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loved one have mesothelial, will send you a free book to answer questions you may have called now and will come to you 800 a31, 3,700 good morning. i'm john berman with sara sign. you're in chicago. kate bolduan is in new york behind us, is though room where it happens. the big group very big, the united center, the site of the 2024 democratic national convention we're getting new details about this unprecedented gathering. one that is completely different than what had been planned just for weeks and one day ago. that is when it became apparent that vice president kamala harris would be the nominee this theme of this convention is for the people, for our future. but

tonight, the headliner kind of reminder of the past, that past four weeks and one day ago, president biden is the headliner tonight cnn's kevin liptack is leading us off kevin, look, this is a huge week for democrats. it is now here it is, beginning. and while the whole week as a party for harris tonight is president biden's night. what do we know about what he plans to say? >> yeah. and we know he's been taking this speech incredibly seriously. he spent the entire weekend at camp david revising exactly what he wanted to say. and i don't think the weight of this moment is lost on president biden. you know, he came to his first democratic convention back in 1972. then he was a long shot candidate to become the youngest member. for if the senate tonight is the end of that political arc, he's the oldest sitting president handing off to his vice president has chosen successor. and i think his goal, according to biden's aides, is to really present harris as the best inheritor of

the legacy and the best person to carry on what he started in office kamala harris harris will be in this arena while biden is speaking, she thought that was very important, but after that, the biden's head off to vacation in california and essentially turn the keys of this convention over to kamala harris. and when you look at the program that democrats have organized, you really do see this effort of two different themes. one is to try and re-introduce or introduce kamala harris to an american public that may not have been paying attention until now. and she'll have a lot of help on that front. there to former president's on the speaking agenda, former first ladies, certainly a lot of high-profile democrats to make the case for kamala harris, the other goal is to try and frame the stakes of this election and really make that warning about the risk of a second trump presidency. and we are learning new information on that front as well. democrats have given high high-profile speaking slots to

members of the congressional committee that investigated january and you already six, as well as a police officer who was injured in that riot. of course, this will all culminate on thursday evening, that high profile address from kamala harris herself. she is working on this speech this week. listen to what she said yesterday about her speech preparations much of like you probably heard me talk about before in terms of just what i believe to be the promise of the fact that there's obviously a lot at stake, but there's also a lot to feel good in terms of the future country. >> so they will be a lot that is about what sleep is a way forward a new way forward so there's no question that harris is entering this convention with a swell of momentum. >> polls have shown her taking a slight lead, but make no question. this is still a very tight race and we talked to harris aides. they acknowledge that the real work will begin after this convention end so

kevin went with president biden. he's given speeches even when they are about donald trump. sometimes he doesn't actually say trump's name hill, say things like the former president and a former guy. do you know how much he's going to be speaking about donald trump tonight? >> well i think that's a major underpinning of his address. remember, his whole theme of his presidency was restoring the soul of america. a lot of democrats question to that. he is no longer the democratic nominee, but that is certainly a thrust and sort of a driving compassion that he has made as he heads into this convention. sir certainly that will be a huge factor in his speeches trying to warn the country about the risk of another donald trump presidency what a difference, what 28 days makes from the time that he announced that he was not going to candace like 28,000 years literally. does kevin liptack. thank you so much for reporting for us this morning. now why the democrats celebrate here in chicago, donald trump and j.d. vance, of course, looking to steal the spotlight hitting

battleground states every single day this week, traveling from pennsylvania to arizona. and touching on a different theme every day, a senior trump campaign official tells cnn the message that we're trying to send, other than continuing to define kamala harris and tim walz halls send a very clear signal that there will be no free shots on goal if the democrats are gonna be out campaigning, then we're gonna be out campaigning every single day. alright. our kristen holmes joining us now for more on what's happening on the other side, which is hoping to sort of steal the limelight. i don't know how successful they will be what is the campaign planning? >> well, i don't know if it's necessarily still the limelight because they do know that this is kamala harris is weak, but it's trying to get as much media attention as possible, which they don't necessarily think is going to be a lot, but keep in mind, donald trump is a master of trying to manipulate the media narrative. so for example, this week, all of his events are at 3pm. normally there in the evening, there's a reason they're at 3pm. they

know they're not going to break through in the evening when those high-profile speakers like president joe biden, like hillary clinton are speaking. so instead, they are going to try and seize the media narrative earlier in the day. so let's take a look at where he's going to be monday. he's going to be in york, pennsylvania. this is being billed as an economic speech tuesday, howell, michigan. that is a suburb of detroit. they're going to be talking about crime and safety wednesday, asheboro, north carolina thursday. he's going to be south of tucson on the border. there. obviously an issue talking about immigration. and then friday, these are billed as two different events. one in las vegas talking about the economy and one in glendale, arizona now have all of these only that one on friday evening is a rally. the rest of them are what are being called internally messaging events. these are smaller venues these are smaller crowds, and it is meant to keep donald trump on topic. obviously, donald trump will do what donald trump wants to do, but they are trying to create a scenario in which he can at least give him the runway to stay on topic now over the weekend part of a

very, very long speech that he gave in pennsylvania was attacking harris. take a listen her plan is very dangerous because it may sound good politically and that's the problem. >> and we have to be very careful because when somebody gets up and says, we're gonna give you everything 25,000 for a house. >> we're going to give you all sorts of little goodies, free healthcare were going to give you everything universal health care sounds so beautiful now, that was the part where he talked about policy. the other part there were personal attacks. he said he was more good looking than harris. he once again went after her intelligence. so clearly here he is having a hard time threading the needle as he has been told by his allies and by his campaign to focus on the issue she was yet he can't help himself right? >> kristen holmes for us following donald trump. and what will be a busy week for the trump-vance campaign. thank you both. very much. both. kristen holmes, both smaller

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go right to cnn's jim sciutto, who is live this morning in tel aviv. first jim, the very latest on the explosion in what is now being said about it well john to be frank, it's a deeply damaging development in the midst of these quite sensitive high-stake talks over a ceasefire in gaza, the explosion took place not far from where we are now in central tel aviv on a busy street it was sunday night and now this morning, hamas's military wing is claiming responsibility for it, calling it a martyrdom operation. >> it appears the explosion, the explosive might have set off early the bomber was caught on cctv footage prior carrying a backpack. he was the only victim of this attack, although there was someone injured by shrapnel. so the question is, how much worse this could have been had he reached what might have been his target. and it's

listen, it's not what these negotiators certainly would not. what anthony blinken wanted to see in the midst of these talks. and of course it happened pretty much as blinken was arriving here to do to carry out what he hopes to be the final steps of reaching an agreement between the parties yeah. >> and the secretary state doesn't travel to talks like this are moments like this, unless he or she thinks that there is a real chance of success here. so jim, what is the status the secretary just met with the israeli prime minister well, he doesn't travel unless he thinks there's a chance of success or unless he believes it's absolutely necessary. and this may be the last chance and that's how he's describing this moment as an inflection point in these talks. and perhaps the last chance for israel and hamas to reach some sort of ceasefire deal in exchange of hostages, hostages. he has been expressing some cautious optimism as have israeli officials, but hamas also last night as blinken was

arriving here, released a statement saying that israel is introducing new demands into these talks, including about control. quite a sensitive issue, control of the border between gaza and egypt, as well as security movements internally in gaza. hamas describing that as new conditions in these talks and saying that israel wants to prolong the war. so the signs at this point are not quite as hopeful as the optimism we heard at the end of last week. let's get into the gauche station. john, sometimes it could look darkest before the dawn but the combination of that hamas statement and this attempted terror attack right here in tel aviv certainly does not bode particularly well as these talks continue, blinken will go from here to cairo later this week to meet with the other parties. they are still making every effort cnn anchor and chief national security analyst jim sciutto in tel aviv. great to have you there, jim, thanks so much for being with us kate incredible sight and wisconsin airport is the good stuff this morning,

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there's even a low in the activity now, but it's great to pick up an intensity once again today so with this type of moisture held into the soil of places like connecticut, into massachusetts, even vermont and new hampshire. the threat of flash flooding still exist today. this is one of the scenes unfolding yesterday in oxford, just incredible to see that river of water just flowing over what would normally be a roadway. now, some of the highest rainfall totals we've seen in connecticut, new york they have topped nine inches even approaching that ten inch mark in some locations. so like i said, i lost in the activity, you can see how it's exited new york, connecticut, much of rhode island, just a few showers remain across cape cod and into martha's vineyard. and then we get a break, bit of cloud cover. but later today that's when things we expect to pick up an intensity. once again, this is how much rain has fallen. you can see some of those pockets across western connecticut that indicates anywhere from six to ten inches. that's why we still have ongoing flood warnings in place for that area. look at the uptick in activity this afternoon and evening right around that evening rush hour

back home from work or perhaps dinner time tonight. national weather service weather prediction center has a slight risk of excessive rainfall that could lead to flash flooding. so rapid rises and rivers and more waters over roadways as well. kate and hurricane ernesto is still on the move. >> what people need to keep an eye on still? >> it's just incredible. this storm is several hundred miles off the east coast of the u.s. but it is the waves that are propagating outward. think about if you're to jump into a swimming pool off of a diving board, do that big water slam, and then you see the water ripple out in all directions. well, that's basically what ernesto is doing. is sending these waves pile coming up into the eastern seaboard. so even though we're not getting direct impacts, we have the indirect impacts from ernesto and that is of course, the dangerous surf and rip currents across the east coast need to keep an eye on derek. thank you so much, much more to come on that it's he'll back to chicago and sara and john are there all right. >> thank you. kate, be president biden is preparing to

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in chicago, illinois, somewhere inside that building at this very moment sarah seidner is sitting beside me in behind us, is the floor of that santa kradic national gun, but yet dead-set are there it is. >> i mean, that's the podium right there. that is where all the speeches will be delivered over the course of these four nights. in the big speaker tonight is someone who it safe to say initially thought he'd be delivering the main speech of the entire week. thursday night. and that's president joe biden joining us now cnn political commentators, maria cardona and shermichael singleton. thank you both for being here. i'm going to start here new abc news, washington post, ipsos poll. that has come out and i see the wry smile started off, you know on it this poll showing that harris has a slight edge over donald trump the momentum has been i

think we can even you, we can all agree has been unprecedented. we have not seen this kind of shift. but what does she need to do to keep this going? because already republicans are on the attack trying to stop this from, from flowing. >> absolutely. that's a great question, sara, because i have always said that even if we see a poll that has hour person who's now kamala harris and tim walz, ten points ahead, they need to run like they're ten points behind especially now, right? we are now in the home stretch. there is an opportunity for her to continue to define herself with the american people, but we also know republicans are trying to do the same. i think she has tremendous momentum, as you said, i think she has great advantages with the electorate and you can see it in these polls as well. she is more trusted on personal values she is seen as somebody who understands the every everyday issues that americans are going through. she is somebody who is seen as focused on the future,

energetic and now that biden is no longer in the race, it's donald trump that has seen as old and feeble and the past. >> and hers is also in fortunetly the politics of joy versus the politics of fear, the politics of division, the politics of retribution. >> and i think we all know we've talked for so long about how democrats have historically been the party of having ten point plans, right? ten point policy papers we all know at the end of the day that voters vote with their gut, they vote based on how a candidate makes you feel from what we are seeing. kamala harris makes people feel good, makes people feel hopeful, makes people feel optimistic that i think is more than lightning in a bottle for a day. i think it's something that she can sustain till november. >> you're talking about age as an aside, i think i just read that today is bill clinton's 78th birthday milken was president when i was in college

now and that'll trump and president biden are older than bill clint. it's just, it's just an astounding thing to think about. shermichael that was an aside all right there, but maria talking about age, what is the democratic national convention that you think republicans fear the most fear, the most would be a five-point bump coming out of this. but how but like doing what like present. >> well, i mean, we've seen 28 days synergy with women. we've seen the vice president improve her numbers with hispanic voters, black voters. she still has some room to go there, not enough for democrat i think overall though, if you're looking at this race from the republican's perspective, the big question at least for me, is, can she improve the margins in the battleground states? those for that made the difference less than 100,000 votes in 2020. if those numbers continue to shift, john, then you become incredibly nervous. because what that showcases is that it's just no longer about

policies. this has really become a cultural phenomenon. >> and attempting to develop a strategy to attack that becomes difficult because to maria's point, that's not about white papers or well, the economy should be here. >> people aren't feeling it. this is, are you excited? but a moment that could change history. and that's very difficult to compete against. and i have to be honest about that. >> i have never heard a lot of an exactly an am. eye, some nih, she's not there. i got to be honest i got it. >> ten to the former president, stick to the issues of the economy, immigration, because you do have an advantage. there is, there, is this a moment? do you think she has achieved what you were just talking about yet it being a cultural moment yet i think so. >> i think is it the obama esque moment? but i'm not certain yet, but i would be objective to say i think it has the potential to get them in. look. >> this is a once in a lifetime opportunity before black woman

to potentially be the president. exactly. there's another exactly. i think that's exactly right because it's different than obama. obama had his moment. everyone talks about, is this another obama moment? i think this is the kamala harris moment, right? first, black woman, first woman of asian descent, first daughter of immigrants. this is a first-generation american who was about to ascend to the presidency. that is historic for so many of the groups of the coalitions of voters that make up nine just a democratic party. but this country, one of the things that i have been hearing from the voters that i work with is the excitement that she understands what it's like to come to this country to struggle, to know that for the reason you came here for a better future for yourself and for your children and your look to a candidate who not only welcomes you, but gives you the tools to be able to give your family that better life as an immigrant. that's

exactly why my family came to this country. and i can see in her the exact type of optimism and hope and dream and vision that brought my parents here. and i think that speaks volumes, especially to all the new voters that we have in the electorate among the latino latino community. there 6 million new voters among gen z. there are more than 10 million new voters she can speak to that in a way that i don't think donald trump and that's why republicans need to have an affirmation of city on the hill type message. we can delineate the battalion from deliver that though. i mean, it's been so negative. yes. i mean, sarah, if the former president wants to win, he's going to have to figure out a way how and that's why so many republicans are warning him. it's not enough to draw the contrast that the american people aren't really feeling the economic vibes, if you will, that vice president harris will say all of these successes under the biden-harris administration but what's the republican message to say? you're not feeling it? this is how we're going to fix it. and this is how we're going to provide an economic prosperity

to the american people. this is how we're going to secure the border so that your communities are safe. this is how a we're going to make sure that the u.s. leads internationally. so we're not sending your sons and daughters to fight and foreign conflicts. week you need to have that message to draw that contrast that gives people hope to the future and not necessarily looking back to the past isn't say maria, can you speak it? >> there is something that has been sort of sitting on me thinking about what it would be like to be in president biden shoes. we talked about at the very beginning. he's the first speaker, is on the first night, right now he would normally 30 days ago, 30 days ago. he would have been basically the last week, right? right. to accept the nomination how hard is it going to be for him today to stand up on that stage and say, okay, the baton has completely at highest there's no question that that has got to be an emotional moment for the president of the united states, who as we all know for so along, this has been what he has wanted to do but at the

same time, this is somebody he's going to get a hero's welcome tonight. >> there's no question about that. >> but the reason for that is because this is somebody who has known how to put his personal wants and needs side and it has always been about public service, which is something that donald trump knows nothing about. >> and i think that's going to be a tremendous contrast tonight as well. he is he also understands though, that kamala harris is accomplishment and success in november is going to be his as well. because if it wasn't for what he did so selflessly, this would not be the moment that we are all living in this is the ridge that he promised to be when he first ran in 2020 so i think for him, it can also be a moment of tremendous joy of being in the spotlight, of being the person responsible for the immense moment that the democratic party and the country is going through right now. >> but you know what? they also have him speaking monday. and i think that's for a reason a

vice president harris has attempted to moderate herself on several key issues. i understand why as a strategist, she also wants to define what her own legacy and the future will look like under a harris administration, which is why i think you put the president monday, people will forget by thursday stay shermichael singleton, maria cardona. >> thank you both very much. >> thank you forget some insight into what president biden may say tonight. >> that stage behind us with us now was the white house communications director ben labolt standing outside the white house, ben, it's great to see you this morning. so what will president biden's message be when he takes that stage behind you? >> thanks for having me, john, we'll look the president has focused his presidency on defending democracy at home against the threat posed by donald trump, who wants to be a dictator on day they won. and he's going to call on americans tonight to defend democracy one more time in november by voting for his close governing partner, vice president harris, and governor walz. he's also going to take the country through the journey of the past four years when he

came into office, we're in the midst of a once in a century pandemic. we've beat it. the economy it was flat on its back. it's now the strongest in the world, 16 million jobs created under this president. and he's defended democracy not only at home, but abroad in places like ukraine from putin's war of aggression. >> so you just mentioned donald trump by name, which is something that occasionally president biden does not do even when he talks about them a lot, hilson say the former president, the former guy, how much will president biden addressed donald trump by name tonight but the president's key goal tonight is to make the case for for vice president harris and to continue all the progress that we've made under this administration since under the trump administration, we lost 2 million jobs. >> we botched response to the pandemic. it's president biden and vice president harris that have turned that around and passed historic legislation that we haven't seen since lbj to redo or roads and bridges to bring the clean energy industry

back to america. they've really revitalize the country. the seeds have been planted and i think they won't be fully realized for years to comment that'll be certainly the focus of his remarks. but this election is a choice. i do think he's going to lay out the stakes of the election and the threat that would be posed by donald trump and j.d. vance too. all the progress that we've made also in areas like reproductive rights and individual freedoms, which the vice president is really made a centerpiece of her platform but to my question russian trump by name. >> can we expect that tonight yeah. >> it's absolutely this is a this is a political convention and the president is going to make the case for vice president harris, and he's going to make the case against donald trump, who does pose a threat to our democracy under said, so it won't be a subtlety speech it is, i guess what we're getting at here. >> so one of the themes of this convention that the big theme is for the people, for the future, for our future, i think are the exact words democrats are using here what you just

laid out. president biden will be talking a lot about the past know will look, i think the vice president's theme as a new way forward. and it's also that we won't go back to the trump administration. i think one of the things the president can do is credential all of the problem progress that we've been making and make the case that we need to continue, make progress in areas like lowering costs, which have been the number one issue for the american people for a lot long time. so i think he's looking forward to being a bridge as he's talked about, a bridge president to the next generation passing the torch to vice president harris. he will do that tonight and look towards the future, but he's also somebody who's served on the world stage for 50 years. they're incredible lessons. he's gained from that to share with the country, to share with the world. so i think you'll hear about that for the next five months as well so you've been to a few of these things. >> i mean, i know you weren't the obama campaign in 2008 when

you were 11 how how does this moment feel in comparison? >> to all these other conventions that you've been at. >> well, i'm only 13 now, john, look, i think this is obviously a different convention a month ago so the president made a courageous decision that out of the name of party unity, out of the name or in the name of defeating donald trump, who poses a threat to our democracy. he stepped aside and he immediately endorsed vice president harris because he thought that was the best way to continue the progress that we've been made he had confidence in her. she's tough, she's smart. he was confident that the party would rally around her they quickly did so this is a historic moment. it's different than past conventions. and i think you'll see a sitting president pass the torch divided this president harris. and the next generation. so it will be a really special and unique moment ben labolt outside the

white house for us, why has communications director now senior adviser i understand the president in these last few months, we appreciate you being with us this morning. >> thank you thanks, kate so it was an historic night for women's basketball, wnba rookie's caitlin clark, angel reese, each breaking records. clark broke the rookie assist record. reese became the fastest to reach 20 double-doubles cnn's carolyn manno, has much more on this, which makes the question maybe this year more than anyone it comes to the w, wnba rookie of the year all the more fascinated i know it does. >> it makes it exciting for us and what this olympic break over as well now, everybody is laser-focused on yeah, the debate rages on. i mean, we know about caitlin clark, about her shooting. she's also one of the best pastors in wnba history. she's already the record holder for most assists in a single game with 19 in the wnba. but now the indiana fever sensation, adding to that history yesterday for third assist against the seattle storm, check this out. this is a perfect full-court die must

dig. kelsey, mitchell piazzi, like me i'm going to set a new we're working in a season nbd. >> she actually passes tisza pena cherot glad 225 with the sacramental monarchs back in 1998 for some context caitlin clark was not even born at that time, 50 business with nine assists to go with her 23 points. the fever wouldn't big 92, 75, and afterwards, she reflected on the moment if you were to told me i would like lead the league and assist coming in here on my rookie season, i pro told you you're lying, but i take a lot of pride in that. i want to set my teammates up first and foremost because i think that's going to help you have the most successful team meantime, the chicago skies angel reese continues to make her case for rookie of the year to the number seven draft pick, dropping 19 points, grabbing a career high 20 rebounds, elapse tonight, lawsuit phoenix mercury, that makes her the fastest player in league history to reach the 20 double-double mark. >> she is now just a pair shy of matching the skies single-season record and the deaths the nba rookie record with 30 more games to play in the regular season for this is

just going to be fascinating, kate. a lot of times, we've seen guards maybe not be valued so much for these big individual awards, but okay. caitlin clark is leading this offense and she's improved so much that we're just going to continue to talk as we should. >> and as we can continue to just fought all over their awesomeness nfl football is not officially regular season is up again, but we are getting something of a preview. >> yeah, it's not official, but it's official nfl season just goes all the year round. the presi justice designed to the preseason does help teams finalize their rosters. it offers a couple of clues who's going to be the starting lineup tonight, opening day, broncos coach sean payton says he's not ready to named rookie bonus picks as his quarterback, yet. but it seems like it's just a matter of time here based on his performance against attackers last night, age of nine passing 80 yards and a touchdown in two drives. he's from oregon. a lot of people know him. he's now lead denver to scores on six of his seven drives in the postseason. the broncos beat the packers 27 to 20721 year moment from the preseason, that's getting a little bit of buzz. this

morning. kate simone biles wearing a packers jacket to a bears game and shook casago, that is one of the biggest rivalries in all of sports. now her husband, chicago safety jonathan owens, played in green bay last season's had this can make a little bit of sense. by the way, she's there's also been a little bit busy lately. she's been winning seven olympic gold medals. i feel like she could wear anything she wants. a lot of people talking about this this could have been a symbol is like my bears jacket was dirty and that is i need a jacket. >> i'm going to olympian. i just want a bunch of gold medals like not everything is a statement. yeah. forget forgot it. >> moving on. >> moving got goodbye and good things are good and we also have this new this morning, house republicans just released the report on the long-running impeachment inquiry into president biden, what it provides and what it does not. we will have that ahead plus beyond say and or taylor swift at the dnc question mark, why? okay. there is speculation

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might. >> alright, cnn's elizabeth wagmeister is with us this morning. that was the might how about the will? who did we know that will be here? >> by the way, i'm with you, john. they are leave two biggest names, of course, are all eyes are on whether they will come, but who we do know won't be there. some new exclusive reporting that i got in overnight. there are going to be for celebrity host that are emceeing each night of the convention, kicking off tonight is going to be tony goldwyn, who of course start as the president on scandal. but it's very politically active in his real life than ana navarro is going to be hosting tomorrow night. mindy kaling on wednesday and kerry washington on thursday. now, or rather convention officials tell me that the role of these hosts is going to be similar to something at the oscars, like an award show. they'll come on, they'll make an introduction and then they'll reappear throughout the night to help guide the audience through programming. now, aside from these four celebrity host, i also hear that there are going to be some other alias speakers, yet to be announced.

and also all eyes are on who was going to perform. i do here but there is going to be at least one performance tonight. and that should be announced shortly. also, a lot of parties happening in chicago and of course, hollywood is very excited about harris. so hollywood is descending from the west coast to the midwest. now, john legend will be performing at a party also, joan jett. so there'll be a lot of celebrity action down there in chicago. so keep your eyes out and julia louis-dreyfus, she is hosting a panel with the female democratic governors of this country you can't forget vip. i mean she she did a whole about this situation there is of course, a lot of talk just give us the answer. beyonce and taylor, are they going to be here because that's what we really want people want to know. >> that's what i want to know. so as i said, of course there's a big hole, right, sara, who is going to be that big performer. now, of course, we do know that beyond say, is backing vice president harris. i exclusively broke the news

for us that she gave her clearance to use her song freedom as her official campaign song. so that would leave some room to believe that beyonce could potentially take the stage at the dansie. now, taylor swift as previously, backed the biden-harris administration back in 2020, she backed biden, but we haven't heard from her yet. now remember she is on tour right now. she's in london so she can't be that a night. she can't be there tomorrow. she's a little busy in london, but if her show ems on tuesday, she could have off on a private jet and she couldn't be there by wednesday, so we will see but taylor also comes back to the u.s in october so there is time for her to make an endorsement if she chooses to elizabeth wagmeister. >> thank you so much okay. thanks, guys. new this morning, also on the first day of the democratic national convention, house republicans have just released a lengthy report detailing their impeachment inquiry into president biden. the report alleges obstruction of justice and abuse of power

by the president when it comes to his son, hunter's business dealings in the past, it stopped short of alleging any criminal wrongdoing. it also covers familiar ground that has been tried before, seen as marshall cohen has been combing through this one for us, he joins us now. so marshall, explain what's in this report and what happens with it now kate, good morning. so after a year of digging, republicans really didn't move the ball forward all that much. their nearly 300 page report, it's full of very strong accusations and lofty claims like you mentioned. but here's the political reality. number one, the republicans still don't have the votes to impeach joe biden. and number two, with commonly harris as the new democratic nominee. many republican lawmakers are just moving on. so what's actually in this report? it reads like a greatest hits of recycled talking points. it's heavy on innuendo and circumstantial evidence but it's light on proof so as you mentioned, the republicans looked at the foreign business dealings of

joe biden's brother, james and his son hunter. they concluded that quote overwhelming evidence demonstrates that president biden participated in a conspiracy to monetize his office of public trust to enrich his family. they are the republicans say that the biden family sold access when he was vp, two businessmen and china ukraine, and other countries. they say these were impeachable offenses. but kate, here's the rub, as you said, the report stopped short of actually formally recommending that the house house move forward with an impeachment vote for its part, the white house, they have not yet put out a response this morning, but they have repeatedly denied that joe biden was ever involved in his family's business dealings? that's also what hunter and james said under oath. to the committee but more more noise and more talk about this conveniently and no question, not coincidentally on the first

day of the democratic national convention as they kick off, it's good to see you, marshall. >> thank you so much. >> there's also this that we're tracking matthew perry's overdose death, and the criminal charges after the fact that are now facing five different people, it is brought the brought back into the spotlight the drug ketamine the ketamine has been approved for decades for uses an anesthesia, it's also has a long history as a party drug being abused and more recently has been studied and shown some promise as a possible treatment for depression trauma, and more. >> but there are a lot of questions around it. let's bring in cnn's meg tirrell. she has much more on this. meg help everyone understand a little bit better. what is ketamine approved for and not approved for yeah. >> so this has been a drug that's been around, is really developed in the 1960s for use as an anesthetic on the battlefield in the vietnam war. and it's been approved since 1970 by the fda for use as an anesthetic. now, more recently, a form of ketamine called esketamine or the brand name is this bravado was approved for treatment-resistant depression

as a nasal spray, but there's also this whole sort of wild west doctors are calling it of off-label use of ketamine through clinics for things like anxiety, ptsd, chronic pain, and according to epic research prescriptions for kevin the mean have gone up more than fivefold since 2017 this is off-label use, so it's not the indications that it is fda approved for, but because the drug is fda approved, it can be used in this way. but doctors are worried about this because there are tight guardrails around how you can use spravato, the treatment resistant depression nasal spray you have to be monitored by health care professional for two hours afterwards, including for things like slowed breathing and you're not supposed to drive until you've had a good night's rest and the next day you can drive because of the effects of ketamine. so doctors say this can be risky and needs to be done in a controlled way. >> yeah, it's definitely getting a lot more attention now, meg, thank you so much for helping us with some of the facts around at all. >> a new hour of cnn, new