An extraordinary day. All he said that is that kamala harris this is a chameleon. She prints students to be somebody different depending on which audience she is in front of. The greatest of all time. And she has the chain to prove it live from london. This is cnn newsroom with max foster and christina macfarlane warm, welcome to our viewers joining us from around the world. I m max foster. Christie is off today is friday, august the second, 9:00 a. M. Here in london, 4:00 a. M. At joint base andrews in maryland, where three americans took their first steps on us soil since being released. From russian prisons as part of the biggest exchange of his kind since the cold war, us president joe biden, vice president kamala harris, welcoming home, marine veteran paul whelan. He spent the past six years in prison next off the plane was wall street journal reporter, evan gershkovich. She ran and to hug his mother and father before speaking with his colleagues also, returning to the u. S. Russi
Pennsylvania, let s begin with laura in lower manhattan. Two decades have passed that day and for so many people, 9/11 feels like it was just yesterday. A somber movie ceremony here at the world trade center, lower manhattan today and somebody lives were lost. Ramseyer began today a holy bill after the world trade center was hit. The 2753 names of those killed were read aloud at the 9/11 memorial for the twin towers once stood. Joe, we love and miss you more than you could ever imagine. Our son is a spitting image of you. He lights up my world everything. I see you in everything he does. The world was a better place with you and your self miss after 20 years by your children and grandchildren whom you be very proud my uncle was a firefighter. Inspired me to follow in your footsteps and become a firefighter, to. President joe biden and first lady along with former president barack obama and bill clinton and their wife brought a hand for today s ceremony. A firefighter who spoke with lea
War is officially over. The war in afghanistan is officially over. As skwrep from said the last american airplanes of u. S. Troops have left and tal boone in control of the airport. There are americans still there and the state department will work to get remaining americans out. We take this around our table, first. Poet, have served. This must be filled with a lot of different emotions. Yes, it s almost surreal to see that banner at the bottom right will. America ends war on n. Afghanistan. Setting aside all of the criticisms i and all others have i m very glad every one of our boys at this point is off of that airfield. Off of that kill zone and that x. You can talk about what was miss man amed and the future. We will talk about that. People left behind, the legitimate terror state that is this. Ultimately i tip my hat to the pentagon using a he will ppt of surprise, moving earlier than many thepg they would and getting all of our boys back. It s not been a smooth process. We have l
this storm heading straight for rhode island, parts of the eyewall already on shore and we re seeing the storm move to shore as we speak. more than 1500 people under tropical weather alerts right now concerned about storm surge in the harbors and the bays of rhode island, new york and massachusetts. concerns about flooding in the coming hours and widespread power outages because we re talking about a part of the united states not used to seeing tropical weather barrelling into shore. storm surge as well. we re going live in a moment to derek van dam who is in newport, rhode island who can give us a sense of what s happening on the coast. but first let s go to allison chinchar for the latest on the track. allison, any updates from the national hurricane center? we ve got several, in fact. we re learning it is moving very, very close to shore. landfall is expected imminently here. what we re also seeing is that little bit of downpush in wind. the winds are at 60 miles an hour
And it s rarely talked about but two million people in the uk are living without at least one essential piece of furniture or major household appliance in furniture poverty. Like a fridge. Is this something you have struggled with? do get in touch, it s @vicderbyshire on twitter or email victoria@bbc. Co. Uk. Little mix! and women have dominated this year s brit awards. Little mix became the first all female band to win best british group and dua lipa won best album and best british female using her speech to thank nhs workers. We should all give a massive, massive round of applause and give boris a message that we all support a fair pay rise for our front line! cheering. Thank you so much. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. It s turning into the worst violence between israel and the palestinians for seven years. At least a0 people have been killed this week. The united nations has warned the conflict is moving towards full scale war. In the last fe