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
said we ask this partisan impeachment end the era of impeachment and put forward in the voters judgment. and by acquitting the president in the words of pat cipollone, you will vindicate the right to vote, you will vindicate the constitution. i want to bring in senator flake here, former republican senator. as you listened to adam schiff make that case and the democrats saying that this president continues to be a threat to u.s. national security, and that he ll do it again. it really was. a lot of the sentiments ring true. i have said many of the same things on the senate floor. i think some of my colleagues will say, well, that is right, but the best remedy is not to remove him. not have the senate remove him but to have the voters remove him. but he made a powerful case. i thought the president s counsel the start of it, basically, tried to argue, again, that the president had done no wrong. that this was a perfect call and the officials were not coerced and were tone
Alan dershowitz is a celebrity attorney who says hell make a institutional defense of the president and ken starr is the former independent counsel whos investigation of president clinton led to his impeachment. Dershowitz of course has a history of defending controversial figures including von buelo o, mike tiyson and Jeffrey Epstein. His most famous clan of course was o. J. Simpson whom he helped to beat a double murder charge in what was called the trial of the century. Dershowitz has argued for expansive powers of trumps executive presidency. He said in november that under the constitution, the president has more power than a king. The president s far more powerful than the king. The president has the power that kings have never had. Hes very, very powerful office and the framers wanted it that way. Never mind what you were taught in civics or history classes. For ken starr, the shoe is now on the other foot after prosecute iing the case againste president , hes now defending anoth
Can he pull off a comeback by telling it like it is . Also an entire neighborhood destroyed as residents watch their homes burn from across the river. Wildfires feeding off strong winds. And the hottest june in one States History with no sign of it slowing down . Good afternoon, everyone, im jake tapper. An urgent warning from security officials. Concern is growing that jihadists could be planning a devastating attack to cone side with july 4th celebrations this weekend. Isis praises a string of deadly attacks across three continents friday. At a u. S. Chemical plan the in france where a man beheaded his boss took a selfy with a decapitated body and sent that image to a friend in syria, all before trying to blow himself up in a suicide mission. It is that exact type of loan wolf attack that is reportedly keeping local state and federal Law Enforcement officers in this country on edge. Lets get right to pamela brown live in new york. Its no secret that terrorist groups aspire to stage a
Steven, they have already failed. They failed because, like people around the world, americans are repulsed by their barberism. We will not be intimidated. Their horrific acts only unite us and stiffen our result to take the fight against these terrorists. And those who make the mistake of harming americans will learn that we will not forget and that our reach is long and that justice will be served. The president then headed to wales for a key nato summit. Where the threat from isis will be a major point of discussion. We are also learning today about steven sotloff, the freelance journalist that was killed. He was a dual americanisraeli citizen. A contributor to some israeli media outlets, a fact not acknowledged publicly in an effort to keep him safe. One fellow captive told an american newspaper that he hid his jewish faith from his captors, even telling them he was sick so he could fast for yom kippur. Today we caught glimpses of sotloffs mother at home in florida and late today,