Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, july 28. Im victor blackwell morning, everyone. Im amara walker. And heres what were working on for you this morning. Breaking news, israel strikes back hitting hezbollah targets in lebanon overnight after the deadliest attack on israeli civilians since October 7 tills a dozen children are critical israeli Security Cabinet Meeting and new fears of an allout war shes terrible, shes worst, shes worse than he is. Ill tell you right now. So what he and his Running Mate are saying. Well, its just plain weird former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris traded attacks on the Campaign Trail Election day hes now 100 days away and a crisis in california, 350,000 Acre Wildfire threatens for Northern California counties. And it is still raging out of control. We are alive on the fire lines with you Evacuation Warnings in effect and a greatest american gymnast of all time is competing in the Paris Olympics this morning, Simo
to restore england s lead before alessia russio wrapped up the victory late on to make sure of their place in the final against spain. spain is going to be even tougher, i think. obviously every single game with that we have come into this tournament has been of the highest level, so we have to be ready, but we have been dreaming since we were little girls, so yes, we are excited. ican i can hardly describe how proud i am of the i can hardly describe how proud i am of the team i can hardly describe how proud i am of the team. how this team has been adapted of the team. how this team has been adapted all of the team. how this team has been adapted all the time was up before the tournament and then during the tournament and now this game again. how we tournament and now this game again. how we come through and find a way to win how we come through and find a way to win again how we come through and find a way to win again. it s so incredible. i m really proud of t
threats to kill jewish officials in michigan, including the state s attorney general. two mid flight emergencies are rattling air travelers on two separate airlines and details on the two close calls. alec murdaugh s defense team delivering closing arguments at his double murder trial. that is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. we begin with a disturbing story out of michigan where a man is using social media to threaten to kill jewish members of the state government. the state s attorney general dana nessel confirmed that she is one of the officials targeted. she tweeted this, quote, the fbi has confirmed that i was a target of the heavily armed defendant in this matter. it is my sincere hope that the federal authorities take this offense just as seriously as my hate crimes and terrorism unit takes plots to murder elected officials. of course, we are covering this story from every angle, and we will start
comcast business. powering possibilities. top of the hour now on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor black well. and i m bianna golodryga. any minute now the jury will return from lunch and receive instructions from the judge. just before the defense was getting ready to begin this morning, a judge dismissed a juror for discussing the case with people outside the jury. you have had some discussions with some folks not on the jury, which is going to require me to remove you from the jury. i m not suggesting that you intentionally did anything wrong, but that in order to preserve the integrity of the process and in fairness to all the parties involved, we re going to replace you with one of the other jurors. cnn national correspondent diane gallagher is outside the courthouse there in walterboro for us. walk us through this final day of the closing arguments. reporter: victor, right now we are waiting for court to return essentially so the judge can charge th
ohio it is not eligible for federal disaster assistance in the after math of a toxic train crash in east palestine. good morning, i m bill hemmer. dana has the day off. back by popular demand sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. fema shooting down the governor s request. the agency said the toxic bill in east palestine does not qualify as a traditional natural disaster. bill: the administration is sending funds to help with medical costs. the head of the epa was there for the first time. on the scene yesterday ohio senator j.d. vance. it is like chemicals coming out of the ground. let me show this to people. watch this. you can see the chemical pop out of the creek. this is disgusting. the fact that we have not cleaned up the train crash, the fact these chemicals are still seeping in the ground is an insult to the people who live in east palestine. sandra: health officials insist the water is safe to drink. but people who live there are concerned. i haven t s