More record heat across the east coast. Temperatures well up into the record category. All of the 19 defendants charged in the Georgia Election interference case including former President Trump have now entered pleas of not guilty. Fani willis took a big bite here and now shes got to deal with it. The manhunt for escaped pennsylvania inmate Danelo Cavalcante is intensifying. He is clearly in escape mode, but hes desperate. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. It is 9 00 a. M. Here in london, 4 00 a. M. In washington, d. C. And we begin with news just into cnn. It is now official, this summer is the hottest on record globally by huge margin. That is according to a report just released by copernicus Climate Change service. It found global averages were 0. 66 degrees celsius above average, in farenheit that is more than one degree warmer. This summer was the fifth warmest for europe and Sea Surface Temperatures have been record highs in the north appl
as his soul of the nation speech, president taking aim at what he calls maga republicans saying that the country s institutions at risk and undermine democracy. the primetime speech review of the president s campaign message ahead of the november midterms. will it persuade swing voters democrats need to keep control of congress? let s ask wall street journal in a columnist dan henninger and kyle peterson and monai. dan, starting with you, what did you make of the president beach? for starters, it was billed as a primetime speech but as far as i can tell looking through the channels, it s only carried by msnbc and cnn and maybe c-span. i think as far as primetime viewership goes, probably more people watching serena williams playing doubles of the u.s. open
marg margaret court, one short of a singles win. you re getting me excited again. okay, so, reality is, that s what we want we don t want to think about that. we want to just watch her play and play and play, and enjoy what she hasn t been able to enjoy in most of her career. tonight, she plays doubles with her sister. they ve won 14 grand slam doubles titles together. this is the first time they ve played since 2018. this is going to be a huge, huge moment, especially for venus, because oftentimes, they found each other on opposite sides, and this is what they came to do. the dream was, get to this level, play so well that they could play with each other. i remember long ago, they remarked that they would never retire from doubles. they d probably have kids, which serena does, grandkids, if you will, and they ll still be playing doubles. tonight, and if not friday night when she plays again, will be something spectacular. we re witnessing history.
everything has to come to than aend. no one is more proud of her than me. trace: do you think they ll continue playing doubles. do you think she will continue to play doubles with venus. absolutely. you are covering half the court. a different ballgame. they still have two great serves. they have the confidence street fight inside of them and could be contenders. i can see her playing doubles and i this i the public would want that. dana: when they first came to you in florida, or when you went to see them first, did you know right away that they were different and special? no, not right away. a great lesson for anybody. don t judge a book by the cover. on the outside i had capriati for three years and she was top
that s about it from sports day. three british wins at the eastbourne tournament today and serena williams is on court right now making her long awaited return to tennis after a year out. she s playing doubles. we will have updates on after the rest of the evening. for me and the rest of the evening. for me and the rest of the team, goodbye for now. hello there. for many parts of england and wales, it has been a very warm day today in the sunshine. we ve seen more cloud, scotland and northern ireland, but it continues to break up a bit, some patchy cloud continuing into the night. for many parts of england and wales, clear skies and temperatures are going to be typically 11 or 12 degrees. we may start quite cloudy in northern ireland. should see some sunshine coming through here and more sunshine than today in scotland, particularly in the east. the sunnier skies are going to be