fire as it s called, is spreading due to ferocious high winds and dry conditions. and it lasts reported was barely contained at all. seen as camila bernal is live near gorman, california, camilla was the latest from where you are? hey, john. so the wind has died down a bit. you still see it in my hair, but not as dramatic as it was just a couple of hours ago. so this could be helpful for firefighters who are up against this. you know, just massive, massive fire at the moment. we know there are crews it s both on the ground and in the air. what we were told from firefighters is that the goal right now is to cre