Highly record hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us. Im Fredricka Whitfield In Atlanta alongside my colleague, Wolf Blitzer in Tel Aviv. Wolf, well get to you in a moment, but first, we be begin this hour with the race for the White House approaching another pivotal week with the campaigns finetuning their messages and sharpening their attacks. Vice president harris and her Running Mate Tim Walz, just wrapped up there introductory tour with a week long Campaign Blitz of Battleground States and with the national democratic Convention Shouldnt just now eight days away. The Harris Campaign will now look to build on new polling. This weekend, showing Kamala Harris gaining with likely voters in the Must Win Swing states of michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. Meantime, former President Donald Trump and his Running Mate maybe vance, are scrambling to adapt to their new opponents and slow their momentum. Trumps spent the Weekend Campaigning in Montana And Fundraising and wyoming
Sinwar wants a deal. Cnns international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson, is here with me in Tel Aviv. Cnn Jerusalem Correspondent Jeremy Diamond is reporting for us today from haifa, israel. Thats northern israel. And jeremy, let me start with you. I understand you have some new reporting major reporting about hamas and the ceasefire talks that were set to begin. This thursday. Whats the latest yeah, thats right. Wolf earlier today, i reported that yahya sinwar, Hamass Leader, had effectively told the mediators and the mediators transmitted this message to the israelis, which is that sinwar is interested in a ceasefire agreement. He wants to go to a Ceasefire Deal, but wolf, this just shows you just how quickly and fast moving these developments are. And also the fact that events on the ground can also change the situation hamas is now casting doubt on its participation in that major Summit Set for thursday to try and finalize a ceasefire agreement. Hamas in its latest statement is say
Would get so sweaty after a workout and my scalp would get so itchy, my friend recommended that jolie filtered showerhead. Now joey, i dont have an itchy scalp anymore Rahel Solomon in New York and this is cnn you are in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Jessica Dean in New York im Wolf Blitzer in Tel Aviv Tonight new uncertainty here in the Middle East surrounding the upcoming Ceasefire And Hostage talks between Israel And Hamas. Hamas officials are not casting doubt on whether they will even attend the next scheduled meeting On Thursday all this marks a Step Back in the process and comes with tensions clearly running very high here in the Middle East, israel is bracing for a possible retaliatory attack from iran after the killing of a Hamas Leader In Tehran with new intelligence now saying it could happen within days, weve got our reporters across the Middle East and well have updates throughout the hour in the meantime, jessica, back to you. All right. Wolf, we will see you very soon back here i
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Mandatory join me at time. Com and get paid when you say its Friday August 9, right now On Cnn this morning i think its very important to have debates. Weve agreed with abc on September 20 Donald Trump reverses course and commits to squaring off against Kamala Harris on the Debate Stage and september, plus i have ten times, 20 times he was 30 times the Crowd Size and they never say the crowds the former president on the defensive when asked about one of his central obsessions really Crowd Size. And as fears of a wider war escalate, Pressure Mounts on israel and hamas to return to the ceasefire Negotiating Table all right, 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, alive. Look at the Nations Capital on this Friday Morning morning, everyone, im kasie behind. Its wonderful to have you with us. It is friday. We made it and after this week of backandforth, the next critical president ial debate, now officially set during a wide ranging Press Conference at his maralago resort Donald Trump back down from