Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to cnn. This boarding, if there s something you wanted to get down before the end of august, you gotta do it today. Oh, yeah. Yes. It s august august 31. It is a rat for august. And the unofficial end to summer coming up soon. Good to have you with us. I m victor blackwell. I m has been flying, hasn t it? i am amara walker. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. Here s what s happening. The trump campaign, donald trump himself and his running mate, j. D. Vance, can t seem to pin down exactly where trump stands on abortion access in florida or nationwide, the about face. We re hearing from trump and how the harris campaign is looking to capitalize on it. You feel so bad you d have welch runner works a tragic story out of new jersey in nhl star and his brother were hit and killed by a drunk driver just hours before their sister s wedding how they re being remembered by fans and other players. New this morning, more evidence that trump s fede
Its advantage what here s what we re watching for you this good morning, but trump campaign donald trump himself and his running mate j. D. Vance, can t seem to pin down exactly where trump stands on abortion access in florida or nationwide, the about face. We re hearing from i m trump and how the harris campaign is looking to capitalize on it new this morning, more evidence that trump s federal election subversion trial will not go to trial before the election latenight league goal the filing that creating some new questions over the next steps in the case officials on parts of the northeast are trying to stop the spread of lethal mosquitoborne illness. The steps that they are taking why some residents are pushing back for watching a severe storm threat for the northeast that will lead to a little bit of relief from the heat with track and i cool down and cue up the drums and the drumsticks crack a cold one is college football saturday, we are going to have a preview for you, includin
Hello, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt part in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, we begin with breaking news. President biden has been briefed on the raid which injured seven u. S. Troops and killed 15 members of the radical group isis. The raid happened thursday in iraq two of the seven u. S. Troops were evacuated from the area for further treatment, u. S. Central command manages operations in the middle east. They said that the operation targeted i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan further attacks from where we have cnn s chief international purity correspondent, nick paton walsh, joining us from london. Nick, what do we know about this american operation yeah, alex more details from the iraqi military he referred to the two months that was spent gathering intelligence ahead of this operation. And the four hideouts were targeted that appeared to be consumed camouflage of some description which would suggest yes a sort of camp of some desc
His base, which is why many people were shocked when he muddied his position on abortion this week remarking on a florida ballot amendment that could overturn that state s ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy i think the six week because to shore, it has to be more time and show that. And i ve told them that i want more weeks you ll vote in favor of the amendment on voting that i am going to be voting that way need more than six weeks after backlash from conservatives, trump s campaign tried to clarify his position saying quote, president trump has not yet said how he will vote even though we did just hear how he said he would vote at that moment in time on the ballot initiative in florida, he simply reiterated that he believes six weeks is too short, then yesterday, this is what president trump said. Are you voting yes or no on amendment four in florida? so i think six weeks you need more time than six weeks. I ve disagreed with that right from the early primaries my marriage
Killed what it calls nine palestinian terrorists. Israel has called its attacks a Counter Terrorism operation targeting what it described as a mixture of Terror Groups and terror cells. It claims iran, which backs hamas, is trying to open a new front against israel in the West Bank. The israeli raids took place in the cities ofjenin, nablus, tulkarm, believed to be the first time in some 20 years that several West Bank cities have been targeted at the same time. Lets take a closer look at the West Bank and what It Actually is. Its land on the West Bank of the riverjordan and bounded by israel and jordan. Its been occupied by israel since the 1967 Middle East war, but decades of talks between israel and the palestinians have left its final status unresolved. The international Court Ofjustice has lets cross live now tojerusalem where we can speak to our correspondent yolande knell. Just bring us up to date on this operation. Just bring us uptodate on this operation operation. This is a