59, 2,400 Welcome Back. Im Brianna Keilar in chicago where it is day one of the historic Democratic National Convention. And my Colleague And Friend Boris Sanchez is in washington right now, president Joe Biden and first lady jill biden, are on their way here to the windy city where in just a few hours, they will be taking to the stage each to make the case for why Vice President Kamala Harris should lead the country tonights Keynote Speech will be a bittersweet moment for the president who had his sights set on a second term before leaving the race less than a month ago. Instead, hell now tell american voters why he believes harris should be his successor cnns Mj Lee is with us now on this mj, what are you hearing about Bidens Speech Tonight . Yeah. Brianna, weve just learned that President Biden is going to be introduced tonight by his daughter, ashley biden. She is going to be speaking after the first lady, jill biden. This is really a moment of poignancy here for the entire Biden F
Cnn Breaking News hello, and welcome to Cnn Newsroom. Im Lynda Thank were following Breaking News. The Political Leader of hamas Ismail Haniah, was reportedly killed in tehran. Thats according to iranian State Media, which cites the countrys islamic Revolutionary Guard corps. You can see him here earlier Today Meeting with Irans President just before the President S inauguration. Of course, he attended that in any met with the Supreme Leader of iran in a statement, hamas claims that hania was killed in a quote, Zionist Raid on his residence in tehran. After that ceremony theres no official word from the israeli military when asked for comment, only a brief statement saying, quote, they dont respond to reports in the foreign media. Idea was a longtime member of hamas joining in the late 1980s and rising through the ranks over the years before becoming the groups political chief in 2017, im going to go live now to haifa, israel, and cnns jeremy diamond. Of course, this Hamas Leader was o
Back on earth. The Crew Members of Inspiration 4 are home after their historic threeday mission. Live from cnn center, this is Cnn Newsroom with Robyn Curnow. A chilling warning from the cia came too late to stop a u. S. Air strike that killed ten afghan civilians last month. According to three sources, the Intelligence Agency warned there were likely civilians in the area, possibly children, just seconds before this missile found its target. This is what they were looking at. The military hit the toyota following a Suicide Bombing that killed 13 u. S. Troops and scores of afghans racing to evacuate at the Kabul Airport. But the pentagon now admits that No One in this car was linked to isisk. The taliban are condemning the u. S. Strike despite their own history of killing civilians. Heres what a spokesperson for the militants told cnn. It is great to see that they got the courage to confess the truth. But they didnt do so for the last 20 years. They targeted thousands of women, childre
Important is because its a national Security Asset for the united states or was and so taliban taking over. This provided eyes and ears. The administration talks about over the horizon capability, this is like 6, 8 hours away in qatar, uae. The loss of bagram, I Cant emphasize how destructive this is. Maria then as the biden administration promises new green car for Afghan Refugees the Southern Border is overflowing the migrants. Now there are 15,000 people waiting to get apprehended under that one bridge in del rio, texas. Joe bidens refusal to close the border as Terrorists Wanna bes join the fights, will they try to access through mexico as Michael Waltz predicted last week. We are on the road to future attacks. The same team thats around biden was around obama that yanked us out of we are ache and led to rise of isis caliphate. I think you will see that next year with alqaeda 3. 0 partnered with hakani and the taliban. Maria coming up Texas Senator Ted Cruz of consequences of wide
I know everybody misses home, but it is no time to come back right now. In afghanistan, the Withdrawal Deadline is imminent as the final evacuation of americans and afghans winds down. Isisk claiming responsibility for a Rocket Attack on the kabul airport. This, after the u. S. Conducted a Drone Strike against an Isisk Target on sunday. A vehicle that posed an imminent threat to the airport. Up to ten civilians were reportedly killed as a result of the strike. At Dover Airport Sunday President biden and the First Lady attending the dignified transfer for the fallen suicide members killed in the Suicide Bomb on thursday. Well start with the latest on tropical Storm Ida with todays Show Cohost Al Roker in New Orleans, and correspondent Sam Brock in louisiana. Al, first to you. New orleans is in the dark. A rare sight. How are things looking . Al roker, i think we have a Problem Reporter thank you very much. Thank you. Reporter yeah, andrea, we are here. This is South Rampart and the dama