Two americans facing each other. Venus williams against cori gauff, who is just 15 years old, the youngest woman to qualify for the main draw in the open era. She said its a dream to face one of her idols, now she gets the chance to do just that. Those are some of our stories on this monday, july 1st. Good monday morning. Happy july 1st. We made it. July. July. My goodness. The countdown to christmas. Oh. All right. Do you want to know what july 1st is . What, the beginning of your birthday month. Yeah, she knows. You know we like to celebrate all month. Yeah. Let the celebrations start. Thank you for joining us this morning. We do begin this half hour on the campaign trail where rival 2020 candidates are jumping to the defense of senator Kamala Harris. The democrats are slamming donald trump jr. Over a tweet questioning harris racial identity, calling it racist and unacceptable, blaming it on the same forces behind birtherism, used to spread lies about president obamas citizenship. Ra
birds, crosby, stills and nash, and crosby, still, nash & young. a legendary songwriter that managed all at once to be of his era and for the ages. helplessly hoping heart again hovers nearby, awaiting a word gasping at glimpses of gentle truth s spirit, he runs, wishing he could fly that is david crosby with steven stills and graham nash at woodstock. only their second concert as a trio, still famously telling the crowd there how scared they were. for most of his 81 years, his music career seemed fearless in a life that was at times as turbulent as his music was at times soothing and brilliant. our randi kaye has more. reporter: he helped shape the sound of 1960s folk recognize as a founding member of the birds. but david crosby will always be best known as a founding member of crosby, stills and nash. the wildly popular group was made up of crosby, steven stills and graham nash. their sound distinctive for its melody and harm days. i am yours, you are mine,
breaking news. cnn confirming legendary singer david crosby has died. he was 81 years old. plus, a secret meeting between the director of cia and ukraine s president. we hear from a russian official bravely speaking out against putin. and desantis s statement. we are following some breaking news this hour. the legendary singer and songwriter david crosby has died. the grammy winner, two-time rock and roll hall-of-famer was the founder of the birds, crosby, stills and nash. crosby was 81 years old and we re going to have much more ahead in just a few minutes on his life and legacy. there s a song that they have that speaks to us all. we ll be speaking to our own bill leer who interviewed him to mark the 50th anniversary of woodstock which was actually crosby, stills and nash s second gig. so all of that coming up here as we confirm that sad news that will bring so many memories to everyone. i want to gbegin though with th secret meeting with the cia chief bill burns and vo
one of the big questions that will surround the ukraine defense contact group in germany on friday where 50 nations or so will come together to find and ship and organize weapons to ukraine revolves around the issue of tanks. congress and the white house engaged in a risky standoff as the u.s. reaches a 31.4 trillion borrowing limit. down by the river singer, songwriter, guitarist david crosby was an american music icon. david crosby was 81 years old. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, january 20th. 9 a.m. here in london. 10 a.m. in ramstein, the airbase in germany where western allies are gathering at this hour to talk about ukraine s military needs and how they can help. lloyd austin is hosting the conference of more than 50 countries. the u.s. has already announced another $2.5 billion in aid including striker combat vehicles, more bradley fighting vehicles and avenger air defense systems but ukraine s pres