Welcome to cnn newsroom. Im Ivan Watson, live in Hong Kong ahead this hour. Americas economy. A key issue for voters take Center Stage Kamala Harris looks ahead to a big week for democrats gaza war, Ceasefire Talks remain a top priority in the Middle East and beyond the u. S. President says, hes optimistic about a deal. Plus, cnn gets access to a russian town. Now held by ukraine but residents tell us about the incursion now, weve just two days left before the start of the Democratic National Convention in chicago, u. S. Vice president Kamala Harris, whos focused on voters wallets, and explaining her goals for the u. S. Economy. As Cnn Poll of polls indicates the race is essentially tied with harris holding up slight lead over Donald Trump on friday. Shes spoken North Carolina now in play after president Joe Bidens Exit from the race, harris took aim at trumps efforts to outline an economic agenda and his Lack Of Quote Serious plans two days ago, Donald Trump was here in North Carolina
trump s acquittal. the trial fall-out and the gop divided. will trump s daughter-in-law be the next to run for office those highly contagious variants in 41 states. the vaccine eligibility chaos, some tried days or weeks to get an appointment. governor cuomo under scrutiny of nursing home covid deaths. s students on how the pandemic is impacting them the spirit of mardi gras, no parade. the party is on. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening everyone. at least 12 people have died. snow and ice and freezing rain and brutal cold making travel across texas and oklahoma paralis as temperatures drop into the single dimgits in some places we are following closely of the steady drop of corid infections in this country as some place are easing restrictions the new study giving us new insight of how this pandemic is affecting our children let s begin in our storm zone, kathy park has late details reporter: a dangerous mix of snow and ice and bone chi
police forming a human chain trying to save this family trapped in a sinking car. the apparent kidnapping on the doorstep. the role this doorbell video played in finding that woman. plus, the wild finish overnight as the major league playoffs get under way. and from the woman facing off with this lion at the zoo, to the woman jumped by this deer at the gas station, to the mouse wreaking havoc at the white house. all the wild video on this wednesday morning. good wednesday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we begin with new evidence against a former dallas police officer who is now a convicted killer. a jury has found amber guyger guilty of murdering her neighbor. guyger entered claims she entered the wrong apartment by accident and shot botham jean thinking he was an intruder. now as jurors consider guyger s punishment, prosecutors have revealed what they say are racist and violent text messages including one where guyger jokes about the death of mart
we ll see how people react to that. why the latest drama has caused a mom to intervene. before the big bang finale we re on with the cast. you guys as a couple have been through so much, makeups, breakups. you mean in real life or on screen? this is entertainment tonight . e.t. is in london with the latest on the royal baby boy. little archie made his debut. magic. pretty amazing and i have the two best guys in the world, so i m really happy. the baby s name was a surprise. archie is definitely not a royal name. his middle name attributed to father harry and mount betton windsor happens for harry s last name. while it was surprising to some that harry held his son and not meghan, we ve seen this before. it was prince charles who held his son prince william when he was introduced to the world in 1982. he has the sweetest templement. he s calm. until he wakes up. he s great. yeah. we re just very thrilled to have our own little bundledle of joy.
good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. well, president trump is downplaying thtalk of war amids u.s. and ira when asked if the u.s. was going to war with iran, the president replied, i hope not. congressional lawmakers are questioning it more. marc liverman is here in new york with new details about what may have led to the escalation in tensions. good morning. good morning, anne-marie. iran s leaders believe the u.s. is preparing to attack them. they re leaving them to prepare possible counter strikes. iran says it s not an option rngs but is skeptical whether real diplomacy is possible with the u.s. president trump is hoping tensions with iran subside. mr. president, are we going to war with iran? i hope not. he told acting defense secretary patrick shanahan the same thing, he does not want war with iran. however, the american buildup in the persian gulf continues. the group on