Hello everyone. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, august 18. I m amara walker. I m victor blackwell. Thank you for joining us. Here s what s happening. Today. Vice president harris and her running mate, tim walz, will be setting off on their bus tour pennsylvania ahead of this week s democratic national convention plus, we re getting new details about the moment harris and biden will appear on stage together, the dnc for this symbolic passing of the torch. I ll say ukrainian forces are pushing deeper so. Russia powered in part by u. S. Provided weapons. Cnn travels with ukrainian soldiers as they take their fight to put me on his own territory, beaches up and down the east coast are closed today as hurricane ernesto brings the threat of dangerous rip currents. Meteorologist allison chinchar is here with a look at the areas facing in the greatest risk today i still get the rush though every time you see it, you re like, oh, played by noise. I finally get another on
Newsroom. Im Jessica Dean in New York and im Jim Sciutto in tel aviv, israel negotiators from here, the u. S. And qatar are all urgently pushing for a Ceasefire And Hostage deal. With hamas. And the group from israel says its cautiously optimistic the deal could come through. Secretary of state Antony Blinken will leave for Israel Tonight to join the effort to get the deal across the finish line. So many obstacles remain, but ill tell you, jessica enormous anticipation here were going to get back to jim just a moment, but first back here in the u. S. Donald trump is campaigning in Pennsylvania Tonight at a rally in wilkesbarre. He amplified his attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris, reacting to her newly unveiled economic proposals. Then to the chagrin of some allies and advisers, the former president , making it personal commenting on her looks as well. Cnns Danny Freeman traveling with Trump Tonight joining. Us live from the campaign trail, a raucous crowd behind you, danny, what m
For months he s been teeing the possibility of making another white house bid, and it s certainly causing other high profile republicans to tread carefully among growing speculation over who could potentially pick up the mantel if the former president decides against running in 2024. Casey stegall is live at cpac in dallas with a look at all the action going on this weekend so far. Casey? reporter: yeah, eric. And there is an awful lot of it. You know, this is really a who s who of prominent conservatives. You really never know who you going to bump into when you re walking out in the hallways here. We want to now take you inside one of the ballrooms and show you live pictures of a session that just got underway, one of the many special workshops planned here. It s called are the leftovers from the pandemic here to stay, and it is being led by congresswoman jody hice of georgia. Former national security adviser ambassador robert o brien is on deck giving remarks in about 45 minutes or