New hour of cnn, new central starts now its happening. Its here. One of the most consequential days in this election so far, Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump set to face Each Other for the first time in a Debate Showdown in one of the tightest races in history and tropical Storm Francine expected to officially become a hurricane today, bringing Heavy Rain, Gusty Winds and a dangerous Storm Surge. Were tracking that storm as it strengthens. In the Gulf Coast. Plus a trucks suddenly disappearing out of sight. Oh, my my gosh. As the bridge beneath it collapses into rushing water. Well tell you where it happened. And who survived that. Im Sara Sidner with Kate Bolduan and John Berman. This is cnn new central it is debate day, aka a day that could end with a dramatically different 2024 race then it, which it began right now, the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump still historically deadlocked the newest national polls showing a 49 to 49 thai, which means the stakes are
Speaking out for the first time. Why . This is not a normal election in any way. Certainly not one defined by policy debate. In one fell swoop, Donald Trump laid the groundwork to dispute the 2024 election just as did he in 2020. He threatened mass arrests of election officials, political opponents and critics and it landed like a Thunder Clap in the Saturday Night truth social post. It read in part, quote, when i win, those people that cheated will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Which will include longterm Prison Sentences so that this depravity of justice does not happen again. Please beware that this legal exposure extends to lawyers, political operatives, donors, illegal voters and corrupt election officials. Those involved in Inscrupulous Behavior will be sought out and caught and prosecuted at levels unfortunately never seen before in our country. And now you should know it includes a lot of nonsensical caps. A couple of long words that make me wonder who wrote i
After the supreme Court Decision on immunity for the former president. And with this major election looming, the judge saying, quote this court is not concerned with the electoral schedule and a Secret Battle over a Media Empire worth billions as rupert Murdochs Family fights over the succession plan, News Organizations are fighting for the details to be made public. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central the 14yearold Suspect in the deadliest School Shooting thus far this year is set to make his first court appearance tomorrow. Officials say the 14yearold will be charged as an adult accused of Yesterdays Rampage inside his school, apalachee high in winder, georgia to fellow 14yearold students, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo were killed along with two math teachers, Richard Aspinwall and Christina Era me were now learning that the teen was questioned by Law Enforcement last year about threats to commit a School
We all exist in the context, michael. We do. Given that, that is all we have to do. Rape will continue our coverage right now. Take it away, ali. You have two speech, amazing and intentionally amazing, no matter what you do. Michael steele today is giving us labor day stuff. He has probably got a whiskey snifter there. I mean, somebody accused him of having bourbon in his cup, ali, i am going to investigate myself. All morning, michael is leaning it over, checking out, i m with you, michael. It is labor day. You guys deserve a break. I am just a woman, ali, at work trying to do my part. I love you both. We will see you tomorrow. I hope you have an amazing afternoon. Check velshi starts now. Good morning. It is saturday, august 31st. It is 66 days until election day. This morning, i ve got georgia on my mind, a state crucial to understanding how this election is playing out both in that state and nationally. For decades, georgia, a decidedly red state did not get much attention in presi
Grandmother from indiana. What was the charge . One count of parading in the capital, i kid you not. The effort to deprogram her thoughts. But first, the militarys woke makeover. That is the focus of tonights angle. If you were chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and Secretary Of Defense or any top Military Leader today, there is a lot that should keep you up at night, right . Put yourself in that role. But most all of it is coming from china. Threats to our ally taiwan, strategic ally in the pacific, china is itching to invade them, threats from chinas hackers and intel agencies, their Growing Presence in africa, plus china threatening us in space. But our current chairman general mark milley is apparently spending a lot of his waking hours worrying about what he thinks is wrong with the United States. Yesterday when republican congressmen raised reasonable questions about whether its a good idea to expose our soldiers to antiamerican propaganda in the form of this Critical Race The