good evening our special coverage of the republican national convention begins right now. i m ari melber. i m jen psaki with you for the next two hours as we get into the second day of the rnc. this rnc includes the typical trappings of any political convention including what you see on your screen. yesterday the delegates affirmed the running mate senator jd vance and he s getting a walk through. there are the speakers. and appearances from past rivals now pushing unity. tonight ron desantis and nikki haley will speak. a boom for trump as they are the rivals who did best against him in the primary. and the force and enthusiasm of nikki haley s speech did matter. she did build support among conservatives and independents who were skeptical of joe biden and donald trump alike. tonight s theme is make america safe again a place nikki haley can draw on her foreign policy experience. that s the typical part of the gathering. then there s the assassination attempt hanging over
world. this is cnn newsroom. hurricane ida is barreling toward the united states, gaining strength as it churns through the gulf of mexico. the storm was a category-one hurricane on friday, and it s expected to become a dangerous car category three or four this weekend. hurricane warnings are posted for the louisiana and mississippi coasts, and evacuations are under way. forecasters say ida likely will slam into new orleans on the anniversary of hurricane katrina. joining me is meteorologist karen maginnis. you ve been tracking this. what s the latest? a frightening situation developing over about the next 36 hours from now. if you haven t made plans and you live in that coastal region of louisiana and perhaps in regions of mississippi, this is a time when you should be making solid plans to leave that area because this is a very frightening situation. right now, category one. i ve noticed the deeper convection is developing along the western edge. but as ida moves in
this as one of the largest music festivals in the country is under way with new covid protocols. the senate working through the weekend, hammering out the text of a bipartisan infrastructure bill. one of president biden s biggest legislative goals. where do things stand now? gymnast simone biles pulling out of two more events in the tokyo olympics, saying she literally cannot tell up from down. we ll talk live to a former olympian who says she knows exactly what biles is going through. the federal moratorium on evictions ending tonight after the supreme court rules the cdc does not have the power to extend it. we re joined by one woman who fears she could soon lose her home. newsroom starts right now. good morning. it is saturday, july 31st. i m boris sanchez. good morning, boris. i m chris seeti paul. we re live in the cnn newsroom and grateful to have you with us here. you said it, july 31st. how did the whole month go by already? i think it s flying by for a
discussions. the joint presser between the two of them moments ago way. we re on it. another big story from washington. jerome powell on the hot side. this time speaking before the senate banking committee to say i see inflation but i don t see it around long. echoing his views that he s thinks it s transitory and not an issue to hike rates. but the price threats are real. the inflation is real, too. ceos, almost universally, sounding the alarm on the issue and according to an axios report acknowledging that this president right now doesn t see it the same way. that is the problem. you see it in the grocery store. you see it at the gas pump. but what can be done if it sticks around even a little while? we ll explore that first with edward lawrence at the white house. that s the big word of the day, inflation. especially the senate banking committee. the democrats and the white house down playing the inflation that we re all seeing here. the federal reserve chairman acknow
the two time wimbledon champion battled through a late night five set epic on centre court to make it into the third round. on the day princess diana would have turned 60, her sons william and harry unveil a statue in her honour. good morning. today again, part of the east will have a bit of crowd round, thick enough for some drizzle but for many of us, we are looking at a drier and sunny day with a few showers, some of us could see sharp showers. it s thursday, july the 1st. our top story. after more than two years behind bars, the american actor and comedian, bill cosby, has been released from prison. judges at the highest court in pennsylvania overturned his conviction for sexual assault, ruling the 83 year old should be freed because the correct legal processes hadn t been followed. michelle fleury has this report. this is the moment bill cosby left prison, a free man. he had served two years of a three to ten year sentence. his fall from grace was sealed in 2018 after he