good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, july 309. i m amara walker. i m erica hill in for victor blackwell. so nice to be with you this morning. what a treat, erica. a lot to get to on this sunday, including as we are watching the severe storms which ripped through parts of the northeast on saturday, uprooting trees, knocking out power, grounding flights. we will take a closer look at the damage left behind and what you can expect today. following a developing story out of haiti. an american woman and her child have been kidnapped. what we know about the case and the efforts to rescue them. former president trump rallying supporters in pennsylvania last night once again attacking the special counsel as he faces the threat of another indictment. plus, what former vice president mike pence is saying about his chances of making that first gop primary debate. you ti think we saw what we feared, this is the moving front of severe leaching.
you new charges, a new defendant, new accusation that s donald trump wanted potential evidence deleted. he is now facing serious charges, including trying to alter, destroy, mutilate or conceal evidence in the classified documents case. we have the latest details. plus, we ll take you on the campaign trail. trump s legal battles on a collision course with the 2024 election. it s a major day for republicans in iowa. and the candidates you can see on the screen will make their case to voters. will donald trump s grip on the republican party weaken? and get an ambulance here now. a 911 call captures the moment after lebron james son bronny suffered cardiac arrest during basketball practice. we are following these developing stories and many more. all coming in right here to cnn news central. new charges and stunning new details coming to light in donald trump s classified documents case. the special counsel now charging the former president with three new counts, including on
this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. this morning the federal grand jury investigating donald trump s efforts to overturn the election will meet again. anticipation is building as the former president faces another potential indictment. we are now learning exclusive details about another oval office meeting that has become a focus of the special counsel. sources tell cnn witnesses are being asked about a february 2020 meeting where trump praised election security and improvements at his administration. weeks hater he started spreading conspiracy theories and casting doubt on the security of the 2020 election. the mail ballots they cheat, okay? they cheat. they are very dangerous for this country. this election will be the most rigged election in history. the only way we re gonna lose this election is if the election is rigged. remember that. this is being done on purpose. they know it s no good. they know it s going to be fraudulent. who is getting the ball
it s meeting day for federal grand jury in the investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. cnn learned exclusively that prosecutors are looking into an oval office meeting where former president trump repeatedly praised how secure elections were. yes. before going on to bash them and question them. house speaker kevin mccarthy going further than he s gone before, saying the house investigations into the biden family business dealings rise to the, quote, level of impeachment inquiry. texas, refusing to remove its border buoys as the justice department sues the state. the state s republican governor says he plans to fight this all the way to the supreme court. israel s doctors on strike this morning after a violent night of protests over a new law limiting the power of the nation s supreme court. and the israeli umbrella labor union warning of, quote, serious consequences if the government legislates unilaterally. the alabama woman who went missing for 49
as much for her fearlessness as she was for her music. sinead o connor died at the age of 56. and the u.s. claws their way b back to tie the netherlands. up next, portugal. cnn this morning starts right now. here is where we begin this hour. we have new cnn reporting this morning on senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, he has fallen more times this year than previously known. this report comes as the 81-year-old republican insists he is fine after he froze mid-sunshine yesterday for 23 seconds. we re on a path to finishing the nda this week. there s been good bipartisan cooperation and a string of are you good, mitch? you okay, mitch? anything else you want to say? mcconnell s fellow senators, you heard him there checking on him asking if he was all right. he it eventually return to the podium. could you address what happened at the start of the press conference, and was it related to your injury from earlier this year where you suffered a concussion?