the suspect allegedly writing, if you work with the fbi, you, quote, deserve to die. terry moran standing by. also, the major headline tonight involving rudy giuliani. abc news has now learned giuliani has been informed that he s considered a target of the criminal investigation in georgia, the investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the results of the election there. cecilia vega, and what we ve learned. tonight, iran responding after the attack on author salman rushdie in new york state. stabbed multiple times, rushdie on a ventilator for a time. he might lose an eye. we have news on his condition, and what iran is now saying about any suspicion they were involved. tonight, one year since the chaotic and deadly withdrawal in afghanistan. what our team has now witnessed there. the taliban celebrating in the streets, many with american-made weapons. the babies malnourished. the women and girls who bravely tried to demonstrate for their rights and the gunfire that
our house and coming our way really quickly. forced to flee. thousands of acres burn outside yosemite park. firefighters try to beat back the flames. and deadly heat continues to punish the country. 90 million people are suffering in scorching temperatures. many areas hitting the triple digits. newsroom starts now. hello, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with new developments in the january 6 investigation. today republican liz cheney, the vice chair for the committee, not only put ginni thomas, the wife of u.s. supreme court justice clarence thomas, on notice that she could be subpoenaed to testify but cheney also accused former president trump of serious misconduct and dereliction of duty and says the committee is not ruling out recommending criminal charges against him. do you believe that your committee has successfully made the case that donald trump committed crimes and, if so, which ones? we
we re going to make america great again. i love you. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 45th president of the united states of america, donald j. trump! and i m proud to be an american where at least i know i m free and i won t forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today yes, that actually did happen last night in tampa, florida. but unlike the lyrics to that lee greenwood song, trump did not gladly stand up to defend the country on january 6. he sat as the testimony was laid out watching television for 187 minutes while the insurrection unfolded and even last night he wasn t letting go of his big election lies. if i stayed home, if i announced i was not going to run for office, the persecution of donald trump would immediately stop. we know that. everybody knows that. but that s what they want me to do. and you know what, there s no chance i do that. there s just no chan
no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. there are hundreds of unaccounted for people minimum. it was all water surrounding us. it was very scary. dramatic warning from china after sources confirm that nancy pelosi will visit taiwan during her trip to asia. there is no reason for beijing to turn a potential visit consistent with long standing u.s. policy into some sort of crisis of conflict. it is tuesday, august 2, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington. joe biden claiming a major win in the war on terror after a drone strike killed ayman al zawahiri. the 71-year-old took over as leader of the terror group after u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s killed bin laden in 2011. he was involved in planning the 9/11 attacks and as well as the u.s. embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania. the drone strike happened sunday morning local time in that afghanistan after months of surveillance and planning, two hell
retail ceos say they are getting crushed by rising prices. we re live in london with a look at the impact on global markets. and a stand still on the battlefield as russia s offensive appears to have stalled. could ukraine have the upper hand to regain territory? we are live in lviv with the latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, the high profile u.s. republican senate race in the key swing state of pennsylvania remains too close to call, and it will likely be days before a winner is announced. tv dr. mehmet oz holds an extremely narrow lead, some 1200 votes over former hedge fund executive dave mccormick. but former u.s. president donald trump, who endorsed oz, is already urging him to declare victory. last week and having a defibrillator implanted on election day. now, you may have noticed, i am not john fetterman. the next senator of our great state. reporter: the ballot counting here in lancas