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
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] [cheers and applause] pete: if your photos, our nation s anthem on the final day of august, august 31st, year of our lord, 2024, and here we are at 6 a. M. We re ready. I think we re ready. Maybe. Rachel or, good to see you. Rachel: i m ready, but i m not ready. By the way, good morning, joey. I m not ready for summer to be over. I notice people had all these photos of their boats and water skiing and feel taking kids tubing. My kids start school next week, and i m just not ready. I love summer so much, joey. Joey: down south we start early, andin know i didn t know that until i started coming up here. August 6th is when we start, i had at least five things we didn t do this her rachel: like what is? joey: i wanted to do a weekend trip to the beach, just stuff like that, fun things i wanted to do with my kids in between my son being a fanatic about his running and going to the the running camp and stuff like that. We didn t hav
. hello. thanks for joining me. i m paula reid in for fredicka whitfield. crimes against humanity. vice president kamala harris not pulling any punches as she describes russia s war in ukraine. speaking at the munich security conference, the vice president laying out exactly where the u.s. stands. in the case of russia s actions in ukraine, we have examined the evidence. we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt these are crimes against humanity. the u.s. pledging enduring support for ukraine as the war nears its one-year mark. president biden is expected to visit poland next week, and the u.s. secretary of state also speaking this morning at the munich security conference. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is there. nic, we also heard the vice president call out china for its support of russia during this war. what did you make of that moment? reporter: i think it got a lot of resonance in the room. everyone here recognizes that china is the
think she was capable he would not have picked her but it is a question of consistently rising to the occasion and there is a lot more in this piece from these reuters reporters about how biden feels about vice president harris according to this report. peter doocy joins us live at the white house. that quote in that reuters story has officials here doing something they almost never do, which is weigh in on palace intrigue. the new white house communications director saw that story and posted this. the reuters report on vp is silly season material. here are the facts. vp has shaped and helped pass historic legislation improving lives and lowering costs for working families across the country. v.p. is leading the fight against the rollback of women s rights. the vice president s detrackors make up a imagine or tore of those polled. 36% approval. a major drag on the biden/harris numbers, the economy. 68% disapprove of the handling. president biden said recently he intends to
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we are following multiple developing stories this hour, starting with the zip ties and duct tape. the new reporting into the brutal hammer attack on paul pelosi. what we are now learning about what else the suspect brought with him as he shouted that s nancy? and in south korea, at least two u.s. citizens are among the 154 killed in a massive crowd surge in seoul. we are live in south korea as investigators try to piece together what exactly led to this horrific tragedy. but first, rescue crews are searching for survivors after a pedestrian bridge collapsed into a liver in western india. at least 60 people, including some children, were killed and a dozen others were injured. these frightening videos you re seeing from the scene show people desperately bringing to the fallen structure. it s not clear what caused the collapse. although the bridge was reportedly recently renovated. a top indian official says th