A more aggressive approach today in the states fight to control the coronavirus. California is ordering some businesses to close after theyve just reopened. We begin with one decision today by the governor thats impacting two main issues. In an effort to build a better bay area, we are talking about the economy and our health. He is ordering all bars to shut down in the following counties. Take a look. Fresno, imperial, kern, kings, los angeles, san joaquin and toler. The mandate of closures are in counties that have been on the States Coronavirus watch list for more than two weeks. Governor newsom says this step is critical to limit the spread of the virus in counties that are seeing the biggest increases. Two bay area counties are e ones where the governor is recommending bar closures. Those are contra costa, santa clara, riverside, sacrament san bernardino, Santa Barbara and ventura counties. Contra costa was considering reopening bars on wednesday while bars are still closed in san
Getting hit. Hi, eamon. Yeah, as of this moment, the feel iing in the building is th they are still tracking and expecting some kind of response from the president to the chinese tariff escalation of this morning which happen nd the premarket hours. Now aides are telling me they dont know what the president is going to do here they dont know when hes going to do it and they dont know what the format is going to be are we going to get a tweet from the president this afternoon see him behind a lectern here at the white house . A piece of paper from the press office no real planning for what thats going to look like but the expectation a is that the president is going to respond. We know the meeting with the president s team has wrapped up now and you can take a look at policy advisers who were in the room with the president as they talked about all this. Mnuchin, larry kudlow then Robert Lighthizer and Peter Navarro on the trade team specifically all in the room with the president for a
with every crime imaginable if we make that move happen. what we know about pat cipollone s upcoming testimony. then president biden and vice president harris just called the wife of brittney griner who s being held in russia. we ll speak with the family of another american detained in russia for years. what they want to hear from the president. welcome to the lead. i m erica hill in for jake tapper. we begin with the deadly july fourth shooting in illinois. police now saw the alleged gunman seriously contemplated a second attack two hours away in madison, wisconsin. that s where officials say the suspect ended up evading police for hours after escaping the crime scene in highland park. escaping dressed as a woman to blend in with those fleeing for safety. that attack took seven lives. the seventh person identified today. 69-year-old eduardo 35-year-old irina mccarthy and her husband, kevin mccarthy. jacquelyn sundheim. 88-year-old stephen straus and nicolas toledo za
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. In a few hours President Biden will address the nation in only his secondever Oval Office Address. The goal, convince the American People that it will be important to spend 100 billion of their tax dollars, majority of which would help israel and ukraine. Bottom line, sources tell cnn, that President Biden will not only try to make an argument about the immorality what Russias Vladimir Putin and the Terrorist Group Hamas have done but that the costs of u. S. Inaction of not supporting israel and ukraine would be harmful to u. S. National security. President biden arrived back in the u. S. Early this morning after roughly seven hours on the ground in tel aviv. President biden says he pressed israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu there on israels plans for the next phase of the war and worked to secure propositions from the israelis for humanitarian aid for the innocents in gaza. President biden will also speak about trying to bolster the Ukraine
We watch and wait to see how the war evolves now in its third day. Dont go anywhere. Cnn this morning starts right now. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news this morning, sirens going off in jerusalem and tel aviv warning of incoming rockets. [ sirens ] this comes as the Israeli Military says it has regained control of all towns near gaza. You can see people taking cover on the side of the road there. And this all comes some 48 hours after hamas militants launched an unprecedented Surprise Attack by land, sea and air overnight. Israeli air strikes pummelled hundreds of targets across gaza. The death toll this morning rising on both sides with more than 700 people confirmed dead in israel and nearly 500 palestinians killed. Video shows the horror on the ground at a Music Festival where 260 people have been found dead. This youre watching right now is a drone video of burned out cars at the site. A dash camera captured a gunman taking man hostage. Right now hamas claims it