Hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. Im lynda kinkade. Good to have you with us. Coming up on cnn newsroom, will they win or will they go home . The u. S. Womens soccer team playing their first match of the stage of the world cup. Were live at a new york watch party. Plus i consider it a great badge of honor, because im being indicted for you. I am being indicted for you. Despite the growing list of legal battles, donald trump is rallying his supporters with his latest indictment. Well look at what comes next for the former president. And decision time in niger as the deadline to reinstate the countrys ousted leader is set to expire today. Were live in the region with the latest. We begin this hour in melbourne, australia, where a clash of heavyweights is now underway at the womens world cup. Team usa, the twotime defending champions are taking on sweden, the thirdranked team in the world. And this is a do or die match for both countries, with
Former u. S. President donald trump is on the Campaign Trail in South Carolina as he faces several indictments, still railing against the Special Counsel investigating him. More than 1,000 wildfires burning in canada right now. Well hear how those blazes are affecting an indigenous community. Simone biles is back. Her return to competitive gymnastics. Republican frontrunner donald trump was in South Carolina on Saturday Night complaining once again about the numerous criminal indictments hes facing and calling on republicans in congress to do something. Addressing the friendly audience, trump grossly understated the seriousness of the charges against him, take a listen. The fake charges put forth by the biden sham, we call it a sham indictment. I really believe hes mentally ill. But these are outrageous, and it is an outrageous criminalization of political speech. Theyre trying to make it illegal to question the results of an election. Hes also lashing out at his former Vice President
hear this statement, they will have arrested me. i have only one appeal. don t sit silently at home. i am struggling for you and the country and your children s future. khan has denied all wrongdoing and says the cases against him are politically motivated. an enormous wave of israeli protesters again swept through tel aviv on saturday calling on their government to stop its contentious overhaul of the nation s judiciary. large demonstrations like this have taken place every weekend since january, and sometimes more often. elliott gotkine was there and has our report. reporter: israel s parliament, the knesset, may be on summer recess. we may be in the midst of summer holidays. but as you can see, there s no letup to these protests against the government s judicial overhaul. again, over eight months later, there are tens of thousands if
democracy. and there will be no letup, they say, until the government either reaches a compromise or until it backs down. eliot gotkin, cnn, tel aviv. in pakistan, several supporters of former prime minister imran khan were arrested during a protest against his arrest. the police also tried to disperse the crowd that had gathered in response to their leader s sentencing. khan was arrested saturday of soon after a court sentenced him to three years in prison. he was found guilty of unlawfully selling state gifts during his time as prime minister. in a recorded message, khan urged protesters to protest peacefully for their human rights. z translator: by the time you hear this statement, they will have arrested me. i have only one appeal. don t sit silently at home. i am struggling for you and the country and your children s