Hope you had a grand weekend. Im bill hemmer live in new york. Hello to you. Dana good morning to you. We want to hear more about your weekend and americas best kept secret. I didnt give it away. I gave it a tease. Im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. The u. S. Navy was forced to react in what is being called as a blatant act of aggression. Military activists say the combined flotilla is, perhaps, the largest to approach u. S. Soil. They point out the maneuver was no mistake with moscow and beijing taking advantage of the Biden Administrations setbacks overseas. This is a very dangerous situation, and ive said since the beginning of the war in Eastern Europe between ukraine and russia the real danger of what the Biden Administration is blundering us towards is a closer union between the two great powers of the Urasian Land Mass which are russia and china. Its really the one thing that we cant allow to happen in terms of larger geopolitics. Bill sets us up live in the northwest bu
Around the world. Im max foster. Bianca is off today. But just ahead this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. Lock him up, lock him up you are entitled to question whether it was honest or not. It is not okay to create fake electors and attack the capitol to get your way. The whole thing was a fraud on the United States. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is friday, august 4, 9 00 a. M. In london, 4 00 a. M. In bedminster, new jersey where donald trump is not letting his latest indictment stand in the way of his bid to win reelection. The former u. S. President is back at his golf resort of a at the pleading not guilty in the alleged plot to reverse his 2020 election loss. He plans to attend a fundraiser in alabama tonight and another event this South Carolina saturday. His next hearing is set for august 28 when the judge is expected to set a trial date. Justice department prosecutors want to
Going to make a return. Is it certain shes going to compete . Yes. She is slated to compete. A lot of people will be watching. Andy, thank you. The next hour of cnn this morning starts right now. 7 a. M. It went by quickly. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Im amarer walker. Im victor blackwell. The fight between the Special Prosecutor and donald trump heating up now after the former president posted this threat jerng, they say, message on his social media. Now the special counsel is calling on the judge in the january 6th case to take action. Authorities have identified another victim in the gilgo beach murders. It comes just a week after Rex Heuermann was identified. Could the killing be tied to the same suspect. Chaos in new york city. Thousands of people flood the streets after a social Media Influencer posts online about a give away. Shes back. Gymnast simone biles makes the return for the First Time Since the Tokyo Olympics. Well have the latest on tonights com
Sea, so much closer to home than russia could possibly have wanted. You referred to a russian fighter intercepting what was a russian drone. They submitted that in strict accordance with international law. That comes a matter of hours after Ukrainian Drones have targeted two key vessels. Just this morning, a russian oil cargo ship which was struck by a Ukrainian Drone in the black sea quite some distance off the coast and near a key naval port. There are suggestions that an oil depot was hit on the eastern side of the crimean peninsula. This is a Building Number of incidents occurring in the black sea, an area which russia must have felt was entirely impregnable just two weeks ago. Sochi is a russian holiday resort, and all of those are at risk of war. A dramatic change here where ukraine is projecting its power. It may be a bid to show some element of Military Success given how slow the counteroffensive appears to be at the moment. It certainly must make the kremlin utterly perplexed
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