State department about the trip that had never taken place. What had happened was the planning around this trip had leaked to the website via the israeli journalist who reported last night that the trip is being planned with a potential departure of tuesday night. Us and east coast time. And reporting today that that has been postponed. So i think it is important to point out first of all this isn t any sort of formal postponement of a trip because the trip had actually never been formally announced anyway. Certainly it seems that the planning had been under way for a trip, but i think there was always uncertainty about exactly when it might take place. At the moment, of course, there are a lot of moving parts because there is still concern in the region about the potential for an iranian retaliation to what is believed to be the israeli assassination of the political leader of hamas in tehran. Also the potential for a hezbollah strike into israel as well, concern about that. It also u
Long to cut interest rates? decision time for kamala harris. Her veepstakes now in its final hours. What we know about the plan to announce her running mate tomorrow, as donald trump attacked harris over today s stock market drop. With the mid east on edge, the rocket attack on a base in iraq, several americans injured. The olympic drama here in paris. Simone biles taking the silver in the floor exercise, and the historic moment at the podium. And noah lyles taking his first step towards another gold after that amazing photo finish. And two years after a scary moment in the pool, anita alvarez on how she fought her way back to artistic swimming at the olympics. Announcer: this is nbc nightly news reporting tonight from the olympics in paris. Here is lester holt. Good evening and welcome. We will tell you the big stories from here at the olympic games in paris in just a few minutes. But we start back home tonight with the next shoes to drop in the weather onslaught threatening parts of
Charge i m convict someone if this was before 2003. Now, i reached out to our kelly s attorney, jennifer bonjean. Here s what she tells me, kate, she says, quote, laws are generally applied prospectively. The 2003 amendments that expanded the statute of limitations was not intended to apply to mr. Kelly s alleged conduct from the 1990 hi indies statutes should be strictly construed and prosecutors should not be permitted to ignore the intent of congress even when the defendant is r. Kelly. So you re seeing there that she s saying because he is a celebrity and because this is a highprofile case that he should be treated like everyone else. But thank you so much for tracking that for us. Appreciate it new hour of cnn central starts now breaking overnight, the assassination of the top political leader of hamas inside iran raising fears this morning of the possibility of an allout war in the middle east the new timeline on when vice president harris will pick a running mate desert travel s
Is cnn breaking news well good morning, to you you, are live in. The cnn newsroom. I m pamela brown in washington, jim acosta is off and we begin this hour with breaking news out of the middle east the world is watching as the region inches closer to the very real possibility of a widening war. This morning, hamas accuses israel of assassinating it s political politer, it s smile hugged me airstrike, taking place during a visit to tehran. And now iran supreme leader is vowing to avenge the killing, quote, you killed our dear guest in our house and now have paved the way for your harsh punishment. We consider it our duty to ask for the blood of our dear guest when asked israel s military said it is not responding to reports about the attack which would not be unexpected the us says it will defend israel if attack, but hopes at the sky high tensions in the region can be defused i don t think war is inevitable. We re going to work hard to make sure that we re doing things to help take the
To power on the straights. Yes! diving into the history books a first female medal in the sport for gb in more than 60 years, after a dramatic final round. And. The three peat s on track, as adam peaty qualifies for the semi finals in 100m breaststroke. Also coming up on sportsday. England are back on top against west indies, after superb showings from jamie smith and joe root, who climbs the record books, jumping above a windies legend. And max verstappen was quickest in qualifying for the belgian grand prix, but the formula one championship leader won t start the race from pole. Hello there, and welcome to sportsday. They say it never rains, but it pours, and that s certainly been the case on the first day of medal action at the paris olympics. It s been chucking it down in the city, as we saw from the opening ceremony last night on the seine. Rain s caused delays, and even postponement of the skateboarding. But the weather hasn t put a dampener on team gb, who were in the medals o