Im max foster. Bianca is on assignment. Just ahead donald trump now faces federal criminal charges for trying to hold on to the presidency in 2020. This is politics. This indictment is pure politics. Mr. Smith and his team followed the facts and the law wherever they lead. Suspected gilgo beach serial killer Rex Heuermann facing a courtroom. We have a great deal of information, evidence, photographs, reports. Ukraine is using drones to strike russian targets inside russia. Probably would be a bad move. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is wednesday, august 2, 9 00 a. M. In london, 4 00 a. M. In washington where preparations are under way for an expected Court Appearance by donald trump on thursday after thrm Court Appearance by donald trump on thursday after the former president was indicted on criminal charges for efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This is the third time hes faced criminal charges. In this case prosecutors allege that he
that cia director william burns made a secret trip to ukraine to brief president volodymyr zelenskyy and share u.s. intelligence on russia s next moves in the war. actor and producer alec baldwin now faces criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a crew member on the set of the film rust. our legal experts are weighing the evidence and whether the involuntary manslaughter charges will stick. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the partisan showdown over raising the debt ceiling and fears of an unprecedented default by the united states. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju explains where this critical fight stands tonight. reporter: tonight congress and the white house engaged in a risky standoff as the u.s. reaches its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit. the white house and congressional democrats say no negotiations to raise the debt ceiling and no conditions
rolodex. he clenched the record for the longest speaker contest in 164 years. this was the scene after four days and 15 rounds of voting. [ cheering and applause ] mccarthy s journey to the speakership was fraught with drama. it got a little intense. it almost came to blows last night. the 14th vote should have been the clencher as mccarthy and allies thought they had the vote in the bag. but matt gaetz thought they had it in the bag. he waited to the end to vote present even though mccarthy needed just one vote to win. mccarthy appeared stunned and walked up to confront gaetz himself. mike rogers appears to suddenly lunge at gaetz and had to be physically restrained by a fellow republican. i spoke to republican congressman tim burchett who was in the area of the incident when it happened. here is what he saw. realized that both sides have some older members and it was getting late, and i suspect most of them had missed the early bird special at the sizzler and they were
no person, having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. so, they voted again. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. so, the third time was not the charm. and this lasted for almost five hours. we re talking about three consecutive ballots. and they could not elect a speaker of the house. and this was frankly a once in a century occurrence. this hasn t happened in the last 100 years, not to be able to finalize who was going to be your speaker in that first round, let alone after three rounds and there s still no conclusion. a tough day, everyone can say, for kevin mccarthy. after all of this time, his dream of being speaker was within his reach. and he believes it still is. but so far, it has succeeded his grasp. so, the question tonight is where are we now? so, there s still no speaker of the house. and they re going to do the wh
another prisoner swap? then, the same kind of technology used for the best covid vaccines, mrna, is showing promise in treating other conditions, including some cancers. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our money lead. prices are up and the stock market is down. president biden is trying to put a positive spin on the economy, today insisting that tackling the worst inflation the u.s. has seen in decades remains a top priority. during a speech in front of the afl-cio in philadelphia, the president touted his administration s coronavirus relief efforts, record new job creation, and low unemployment levels. sure, but that s likely little consolation to the millions of americans paying record prices for everything from food to gasoline. especially as many economists predict the federal reserve will drastically hike interest rates tomorrow to try to get control of the inflation. president biden will try to address one of those crises, gas prices, now avera