Welcome to Cnn Newsroom. Im Ivan Watson, live in Hong Kong ahead this hour. Americas economy. A key issue for voters take Center Stage Kamala Harris looks ahead to a big week for democrats Gaza War, ceasefire talks remain a top priority in the middle east and beyond the u. S. President says, hes optimistic about a deal. Plus, cnn gets access to a russian town. Now held by ukraine but residents tell us about the incursion now, weve just two days left before the start of the democratic national convention in chicago, U. S. Vice President Kamala Harris, whos focused on voters wallets, and explaining her goals for the U. S. Economy. As Cnn Poll of polls indicates the race is essentially tied with harris holding up slight lead over Donald Trump on friday. Shes spoken North Carolina now in play after president Joe Bidens Exit from the race, harris took aim at trumps efforts to outline an economic agenda and his lack of quote serious plans two days ago, Donald Trump was here in North Carolina
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Texas in just about 15 minutes from now. We are going to bring that to you live because, oh man does she have a lot to talk about. This will be the first time the vice president will have a public event since her opponent , you know him, donald trump had an incredible debacle earlier today. When donald trump went on stage to take lessons at the largest annual convention of lack journalists. It is a challenging room to begin with for any politician to work. Even in the best of times. But especially for trump with his history of controversial and racist statements. Just booking this interview caused resignations in the leadership of the national association of black journalists. And now i can understand why. I don t know if you saw the session. But it started late, and it started with an announcement from moderator, rachel scott, the abc news correspondent, congressional reported that trump s answers would be fact checked in real time, on social media. And from the very first question, t
Michelle and i could not be prouder to endorse you. Capping off a remarkable week that saw all corners of the democratic party rally around her. Team harris leaning into the cultural storm and the unification of her image. We just had the best 24 hours of grassroot fundraising in presidential campaign history. She is tough, she is capable. These are weird people on the other side. They went after cat people. Good luck with that. See what cat people do when you go after them. The campaign says i am the prosecutor and he is the convicted felon. That is their campaign. That is right, bring it on. If you are wondering why you are tired, all of that happened in one week. We are now 102 days away from the election. What a difference a week makes. Last friday biden was the presumptive democratic nominee and trump locked up the republican nomination and control of the party. Today biden is no longer running, harris is on track to replace him as the nominee and in a few short days polls show sh
So the paris olympics is finally under way. The opening ceremony kicked off a little earlier taking place in the city itself rather than a stadium with thousands of athletes paraded by boat along the river seine. But it was a very different picture just hours earlier. On one of the busiest days imaginable for the french capital, the rail network in and around paris was thrown into chaos by a series of acts of sabotage. It s been called a massive attack after signal boxes and electrical wires on the high speed rail system were vandalised, causing fires. Our paris correspondent andrew harding has the story. Confusion this morning at europe s busiest railway station, the gare du nord in central paris. News about the overnight attacks on three french railway lines spreading fast. Delays and cancellations piling up, prompting frustration and some anxiety. Are you concerned about these attacks? i m not happy about them. I don t. As long as that s it, i m happy, but i am concerned, cos i