Good morning. We are glad you are with us. Victor blackwell by my side as we get to the significant Breaking News. So much happening overnight. Here are the five things to know this morning. 36 people are confirmed dead in this devastating wildfire across hawaii. The flames charring hundreds of buildings. Black hawk helicopters have been deployed as paradise burns. Just out this morning, Supreme Court Clarence Thomas and His Luxurious Life Tstyle A who was funding it. 38 luxury vacations, 26 private jet flights and a dozen vip passes to Sporting Events. And a president ial candidate in ecuador assassinated at a rally. The anticorruption candidate was killed just ten days before the election. New video coming in of a deadly fbi raid, a man killed after making threats against President Biden and other elected officials. And new information in the atlanta area investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Sources tell cnn Prosecutor Fani Willis is seeking more than a dozen ind
hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states, and all around the world. welcome to cnn newsroom, i m rosemary church. just ahead. some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. i m not saying it is a majority. let me give you decorum goes out the window during president biden s state of the union address, some republicans openly booed and heckled him mid speech. rescuers racing against time to find survivors after the devastating earthquake that has left more than 8700 dead in turkey and syria. thank you for joining us. the u.s. president has delivered his first state of the union address with a republican majority in the house of representatives. he brought an energetic, optimistic message to the country, despite facing some open hostility. one of joe biden s big themes was working across the aisle and he made a huge push for bipartisanship. i signed over 300 bipartisan pieces of legislation since becoming president. from rea
this one up here, off the north coast of alaska on friday. then over canada on saturday and sunday, here, lake huron. what s the common theme ehere? they re all coming this direction. that s the direction of the jet stream, the prevailing winds, et cetera. that brings china into play, not only china, but russia is up there as well. and we don t have an answer yet as to what country owns them or even the pentagon leaves open the possibility that it s not a nation state. it could be privately owned and operated. the two big questions are this. why is the u.s. now detecting more of these and are there more of these? t in answer to the first question, we know that, and that is that the pentagon, u.s. military, norad, they re looking more closely. they ve in effect tightened their radars, their sensors to look for smaller options, particularly in that space you mentioned, 15,000 to 20,000 feet and they are seeing more. the big question is, are there more? is this a part of the glo
and brett favre insists he is the victim of he insists now he is the victim of a smear campaign in mississippi. this is what we are watching at this hour. we begin with cnn s exclusive interview with president biden. the president responding for the first time about putin s war in ukraine since his warn about a nuclear armageddon. he told jake tapper he doesn t believe the st. putin will actually yew nuclear weapons, but the mistake he believes putin may upon invading ukraine. i think he s a rational actor who has miscalculated significantly. i think he thought he was going to be welcome with open arms. this is the home of mother russia, and i think he totally miscalculated. the conversation also touched on saudi arabia. brittney griner, the economy, even the possibility of criminal charges against the president s son hunter. more on that in a moment. let s start with m.j. lee. m.j., he doesn t do many sit-down interviews these days. what are you hearing from there to
good morning. it s saturday, july 2nd. i m boris sanchez. right now hundreds of flight vs been cancelled or delayed across the u.s. threatening to spoil the july 4th holiday for many people. arms are being put to the test and pushed to the brink as the number of people traveling by plane climbs to near pre-pandemic levels. staffing issue, cancellations and summer storms have caused headaches for airlines and travelers. we got to get home. we got a flight. it is going to be cancelled, they need to let us know now. it s saying my flight was last seen near new york. it s not really saying. it s not really telling me what s going on. nearly 1500 flights in the united states have been delayed so far. cancellations, as you can see, over 450. aaa is predicting that 3.5 million people will fly this weekend. an additional 42 million are expected to hit the road and drive to their holiday destination. the silver lining for those drivers and this is the absolute thinnest a silve