Welcome, everyone. Former president Donald Trumps Historic Second impeachment trial in the u. S. Senate will start next month. But the first step in the process begins in the hours ahead when the house will deliver its article of impeachment to the senate in a ceremonious procession. But u. S. President joe biden says hes not focused on the impeachment. Instead, hes about tackling the coronavirus pandemic headon. He plans to reinstate International Travel restrictions trump had wanted to lift and get bipartisan support for a nearly 2 trillion covid relief package. Joe bidens critics, though, have argued he cant ignore the impeachment of his predecessor and that the president s calls for unity and bipartisanship will ring hollow when trump is put on trial. Cnns senior washington correspondent joe johns is on capitol hill with more on how that might play out. Reporter its history in the making once again as capitol hill prepares for the second donald trump impeachment trial. A bit differ
In west africa, soldiers are hunting for the suspected islamic gunman in the capital. Witnesses say he mingled with Unsuspecting Hotel guest during the day on friday. But when night fell, they struck, opening fire and taking dozens of people hostage before Security Forces eventually made their way into the hotel. One fire is says he barely made it out alive, climbing through a broken window. Listen. Translator its horrible because everyone was panicked and was laying on the floor. There was blood everywhere. They were shooting at people at pointblank. The sound of the detonation was so loud, we could hear them talking. They were Walking Around and kept shooting at people that seemed alive. Terrifying accounts of what people saw. An Al Qaedalinked affiliate is claiming twob ining responsibils attack. They claimed responsible for a similar hotel attack in neighboring mali last november. David mckenzie covered that siege and joins us live. Good to have you with us. This operation is repor
Good day to you. We begin this hour with wild fires raging in western canada. They have gained a lot more ground, nearly doubling in size in the last 24 hours and threatening saskatchewan, its neighbor to the east. It has consumed nearly 800 square miles and it is not slowing down. Flames have destroyed the entire fort mcmurry community. Officials have evacuated thousands of people from there, but some 15,000 remain trapped north of that area. Dry conditions are fueling flames and the wind is fanning them to the northeast. Thats making it hard for the more 500 firefighters fighting the fire. Our dan simon is on the ground with this report. Reporter you can see this fire is still very much out of control and you still have so many people who are evacuated. Nearly 90,000 people evacuated. Thats an unprecedented situation in canada. In terms of the weather, its hot today, conditions remain dry, windy. Terrible conditions for fighting this fire. There is a chance there could be rain in the
Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, we want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. The Global Economy runs on oil. And right now oil could be running short. Attacks on two Saudi Oil Facilities shocked the Kingdoms Energy sector on saturday. Its not clear yet who is responsible. The United States, though, accuses iran. A u. S. Source with knowledge of the incident says the attack may have been launched from inside iraq. Heres more of what we know. Iranbacked houthi militants in yemen have claimed responsibility. They used 10 drones to carry out the strikes. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo rejects that and says there is no evidence the strikes came from yemen. On twitter he said that iran is responsible but offered no evidence. Irans Foreign Ministry is dismissing the allegations altogether. Regardless of who is responsible, the attacks have crippled saudi oil production. The kingdoms capac
United states and around the world. Cnn newsroom starts right now. 4 00 a. M. Heren the osu east coast. Washington, d. C. Is pointing the finger at iran for attacks that knocked out half of saudi arabias oil capacity. Heres what happened. Iranian Houthi Rebels fighting a war in yemen say they hit two Oil Facilities with drones. But a u. S. Source with knowledge of the incident tells cnn there are signs the attacks came from inside iraq. The wall street journal reporting officials are looking at whether cruise missiles fired from iraq were used instead. The u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo holds iran responsible tweeting this. Tehran is behind nearly 100 attacks on saudi arabia while president rouhani and foreign minister zarif pretend to engage in diplomacy. Amid all the calls for deescalation, iran has now launched an unprecedented attack on the Worlds Energy supply. Washington has provided no evidence to back pompeos claim. Irans semiofficial news agency is rejecting it. Thats ge