Briefly, but hes not staying for the dinner. Jerry bernard, great to have you do for that and thank you all so much for joining us. Cnn news, node starts right now Donald Trumps pitch to black voters versus the real story thats tonight on these value good evening. Im abby phillip in new york and tonight, the former president goes home. He was right here in new york rallying a crowd of thousands, promising a new york turnaround ive seen new york through good times and bad through boom times and crime waves through Market Crashes and terrorist attacks but ive never seen it quite like this right now. You dont have public spaces. Theyre occupied by migrants, intense that happened in the bronx. What is historically the most democratic burrow in the city, and lead us to say it is an unlikely spot for a republican to Campaign Obama won by 81, 91 let the vote here in 2012, biden won nearly 84 in 2020. But trump sees an opportunity and opening with black and hispanic voters. Even as he makes a
but to pursue a deal. that s just ahead. we are beginning with the developing news out of russia. an american citizen detained in moscow. a court there says that travis leak was arrested on drug charges. cnn reached out to leak s family and his mother confirmed her son is detained. he is a musician living in moscow. jennifer hansler is following this story this morning. what more do we know about these charges against leak? good morning. we know that this court in moscow has accused travis leak of drug trafficking and that they say he will remain detained until at least august. now, we know this comes at a time of really high tensions between the united states and russia. it is a time where they have detained numerous american citizens, two of whom have been publicly declared as wrongfully
anthony bourdain and talked about an incident that happened between his band and mtv. take a listen to what he said. this was a documentary series about musicians standing up and risking their lives in some cases. stand up against government, abuse of power, government corruption, and yet a foreign government was able to editorially control what american viewers see on their tv screens. that to me is a scandal of epic proportion. reporter: and now a cnn producer who worked on that show said that travis was outspoken even back then ten years ago about the need for freedom of speech and the state of repression there in russia. so we will be watching and waiting to see what else we can learn about travis leake s case. thank you for staying on top of that. well, he is back on the campaign trail and, of course, on the attack. donald trump slams the federal indictment against him during
decompl detained. brittney griner, the wnba star was accused of drug trafficking. now, reportedly travis leak told police he didn t know what he was accused of. he didn t know where he was doing p being detained. the u.s. state department didn t confirm his name. there are a number of privacy laws that govern when they can say someone s name. they were aware of reports of a u.s. citizen arrested in moscow and noted as they do whenever an american is detained abroad they were working to provide consular access and provide all appropriate consular assistance in this case. travis leake spoke with the late anthony bourdain a decade ago for an episode of parts unknown in moscow and st. petersburg. he was outspoken about his frustrations with censorship in russia. tell us about that. reporter: that s right. he spoke with cnn, the late
it has detained a u.s. citizen on drug charges. a statement from the short finds the man as travis leak, describing him as a, quote, former paratrooper and musician. video of leak s arrest and mug shot were published in russian tabloid outlets on thursday. cnn filmed leak in 2014 for an episode of anthony bourdain and parts unknown. a state department said they will pursue consular access as soon as possible. we ll have more on the story in the hours ahead. donald trump isn t letting a 37-count indictment get in the way of campaigning for the 2024 gop nomination. on saturday, the former president had multiple campaign stops to rally his supporters,