Good Morning And Welcome to cnn this morning it is sunday, august 4. Im Danny Freeman in for victor blackwell. Danny, good to be with you again this morning. Good to be with you all. Im amara walker. Heres what were working on for you this morning. The final round, Vice President Kamala Harris is closing in on who will be her Running Mate on the democratic president ial ticket, Who Xi is meeting with today ahead of tuesdays reported reveal but we have to work hard to define her. I dont want to even define her. I just wanted to say who she is. Shes a horror show. Shell destroy our country and former President Donald Trump saying the quiet part out loud, his campaigns still trying to figure out how to define Vice President Kamala Harris and slow the momentum building around her and stay its an emergency are in effect in georgia and florida this morning ahead of a tropical storm expected to strike on the south east, wed all just Allison Chinchar is tracking the storm that could drop up to
Theyre certainly in our Thoughts Today will do hello, thanks so much for joining us. And sciutto in washington, Fredricka Whitfield is off today. We are following several major moments on the campaign trail, starting in atlanta, where a short time for now, former President Trump Trump and his running mate, j. D. Vance will hold a rally there event comes just hours after trump announced that he was agreeing to he said a whole new Debate Plans and this one on Fox News in front of a live audience against his democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris Harris has not accepted that new invitation. Given shes sticking with what was the previously planned debate, agreed to by trump as well, hosted by abc News Trump now backing out of that plan, also this weekend can harris is meeting with her Beading Team for indepth presentations on each of the finalists to be her running mate, she is expected to meet with the top candidates as well this weekend an announcement of her final decision, t
Now, Breaking News Freed Americans, Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan Palin are on their way back to the u. S after their lengthy and for this event, and russia, theyre released part of a whole story, Prisoner Swap between moscow and the west bigger than any exchange since the Cold War. Vladimir putin personally welcoming back russians returned as part of the deal, including a roster of convicted and accused criminals from an assassin, spies. We are breaking down every angle of this sweeping deal. President bidens role in it. And what happens next this hour, ill talk with the principal deputy national Security Adviser, john finer live. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and Around The World. But blitzer is off today. Im Pamela Brown and youre in the Situation Room skis. Cnn Breaking News and lets get right to the major Breaking Story. Americans deemed wrongfully it held by russia now on their way back to us soil, the result of a Landmark Prisoner Exchange that has been years in
Coconspirators have just reached a Plea Deal. And american swimmer Katie Ledecky breaking her own olympic record. First tonight, former President Donald Trump, defensive and combative as he took questions at the national association of black Journalists Convention. Questioning Vice President Kamala Harriss race. Vice president harris is the first black woman and Asian American to serve as Vice President. Tonight, the reaction from the White House, and what the Harris Campaign is now saying. Rachel scott who was one of the journalists asking the questions, standing by live in chicago. Were also tracking Breaking News involving the nb9 11 accus magsermind, and two codefendants, held for years at Guantanamo Bay. More than two decades after the attack, federal prosecutors have reached a plea agreement. Mary bruce standing by on what this means. Tonight, tensions growing in the Middle East. There are new reports this evening irans supreme leader has now ordered a direct attack on israel aft
The security cabinet. I can say that the state of israel will not let this pass in silence. We will not overlook this. Our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, is injerusalem with more. I was with a western diplomat when news of the attack in Majdal Shams broke, and he expressed the concern that everyone here is feeling tonight, which is that this is precisely what people of been worried about, have been fearing, for the past ten months that this simmering conflict along israels northern border with lebanon would result in a Mass Fatality Event which would trigger a much bigger conflict. I think it is inevitable that israel will reply, will respond. If you think back to the attack by a Yemeni Houthi Drone on Tel Aviv a week or so ago that killed one civilian, Israels Response to that attack was pretty quick and pretty severe, so i think we can expect something of the same. Now, obviously, this was a disaster for the druze community in Majdal Shams, but it was also a disaster for hezbo