longer to go in, get after it, put it out. aerial bombers between the flames and myself and it saved the house. these strikes actually did hit the port of odesa, we have indications that they certainly got close to some grain terminals. translator: this is an overgas war that russia is waging against united europe. it is tuesday, july 26, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where congressional hearings on the january 6 u.s. capitol riot are on hold until september. but the investigation is taking a new turn. cnn has learned two former trump administration officials testified before a federal grand jury in washington. marc short on the right served as chief of staff to vice president mike pence, and greg jacob was another top aide. evan perez explains why their testimony is a big deal. reporter: the justice department investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election has taken a major step forward with the former vice president s chief of staff ap
away. experts believe it could fall to the lowest level since last february, the white house down plays fears of a recession. my hope is we go from this rapid growth to a steady growth. so we ll see some coming down. but i don t think we re going to god willing, i don t think we ll see a recession. let s hope he s right. today s report is the first of many marking the state of the economy, especially this week. tomorrow, the fed will make its announcement on interest rates and will likely hike that interest rate. so let s begin with the economy this hour with cnn reporter matt egan and jeremy diamond. matt, we ll let you look at the numbers just coming in. but jeremy, what is the strategy for the white house as they prepare for so many consequential reports on the economy this week? reporter: we have seen from the white house a week of prebuttals ahead of all of these economic numbers this week. in particular, those gdp numbers that we are expecting on thursday. the w
as we get closer to 2024. for the former president, it s his first time back in d.c. since leaving office 553 days ago. and he will be speaking at a summit literally around the corner from the white house he left, refusing, you ll recall, to be part of the inauguration and the peaceful transfer of power. he will lay out a vision for public safety and crime, although trump has proven in recent speech, he manages to stay on topic for just so long before reverting to his old grievances about the 2020 election. on the other hand, his former vice president spoke at a d.c. conference this morning trying to look to the future and taking a shot a the his form boss at the same time. the good news is we have a once in a lifetime opportunity. to save america from decline and decay brought by been those progressive policies and to build a governing majority that will last for generations. but in order to win, conservatives need to do more than criticize and complain. we must unite our
should be subpoenaed. the russian foreign ministry has now claimed responsibility for the attack. there is a major sense of urgency around getting that grain exported to the countries most dependent on ukraine s grain exports. it s monday, july 25th. 59 a.m. here in london, 5:00 a.m. in the u.s. west coast. where millions of americans across the country are seeing the impact of the growing climate crisis. a dangerous and scorching heat wave that s already responsible for several deaths. on monday temperatures hit as high as 102 degrees fahrenheit in parts of the northeast, with several cities sweating through their hottest days ever. both boston and philadelphia have extended their heat emergencies after seeing record high temperatures, and across the country close to 50 million people are under heat alerts today, in some areas the blistering heat even led to power outages. sunday new york s electric provider says it was working to restore scattered outages, and in bo
temperatures, hitting record highs across the country, at the same time they are trying to battle this. plus, troubling signs for the u.s. economy. second quarter gdp, how much the economy grew and it s expected to shrink as president biden faces several economic challenges. inflation, continued supply chain issues, gas prices high but coming down. all of this overshadowing a 3.6%, very low unemployment rate. several key economic indicators expected this week. we ll talk about what s ahead. and republican congressman and january 6th committee vice chair liz cheney says a subpoena for ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, is not off the table. anxiety is growing among republicans over the committee s revelations about former president trump and many in the party are now encouraging other republicans to jump in the 2024 race for the white house. let s begin with the wildfire in california. our national correspondent camilla is at the scene of the fi