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
Kamala harris is Honeymoon Phase, or can the vice president . Build on that clear burst of democratic momentum plus the presumptive democratic nominee, he needs a Running Mate and fast. Ill talk to the top pollster who says he knows who it will be. And who it should be an energy optimistic and nervous thats how some older voters in a crucial Swing State are feeling about the change at the top the democratic ticket cnns John King is getting the pulse of pennsylvania and is all over the Map Series im Phil Mattingly in for Dana Bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics first up 24 days until the democratic convention, 42 days until the first mail ballots go out in 100 two days until Election Day in boy, who knows how many more wild and unprecedented turns this campaign could take between now and then. But today for policy is front and center in this race as the former president meets with the israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu behind closed doors at Mara Lago that meet
She gets her first remark since moving to the top of the ticket. Who will be her pick. One possibility, governor westmore is here. A look at the record breaking hall as the 11th hour gets underway. Good evening, i am stephanie ruhle. There are 106 days until the election. This was the first full day of the kamala harris campaign. After the historic announcement that he would drop out, he endorsed his vp. Within hours she and allies jumped into action. A source told nbc news that harris spent more than 10 hours on the phone yesterday, calling party leaders, lawmakers, governors and labor leaders. Her campaign is already seeing results. It is reported an $81 million fundraising haul in the first 24 hours. That money came from nearly 900,000 donors and 60% were making their first donation. Harris is not the official nominee. Nbc can now report that she has support from a majority of the democratic party pledged delegates. It is a sign that she is well on her way to officially be coming th
A look at harris s record breaking hall as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. Good evening once again. I am stephanie ruhle live from rockefeller center. There are 106 days until the election. This was the first full day of the 2024 kamala harris campaign. After president biden s historic announcement sunday that he would drop out of the race, he endorsed his vp within hours, harris and her allies jumped into action. A source tells nbc news that harris herself spent more than 10 hours on the phone yesterday , calling party leaders, lawmakers, governors, and labor leaders. Her campaign is seeing results. It is reported $81 million fundraising hall on her first 24 hours as a presidential candidate. The money came from nearly 900,000 donors and 60% of them were making the first donation in the 2024 election. Harris is not the official nominee until the dnc delegates vote. Nbc news can now report that vice president harris has support from a majority of democratic party pled
Or be impeached. And simone biles leaves the tokyo olympics a champion overcoming twisties, turns and tragedy. Thanks for joining us. The united states current covid surge could be its worse yet. That message from the previous u. S. Surgeon general who told the washington post, we are seeing 50,000 hospitalizations a day and the weekly average of new infections is soaring well past 80,000. These are the highest levels we ve seen in months. But he says it is not too late to turn things around. It is not really about national immunity so much as it about making sure within your household, within your workplace, within your child s school you have appropriate levels of protection so that you can prevent spread from turning into an outbreak. And so think about what you can do and what those around you can do to protect yourselves. That is how we stop this pandemic. But more young people keep getting the virus. The american academy of pediatrics says some 72,000 children and teens daughter