Laura coates. Thank you all for joining me. Weve got a big show for you tonight with a notable lineup among those joining me, Chris Wallace, rod begovich, the governor who was freed by donald trump in a sentence, a d. C. Democrat that will be important to us calling on the National Guard to bring order to the city. We will have a talk on the sexism and racism surrounding a wrappers sentencing. Jillian michaels from The Biggest Loser will weigh in on all of these Weight Loss Drugs. First, everyone, there is Breaking News out of ohio tonight. A special election turned into a litmus test on Abortion Rights, in a postroe v. Wade america. The votes are being counted, and cnns jeff zeleny is following it all for us right now. Jeff, it is a win, it looks like, and a big one, for Abortion Rights advocates. Laura, this was a fascinating summertime election that Republican Leaders who scheduled it had hoped it went under the radar. It did not do that. This became a fullon campaign, a fullon figh
right now on andrea mitchell reports, the monterey park california community devastated by a weekend mass shooting leaving ten dead, ten others injured and the 72-year-old alleged gunman dead while investigators search for motive. i ll speak to the district s congresswoman about the tragedy as well as top law enforcement experts. and a pulse nightclub survivor of that 2016 orlando mass shooting about continuing scourge of guns and high capacity magazines. also this hour, an unprecedented fbi search the private home of a sitting american president, uncovering more classified documents. how the drip by drip of this controversy is eroding support even among leading democrats. should be held accountable and responsible is what we all are and for those in unsecured spaces is irresponsible. at its heart of the issue is the same. those documents should not have been in the personal possession of either joe biden or donald trump. good day, everyone, i m andrea mitchell in
i tell mike what i can spend. i do my best to make that work. we re driving safely. and sue saved money on brakes. now that s personal pricing. colorado on fire. 17,000 acres burned. more than 300 homes destroyed. now, at least two dead. we are putting the inferno in focus. later, a massive blackout leaves millions powerless. a dangerous heat wave scorches the central and eastern u.s. no air-conditioning and no refrigeration could prove deadly. plus, tomcat split, elmo gone wild and a trademark unibrow. we bring down the latest on pop culture. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast. 4:00 a.m. out west. thanks for waking up with us. we start with record heat and millions without power. take a look at this map. it shows the states where there are big outages. virginia is the hardest hit with over 1 million homes left in the dark. ohio is close to that many. what could make it worse, another day of 100 degree plus temperatures. the extreme hea
intercom, and it is all caught on video. three major stories we are watching right now. record heat, millions without power, and a massive wildfire in colorado. we ve got it all covered. rob marciano is in colorado springs, meteorologist karen maginnes is watching the heat, and athena jones is keeping an eye on the outages on the east coast, which could be a very dangerous combination with the heat for people hours from now. this all after a violent line of thunderstorms swept across the east coast. you re looking at the fierce winds and heavy rains that pounded indiana. and in virginia, falling trees killed two people and over a million people are without power. there are widespread outages from indiana to new jersey. athena jones is in rockville, maryland, this morning, where the power is out and triple-digit temperatures are expected. athena, what kind of progress are crews making to try and get this power back on? reporter: well, good morning. it s happening slowly bu
heading back to washington, d.c. a day ahead of schedule. earlier he called irene a historic storm. i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of the hurricane, you have to take precautions now. don t wait. don t delay. we all hope for the best but have to be prepared for the worst. irene is on track to follow the northeast corridor right up to new england and beyond. cnn is there. reynold wolf is in new jersey, and athena jones is in annapolis, maryland. we will start here in the weather center with cnn meteorologist, chad meyers. chad, give us an idea of where irene is now. not too much changed overnight. the storm did get a little stronger, and as it got stronger, you could see the eye. at 2:00 in the morning, you could truly see the eye. now we don t see it anymore. that tells me the storm is being torn up by a little bit of sheer. it s still a 105-mile-per-hour storm. it will not say category 3 or 4 anymore, but don t let your guard down.