Breaking news good morning and welcome to a special weekend edition of cnn this morning, i am kasie hunt on this sunday, where we are covering breaking news. The assassination attempt on former president donald trump. We just got new video of the moment that people at the rally spotted the spotted the shooter a warning what you re about to see and hear is graphic really difficult early this morning, fbi officials identified the shooter twentyyearold, thomas mathew crooks. This appears to be the shooter lying on the roof of a building close to the rally after he was shot and killed by secret service. He was from bethel park pennsylvania. It s about 35 miles from the site of the rally in butler. As for the victims, investigators say they identified a rally goers who was shot and killed, two others who were critically injured. They are not yet revealing their identities. One man covered in blood told cnn crews at the scene he tried to comfort one of the victims seconds after the shooting
Friends, they re glad we re back. I made it known that america is back. I also wanted to put the world ons in the america is back. , america is back. [applause] tammy: like a badly written movie. Instead, there is now a crisis in confidence in american leadership here and abroad. Because the biden agenda is now defined by deadly incompetence, delusional decisionmaking and down right destructive dereliction. Just today, joe biden met with the president of ukraine, whom the new york times describes as, quote: unnerved by america s abrupt and chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan. And that he is expected to raise questions about u. S. Security commitments. The paper of record for the left also says, quote: it comes in the wake of an event that has caused numerous american allies to question the firmness of washington support. You could also say they are concerned about the firmness of biden s grip in general, more on this later. The message being, sent all over the world after the president
Former senator john james. We salute him with our civilian mines. Good to see you come everybody. Republicans in another of states pushing forward bills, basic, will post election integrity, but president biden, again, going after their move in a fiery speech, accusing republicans of attacking the foundation of our country. President biden: the 21st century jim crow assault is real. It s unrelenting. We are going to challenge it vigorously. Are you on the side of truth or lies, fact or fiction, justice or injustice, democracy or autocracy? that s what it s coming down to. Stand up, for god s sake, and help prevent this concerted effort to undermine our elections. [applause] have you know shame? we are facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. Harris: john james, your take. Sen. James: i think it s rich for joe biden to talk about this when he was elected for senate in 1972 and advocated for busing. Come see where separate but equal is employed, in detroit.
The cdc and the fda say not so fast. They issued a rare joint statement that says if you re fully vaccinated you don t currently need a covid booster shot. Much of the country may be ready to move on from coronavirus, but it remains a real and in many places a growing risk. The hypertransmissible delta variant is driving cases up in nearly half the country. The states you see in red where cases are rising the fastest. And they re the same states where vaccination rates are the lowest. Cnn s elizabeth cohen joins us now. Elizabeth, give us the information here about the booster shot. What do people need to know about whether they need it or not? right now i can just tell you that most people who are listening to this do not need a booster shot. That s very clear from a statement that the cdc and the fda put out. So let s talk about these boosters for a minute. First of all, so pfizer says that they re going to apply for authorization from the fda for a booster shot next month. I got to
Hello i m brianna keilar alongside john berman. Good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. It s wednesday, july 7th. Happening now, tropical storm lerks sa bearing down on the gulf coast of florida, expected to make landfall here in the next few hours. The storm is weakening slightly, but it s still capable of causing a lot of destruction. Elsa is packaging damaging winds and life threatening rain. Residents urged to stay indoors and off streets until the threat passes. This morning, the coast guard is searching for nine people missing off the coast of key west. 15 others were rescued. Right to randi kaye with a sense of how things are going this morning in clear water beach. Windy. Reporter: certainly. Good morning to both of you. It s been windy and rainy throughout the night. We re at the edge of clear water harbor. Last night before we went to sleep, there were a couple boats still anchored out there. We ll see what daylight brings. But the worst of it