Top of the hour. I m brianna keeler as the democratic national convention in chicago, and my colleague and friend boris sanchez is in washington. It is day one for the democrats, week long nomination celebration of vice president kamala harris. And over the next several hours thousands in the party will gather here in the united center to celebrate here erez and also to salute president joe biden as he delivers tonight s keynote speech and passes the torch to her. The president is expected to talk about his 50 year legacy of public service and to make the case for the harriswalz ticket. First lady jill biden and hillary clinton will also take the stage with just 78 days until the election. The democrats arrive here on the windy city with a strong breeze at their backs as new polling shows, harris with a narrow lead nationally, the goal now is to build on the momentum and introduce harris her vision to the country. Cnn s mj lee is joining me now. I know you re learning some new details
That both parties see is winnable in november, while former president has it been Donald Trump is in Montanas State that could decide control of the senate. And major developments in trumps legal Cases Today in georgia, Fani Willis arguing her office should be the allowed to continue its case against gauff in a new filing while Prosecutor Jack Smith asked to delay the federal oh, Election Subversion Case until September And Ukraine Hits russia hard, a drone strike launched on a region in western russia just days after a rare crops us border attack. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News central the 2024 president ial race heading west today, Vice President Kamala Harris and governor Tim Walz, taking their pitch to the Battleground State of arizona, with a rally later today in the phoenix area, it comes as cnn is learning that next this week, President Biden will make his first formal appearance with harris since he dropped out o
Also kurmasheva, and vladimir karamurza are expected to land on us soil. This evening. Actually karamurza will be heading to germany, but the other three will be arriving at Joint And Base andrews. We want to share with you this photo posted by president Joe Biden on Social Media showing the released prisoners, families with him in the Oval Office. You see two young women, theyre huddled over a phone extensively speaking with a Loved One over the speakerphone there, the families then joined the president as he addressed the american people confirmed coming the elaborate and historic deal that he reached with multiple allies, at least seven nations involved in making this day happen and this is the first photo of the now freed Gershkovich And Whelan holding up an American Flag shared on Social Media shortly before they boarded their Flight Home from turkey, which is where the swap actually happened standing between them, we should point out is russian american journalist alsu kurmasheva
Cnn news hi, everyone. Im Jessica Dean in New York and we begin with Breaking News out of the middle the israeli army, calling it the deadliest strike on israeli civilians since October 7 official say at least ten people were killed by rockets fired from lebanon its the biggest escalation yet in what has been a simmering conflict across israels northern border, officials say the rockets struck a Football Pitch in the Golan Heights, a contest since territory going back several decades now Journalist Elliott Gotkine is joining us now and Elliot Hezbollah has denied anything to do with this attack, which did kill children brynn israel, not convinced by that. What more are you learning jessica . Since hezbollah started firing on israel in solidarity with hamas on october the eighth, israel says that its fired more than 5,000 projectiles towards its, towards israel. And so theyre suppose understandable that israel would make hezbollah the prime suspect. Indeed, israel says that the rocket t
Philadelphia as my sirius Xm Radio listeners can attest a year ago, i started saying that this election would be influenced by people whose names we do not know and events we could never imagine. And still, im floored by what weve just witnessed since memorial Day Weekend think about it on may 30, after a sixweek trial, former President Trump became a convicted felon what a jury said that he was guilty on 34 counts for falsifying Business Records in the New York hush money criminal Trial Sentencing was set for july 11, but trump got a political reprieve on June 27 when 51 Million people watched a disastrous Cnn Debate Performance by President Biden. Before days later, on july 1, the Supreme Court released its immunity decision, ruling that former president s cannot be prosecuted for actions related to their core powers of their office where Judge Tanya Chutkan must now wrestle with whether trumps conduct on and around January 6 was part of his Core Function as president. The Scotus Dec