doctors and nurses to make sure they get the treatment they need. stay tuned for kate bolduan s interview with rick perry. hear what he says about the meeting with the president. israel cracking down on one of its own. a police officer seen beating an american teen is now suspended. while that s going on, no signs of tensions easing in the middle east. israel launching air strikes on 322 hamas targets including rocket launchers. a command position of the terrorist group no. sign hamas and other groups are ready to back down. 120 rockets fired in israel the other day. at least one was headed for tel-aviv. we are along the israel-gaza border this morning. what is the latest?
welcome back to early start, everyone. so she is out receive has been. lindsay lohan departed cliffside in malibu wednesday afternoon after serving 90 days for a probation violation. tmz says she ll head back to los angeles where she ll stay with a so-called sober coach for several days. this is low man s sixth stay in rehab. it is not clear when she might return to acting. that is all for early start this morning. for the last new day of july, i give you chris cuomo and kate boldu bolduan. then we have august and it gets better from here. we probably should have designed commemorative hats. note to self. top of the hour, here on new day, that means time for the top news. salad sickness. that mysterious disease striking hundreds. now linked to prepackaged
lettuce. but where s it coming from? and what can we do about it? full court press. president obama heading to capitol hill today. a rare visit to congress. will they get anything done before they take their summer break? escape, the brazen prison break caught on tape this morning. the manhunt. he s considered armed and dangerous. arkansas police are doing everything to get him back. your new day starts right now. good morning, good morning. it s wednesday, welcome to new day. the july 31st, last day of the month. big deal. 6:00 in the east. i m chris cuomo. good morning, everyone, i m kate bolduan. we re here with news anchor michaela pereira. good morning. lots coming up. the guilty trial on the
another bleeping rant on a citizen. i ll kill every one of you mother [ bleep ]. there s more where that came from. now the citizens fight back. as we explore our new segment cnn anchor don lemon appears not to care for cnn. what is jon stewart talking about and why did stephen colbert interrupt one of my broadcasts. i m in the middle of a broadcast. who isn t, sanjay. i ll explain that and more in the news right now. good evening, i m don lemon. u.s. senators are on the job. the high stakes standoff over raising the nation s debt ceiling has lawmakers working this very hour. as of now, they don t agree with they re making any progress. tonight cnn has learned that mitch mcconnell is in direct contact with the white house and democratic leaders in congress met face to face with the president late this afternoon. but just a short time ago on the senate floor, senator harry reid insisted that claims a deal could be near are simply not true. today the speaker
washington doesn t reach a deal. so let s go there now. our congressional correspondent kate bolduan standing by as she has for so many hour. i hear nancy pelosi, democrats leader in the house also weighing in? reporter: she. behind closed doors for most of the day meeting with democratic leadership and came out a short time ago and, of course, was asked the question on everyone s mind. do you have a deal? have you signed on to a deal? while she wouldn t endorse a deal, she wouldn t shoot one down. she said she needs to speak with her democratic members in the house first. listen here. we haven t really i haven t seen the final in writing. you know with these thing, details are important and, again, i ll have a discussion with my caucus as to how this comes down. reporter: now, while, of course, we ll one time to know what comes out of, when she meets with the caucus. it is significant we talking about the framework of a deal, the fact they re even talking about elem