Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to cnn. This boarding, if Theres Something you wanted to get down before The End of august, you gotta do iT Today. Oh, yeah. Yes. Its August August 31. It is a rat for august. And the unofficial end to summer coming up soon. Good to have you with us. Im Victor Blackwell. Im has been flying, hasnt it . I am amara walker. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. Heres whats happening. The Trump Campaign, Donald Trump himself and his Running Mate, j. D. Vance, cant seem to pin down exactly where trump stands on Abortion Access in florida or nationwide, the about face. Were hearing from trump and how the Harris Campaign is looking to capitalize on it. You feel so bad youd have Welch Runner works a tragic story out of New Jersey in Nhl Star and His Brother Were Hit and killed by a drunk driver just hours before their Sisters Wedding how theyre being remembered by fans and other players. New this morning, more evidence thaT Trumps federal Election
Joining us. The news continues here on Cnn State the us and ukrainian Defense Ministers meet in washington. What kyiv wants out of the biden administration . And a brutal crackdown on womens rights, how the situation is getting worse in afghanistan cnn easily with well, the Battle Over Abortion Rights is taking Center Stage in the u. S. Presidential race. Donald trump is weighing in on the Abortion Initiative that will be on his home States Ballot in november and Kamala Harris has issued a strong response to trumps comments. It comes just one day after her Sitdown Interview with cnns dana bash. While we Start With trump saying Hell Vote no on a Florida Constitutional Amendment that would allow abortions in that state after the first six weeks of Pregnancy Florida Law currently bans abortions after six weeks. The amendments will be on the ballot there in november. Its another reversal for trump, who has previously said hes against a Sixweek Ban. Cnns Steve Contorno has more former presi
May do versus what they shall do can swing the election just see January 6 and Pences Role afteR The 2020 election foR That now was 66 days left until votes are counted. This cycle, there are debates happening over new Election Rules. In a moment, well talk about nebraska and a Voting Rights fight that you may not know was going on. Were going to zero in on a group fighting foR Their right to even registeR To vote but first im starting with the tension over Election Rules here in georgia at the center is georgia State Board Election board, i should say, they pass new rules recently. One would allow Election Officials to conduct a quote, reasonable inquiry before certifying Election Results. Another would permit members of county Election Boards to investigate ballot counts. They sound benign, but democrats are suing. They argue the rules would cause chaos in georgia weeks out from the election, and they want governor Brian Kemp to do something. Now, this iS Not just a clean Cut Fight b
There, thanks for joining me. Im Alex Marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, and we begin with breaking news. We are learning that seven us troops were injured in a raid that killed 15 members of the islamic extremist group, i. S. I. S. That raid happening on thursday in iraq two of the seven were evacuated from the area for further medicaL Treatment u. S. Central command says that the operation was targeting i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the Groups Ability to plan for their attacks. Cnns chief international security correspondent, Nick Paton Walsh is joining me now. Live from london. So nick, what do we know about this operation . Yeah alex, quite extraordinary development here. Essentially, because of the number of u. S troops injured in this instance, seven 75 of whom apparently during the operation to it seems from a fall separately related to that one of whom requiring Followon Care outside of theatre. Now were getting a statement to Iraqi Military High Comma
Response Fire Hydrants without water and no Emergency Sirens were in the fire Zone A Small Town in kansas now a battleground over free speech after police raided a local newspaper. How the owner says it led to his mothers death. The new legal move by the subject of the oscarwinning movie The Blind Side. The former nfl star who was taken in by a wealthy family as a teen now says the story was all based on a lie. And the dramatic rescue caught on camera four divers missing for hours found by the coast guard nearly 50 miles off the carolina coast. Then the emotional reunion. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening as we come on the air in the west, were following lateBreaking News tonight in atlanta where a grand jury investigating 2020 Election Interference has returned indictments, though we do not yet know against whom with so many of the legal cases involving former President Trump happening behind closed doors, tonight we watched live as a clerk handed the ju