Right here in new york city and this is the 5. [ ] [ ] nearly 40 days of silence leading up to 26 total minutes of airtime in an interview last night for vice president harris and her running mate to malls. They sat down with cnn for their first big media interview since replacing biden on the democratic ticket. Harris claimed her values have not changed. This when she was pressed on why she s done an aboutface on some major issues like fracking. Take a listen. Do you still want to ban fracking? no, and i made that clear on the debate stage in 2020, that i would not ban fracking as vice president i did not ban fracking, as president i will not ban fracking. We are in 2024 and i ve not change that position or will i going forward. I kept my word and i will keep my word. What made you change your position at the time? let s be clear, my values have not changed. Harasses fracking 180, watch what she actually said during the 2020 campaign. There s no question i m in favor of banning fra
The second deadliest u. S. Wildfire in a century incinerates paradise. This hour, the governor will deliver a new update, and well bring it to you live. Plus, yet another not guilty plea from donald trump in one federal case, as the Special Counsel is asking for an aggressive trial date in the other. Trump also not happy with the date they are seeking. What are friends for, by the way . A new expose on judge Clarence Thomas has unveiled an up roar, an entire 737 just for him . Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. Tonight, were waiting to get a new update from the governor of hawaii and the mayor of maui. A news conference, we should note, is set for this hour. As fires continue to devastate the island. The death toll has now climbed to 53 people. And officials are warning that that number could only get even higher. President biden issued a Disaster Declaration to unlock federal resources and address the catastrophe while on the road today. Our prayers are with the people of haw
pomp and power, the president of the united states abroad for a big nato summit but a conversation on if and how quickly to bring ukraine inside the alliance threatens to fracture unity across europe. trouble since he walked in. ron desantis falls back on blaming a familiar culprit to explain why his campaign stumbled off the blocks, the media. it might be the ugliest headline of the biden presidency a conversation about the biden family and the cruelty of counting to six versus seven. i m dana bash. behind the head looilines and e politics. up first, geopolitics, the president tries to hold the nato family together. joe biden wheels up right now to lithuania and will land to a new uncertainty about ukraine s future and if it s with nato and conp front rare public fractures among allows over a decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine s front line. the president took pains to project everything is okay in a stop to number 10 downing street with the british prime m
support. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. monday america celebrates the third ever federal holiday of juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved african americans. as we do, the consensus among legal scholars is the supreme court will soon be ending affirmative action, at least in the context of college admissions. does that mean it achieved its purpose or we re abandoning the underlying premise? a pair of cases have been argued. we ll soon know the results. one involves harvard, the other the university of north carolina. the conventional wisdom is that race-conscious admissions will end. currently race is permitted to be a factor, meaning one factor among many to be considered as schools seek to create a diverse student body. kwoet quote teas, however, are unconstitutional. that s the bottom line after the supreme court has taken up several cases involve ing affirmative action over time. justice sandra day o connor wrote we expect 25 years from now the us
not stopping until the job is done. chuck schumer vowing the senate will soon get the debt bill onto president biden s desk putting a pause on the debt ceiling and preventing economic calamity. but that s not all. we ll break down some of the bill s impacts on your bottom line. trump caught on tape again. a cnn exclusive. federal prosecutors have an audio recording of the former president speaking about keeping a classified document. the report could undercut his defense in the ongoing case. the 2024 gop front-runner is expected to speak to reporters from the campaign trail during the next hour. and a death zone rescue at the top of the world. a sherpa drags someone to safety. we are following these major stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. the big question today, how fast can they move? right now the senate is taking up the debt ceiling bill just passed by the house. remember, there are only four days to avert a catastrophic government d