Hello everyone. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, august 18. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Thank you for joining us. Heres whats happening. Today. Vice president harris and her Running Mate, Tim Walz, will be setting off on their Bus Tour Pennsylvania ahead of this weeks Democratic National Convention plus, were getting new details about the Moment Harris and biden will appear on stage together, the dnc for this symbolic passing of the torch. Ill say ukrainian forces are pushing deeper so. Russia powered in part by u. S. Provided weapons. Cnn travels with ukrainian soldiers as they take their fight to put me on his own territory, Beaches Up And Down the East Coast are closed today as Hurricane Ernesto brings the threat of dangerous Rip Currents. Meteorologist Allison Chinchar is here with a look at the areas facing in the greatest Risk Today i still get the rush though every time you see it, youre like, oh, played by noise. I finally get another one out of
Alive. Some sadly dead, still held in gaza so many Moving Parts, so many questions remain President Biden says a deal this is closer now than ever, led much more ahead. Jessica we will talk to you soon, jim. But first tonight with just 80 days until the election, Vice President Kamala Harris is gearing up for arguably the most consequential week of her political career thus far, the Democratic National Convention kicking off in Chicago Monday and tonight, former President Donald Trump is in battleground, pennsylvania where he spoke to a rally for nearly two hours. This is we have new polling showing harris gaining ground on trump in some key sunbelt states. Cnn senior Data Reporter Harry enten is running the numbers for us and harry, weve got some new numbers out today. What do you make of them . Tight, tight, tight. Thats what i make of it. Lets Take A Look at the four states that the New York times Sienna College Poll polled over the past week. And i want you to Take A Look at the ke
From the Campaign Trail to the everglades not just to wrangle as many pythons as possible. The grand prize of 10,000. Wildlife expert Jeff Corwin is here to talk about it welcome to Laura Coates live. Im Audie Cornish in for laura tonight. Vice president harris delivers whats long been promised and economic policy of her own, the stakes could not have been higher republicans are trying to tie the economic anxiety of bidennomics to harris by pinning her to the Inflation Spike that happened under president bidens watch so she went to hotly contested north carolina. She pitched her vision and many of her proposals sound a lot like bidenomics others appear kind of like a More Amped Up Version geared towards converting the economic frustration people are feeling into populous enthusiasm so for example, her plan calls for constructing 3 Million new housing units. A new Tax Credit for families with newborns and a federal ban on Price Gouging for food and groceries she made her case by emphasi
Outfront next, the battle over the economy heats up. Vice president Kamala Harris outlining her economic vision. A plan that she says, well bring down the cost of food, housing and raising children do her, proposals add up . Plus the headtoad debate, Harris And Trump now both gearing up to debate and were learning new details about their preparations, including The Onetime democrat whos helping Donald Trump and disturbing Details Tonight about just how ketamine, how much Ketamine Matthew Perry was being given before he overdosed as his family speaks out, lets go out for good evening. Im Sara Sidner in for Erin Burnett out front tonight. Breaking news, Harris And Trump face off over the economy today. The Vice President outlining her economic agenda, Kamala Harris traveling to the Battleground States you have North Carolina for her first major policy speech. One in which she laid out her plans to bring down the costs for everyday american families later in college, i worked at mcdonalds
Bipartisan Infrastructure Package by a vote of 6732, exactly one week after it failed to pass, a rare example of bipartisanship in washington. 17 republicans, including their leader, mitch mcconnell, joined all 50 democrats in advancing the bill. Its the first step in a series of votes toward final passage of the agreement. And as the country faces a surge of new covid19 infections, the White House is expected to announce tomorrow that covid vaccinations will be required for all federal workers. Those who refuse will have to undergo regular virus testing. Today the Cdc Director posted this on social media. Quote, covid19 cases have increased over 300 nationally since june 19. The highest spread of cases and severe outcomes is happening in places with low Vaccination Rates and among unvaccinated people. This afternoon, during a visit to pennsylvanias lehigh valley, the president issued a plea to americans who are holding out on getting their shots. We still have a lot of people not vacc