the judge considers bail for the suspect leaks case. why prosecutors say he is a flight risk. and reports of fighting in khartoum, despite new cease-fires. foreign citizens rushed to evacuate. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. a former vice president compelled to testify about his direct conversations with the president he served. that s a situation mike pence found himself in on thursday before a grand jury in washington former vice president testified before a federal grand jury for more than five hours. that testimony would have been about what happened after the trump the president at the time, at a time when donald trump was pressuring him to overturn the vote. hints pence refused to do so. pence has also spoke about this conversation publicly. he s right about them in his book. the on a tour of really regularly. whenever before as an investigation, as a grand jury and have prosecutors gotten pence under oath to reveal
hello and welcome to all our viewers joining us here in the united states, around the world, and streaming on cnn max. i m rosemary church. just ahead, abortion rights advocates get a major win in ohio. we ll explain how this might impact the race for the white house as we break down tuesday s election results in key states across the u.s. plus, israeli forces now say they are inside gaza city as the hostages of hamas have now been held for over a month. and g7 foreign ministers pledged to remain united as war rages in ukraine and in the middle east. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. results from key off-year elections around the u.s. have broad glimmers of hope to democrats ahead of next year s presidential showdown, and the power of abortion politics is becoming increasingly clear. in kentucky, governor andy beshear has one reelection making him one of the few democratic leaders in red or predominantly republican states, and he made
herfamily were with complications in childbirth. her family were distressed about speculation about the cause, but a regent said she was in labour at the time. she won gold, silver and broad medals for the usa at the olympics. the denver nuggets 10 year wait to win the nba title ended last night as they sealed their first championship by beating miami heat in game five to seal the series. they had to be at their very best though to get the job done in front of their home fans. the nuggets were helped by that three pointer from michael porter, and by their star man, nikola jokic, who was named mvp for the finals. he starred with 28 points in the 94 89 victory, which wrapped up a 4 1 series win. denver have been comprehensive on their way to the title. so after nearly 50 years of waiting for the championship, these were the scenes in denver as the city celebrated their team s win, with fireworks and masses
or good a-less it s for to the usa at the olympics. now back on american soil, griner speaking out about her experience. cnn s brian todd reports. brittney griner, unveiling a mural of american detainees held abroad. the 32-year-old american basketball star speaking to the media for the first time since her release from detention in russia in december. griner got emotional when asked how she found the resilience to finally speak out. you know, i m no stranger to hard times. [crying] see, you crying, and you made me cry. just digging deep, honestly you are going to be faced with adversity throughout your life. this was a pretty big one. but i just kind of relied on my hard work, getting through it. griner was detained for
we ve seen four different prefectures today announce states of emergency as well, so japan is not moving in the right direction and the medals are terrific, but who knows what to expect four weeks from now? william, thank you for your thoughts. that s the feeling here at the moment, things possibly under control right now, but what about the autumn as infection rates keep going up? in terms of the olympics, sunisa lee, the 18 year old from the usa, the first member of the hmong community to represent the usa at the olympics, taking gold with a simone biles watching from the stand. those are the images being beamed around the world at the moment. lucy reporting for us there. there are now under two million people still on furlough a drop of almost 600,000 since may, and the lowest level since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. the under 25s are leaving the scheme