Breaking News Coverage of tropical Storm Debby continues as florida governor Ron Desantis and state officials are expected to give an update later on this hour, well bring that to you live when it happens. Debbie is expected to rapidly intensify into a category one hurricane as early as tonight before making Landfall Tomorrow Morning near the big Bend Region in of the state there are lots of preparations underway. Lets get right to Meteorologist Derek Van dam, who is tracking the latest. So what can we expect . Fredricka, so weve got some new video into cnn that shows just how vulnerable that coastline on the Western Parts of Florida Peninsula actually is. This is coming out of captiva island. Remember this is near Fort Myers Hires Beach that was hit so hard back in September 2022 with Hurricane Ian now starting to see some coastal Storm Surge thats impacting businesses and homes within this area. Not a trend that wed like to see High Tide was about one Au 8 00 p. M. Within this area.
Announce a Running Mate at any moment. Donald trump is backing out of a debate he already agreed to. Legendary democratic strategist James Carville and the reverend Al Sharpton are standing by to talk about all of it. Lk plus, governors think Josh Shapiro is the odds on to get onto the ticket. Ke Sarah Longmont is going to tell us what she is hearing. Later, i will talk to Elissa Slotkin who is running for the senate, and one of the most closely watched races in the country. Okay. The first thing we should tell you today is that we are watching and waiting for any news at all about Kamala Harriss Running Mate. The Vice President has been meeting with candidates One On one at her home in washington this weekend. Josh shapiro, Tim Walz, and Jo Arizona Senator Mark Kelly are all meeting with her today. Former Attorney General Eric Holder who is the guy who is overseeing the Vetting Process has been seen exiting her house as well, and thats an important thing to watch for, too. Shes holdin
Also kurmasheva, and vladimir karamurza are expected to land on us soil. This evening. Actually karamurza will be heading to germany, but the other three will be arriving at Joint And Base andrews. We want to share with you this photo posted by president Joe Biden on Social Media showing the released prisoners, families with him in the Oval Office. You see two young women, theyre huddled over a phone extensively speaking with a Loved One over the speakerphone there, the families then joined the president as he addressed the american people confirmed coming the elaborate and historic deal that he reached with multiple allies, at least seven nations involved in making this day happen and this is the first photo of the now freed Gershkovich And Whelan holding up an American Flag shared on Social Media shortly before they boarded their Flight Home from turkey, which is where the swap actually happened standing between them, we should point out is russian american journalist alsu kurmasheva
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Now and see how much you can save assignment with audie cornish. Listen wherever you get your podcasts this is cnn breaking News Hello again everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im Fredricka Whitfield and we start this hour with breaking news, a statement from the u. S national Security Council, just a short time ago saying the strike and the Golan Heights that killed 12 children was carried out by the militant Group Hezbollah and says, it should be universally condemned also, new this hour, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was meeting with senior members of his government as they weigh their next steps. Israel is warning hezbollah will pay the price for the attack. Israeli warplanes have already struck the iranbacked group, Deep Inside Lebanon and the incident is fueling fears of an allout war on israels northern border. It all comes as Cia Director Bill burns is in rome for a new round of Gaza Ceasefire talks. Theyve got full coverage for you, Jeremy Diamond is in the