unarmed black man who was shot at least 60 times. 60 times. the police chief speaking out. more on that story ahead. also this morning, former president trump is anxiously considering when he might announce a run for president in 2024. playing into that decision, pressure to reclaim his image following devastating testimony from the january 6th select committee hearings. but we begin in washington this morning. president biden will return to the white house in time for a fourth of july fireworks tonight. meanwhile, he s facing blowback for blaming gas stations for high prices at the pump. the president calling out companies responsible for setting fuel prices, tweeting, bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you re paying for the product and do it now. cnn s jeremy diamond joins me now from the white house. how is the president s message being received? as you know, this july 4th weekend is a painful reminder for so many americans of how s
jeremy diamond joins me from the white house. what is on the president s agenda today? reporter: president biden is still at camp david this morning but he will be returning to the white house to host military families for a bar be becue and celebration. the president saying the fourth of july is a sacred holiday, sacred day in our country. make no mistake, our best days still lie ahead. at the same time president biden is dealing with messaging on the current state of the country and the current state of the economy with high inflation and high gas prices which many americans are being reminded this weekend as they hit the roads for the fourth of july weekend. the president oaf the weekend taking to twitter to encourage and push gas station companies to lower the price at the pump. to make sure, in his word, bring down the price you re charging at the pump to reflect the cost you re paying for the product and do it now. that earned the president some backlash with some, in
apparently another room and he found her, brought her back and she was that it was violent, she alleges in the civil complaint, remember this is monetary damages, this is not a criminal case, but axl rose, his attorney released a statement and we want to say simply put, this incident never happened. though is it doesn t deny the possibility of a fan photo taken in passing, mr. rose has no recollection of ever meeting or speaking to the plaintiff and has never heard about these fictional allegations prior to today. and she also is famous, she was penthouse pet of the year in 1983 and wrote a book in 2014. keep us posted. thank you. giin the next few hours an announcement when the truce will begin. surprise delay in the agreement no hostages to be released before friday. and pause won t go ahead. the war continues until all our goals are achieved. and officials are still hopeful that the deal will happen. nobody doing any touchdown dancing here. still work to be d
top of the hour. glad you are with us on this special holiday edition of cnn this morning. israel says that hamas hostages won t be released until tomorrow. we are standing by for word from qatar, the down mediating the deal, on when the truce will begin. fiery explosion shuts down a significant border crossing with canada following a speeding bentley which hit a median and burst into flames. the driver and his wife killed. the fbi saying this was not be a act of terrorism. and also the macy s thanksgiving day parade starting in half an hour. officials saying there are no specific threats around the annual tradition. and they are warning of a heightened threat environment though. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. we have a team covering this from tel aviv to cairo. and we re waiting for qatar to announce when a four day truce will begin so that the hostages can start to be released. you see they willing ready for the press conference. we ll bring it to you
We have breaking news on the ongoing scandal we have been telling you about about the south korean president. According to Reuters News Agency, Danish Police have arrested the daughter of a long time friend, choi soon sil, at the centre of an influence peddling scandal. Many former ministers and some Government Officials have been arrested. Her friend has been arrested as well. According to Reuters News Agency her daughter has been arrested in denmark, according to south korean broadcasterjtbc, which reported on wednesday. Just over 2a hours since a gunman forced his way into an Istanbul Nightclub and opened fire. He killed 39 people, most of them foreign visitors, before disappearing into the night. Turkish police have launched a massive manhunt. A leader of the kurdish militant group, the pkk, has denied any involvement. The mood was of celebration. One of istanbuls top nightclubs, reina, counting down to 2017. Five, four, three, two. They expected a night ofjoy, a fresh start not th