anchoring across cnn platforms you re going to see no more of me for a bit. but i m omar jimenez. we ll see you again next week on may 13, 18, 46 the united states declared war on mexico president james polk, claimed that america had been attacked but in reality the invasion was a brazen land and grab american troops made it all the way to mexico city and the u.s. next to much of today s western united states the future founder of the republican party and illinois congressman named abraham lincoln passionately opposed the war but today s republicans have mexico in their sights. once again back when he was president donald trump as defense secretary, market esport if he could launch missiles at mexico s drug cartels without mexico s permission and then blame the attack on another country we. could do it quietly. trump said, no one would know it was us esper told him the idea was ridiculous an act of war against one of america s biggest trading partners but trump would not ba
next hour, cnn this morning starts right now good morning, everyone is at hot out there. welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, june 20. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you so much for joining us. here is what we are watching for you this morning to president s two very different strategies, just four days away now until they re showdown former president trump is on the road. president biden is focusing on formal debate, prep are already taken some shot to one another plus anti-government protesters hit israel streets, demanding a hostage deal and calling for early elections. this as we learn of new strikes overnight in gaza, and after you re months of being stuck on a board, a cargo ship that destroyed the francis scott key bridge in baltimore. several of the crew members have finally been allowed to go home what we know about those who are still on board. and we re going to speak with port of baltimore chaplin, who s been in touch with the crew plus c
which keep our loving the 43-year-old pop singer to police at the time of his are being stopped to a vet. he only had one martini when he was arrested. his next virtual court appearance is scheduled for july 26, hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me on fredricka whitfield a dangerous he waived is growing across the us, leaving more than 100 million americans are under heat alerts. this weekend, many cities including washington, dc, could eclipse record temperatures over the next three days with highs in the upper 90s, even triple digits. joining me right now, cnn correspondent polo sandoval is joining us from brooklyn, trying to keep it cool there. and meteorologist lisa rafah from the cnn weather center in atlanta. good to see you both. all right. polo, you first, how are people handling this heat it s so hard to escape this heat. fred, especially if you don t have any air conditioning, of course for some of the youngest of those roughly 100 million ame
stephanie ylim and los angeles and this is cnn good morning. welcome to cnn this morning, it is saturday, june 22. i m victor blackwell, a dime. amara walker. thank you so much for joining us. here s what we re watching for you this morning. there are new details about the suspect to open fire at a grocery store in arkansas police are saying about how this unfolded and the conditions of the victims and in just five days, president biden and former president trump will meet face-to-face for the cnn presidential debate. what both candidates are doing to prepare for their first base off of this election. since i can and lawyers for donald trump or back-end court yesterday as they tried to get special counsel, jack smith s case against trump in the classified documents case dismissed their arguments, and the judge s response alec baldwin was in court yesterday trying to get a judge to dismiss the manslaughter charges against him in connection with the shooting on the rust movie
there. people, the know the bigger the support can be for this bill thank you both thank you so much for joining us. see you in a news night with abby phillip starts now donald trump tries to set expectations for both debate possibilities. that s tonight on these good evening. i m abby phillip in washington. great expectations or not so great expectations tonight. new sound from donald trump shows that the care that he s putting into a soft landing should joe biden put them on the canvas at next week, cnn presidential debate? trump thinks that he will do well and the biden is in cognitive decline. there s no evidence for that, of course, but trump also says, the biden is a worthy debater. just listen all i could change this. i watched him with paul ryan and he destroyed paul ryan boride with the water he was chugging water at a left and right. i didn t think a human being would be able to drink so much water at one time and he d be paul ryan. i m not underestimating him.