Hello everyone, and good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning saturday, september 21st. Im Amara Walker and im Danny Freeman in for victor blackwell. Thank you so much for having me with you today to have your dad. Heres what working on for you this morning battleground blitz, Vice President Kamala Harris rails against former President Donald Trump over reproductive rights and Lastminute Trip to georgia. While trump heads to North Carolina they were there republican backed candidate for governor is resisting calls to resign for lewd comments. He made on a Porn Site. Allies or former President Trump approved a controversial new rule in the Battleground State of georgia that some say could delay election results the changes they are calling for, and why both democrats and republicans say the fight is far from over. Plus israeli forces hit hezbollah strongholds in lebanon, killing a top target. Were live with the latest on the escalating conflict and rising fears of an allout war ahead. P
outside the courthouse but, yesterday, the biden campaign held the surprise event there. i don t understand that. we will tell you who was there and dig into that campaign strategy. also ahead, the latest from gaza where israeli forces are moving into the city of rafah. it comes days after an israeli air strike ignited a deadly fire at a camp for displaced palestinians. let s dive in to our top story. after 21 days of heated testimony, the defense and the prosecution delivered closing arguments yesterday in donald trump s criminal hush money trial. nbc news laura jarrett has a recap. the first trial of an american president soon in the hands of seven men and five women. prosecutors closing their case arguing former president trump orchestrated a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election to pull the wool over voter s eyes, they say, by ordering the payoff of stormy daniels and covering it all up. they tried to establish a pattern of mr. trump damaging stories
the fda said can be offered to the immunocompromised. do you think this whole rollout of the boosters has been a little confusing? extremely confusing. in fact, when we came in this morning, and they said you can t have the moderna because it s not yet been approveds has the pfizer, a little bit vexed and thought, well, we wasted a trip down here. but then, when we said we were immunocompromised, they said we could have the shot. and as i reported last night for the associated press, the pfizer dose for children, though there will be some hope it could be halloween, likely november. but hopefully more towards the early to middle of the month, rather than waiting till thanksgiving. we ll stay on that story. still ahead, the playoff picture for major league baseball is taking final shape. the latest on the wildcard race,
it to the playoffs after the giants clinched on monday. but those two teams are till in a tight race for the n.l. west, as l.a. remains 2 1/2 games behind san francisco which streaked to a ninth straight win. meanwhile, 7-6 for the cardinals against the mets last night put st. louis in a playoff position for a second nl. wildcard spot. tampa bay rays, reaching a mark holding the blue jays to two hits in a 2-0 victory in toronto, calling off the surging blue jays. in baltimore, five home runs, powered the yankees to a 7-2 win. and in seattle, a costly error the night before. with a go-ahead three-run double, that s my boy. to help pass the mariners. the yankees, blue jays, red sox and in the a.l. wildcard race.
showalter. here s the reaction out there. he s yelling at the third base coach. and, now, somebody s wearing black and orange, i m not going to let that happen. i m going to protect our players always. that s what i m going do. and there was something that i saw. and i m just going to leave it at that. so why so heated, carol? we got a wildcard race going on between these two teams. obviously, baltimore and the yankees battled for that last wildcard spot. that s why was such a big deal. the pressure is mounting for the managers to make the playoffs. i wish they would have let them fight. i think buck showalter could have taken him. he s fiery when it comes to the yankees. he s got some type of a chip on his shoulder with the yankees. joe carter, thanks very much. cnn newsroom after a quick break. [ male announcer ] ah. retirement. sit back, relax,