Morning. Im John Berman with Sarah Seidner in chicago. Kate bolduan is in new york, a huge day two plan to the democratic national Convention Day one wrapped up just moments ago for reals as the kids say, though, the kids might not have been awake for what was a very very emotional moment. President Biden Wiping away tears as he took the stage telling the screaming crowd here and the country, i gave my best to you i spent my lifetime to serve as your president i love the job but i love my country more there was a room full of love there as he patched the torch to Kamala Harris, but there was also a heck of a lot of fire as he repeatedly ripped into Donald Trump you never build a thing . Donald trump calls america failing nation hes the loser. Hes dead wrong trump continues to lie about crime in america. Like Everything Else and crime, okay, keep coming down when we put a prosecutor in the Oval Office instead of a convicted Felon And Hail to see think he is who does he think he was on f
Welcome to our reports and we begin with the campaign for the white house. 85 days until Election Day and eight days until the convention with both contenders spending the weekend campaigning out west. New today we do learn some of the big names expected to speak at the dnc among them President Biden, former president obama, former president clinton, and former secretary of state, hilary clinton. Vice president harris, meanwhile, taking questions from reporters in Arizona Yesterday including one on the israel hamas war. Israel has a right to go after the terrorists that are hamas. As i have said many many times, they also have, i believe, an important responsibility to avoid civilian casualties. And the president and i have been working around the clock and we need the Hostages Out and a deal and a ceasefire. I Cant Stress that strongly enough. It needs to get done and it needs to get done now. Also today the allies for Donald Trump and his Running Mate turning up the heat on the democ
committee is cooperating now with the u.s. justice department. the chairman reveals the feds are interested in information on the collectors plot that was aimed at overturning drums 2020 defeat. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. a scenic view in jerusalem at this pivotal moment for u.s. relations in the middle east. president biden is on the ground here in israel. the first top of his trip to the region that includes a very, very sensitive meeting later this week with saudi leaders. cnn white house correspondent jeremy is with us. this is a high-stakes visit for the president as he works to strengthen stability between israel and other allies in the region. that s right. senior u.s. officials have told me they are looking for opportunities on this trip to deepen the emerging partnerships between israel and many arab countries in the region. both those existing and new partnerships that have ha
of this city. hundreds upon hundreds of people have turned out to give this last farewell. life from our worlds, orbiting stars, far beyond our own. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is tuesday, july 12, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where the house committee investigating the capitol hill riot is set for its seventh hearing looking to draw connections between former president trump s role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his knowledge of the violent attack that would take place on the u.s. capitol. the bipartisan group of lawmakers have already interviewed several people and today s hearing will likely vofl excerpts from the deposition of pat cipollone. and we also expect to hear from steven ayers, who entered the capitol illegally and later pleaded guilty. he is one of at least two witnesses expected to testify later today. the big focus will be on how extremist groups like the proud boys and oath keepers ma
one of the areas of the country to get out while they can, and grieving families in texas are furious with officials over their lack of answers about the uvalde school shooting. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with kim brunhuber. we re now learning that the funeral for japan s shinzo abe will be held next week. a wake is scheduled for monday, with his memorial service set for the next day. a hearse carrying the former prime minister s body arrived a few moments ago. he was gunned down while giving a campaign speech on monday. doctors spent hours trying to save him but his blood loss was too great. police are hinting at a possible motive. listen to this. translator: the suspect committed the act as he had a grudge against a specific organization and believed former prime minister abe was part of it. we would like to refrain from getting into the details. condolences have been pouring in from world leaders who knew and worked with abe during his years as p