rising death toll. we are all hunker down praying. praying to god. russian police have arrested a female suspect in a bombing that killed a prominent supporter of russia s war on uke. plunnouncests flashing worldwide production. nasa names that accrue for a history making mission to the moon s orbit. this is our crew. this is humanity s crew. norah: mcdonald s temporarily shudders its u.s. corporate offices ahead of reported layoffs. lsu has captured its very first national championship. norah: good evening thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. tonight at this hour, donald trump is meeting with his new legal team as he prepares to be the first former president to see the inside of the courtroom as a defendant. on tuesday he will travel down to lower manhattan terror surrender to the new york district attorney and tonight we are wondering, will there be cameras in the courtroom? trump s lawyers opposing them, arguing it would create a circus
House floor opening, with now a fourth republican nominee for speaker. This time it is congressman mike johnson of louisiana. And he says he has the votes to win. Overseas, were following breaking developments out of israel. The u. N. Warning it may be forced to stop operating in gaza today as fuel runs out. Some World Leaders intensifying their calls for a ceasefire. Plus, forecasters warn of a, quote, Nightmare Scenario after a cat 5 Hurricane Slams into mexicos southern Pacific Coast overnight, near the popular resort city of acapulco. It went from a Tropical Storm to a cat 5 in just 12 hours. We begin this hour on capitol hill, where next hour lawmakers are expected to vote once again for a speaker of the house. Louisiana congressman mike johnson is now the fourth gop pick in three weeks. The second in just one day. After tom emmer dropped out yesterday when it became clear he could not secure enough votes. A visual reminder of how Congress Found themselves in leadership crisis. 22
Burgdorf. While Rescue Efforts are still under way, Mexican Crews Race to save people trapped beneath the crumblings. The u. S. Geological survey said yesterdays quake was centered near the town of san juan roboso. Officials have lowered the death toll to 217 after initially raising to over 250 overnight. Dozens of buildings were reduced to rubble or severely damaged in densely populated parts of the city. The president says roughly 40 of the capital is without power. Meanwhile Officials Say at least 25 children and adults after their school in mexico city has collapsed. 11 people have been rescued. Still others unaccounted for. This is video from our colleagues at telemundo of their
office in mexico, shaking during that earthquake. You see them bracing themselves agency the tv monitors begin to sway. President trump tweeted his support. Writing god bless the people of mexico city. We are with you and we will be there for you. Steve, good to talk to you this morning. Just an incredible
x2:15, the movers drove off. at 223, i heard the noise. reporter: cell phone video record of the same system as it tore through little rock. this woman tried to hold the door shut as a tornado passed by. but she was no match for the storm s power. luckily she was unharmed. it was fast, extremely fast. reporter: michael bennett was at wife when his wife told him a tornado was nearby. he quickly ran inside and recorded this video as the tornado struck. packing 160-mile-per-hour winds. when he stepped outside, just 30 seconds later, he was shocked. bennett lost his business but he thanks god he made it out alive. i have no idea how quick things could change so rapidly. it s crazy to me to live through that. reporter: i last checked just over 11,000 customers were without power.
winds in new orleans and as this storm inches further to the north, those winds are only going to increase for new orleans. until the storm starts to pull away finally. also the storm surge, you can see the rotation of the storm continuing to push water onshore. we re going to see ten, 12 feet of storm surge and that is still happening and will continue to happen. this push of water onshore for the next several hours. so the storm is still a category 4 with winds of 130 miles per hour. 160-mile-per-hour gusts. and as this storm inches farther to the north, we ll continue to see that extreme wind warning. basically treat this as a tornado warning. a long lived tornado warning because the winds are just as strong as a tornado. meaning get to the interior section of your house away from windows. we ve seen in our live shots the trees just flying down the street. that can go through your window. so you want to make sure you re