The first strikes came in the early hours, crudely curtailing a long weekend of ukrainian independence day celebrations. This missilejust missed a power station near the capital, kyiv. The ukrainian defenders shot down what they could. I got it, this soldier exclaims. But one in five missiles did get through. Russia said it successfully targeted energy infrastructure. Olha s brother was killed on the zaporizhzhia land he had farmed all his life. Translation: i was very scared because of the explosion. I was shaking. And then i saw him, and i couldn t recognise him. Near the city of dnipro lives and livelihoods extinguished. President zelensky argued that a collective effort had protected israel from aerial attack and called on western allies to do more to shoot down russian missiles and drones. Translation: it was one of| the biggest combined strikes. More than 100 missiles of various types, and about 100 iranian drones. In various ukrainian regions in various ukrainian regions we coul
Welcome back to the weekend. Were going get to all the big domestic headlines in just a moment. But first, we begin this hour with the breaking news out of The Middle East. The Israeli Military saying it struck hezbollah launchers in what it is calling a preemptive strike into several areas in Southern Lebanon overnight. Hezbollah retaliated launching at least 320 rockets and here with more is nbc news Foreign Correspondent matt bradley live for us in telaviv. Bring us up to speed. Reporter i mean, we are still trying to see what else is going to happen and i mean we have not heard from him. Hes expected to address hisfollowers within the next several hours and that will tell us of what hezbollah intends to do next. Whether or not this is it. They have said this was their attack and that it was successful. And they came out and directly denied and said that israeli the israelis were lying when they said they had launched a preemptive attack. They said that they were the ones who launch
Colleague, ana cabrera. We are going to hear from some of the most prominent names in the Democratic Party including former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama. A speech from President Biden where he invoked a little humor as well. Her story is One Of The Best Vice President S, and she will be a president our children can look up to. And joining us now from chicago, Nbcs Mike Memoli and Andrea Mitchell. Mike, as we look ahead to day two and night two, former President Obama, we all recall he made his big debut 20 years ago at the democratic national convention and hes now making the case for Kamala Harris. What can we expect tonight . Reporter he will be speaking to a much more politicallyengaged audience, and he believes Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are the leaders this country needs now. He has a relationship with Kamala Harris going back 20 years, where they campaigned for one another. Harris endorsed obama in his 2008 campaign when many in california were supporting Hillary Cli
Hear will dissect what he said to Elon Musk about his Campaign And President Joe Biden is back on the stage with his first official event since leaving the race, one thats very close to his heart and a positive update on inflation as a key report shows, it may be slowing. Wall street is thrilled, but is it enough to calm fears on main street, especially as prices remain high for a lot of things that americans need the battle for bronze. There is a huge Fight Brewing over Jordan Chiles medal, a panel says she needs to return it. The debate over what happened may not end. There were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. To Cnn News central in the next hour, democratic Vice President ial candidate Tim Walz will send for the first time. So low for the harriswalz ticket, hes going to be talking to one of the nations largest unions, a public employees, and it all comes one day after Donald Trumps oneonone tank with one of the worlds most famous and
In its final hours. With a huge Campaign Blitz set to kick off tomorrow, Kamala Harris is about to make one of the biggest decisions of her political life. Can her new Running Mate serve as a boost to what has already been a rocketfueled start to three months of the president ial race . Plus, stocks getting crushed today. A financial meltdown slamming full speed into Wall Street. Wiping out billions of dollars in the process. But after the dow slid more than A Thousand points earlier today, the markets have rebounded at least a little. There you see it down 901. Well explain what is going on. And it is no longer a hurricane, but tropical Storm Debby has the power to make life dangerous and devastaing for millions of americans. The storm is now setting its sights on georgia and south carolina, bracing for catastrophic flooding. So how bad is it going to get . A lot to get to. We start with the political obsession over who Kamala Harris will pick as her Running Mate. Now reaching fevered