Jill biden, Vice President , kamala harris, second gentleman, emmoff, contentious time for our country hanging over the event as a political clout that we have never seen in this country. Honoring the press and offering scholarships, this evening will focus on reinforcing Freedom Of Speech and the vital role of free press plays in a true democracy. And you can likely guess why that is, donald trump, of course, presumptive gop nominee for president , who said he would be a dictator for a day if reelected. The same donald trump who is currently sitting on trial in new york, the first president to ever do so, the same donald trump who sent lawyers to the Supreme Court this week to argue that he should have absolute immunity and faced no prosecution for the january 6th insurrection, in fact, his eagle team argues that legal l team argues seek accountability for the attack on democracy. Then there is another constitutional right in the spotlight, and that is of course , the freedom to assem
Thats about. But there are a lot of strong learns that that is going to be addressed thats it. Singular people are more universal than they sound on the surface grace i seizure. Finally, were all going to be listening this weekend. Thanks so much thanks to our panel and thank you for joining us this morning. Im jim acosta, cnn news starts right now. Have a great day, swiftness cnns Breaking News are Breaking News. Israel strikes iran hours after a stark warning from iran that it will respond with maximum effect. But this morning we are seeing what appears to be the first signs of relief Around The World as a source in the region declares direct strikes between the two atoms are now over and vote both nations so far seem to be downplaying at all. We are standing by right now to hear from us secretary of state Antony Blinken he is in italy right now, and well deliver his first remarks since israel strike. Heres whats happened. Us officials confirm israel carried out an attack overnight a
military truce. u.s. diplomats are scrambling to extend that agreement since a number of hostages are still being held captive. also, the red cross that was supposed to gain access to them, has not had access. we know a key part of the ongoing talks is getting adult males released. it s been women and children so far almost entirely with a few exceptions. we know israeli troops are at the ready, prepared operat operationally, along the truce lines in gaza should this pause expire and military actions resume. let s start here with jeremy diamond. jeremy, you re in israel. we saw people in the street celebrating. they re hoping for the arrival of some more hostages coming from gaza. reporter: yeah, that s true. when we got here earlier this evening, there were just a few people, but word spread quickly that the group of hostages was set to come through here on their way to the air base in front of me. what we saw earlier in the last hour was these scenes of absolute jubilat
are caught in the crossfire to this day and try and figure out what is it that the world could be doing better this time, paula. incredible reporting. nima el bag ir, thank you. going home: the war in sudan is next. good night, ukraine for more than a year and conflict has once again broken out in the middle east, there is another often overlooked battle happening right now in sudan. in april, a paramilitary group called the rapid support forces, or rsf, began fighting the sudanese army for control of the country. now so far, thousands of people have been killed, and more than 5 million have been displaced, according to the un. that means, on average, roughly, 30,000 people are fleeing their homes every day. among those lucky enough to make it out have been the family of cnn s chief international investigative correspondent nima elbagir. she s not been back to her home country in more than a year after rsf-linked authorities issued a sealed indictment against her because
anderson cooper: welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. while war has raged in ukraine for more than a year and conflict has once again broken out in the middle east, there is another often overlooked battle happening right now in sudan. in april, a paramilitary group called the rapid support forces, or rsf, began fighting the sudanese army for control of the country. now so far, thousands of people have been killed, and more than 5 million have been displaced, according to the un. that means, on average, roughly, 30,000 people are fleeing their homes every day. among those lucky enough to make it out have been the family of cnn s chief international investigative correspondent nima elbagir. she s not been back to her home country in more than a year after rsf-linked authorities issued a sealed indictment against her because of her reporting on them. so what is motivating the rsf? and how are they able to sustain such a large and drawn-out conflict? very few western