And now the hbo original series real time with Bill Maher start the clock i, everybody. How are you doing . Hi thank you. People thank you. How are you everybody hi. Thank you. Hi all right. I know. Exciting time of year. Thank you very much. Youre very kind okay. Sit down. We got a big show. Theres a lot to talk about. Election is only two months away. And of course, happens every time. Its tied does it even matter who runs . Every year we do this its tied. It always comes down to a few thousand people in three states who cant make up their mind between two items on the menu You Know the best thing, the best thing about living in california is that were not a swing state. So they leave us alone really . I mean all year in l. A. , i think ive seen one Trump Sign and Scott Baio was sleeping under it just a joke. We can all in good fun. No, we have we have much bigger problems out here. It was 104 today. Here it was 118 in the valley. Oh, i was sweating like j. D. Vance in a donut shop.
Traveling with the trump campaign and this is cnn tonight. And now the hbo original series real time with bill maher start the clock i, everybody. How you doing? hi thank you. People thank you. How are you everybody hi. Thank you. Hi. All right i know exciting time of year. Thank you very much. You re very kind. Okay. Sit down. We got a big show. There s a lot to talk about. The election is only two months away. And, of course happens every time it s tied does it even matter who runs? every year? we do this. It s tied. It always comes down to a few thousand people in three states who can t make up their mind between two items on the menu you know the best thing, the best thing about living in california is that we re not a swing state. So they leave us alone. Really? i mean all year in l. A. , i think i ve seen one trump sign and scott baio was sleeping under it just a joke. We kid all in good fun. No, we have we have much bigger problems out here. It was 104 today. Here. It was 118 in
Killed by israeli fire. The funerals for some of the hostages have been held. These pictures are from raanana, just north of Tel Aviv, where a service was held for almog sarusi. Our middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson reports now on the growing pressures on israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hamas would protect them as assets, the argument went. These younger, fitter hostages were the ones who would survive. Instead, Israels Army says they were shot by hamas in a Tunnel Under Rafah as israeli forces battled above them. Almog seroussi, alexander lobanov, ori danino, eden yerushalmi, whose last words to her sister were, theyve caught me. And hersh goldberg polin, a 23 year old us israeli citizen, and carmel gat, a therapist who was described by other hostages as their guardian angel. Carmel s family said she and hersh were due to be released in a deal outlined in july. Her Cousin Today inconsolable. Its too late for us. Its too late for carmel. I will never hug her again. B
Americans love of lattes and iced coffee helped starbucks through the worst of the post pandemic years. But with high inflation in the us, a cup of coffee is now 5 on average. The big question for investors going into this Earnings Season was would consumers still spend money on elaborate coffees . The answer was mixed. Sales in North America grew 7 , even after the chain raised prices. That figure was below wall streets forecast. Customer traffic only increased by 1 . Most of the gains came from existing customers spending more money. Sales in china, its second biggest market, rose sharply. Same store sales increased a whopping 46 from a year ago. Starbucks remains a favorite brand among chinese consumers. The company benefiting from a rebound after strict covid 19 restrictions were lifted. But the coffee chain said that Wage Increases and investment in its cafes dragged down its overall profits. Starbucks ceo laxman narasimhan, who took over from predecessor Howard Schultz in march,
Third world country way of campaigning. Our new york correspondent nada tawfik sent this report from outside the courthouse. Both sides have now rested their case the defence early tuesday, after calling two witnesses, and donald trump deciding not to take the stand. That had been the major question looming over this weeks long trial, because donald trump had said publicly that he would though legal analysts doubted throughout that he would actually take the risk, given he would be opening himself up to damaging questions by prosecutors, and ultimately it is his Fifth Amendment right not to be compelled to be a witness against himself, the burden of proof is on prosecutors here. And thejudge will Instruct Thejury not to hold it against donald trump. Now donald trump said he thought his Team Presented a great case. He wasjoined in court by a large entourage of republican politicians and his eldest son, donjr. Outside of court, donjr was asked why his father didnt testify he said that he