You so much. Thank you so much for joining us. The news continues right here on cnn hello, and welcome to all our viewers watching from around the world. Im Lynda Kincade ahead on Cnn Newsroom, presumptive. No more. Kamala harris secures enough delegates to officially become the democratic nominee. Any for uS President the u. S makes military moves in the mid as an anticipation of any retaliatory strike against israel and its allies. The russian dissidents speak out about their ordeal after they were freed enough historic Prisoner Swap with russia live from atlanta this is Cnn Newsroom with Lynda Kinkade We Begin with a historic moment in uS Politics. Kamala harris, now officially the democratic Partys President ial nominee making her the first black woman and Asian American to lead a major us Party Ticket the democratic national Committee Chair announcing friday that harris had enough delegate votes to clinch the no the nation. And it comes at a pivotal time, the u. S. FindS President
Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Paula Reid in washington. Jim acosta is off and we start this morning with three Words Everyone was waiting to hear. Theyre finally home. Former us marine Paul Whelan, Wall Street Journal reporter, Evan Gershkovich and Russian American Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva are now back on us soil, arriving to a Heros Welcome overnight take a look theyre long nightmare. Finally over as they hug to their families for the first time since being freed, President Biden and Vice President harris, also on hand to welcome them home the historic Prisoner Swap was the largest since the Cold War involving 24 detainees and said of in countries biden posted this photo showing the trio on their way home earlier this morning, they touched down in texas for medical evaluations with their families in tow. But even with the gravity of the last 24 hours still sinking in gershkovich was quick to point out that the nightmare is far from but over for other detainees w
Answer questions you may have call now and well come to you 808 to 14000 this is cnn Breaking News were following Breaking News into cnn from The Middle East. Israel says it launched a strike In Beirut, lebanon targeting a Hezbollah Commander that it blames for a Rocket Attack on the Golan Heights that killed 12 children this is new video of the aftermath of that attack. You can see rubble on the ground debris, theyre strong across this street. We also new video showing a cloud of smoke in the air. This as lebanese State Media is reporting that the attack was conducted by a drone that fired three missiles though the idf has not provided details about exactly how this strike was conducted. And we are getting some live pictures here from lebanon, which has been on edge ever since that deadly attack on the Golan Heights is really prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had vowed serious consequences following that we have Cnn Senior International correspondent ben we need them in live for us In
Hundreds more people have been forced to leave their homes and parts of greece as wildfires continue to burn out of control. This summer, scorching temperatures across much of southern europe has left forests subserve suitable 25. The region north of athens and evia, the second largest island, is among the hardest hit areas. Evacuations are under way. Thousands of homes, all reduced to ash. With each change in the wind, carving a new path of devastation. Those who stay save whatever they can. Others pack up their lives and head to the port. It s like a scene of an apocalyptic movie, the sun is red, it is quite scary. More than 2000 people have been evacuated from evia by ferry. Once of the island, miles of smoke show the scale of the fight, and it is the smoke that authorities say hampers efforts to downsize from above. Those on the ground to say more needs to be done. Most people see that we don t have any help until yesterday, and they could save everybody, and they could save everyb
And thousands fleeing across the border in africa, seeking refuge from an erupting volcano. It is sunday, may 23rd, thank you so much for waking up with us. Christi, always great to see you. And you as well. Let s get into these conversations this morning. As u. S. Officials are pushing to get more people vaccinated, there s another state that s reached a critical milestone this morning. According to cdc data, rhode island is now the 8th state to have administered at least one vaccine dose to 70% of its adult population. This is a prime achievement as the country is really trying to reach herd immunity as you know. Yeah, the news comes amid an unprecedented surge of covid cases in southeast asia. India now surpassing 26 1/2 million cases, with more than 3,000 covid deaths a day for the past month. There is some good news, though, a new scientific report shows that two doses of either the oxford astrazeneca or the pfizer vaccines are quote highly effective against the new variant that w