Is a story. We ve got two breaking stories right now. It is day one of course of the democrats national convention and they action gets underway here and also getting fired up outside, as you can see the goal of these protesters is to pressure the administration to stop backing israel. A longheld u. S. Policy of course towards the only democracy in the middle east. And they are about to march this way. Some calling the candidate, the vice president keller kamala and accusing the biden harris team of genocide in gaza. You will here quite a bit from them. We will see all forceful and i m effective they are in the coming days but they re about to get rolling this afternoon as we get towards 3:00 on the east coast. Also right now outside of this venue you have president trump who was battling to get back on track and get the lead back in this race. Second time in three days he will speak in moments about getting the economy working for americans again. Obviously pennsylvania could end up b
Notably michigan, a state that had been of significant to bidens reelection bid. In 2020, particularly in the detroit metro area. Also where he made history last september after the United Auto Workers went on strike, he joined them on the picket line, the first time a sitting president had already done that. As a result, he earned the uaws endorsement in january, which bolstered his aspirations to be quote, the most prounion president in american history. While many unions like the american federation of teachers, and the service employees international Union Workweek to back harris this week, the uaw has held off doing so, at least so far. Michigan exposes some of bidens weaknesses. The president aced fierce opposition from the large arab population over his stance toward the war in gaza, which land to the abandoned Biden Movement that called for primary voters to challenge the reelection bid. It was particularly effective in michigan, even though biden still easily won the primary i
Hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers around the world. Im Fred Pleitgen right here in london and here is whats ahead on Cnn Newsroom President Biden remains defined as calls for him to step aside, grow louder, well tell you whos joining the chorus and what the White House has to say. Russia sentences american Journalist Evan Gershkovich too for espionage. Why washington called the conviction, quote, a sham and a cyber meltdown around the world from airlines to banks. Were learning what happened and how long it could take before things get back to normal our top story go u. S. President Joe Biden is vowing to stay in the race despite a growing list of fellow democrats telling him to drop out more than 30 democratic lawmakers are now publicly urging him to step aside. And that includes a dozen On Friday alone, a source says the president is quote, seething at former House Speaker Nancy pelosi. Since some of her close allies are joining the calls earlier legendary Journalist Carl
John durham charging Michael Sussman for lying to the fbi, the trump russia probe. Griff, good morning. In may of 2019, this investment says, lied about the capacity of information, durhams office, the false statement misled personal and deprived, including the identity of the assessments, they are swinging back, and they are using this indictment, to advance a conspiracy theory, will never stand for. Rick grenell reacted implicating the fbi. It continued, not because some lawyer lied to them about who he was working for but because the Fbi Leadership knew this information was wrong. They knew it was made up. Reporter this after Kevin Kline said last year, pled guilty to falsifying a document used in a Fisa Warrant to survey of Trump Campaign Aide carter page. Meanwhile former federal Prosecutor And Fox News Contributor Amy mccarthy says the case is playing out overseas. Christopher steele is being sued in england for libel for things in the steel dossier. Steel testified in the britis
Along, it s more mismanagement of the covid recovery by thejohnson government and sadly it has created unnecessary disruption and stress for hundreds of thousands of british families. Are you one of the thousands of britons currently in portugal or have you booked a holiday, and are unsure what this decision means for your travel plans this summer? atjust after half past nine, we ll try to answer as many of your questions as we can with two travel experts, so send your questions me on twitter @annita mcveigh and use the hashtag bbcyourquestions. Large crowds will be allowed to gather at organised outdoor events in wales from monday, as part of the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions. A leading hong kong pro democracy activist is detained by police as authorities ban a vigil to mark the anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre. And coming up nearly a year on from it being toppled and dumped in bristol harbour, the statue of the slave trader edward colston goes on public disp