Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to cnn. This boarding, if there s something you wanted to get down before the end of august, you gotta do it today. Oh, yeah. Yes. It s august august 31. It is a rat for august. And the unofficial end to summer coming up soon. Good to have you with us. I m victor blackwell. I m has been flying, hasn t it? i am amara walker. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. Here s what s happening. The trump campaign, donald trump himself and his running mate, j. D. Vance, can t seem to pin down exactly where trump stands on abortion access in florida or nationwide, the about face. We re hearing from trump and how the harris campaign is looking to capitalize on it. You feel so bad you d have welch runner works a tragic story out of new jersey in nhl star and his brother were hit and killed by a drunk driver just hours before their sister s wedding how they re being remembered by fans and other players. New this morning, more evidence that trump s fede
His base, which is why many people were shocked when he muddied his position on abortion this week remarking on a florida ballot amendment that could overturn that state s ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy i think the six week because to shore, it has to be more time and show that. And i ve told them that i want more weeks you ll vote in favor of the amendment on voting that i am going to be voting that way need more than six weeks after backlash from conservatives, trump s campaign tried to clarify his position saying quote, president trump has not yet said how he will vote even though we did just hear how he said he would vote at that moment in time on the ballot initiative in florida, he simply reiterated that he believes six weeks is too short, then yesterday, this is what president trump said. Are you voting yes or no on amendment four in florida? so i think six weeks you need more time than six weeks. I ve disagreed with that right from the early primaries my marriage
Sometimes great challenge is right under your nose i hanako montgomery in tokyo, and this is cnn you are in the cnn and newsroom. I m jessica dean in new york and we begin with breaking news from the middle east where the israeli defense forces say they have located, quote, a number of bodies during combat in the gaza strip, seen an international diplomatic editor, nic robertson is joining us now, live from jerusalem with the latest on this, nic reminding everyone details now very scant. But what are you learning yeah, i have to say as well, this is unusual for the idf to put out this sort of statement to say that they ve located bodies during a combat operation. They don t normally sort of comment on things as actually happening and unfolding and that s what they so as precisely happening at the moment. They re saying that they are working to extract an identify the bodies in this ongoing operation and that asking for people to refrain from speculation, which appears to perhaps indica
Address, including russias continuing cyberattacks on the u. S. Its detainment of several americans in russia. Its continuing interference in u. S. Elections. So many issues. President biden promising to challenge putin on those issues directly, poppy. Ahead of his trip to geneva, biden was in brussels where he reaffirmed the United States commitment to strong transatlantic ties at the eu u. S. Summit. Our team is following all of these crucial angles and sitdowns. Lets start in brussels. Arlette saenz is there. President biden spent the morning working with eu leaders. Do we know their focus . President biden had this morning really caps off his tour of assuring allies that the United States is back and will continue to support them. This coming, of course, after those four years of President Trump really testing and putting a strain on many of the United States relationships with allies. And in a series of meetings this morning that the president had with eu leaders, the president ha
Address, including russias continuing cyberattacks on the u. S. Its detainment of several americans in russia. Its continuing interference in u. S. Elections. So many issues. President biden promising to challenge putin on those issues directly, poppy. Ahead of his trip to geneva, biden was in brussels where he reaffirmed the United States commitment to strong transatlantic ties at the eu u. S. Summit. Our team is following all of these crucial angles and sitdowns. Lets start in brussels. Arlette saenz is there. President biden spent the morning working with eu leaders. Do we know their focus . President biden had this morning really caps off his tour of assuring allies that the United States is back and will continue to support them. This coming, of course, after those four years of President Trump really testing and putting a strain on many of the United States relationships with allies. And in a series of meetings this morning that the president had with eu leaders, the president ha