Atlanta and erin burnett outfront starts right now aviv, the breaking news in the dark. Top state department official telling cnn the biden administration jim has been given no assurances from israel that it will not target iran s nuclear facilities as concerns grow tonight, that israel could launch a devastating retaliatory strike against iran any moment. Plus warning of violence. President biden tonight saying he s concerned that the upcoming election won t be peaceful and playing nice for president trump appearing next to the variable very popular governor that he wants called a bad disloyal guy what s he saying now? let s go outfront i m erin burnett live from tel aviv and outfront tonight. The breaking news in the dark. Cnn is learning tonight that the u. S. Is in the dark as to whether israel plans to strike iran s nuclear facilities as a top us state department official tells cnn, quote, this is on the edge that top official telling us exclusively that israelis are so far keepin
American people deserve to hear from the leaders of the intelligence community. Director haines, continue the second category is a set of more intense in unpredictable transnational challenges, such as climate change, corruption, Or Codex Trafficking held security, terrorism, and cybercrimes cyber crime that often interact with traditional statebased political, economic, and security challenges. And the third category is regional and localized conflicts that have farreaching and at times cascading implications not only for neighboring countries, but also for the world and all three challenges are affected affected by trends in new and emerging technologies, environmental changes, and economic strain that are stoking instability and making it that much more challenging for us to forecast developments and their implications. These dynamics are putting unprecedented burdens on the institutions and the relationships that the United States relies on to manage such challenges. And perhaps mo
the republicans in the house are going to go on record and make a decision if they re going to stand for truth and accountable or if they re going to stand with someone who is an admitted liar. republicans unable to clean up their own george santos mess, so it was left to a democrat to produce a resolution to expel him. i m ask hakeem jeffries about that and his meeting today with the white house on the looming debt ceiling crisis. also tonight, the serious new allegations against rudy giuliani. beyond the really pervy alleged sexual harassment, there s the accusation he and trump were trying to sell pardons and planned to split the cash. plus, keeping it right wing goes wrong. the culture war ron desantis is fighting is not only morally repugnant, it s economically disastrous. case in point, his most recent anti-immigration bi and we be to the brink of financial catastrophe. we are now just 15 days from the united states potentially running out of cash to pay its bi
positive for covid again. what we know about his symptoms and we re going to talk to an expert about how rebound cases work. plus, anger, outrage, and sheer frustration after senate republicans block a bill to help veterans impacted by burn pits. we ll talk to a woman who lost her husband to a burn pit exposure. you ll hear her message to lawmakers. and explosions rocked southern ukraine. some calling it the strongest shelling since the start of the war. our cnn team is live in kyiv with the very latest. we ll take you to ukraine. it is sunday, july 31st, thank you so much for waking up with us. good morning, sara. grateful you re starting your week with new day. we begin this morning with an update to the ongoing weather emergency in kentucky. the death toll there continues to rise as search and rescue crews are making their way through flooded areas and as we re expecting yet another round of heavy rain and flooding today. and the death toll rose from yesterday
contempt of congress charges were politically motivated. proceedings began after the judge denied a defense request for a delay. last week he rejected executive privilege leading one defense attorney to ask, what s the point of going to trial if there are no defenses, to which the judge replied, agreed. this is the same steve bannon who promised as he made his first court appearance to make this the misdemeanor from hell. the same steve bannon who as he recently offered to appear live before the select committee expressed contempt for the members and tried to set conditions for his testimony. here is what i need. give me a date, a time, a room number, a microphone and a bible that i can take the oath on. deliver that. we will see how good you are, raskin and cheney. serve it up. surprised he isn t speaking about himself in the third person. when people view themselves as important, they reach peak pomposity and do that. to get a subpoena means you appear. there s no optio