Of our viewers watching in the united states, canada, and around the world, i m anna coren live from hong kong, ahead on cnn newsroom reproductive rights are again front and center in the race for the white house. Details on the latest about face by former president trump. And now vice president kamala harris is responding another highstakes meeting between the u. S. And ukraine in washington, the urgent appeal kyiv is making to the biden administration and a tragic loss in world of sports, family, teammates, and fans mourning the shocking death of a star hockey player and his by from hong kong this is cnn newsroom with anna coren the abortion rights debate is taking center stage in the u. S. Presidential race. Republican nominee donald trump appears to have changed his stance on florida s sixweek abortion ban. And he s refusing to commit to vetoing a possible federal ban. On friday. He told supporters in pennsylvania that he wants americans to get in vitro fertilization treatments. At
Joining us. The news continues here on cnn state the us and ukrainian defense ministers meet in washington. What kyiv wants out of the biden administration? and a brutal crackdown on women s rights, how the situation is getting worse in afghanistan cnn easily with well, the battle over abortion rights is taking center stage in the u. S. Presidential race. Donald trump is weighing in on the abortion initiative that will be on his home state s ballot in november and kamala harris has issued a strong response to trump s comments. It comes just one day after her sitdown interview with cnn s dana bash. While we start with trump saying he ll vote no on a florida constitutional amendment that would allow abortions in that state after the first six weeks of pregnancy florida law currently bans abortions after six weeks. The amendments will be on the ballot there in november. It s another reversal for trump, who has previously said he s against a sixweek ban. Cnn s steve contorno has more forme
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] [cheers and applause] pete: if your photos, our nation s anthem on the final day of august, august 31st, year of our lord, 2024, and here we are at 6 a. M. We re ready. I think we re ready. Maybe. Rachel or, good to see you. Rachel: i m ready, but i m not ready. By the way, good morning, joey. I m not ready for summer to be over. I notice people had all these photos of their boats and water skiing and feel taking kids tubing. My kids start school next week, and i m just not ready. I love summer so much, joey. Joey: down south we start early, andin know i didn t know that until i started coming up here. August 6th is when we start, i had at least five things we didn t do this her rachel: like what is? joey: i wanted to do a weekend trip to the beach, just stuff like that, fun things i wanted to do with my kids in between my son being a fanatic about his running and going to the the running camp and stuff like that. We didn
I dont know. Well have to see. Well have to try to declassify, right . As president , i could have declassified them. Now i cant. Donald trump indicted for his mishandling of classified documents will reportedly receive Intelligence Briefings as the nominee of his party. That decision apparently coming from President Biden himself. Well discuss. Also tonight, President Bidens state of the Union Address. He needs to convince americans that his very real accomplishments have made their lives better while trying to close the Enthusiasm Gap with trump with trump well discuss with trump transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg who will join me. Plus, will nikki haley supporters drink the maga koolaid, or does biden have a chance to win them over . We begin tonight with the state of the president ial race, on state of the union night. Were now just two hours away from President Bidens final state of the Union Address before the president ial election. It is an annual tradition that in a presi
and michelle obama has a thing or two to say about her return to the white house. i noticed that you went, back you went back to the white house recently. you haven t been back. no, wasn t invited. [laughter] wow. all right, but we start with the former top booker for tucker carlson s show, who apparently has a heck of a story to tell. she filed a lawsuit against fox, and revealed a lot of unsavory details about how his show is run. it all sounds like one toxic, misogynistic boys club. people regularly using the sea word around the office. many posters of house speaker nancy pelosi in a plunging swimsuit adorning the walls. one of tucker s producers reportedly like to ask questions of maria bartiromo s sex life. this is an addition to the mega defamation lawsuit that just cost fox 787.5 million. tucker apparently did not think his own bosses were very smart. he sent this text to one of its producers right after the network called arizona for biden. quote, the combin