Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We begin the hour with Donald Trumps seizing the spotlight at the republican convention while President Biden is grappling with calls to exit the race for the White House right now, the president is isolating at is House And Delaware after his covid diagnosis, pressure is mounting on him this morning to step aside in favor of another democratic candidate to face trump in november, a Senior Biden Official told me things are looking bleak inside the campaign after reports surfaced that top democratic lawmakers are leaning on the president to get out of the race. Separate Source Close to the president told me biden as quote, listening, but the source added that the president feels like he is legally the nominee of The Party after winning the democratic primary is still another top Dnc Official said it seems more and more like a change could happen on the ticket. Meanwhile, in Milwaukee Gop is uniting at the republican National Convention hours from n
Good evening to you this holiday weekend. Welcome to a special edition of out front. I m jim sciutto in for erin burnett. We just learned that another body has been pulled from the wreckage of the catastrophic condo collapse in florida. Three bodies were found earlier today. That now leaves 28 people confirmed dead, yet 117 still unaccounted for and missing. The latest victims were found after the remaining units of the champlain south towers condo building were demolished late last night. We re told portions of the building were only being held up by the rubble pile. The mayor of miamidade telling cnn that the demolition helped rescue teams get to new areas of the rubble today. That building, as you can see, now completely leveled. That was it before on the left and after on the right there, after last night s implosion. It comes as crews are now bracing for what could be severe weather from at least the outer bands of tropical storm elsa now expected to hit on the western side of flo
the storms rises to nearly 50 in kentucky one of the hardest-hit states, the governor said earlier today that his state alone may end up losing more than 100 of his citizens. the governor is scheduled to hold a press conference coming up in the next hour or so on the cleanup and the rescue progress which continues along with homeland security s chief, also traveling there as we speak. we ll bring you that live coming up. meanwhile in illinois, we re learning the identities of the six people who died at the moinds facility in edwardsville when a tornado caused a partial collapse of a building there, trapping workers inside. the victims range in age from just 26 years old to 62. the department is currently working with representatives of amazon to account for all the personnel who are believed to be in the building at that time. and take a look at this. it s new satellite images that show the level of devastation across illinois, along with arkansas and kentucky. factories
good thursday morning, everyone. so glad phil is here in a very still hazy new york. it s a borderline apocalyptic and surreal. it s actually very serious. i you went down the rabbit hole of nasa scientists last night. of course you did. we have a lot to learn, talk about. for thosen on the west coast, welcome. this is a very, very real and significant issue. and climate change. we ll get into all of what is happening here in the air in our skies. we have a lot of other news. let s get started with five things to know for this thursday, june 8th. at round of thick smoke set to blanket the northeast and new york today. sources tell cnn the justice department has informed donald trump s legal team he is a target in the classified documents investigation. it it s a sign that an indictment could be near. happening soon, van der sloot will leave his prison in peru. he is facing fraud charges to the disappearance of natalee holloway. and mike pence delivering his toug
smothered by smoke. millions of people at risk of inhaling potentially harmful air pouring out of canada for more than 400 wildfires. smoke engulfing towns and cities across the mid-atlantic region. a crisis that could potentially last into the weekend. you re watching cnn news central. but we do begin with the clearest sign yet that the former president, donald trump, could be indicted soon. sources telling us the justice department has officially informed the former president he is a target in the classified documents probe and this is a major step indicating that the special counsel is focused on trump s actions, not just the actions of those around him. yeah, cnn has also learned that trump is now telling people around him that he does believe he will be indicted. his team is now bracing for him to be charged on multiple fronts. right now the former president is in bedminster gathering with aides where he s scheduled to stay for a few days. cnn is covering the story l