Stuck in the mud. Some 70,000 people stranded at burning man. Heavy rain stranding them in nevadas desert while roads are expected to be reopened today. Were following the latest. Plus President Biden sticking with a familiar playbook, talking up the state of the u. S. Economy and shoring up union support. But is it working . New polling showing the economy could be the biggest threat to his reelection. And a leadership shakeup. Ukrainian president zelenskyy dismisses his Defense Minister and says its time for new approaches in the war with russia. What that could mean for the counteroffensive. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Soon a mass exodus out of the mud. Organizers of The Burning Man Festival in nevada say they hope that in just a couple of hours tens of thousands of people whove been stranded in the desert can begin to drive out. For days now festivalgoers have been trapped in treacherous ankledeep mud adv
A burning man mess, thousands of festival goers, theyre not going anywhere after rain turned the Nevada Desert into miles of impassable sludge. But organizers say there could be movement soon. And in a labor day speech, President Biden touting his handling of the economy with low unemployment and inflation trending down. He says bidenomics trumps his predecessors records, but new polls show most americans arent buying it. And welcome back to earth, nasa astronauts splashing down after six months in space. New details about their 79 million mile journey. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Weve got brand new video in to cnn, it shows a huge caravan of vehicles trying to leave the desert. You see how large that lineup actually is. Thats in nevada at the burning man festival. The good news today is the sun is shining. The road to get out of the festival is drying. Officials have said that next hour they expect more peop
Happening now, a federal judge is imposing the Prison Sentence for the former proud Boys Chairman who was convicted of Seditious Conspiracy due to his role in the january 6th violent attack on the u. S. Capitol. He faces a steep sentence. Prosecutors are asking for 33 years behind bars. Cnns evan perez joins me now from outside the Federal Courthouse. So prosecutors asking for 33 years. Of course, it is up to the judge within guidelines. But what do we expect here . Well, jim, the judge, timmy kelly, has given far under what prosecutors have been asking for. This is the fifth member of the proud boys. Hes one of four of them who have been convicted of Seditious Conspiracy. He wasnt actually at the capitol on that date. He had been arrested just before january 6th, before the crowd gathered that day. In part because he had weapons on him and he was involved in a previous altercation, stealing a sign at a church right here in the district of columbia. So for that reason, he wasnt here. B
Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Welcome to our continuing breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the second stage of its war, the ground war, has begun. The goal, to destroy the military and government, he says, of hamas. Translator our heroic fighters have one goal, to destroy this enemy and to make sure the existence in our country. Never again, never again is now. At this hour, the conflict is escalating. This is new cnn video from a cnn producer In Gaza Capturing Rockets being fired into israel. [ sirens ] and cnns sara sidner and her team captured this video of Rocket Barrage over tel aviv earlier today. Israels iron dome Defense System intercepted those incoming rockets. Civilianness northern gaza say they endured the heaviest last night. Cnns Nic Robertson joins us live from sderot, israel. What are you seeing right now . Reporter relentless, jim. Absolutely relentless barrages of artillery fire, aircraft st
Katy tur, the idf announced its stepping up Ground Operations, along with increased bombings in gaza, which is what we have been seeing over the past two hours, repeated explosions over the border from israel. This is a live shot right now of that area. The palestinian red crescent, an Aid Organization tells nbc news it has completely lost contact with its Operation Room in gaza. No Phone Service, land line or cell, no internet connection, also something nbc news has experienced in trying to get in touch with our own teams and contacted in gaza. So what could be coming next. Joining us now from ashdot, is nbc news Foreign Correspondent raf sanchez, along with Noga Tarnopolsky who spent over two decades covering the conflict, raf, lets talk about what we were experiencing tonight, the idf had a News Conference a little bit earlier addressing the public. They didnt announce a Ground Incursion specifically, but they did say Ground Operations are increasing. What does that mean . Over the