what we need to do as a country. we can deal with the deterrence, we can deal with the ramifications of what we had to give later. first, they have to come home and i have to say kaitlan, if i had i heard that representative meek stock earlier on your show about gaza a message to bibi netanyahu. take a lesson from president biden. this is what a leader does you do whatever it takes in order to bring your people home yeah, it's obviously a very difficult thing. >> we heard from president biden on that. i will say on evan gershkovich we knew that that is part of his formal clemency that he had to write to putin to actually leave that at the end of it, he asked for an interview with the russian leader and there was a statement from the kremlin spokesperson today saying that they would consider that requests. we'll see if that actually happens. mickey bergman. great to have your perspective on this tonight. thank you. thank you.

>> you so much. thank you so much for joining us. >> the news continues right here on cnn hello, and welcome to all our viewers watching from around the world. >> i'm lynda kincade ahead on cnn newsroom, presumptive. no more. kamala harris secures enough delegates to officially become the democratic nominee. any for us president the u.s makes military moves in the mid as an anticipation of any retaliatory strike against israel and its allies. >> the russian dissidents speak out about their ordeal after they were freed enough historic prisoner swap with russia live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with lynda kinkade we begin with a historic moment in us politics. kamala harris, now officially the democratic party's presidential nominee making her the first black woman and asian american to lead a major us party ticket

the democratic national committee chair announcing friday that harris had enough delegate votes to clinch the no the nation. and it comes at a pivotal time, the u.s. finds president is expected to choose a running mate any day now, so they can campaign together early next week, heading into a crucial weekend of final candidate interviews, harris will also hit the road for swing state blitz with a new vp pick us president joe biden, confirming that he and harris have discussed her upcoming decision but he's not saying much else vice president harris butter running what although there harris and her future running mate are expected to visit seven battleground states in just five days with their first appearance together on tuesday in philadelphia, cnn's

sunlen serfaty has more now from washington i am so proud to confirm that vice president harris has earned more than a majority of votes from all convention delegates. the dnc and lt. friday, that vice president kamala harris, what enough votes from democratic delegates to become the party's nominee for president? >> i will officially accept your nomination next week. once the virtual voting period is closed but already i'm happy to know that we have enough delegates to secure the nomination. >> harris is closing in on one of the most consequential decisions of her political career, as she is set to debut, her running mate on tuesday in philadelphia philadelphia on tuesday by chance i hope the sources tell cnn that harris has not made a decision yet, but it's scheduled to meet with top finalists over the weekend with most expected to be in-person. those set to meet with harris include minnesota governor tim walz, pennsylvania

pena, governor josh shapiro, arizona senator mark kelly kentucky governor andy beshear transportation secretary pete buttigieg, and illinois governor jb pritzker some contenders shifting their schedules as harris nears a decision, you know, every day we have to tweak the schedule that because things come up calls and meetings could you explain what those others joking about? >> fellow hopefuls clearing their calendars, lollapalooza is happening this weekend here in chicago. >> i've heard other governors talk about how they've canceled their weekend plans. i was going to perform, of course, with blink 182 sunday, but canceled in order to clear my schedule. >> the meetings poised to play a critical role in her selection process sources tell cnn harris is looking for a running mate that she gets along with personally and will not be a distraction, but her top consideration is electability assessing which contender will help most with independents and swing voters especially in the battleground

states. i don't to donald trump, stop talking america this is the greatest country on the face of the earth. >> shapiro walz and kelly are seen as a top contenders with beshear also being looked at closely, shapiro and kelly the haley and from key battleground states, this is not about me this is about donald trump. >> and what a sad figure. he has become the vice president is spending her weekend here in washington at her home at the u.s. >> naval observatory. and sources tell cnn that these face-to-face meetings, they are absolutely critical. the call to her decision-making process ahead and certainly, there could be additional candidates added to her schedule throughout the weekend. a critical few days ahead as you works towards making that big decision by tuesday, sunlen serfaty, cnn, washington well, donald trump says he is backing

out of the abc debate. he previously agreed to, and joe biden was the presumptive democratic nominee now the republican nominee says he has agreed to participate in a debate moderated by fox news instead. according to trump, and you debate would be hosted in pennsylvania on september 4 with a live audience. it's unclear whether kamala harris house accepted the invitation from fox news. harris campaign did not immediately respond to cnn's request for comment. joining me now is democratic strategist caroline heldman, who is also a professor of critical theory and social justice, good to have you with us good to see you. >> linda so democratic presidential candidate kamala harris could name a vp pick any day now who would you say is most likely and why well, she certainly going to go for someone in a swing state probably a mark kelly are josh shapiro pennsylvania is such an important state. the question is whether or not josh shapiro

would have as much appeal as an astronaut, someone with mark kelly store but what we do know is the bench is deep. >> she's going to choose a white guy. >> she's talking to six white guys this weekend, including pete buttigieg, jb pritzker, also andy beshear. he doesn't come from a swing state, but he also looks like he's out of central casting for a presidential pick who knows who, or how she will finally make that decision? so because she has so many good choices. but if it were just me with the information i have, i would put it on one of these swing states. i would put it on kelly where we put it on shapiro in pennsylvania and it's interesting, we've already had some of those potential running mates out sounding like there on the campaign trail. >> i just want to roll some sound from pennsylvania. governor shapiro j.d. vance is a total phony baloney he is the most can inorganic candidate. i think i have ever seen on the national stage. he doesn't know what he believes donald trump

really has buyers remorse with his pit i mean, does it sound like he is auditioning for that role as running mate he's absolutely auditioning. we have heard every single one of these candidates and i should also mention tim walz, who came up with the weird framing or has been using in popularizing it aimed at trump and vance every single one of these candidates has been on the new shows on out on the trail pitching themselves as a potential vp contender. we saw the same thing with trump. >> mostly they were at his trial, if you recall, there was just a revolving door of potential vp candidates, republican candidates were attending this trial in new york harris, of course, is the daughter of immigrants from jamaica and indian and former president donald trump had a pretty contentious interview session with the national association of black journalists when he questioned her race. let's just play that sound she was always of indian

heritage and she was only promoting indian heritage. i didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black and now she wants to be known as black so i don't know if she hits or she black i mean, it certainly sounds like you didn't always audience. >> he didn't prepare it all for this and for those who thought would say a new trump post that assassination attempt, what does this tell you? >> well, lynda, this tells me that he is on disciplined. this was a real failure for him. he had this opportunity with a black audience to try to make some more inroads. >> and in fact, we have seen trump make some inroads, especially with black men who have been flocking to him over biden. >> but now we actually see a shift. we see harris improving her polling compared to biden when it comes to black and latino voters, especially men, also, young voters. so it is, it's not a surprise to me in the recent polling that we've seen that shift trump is essentially bridled. and he

doesn't quite know how to respond to harris. and so if he's going for the racism and sexism, which is what we anticipated, but what his campaign is really trying to get him to rein in and it's interesting day j.d. vance is proving to be highly problematic for the trump ticket every day, more and more interviews are being dug up, showing where he stands on women, where he stands on domestic violence, where he stands on people without children. one point, of course, he said that childless people don't have any physical commitment to the future this country. and he said, he's sort of claim some sort of proposed new voting scheme where parents would have a larger stake in the future of the country do you think at this point that he could get replaced on the ticket? >> well, we have seen so many unprecedented things happen. >> who knows? i think trump even before kind of all of these godfathers on jd vance's part, he really miss trump missed an opportunity to broaden his appeal with his vice presidential pick. you notice harris is trying to broaden her appeal. you do this

through geography by choosing someone from a swing state or a crucial state. >> you do it through ideology by choosing someone who's different from you. >> are you do it based on identity to appeal, maybe to a different voter group. trump did none of these things. he chose a mini me and it turns out as many me is not well vetted. he said some really weird things seems to be obsessed with childless cat ladies it's not going well so who knows what will happen? i would've said in normal politics, no way you replace a vp candidate. this close to the election, but you can't predict anything with trump in a race and caroline just finally talk to us about the energy right now around kamala harris, given that we've seen these record breaking figures of fundraising and volunteers now stepping up to help 300 million plus dollars raised in 12 days. >> we've not seen anything like this in the modern political age. >> her enthusiasm, if you look at polling, has surpassed barak obama, it has surpassed bernie sanders during the primaries

she is gaining momentum simply like we have never seen. i think trump has always given his followers kind of a good time. they come to his rallies. >> he uses in a phobia, racism and other things to make them feel good. >> but he gets some fired-up. you tells jokes, they're enthusiastic, the democrats have not had that for very long time. and now they finally have that and kamala harris, she is he's got lots of fun means roaming around. she's got great quips and comebacks. so i think the enthusiasm you're seeing isn't a new thing. it's not just anti-trump, it's pro, the democratic party candidate yeah. >> exactly right. caroline heldman. good to have you on the program. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. lynda us military a mater is headed to the middle east amid fears that iran could retaliate soon against israel the white house is sending in a naval strike group led by the aircraft carrier uss abraham lincoln that's after iran

vowed to attack israel following the assassination of hamas political leader ismail haniyeh in tehran. >> this week, israel has neither confirming nor denying that involvement why nia was buried in qatar on friday after a funeral procession attended by thousands of people for as well held feachem in several countries and anti israel rallies broke out after the ceremony of more salma abdelaziz joins us from london. thanks for being with us salma so we've got airlines canceling flights to israel israelis preparing bomb shelters with supplies. and now the u.s. deploying aircraft carriers to the region how soon could they arrive and what sort of role could they play yes, in the move of the movement of rather us assets, he's an indication of just how concerned, not just the region is, but the international community out large. >> this is the biggest movement of us military supplies highs in the region since the beginning of the gaza conflict

on october 7. so it gives you an understanding of where this slides on this scale. and of course, the concern is that even retaliating, iran might not just hate israel directly, but could catch us assets potentially us service members in the crosshairs. and this happened only recently if you'll remember, in january 3, us service members were killed along the jordan-syria border. you'll hear this concern from john kirby. take a listen to what he said. >> we've. heard the supreme leader loud and clear that he intends to avenge this killing of a hamas leader in tehran. >> and that they want to conduct another attack on israel. we can't just assume that we aren't also potentially going to be victims of that kind of an attack. so we got to make sure we've got the right resources and capabilities in the region what the u.s. >> is predominantly worried about, ease that tack ron would not only retaliate directly, but would also activate its

tentacles around the region. mobilize its proxies see militias that exist from yemen to syria, to iraq, to begin that vow of revenge that has come from teheran and that could further escalate tensions in the region, further widen a conflict that already includes israel, lebanon, hezbollah, hamas, iran. it could widen that even further in hopes for a break coming down the temperature for finding diplomacy, for finding mediation. well, at this time that's extremely difficult to imagine lynda when the issue that caused this is the killing of the chief mediator for gaza side alright, salma abdelaziz, we will have more on this later this hour thanks for joining us from london well, still ahead. russian dissidents is speaking out following a historic prisoner swap between moscow and the west, their message to the world when you disaster

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former prisoners would attained for criticizing russia's war on ukraine i see what you don't confuse the putin regime on russia. kremlin propaganda wants to pretend that everyone in our country supports put his dealership and supports his aggressive war in ukraine this is a ally and don't let anyone convince you that these kremlin lies have any connection to reality? >> the white house is celebrating the arrival of three us citizens back on american soil after being wrongfully detained in russia. the three americans are part of a prisoner swap involving 24 detainees and seven countries. and what was the largest exchange between the us and russia since the cold war? cnn's alex marquardt has the latest from washington goes last three. >> that's us. >> paul whelan, evan gershkovich, and also kurmasheva holding a flag that flies over the white house commemorating detainees and hostages were brought home.

their places. now on the flag the message from us officials let's do the three american now former prisoners and their families as they arrived overnight in texas. your ordeal is over. but quote, the next phase of your journey begins now, as we came over england and i looked down that's when it came real whelan, a former marine who was held in russia for over 5.5 years, was in good spirits, getting off the plane and seeing the president the vice president that was nice. a good homecoming. so looking forward to seeing my family down here fair. and just recuperating from five years, seven months in five days of just absolute nonsense by the russian government. >> the three are now being evaluated and treated at the brooke army medical center where program is offered to help those recover physically and psychologically from being detained or held hostage. trevor reed was held by russia, released in 2022, and went through this specialized program when you're actually go through that, it's much more difficult than then even

you yourself can imagine it to be in that situation. so it does take awhile and san antonio, there at the army base there very effective at helping you to readjust earlier tearful reunions unfolded on the tarmac at joint base andrews just before midnight, president biden gave whelan the american flag pin off his jacket. >> gershkovich walked over to the press area where a group of his wall street journal colleagues were waiting, who spent the past 16 months advocating for his release i it was a good play what about the shelf support overwhelming the stories and emotions from the released prisoners are starting to spill out in germany today, three russian dissidents released, spoke with reporters, vladimir kara-murza, a us resident, said he thought he was going to die in prison, but

vowed to return to russia promising it will one day be free i know that i'll be back in my home country and it'll be much quicker than you think on the russian side when we saw the russian spies criminals, and that assassin vadim krasikov, arrived back in moscow. >> they were greeted by president vladimir putin on the tarmac at two of those spies who got off that russian plane had been caught in slovenia and they had two children with them, the boy and a girl. those spies were a couple who were undercover posing as argentinians and slovenia there we're under such deep covered that their children actually thought that they too were argentinian and they only learned that they were actually russian. and this is according to the kremlin, when they were on that flight to moscow. and when they met president putin, they didn't know who he was. and since they didn't speak russian he spoke with them in spanish welcoming them to russia with bonus nudges alex

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was killed less than 24 hours up to israel eliminated a senior hezbollah commander in lebanon has ben wedeman reports that country is uneasy about what could happen next but sense of dread is dawning on lebanon as the region waits for hezbollah and iran to make good good on their threats, to take revenge on israel for the killing of a senior hezbollah commander tuesday evening in beirut followed hours later by the assassination presumably by israel of hamas political leader ismail haniyeh and tat on israel has neither confirmed nor denied his killing haniyeh's funeral was held friday in hut daughter attended by the qatari amir and prime minister in addition to hollywood higher deputy hamas leader prayers for haniah were held in among other places, turkey pakistan, indonesia in jordan, in amman. >> the prayers were followed by a massive demonstration patient condemning his killing. the

rising tensions have prompted several airlines to extend their suspension of flights to beirut. other flights have been canceled while getting a flight out of beirut is becoming difficult, a host of embassies have already urge their nationals to leave lebanon now in a speech thursday, his bulla leader hassan nasrallah warned that retaliation for israel's killing of commander fu'ad shukr is inevitable. and he also threatened those behind israel presumably the united states, israel carried out a series of air and drone strikes and artillery barrages friday alone the border with lebanon, while at his butler resumed its strikes on israeli positions after a two day long. but these are what has become the dalian sometimes deadly exchanges between the two sides the leader of hezbollah has made clear his group's response to israel's deadly strike on beirut brood will be a of a much greater magnitude. i'm ben

wedeman, cnn reporting from beirut joining me now is robin wright contributing writer for the new yorker and fellow with the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. >> good to have you with us, robin great to be with you. lynda israelis are being told to prepare their bomb shelters, stock up on basic necessities as fears of a revenge attack, row what's your assessment of where things stand at this point? what sort of response could we say? >> well, i think the iranians and its allies, including his bulla, have made clear that this could be an attack on multiple fronts not just by iran alone. the language from the leader of hezbollah and from the iranians themselves have inherited that this could be very different from the kind of strike we saw an april when iran alone unleashed missiles and drones on iran united states is also taking additional precautions now, in

deploying additional forces in the middle east to provide greater capability in countering what could be a more complicated and multi-front attack. >> i want to ask you about that considering the fact that the u.s. is sending those aircraft carriers to the region. what should the u.s response be going forward? what could reduce tensions here? >> well. it's not going to be us forces that reduce tensions. this is where us diplomacy is critical to what happens next. and the problem is that diplomacy led by the united states, but involving egypt and gutter and israel has basically not gotten to the finish line of an agreement that would end the gaza war. and of course, all the tension in the region date back to the hamas attack on october 7 on israel and israel's military response ever since and as calm, conflict gets more complicated, the u.s. faces an even bigger

challenge in trying to figure out a way to gravel. the tensions push the diplomacy across the finish line and prevent something from escalating from strikes and counterstrikes into something that isn't real substantive war the guns of august has taken on a whole new meaning and. >> of course robin, the assassination of the political leader of hamas in iran happened on the same day as the swearing in of iran's new president. that of course has been described as an embarrassment for ron. how is the new president likely to handle this in the coming weeks? >> well, the killing of haniah in an attack into iran on the day of the inauguration of a new president, puts enormous pressure on masoud pezeshkian who has campaigned for weeks on the platform of a lessening tensions with the west ending

sanctions which implicitly means dealing with iran's nuclear program, finding some kind of compromise middle ground or diplomatic resolution and he hasn't even confirmed his entire cabinet yet, and he's been forced into making decisions leading the national security council into actions that respond to israel's assassination of the hamas leader so this is very complicated on a lot of political levels as well as military level. >> you've spoken robin in the past about how the challenges for israel to find a formula that will diminish the presence or the political influence of hamas has the assassination of the hamas political leader, who of course was responsible in part for the hostage negotiations done that or could this backfire, especially when it comes to the prospects of bringing those hostages home well.

>> that's the real danger that the lives of dozens more than 100, i think israelis and including some americans is still on the line as these tensions play out and make diplomacy you see ever more complicated israel hasn't shown a great deal of interest in the deal it has introduced new provisions so as hamas over, over the course of these deliberations and the danger is that there are a lot of human lives that are at stake the hostages as well as lives that may be threatening. as a result of escalating tensions and when you've got the back-to-back assassinations that it has block amanda in lebanon and the political leader of hamas in iran. >> what does that do to the risk calculation for what could come next? >> well, this is really played out since april because israel's kill three bahraini and generals with revolutionary guards at a diplomatic facility in syria and that has escalated

into kind of these for tat strikes since october 7, and of course, for many years before that, but escalating since the october 7 war began and so there's a real danger that we don't see a way out of this anytime soon. and that's what i think everyone's worried about. that we know the military for a calculations. it's the diplomatic and political way forward that it doesn't look like there's any kind of reasonable are visible way to prevent the tensions from escalating and of course there's just a few months left of the biden administration. there was hope that there would be some sort of lasting ceasefire in gaza. what's the likelihood of that now given what's transpired in recent weeks well, i think this probably makes it more difficult for a lame-duck president to have the kind of leverage he wants, whether it's in dealing with allies,

was dealing with israel, whether it's trying to send a strong message to iran. >> and there will be some players in the middle east who are gaming the american political horizon and trying to perhaps not take the decisive steps needed to prevent an escalation or to stop this cycle of violence. and that's the political factors play out in the united states as well as in the region robin wright, we appreciate your time as always. >> thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. lynda growing fears of weakening in the u.s economy could prove challenging for democratic nominee kamala harris as the u.s. >> election draws closer, that disappointing jobs report sent stocks tumbling friday with the dow closing 612 points down after falling more than 900 points earlier in the session. the s&p 500 lost nearly 2% and the nasdaq fell 2.4% he was economy added just 114,000 jobs in july, far below economists

estimates of 175,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate surged from 4.1% to 4.3%. so what can we expect to see from the u.s. economy going forward? i'm richard quest explains the jobs numbers on friday, where a clarion call, if you will, a canary in the mine, that maybe the u.s economy is slowing down further and faster than the u.s. fed had intended slowdown was inevitable. and rising interest rates was who is going to lead to an uptick in unemployment? just take a look at the number of rate rises. they're were in short order since april 2022, the problem with rate rises as they were cumulative and over a period of time, they effect of them got ever greater. so call it the monetary lag. it's the time between the rise and its effect. and this is what it

looks like over the course of this tightening cycle, only now are we feeling the full force, the cumulative force of all these rate increases? the result. an increase in unemployment has the fed got there in time by cutting rates next month? we won't know because once they start cutting, we'll have to wait and see if the snowball of job losses gets ever greater. of course. if they've managed to put it to rest richard quest, cnn, new york let's still ahead. >> a small town in michigan is thrilled about the release of paul whelan and other wrongfully detained americans in russian custody. neighbors and family friends share their reactions to this historic prisoner swap next i'm thinking, i'm going great to die. and i thought that was it falling would earth with we

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custody. >> a beginning a second day at an army medical center in texas and a government program to help them readjust to being back home. americans. paul whelan, evan gershkovich, and alsu cohen kurmasheva were released from moscow as part of a major prisoner swap involving the us, russia, and five other countries in total, or two dozen people were exchanged. whelan, thank the biden administration for securing his freedom in some of his first public comments since returning to the u.s. we'll in criticize moscow's charges against him i went on a two-week vacation the fsb grabbed me, said i was a spy. >> i'm an apparently a general in the army well secret agent for dia. this is the nonsense narrative. they came up with and they just they wouldn't let it go this is how putin runs his government. this is how putin runs his country. >> well, after getting medical care that they need in texas, the three americans will soon be able to return to their hometowns and be among friends and neighbors. adjacent cow

reports or manchester, michigan, home to the parents of marine veteran paul whelan i, just say thank you to everybody thank you for all your prayers, your good wishes. thanks for doing everything you did you know it all? it all helped once, he was finally able to set foot back on us soil, paul whelan thanked all those who worked. so tirelessly to bring him home. >> and reflected on what's next. now that he's a free man again, looking forward to seeing my family down here and just recuperating from five years, seven months, and five days of just absolute nonsense by the russian government this is where he will be greeted with open arms. >> it's manchester, michigan population about 2000, where like many small towns in america, everyone seems to know everyone it's where wheelen's parents lives. so when word got out, he was free. many here felt like one of their own was coming home. >> once i you really saw it in writing i can to tear like i

cried for them like you know, like what a relief what a relief leslie kirkland owns manchester diners. >> he says wheelen's parents are regulars. his picture posted outside yellow ribbons on trees and front end throughout town have been a symbol of his return. >> anybody that wants to politicize it is you know, it doesn't matter. he's home. >> who did who did we trade far i don't care. some were able to share their joy with wheelen's parents, ed and rosemary. they showed up at a church ice cream social thursday night making it all that more special for people like brenda, my sono, and janice little there were so many people i'm talking to her and the look of relief on both of their faces was a sight to behold. >> and i'm so happy. >> i congratulate them i'm told him how choi fall the community was that their son was coming. >> donald stock well organized the social at emanuel church

and got word that wheelen's might stop by. >> i was walking down the sidewalk in front of the church to plug-in up bouncy house there they were walking towards me and i just went and they went chills down my body and we hugged and i told them, you know, what, a moment on moments must have been many in manchester are hoping whelan will make an appearance with his parents when he's ready. >> this community really wanted paul back, really wanted him back for both the both the sake that paul could be back here in the united states. but for the family as well, if he happens to pay manchester diner visit, leslie kirkland we'll have a dish waiting. >> maybe our country fried steak and maybe some biscuits and gravy. and i will be i'll hold came to the point here that many folks that we were speaking to were trying to make is that this is not just about

the wieland. it's about all of those who endured throughout all of this and that it's not just a time now for the wheelen's to be celebrating, but all of those families to celebrate. jason carroll, cnn manchester michigan what's happening now to unrest in bangladesh as another round of protests takes over the streets have dhankhar demonstrators demanding the resignation of the prime minister. this after unicef reported at least 32 children were killed during protests last month bangladesh has been going through turmoil in recent weeks as protests over a government job quota system and the police response claimed more than 150 lives. demonstrators also demanding justice for those killed venezuela is accusing the u.s. of what it calls a coup attempt following the country's contested presidential election. the u.s. rejects the claim, but officials say it is clear that president nicholas maduro lost their is the opposition claims to have vote tally information that confirms his loss journalist stefano

pozzebon has more venezuela is bracing for more protests. >> the saturday as both the authoritarian government of nicholas maduro and the country's opposition have called for competitive rallies in caracas as the results from last week's presidential election remains in the balance. on friday, electoral authorities released a new tally, given the victory maduro with 51% of the vote. but they are yet to release any ballot papers to dismiss all the claim of illegalities. the opposition on the other hand, has released about 20 2000 ballot papers are saying that according to their own count, their candidate, edmundo gonzalez, has won with 71% of the vote on friday, cnn's meyer nandez was able to ask maduro about those documents. and this is what he had to say. >> that's the end there have

been many calls from the international community to release any ballot paper into ads, transparency at the only way to resolve these disputed election. meanwhile, the united states state and several other latin american countries have already recognized gonzalez as the ultimate end legitimate winner of the election. something maduro has said amounted to a cool gonzalez and the opposition leader maria corina machado, who is barred from running in the election, are currently in hiding after maduro called for their detention for cnn, this is stefano pozzebon, caracas would death valley national park in the western us is living up to its name. it broke its record for the hottest month ever in july. the average temperature over a day was 42.5 degrees celsius or 108.5 degrees fahrenheit. that's fact surely hotter than the average in 2018 were prominent figures are calling for an algerian boxes gender into question after her opponent withdrew less than a minute into their match. a look at that controversy and

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medals. >> host nation france and australia, trail china with 11 h team usa's still leads the pack with the most medals overall an algerian boxer is fighting a target of online abuse as she competes at the olympic games. he money, he leaves gender is being called into question by prominent figures like donald trump, elon musk, and jk rowling and her accomplishments in the ring of being overshadowed by misinformation melissa bell reports it was a quick win for algerian boxer in money. he leaf defeating italian opponents, angela carini after 146 seconds and the ring he leaves powerful opening barrels of blows. left carini in pain, retreating to her corner and withdrawing from the fight. but they're continues to be a backlash over the victory with some critics questioning whether he leaves should have been allowed to compete in that ring at all? and claiming that khelif is a man or transgender,

something ioc officials have emphatically denied the algerian boxer was born female, was registered female, lived her life as a female. >> boxers, a female has a female possible. this is not a transgender case. >> the controversy over he leaves gender has been fueled in part by her disqualification from the 2023 world boxing championships after the international boxing association says she and another boxer failed and unspecified gender eligibility test but the ioc cleared haley, found the other athlete to fight in the paris games. casting doubt on the tests there was previously used by the iba, which was stripped of its recognition is the official boxing body for the games by the ioc for corruption and financially related issues italian prime minister giorgia meloni said she didn't think the fight between haley fan carini seemed fair and raised her concerns with the ioc. >> you ban soggy at lady again,

i think that athletes who have, let's say male genetic characteristics should not be he allowed to compete in women's competitions, not because want to discriminate against anyone, but to protect the right of female athletes to be able to compete on equal terms and some spectators say they wish that the ioc had done more to head off a potential backlash before the fight began. i'm sure it was hard for her to decide to compete when she knew she was going to be getting a lot of criticism. i wish her all the best and i know everyone has their own opinion and so i mean, the italian is entitled to forfeit. >> i think it's an important topic and it has to be addressed and i find is unfortunate, it wasn't addressed before the competition and therefore, it's tragic for both parties carini since said that she's sorry for not shaking. >> he leaves hand off to the match and that she respects the ioc's decision to allow her to compete but the ioc says there has been a wave of online abuse against khelif. that's ongoing and rooted in misinformation

the other box or who fell foul of the international boxing associations eligibility rules last year at the world championships in new delhi is linn you ting the taiwanese boxer who here in paris this friday, took on an o's becker whoa, not winning all three of her rounds. >> the ioc's strongly supported both khalife and linn's right to compete and says that it's in close contact with both athletes. khalife will get her next shot in the ring on saturday when she faces the hungarian and a luka, her mori melissa bell, cnn, paris the los angeles lakers are honoring their fallen star player kobe bryant with a second of three statues outside the team's home arena the staples center. >> this data shows the two-time olympic gold medalist hugging his daughter while cradled between the wings of an angel. bryant, gianna, and seven others died in a helicopter crash in 2020. bryant's widow, vanessa, revealed that the last statue in the series, which show him donning his number 24 uniform when you ocha is used

to seeing pigeons overrun the city. but this one really seems to be ruling the worst. a giant pigeons sculpture by artist yvonne, a goatee will perch atop the high line, which is an elevated pause. in october. and it'll stay there for 16 months. called the dinosaur. it recognizes pigeons as descendants of prehistoric animals the artist says the statue symbolizes all the new yorkers who migrated to the city and now call it their home just like the pigeon apparently brought to new york in the 17th century thanks so much for joining us. i'm lynda kincaid. good to have your company. another hour of newsroom with kim brunhuber is just ahead. stay with us, you watching cnn

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