Happening. Now, Donald Trump is on the Campaign Trail in battleground, North Carolina, using what was billed as a speech of the economy too. Kamala harris and the democrats will break down his message as some of his allies are pleading with him to focus on substantive policy issues. And here in The Middle East, the Cia Director will be in the room when highstakes talks on a Gaza Ceasefire and Hostage Deal yet underway soon is there any hope for a breakthrough without the participation of hamas . And as the threat of an iranian attack on israel still hangs very much over the region. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world im Wolf Blitzer in Tel Aviv and youre in the Situation Room we begin with the president ial race as the battle for North Carolina is heating up tonight, Donald Trump speaking at a rally just a little while ago in asheville, two days before Kamala Harris campaigns in the state, seen as Jeff Zeleny is joining us live from nashville, right now, je
But cases of coronavirus mainly driven by the unvaccinated continues to grow. The u. S. Is now averaging more than 79,000 new infections a day. And more than 4 out of 5 americans live in an area with substantial or high transmission. The Pressure Campaign to get vaccinated appears to be working, because for nearly a week, the u. S. Has seen increases in vaccine doses administered. Cnns Lucy Kauchb has been following the trend. Reporter more than 700,000 doses administered daily for five days straight. The good news, Health Experts say rising Vaccination Rates could help avoid winter lockdowns. The bad news, there may be rough weeks ahead. Were looking to some Pain And Suffering in the future because were seeing the cases go up. We want to avoid lockdowns at all costs, but that means were going to have to do some other things that wont necessarily be welcomed by people. Reporter across the country, Mask Mandates going into place, even for people fully vaccinated. New York Citys mayor, b
prepare to cast their votes as soon as tonight. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we begin this hour with a killing of ahmaud arbery and the closely watched murder trial that is playing out in georgia. lawyers for all three defendants resting their case just a little while ago. cnn s martin savidge is covering this breaking news for us. reporter: travis mcmichael taking the stand in his own defense for a second day in the trial for the killing of ahmaud arbery. the lead prosecutor continuing to go after him during cross-examination. you also could have stepped around the back of the truck and followed him in the path that way, is that right? yes. but then he would have had open unrestricted run around the truck and into my open door and into my pickup truck and so you re telling this jury that a man who has spent five minutes ru
up to what we already knew. he lived like the rich and famous and on the dime of actual billionaires, who had business before the court. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with that breaking news out of fulton county, georgia. donald trump formally entered a plea of not guilty. that happened minutes ago. he did it in a new court filing. it means we won t see him inside an actual courtroom next week on september 6th, when some of trump s co-defendants are expected to be arraigned. let s go to zach ko hadn t. what exactly did the former president file? reporter: donald trump pleading not guilty in this case. it takes some perspective. this is the fourth time donald trump has entered a not guilty plea in response to criminal charges since he s left office a couple years ago. that s pretty remarkable. he s charged with trying to overturn the presidential election. it remains to be seen how this might impact a trial. there s still a lo
bring the country together. i m going to bring it together. we all know donald trump sees a different america. an america story of resentment, advantage and retribution. that s not me. that s not you. everything that joe biden touches turns to [ bleep ]. celebrating the constitution, our country, our economy and our communities. donald trump is vermin, poison, poison in the blood of america. it sounds a lot lik 2020 you could say it sounds like 2016 as well. while the contours of the campaign feel like deja vu, they already do. what s happening behind the rallies is noticeably and notably different. president biden is outraising former president trump which could be especially significant when donald trump is in a personally precarious financial position, which he is. we ll explain what that means in a moment. it could also have bearing on what trump expects or demands of the rnc which he now functionally controls through his daughter-in-law and hand-picked successo