zuckerberg and elon musk. bret: we begin with a weather alert. tonight, severe weather over much of the eastern part of the country. more than 130 million americans are at risk of seeing the severe weather outbreak either late this afternoon, into this evening. here in washington, d.c., federal government offices closed early today, sending employees home ahead of these anticipated storms. plane travel up and down the east coast, largely grounded at this hour. no sense of when that stops. this is the most serious threat of the storm that the nation s capitol has faced in years. fox weather correspondent katie berne is in d.c. tonight on the streets. good evening, katie. good evening, bret. yeah, rain is moving into d.c. now and we could feel hurricane-strength winds gusting as fast as 75 miles per hour. in fact, in a suburb of d.c., centerville, virginia people already have reports of 80 mile-per-hour wind gusts there just in the last hour or. so the storm system is impac
deadline in the 2020 election interference case. he s got until 5:00 p.m. this afternoon to respond to special counsel jack smith s request for a protective order. smith is trying to block trump from disclosing evidence and making public comments that could intimidate witnesses or undermine the case. smith asked the judge to step in after trump issued a vague threat on social media on friday. he wrote in all caps, quote f you go after me, i m coming after you. this morning, we re also keeping a close watch on fulton county, georgia, where trump is facing another potential indictment for trying to overturn the election. the streets around the courthouse are being shut down as the grand jury considers charges. trump s lawyer went on a media blitz and appeared on all five networks sunday morning. he floated a new defense for trump, alleged will pressuring mike pence and georgia officials to overturn the election results. you re saying that asking is action. no, asking is asp
other throwing smoke bombs and fireworks. mayor eric adams taking some heat after appearing to give the young people involved a pass. we have looked you don t come to get free game boys and bring smoke bombs. and bring in 80s and bring other disruptive items. we believe there was some outside influencers that may have had attempted to aggravate the situation. dana: eerily similar to the looting of a gas station in chicago by a group of teens but the city s mayor also seems willing to make excuses. i talk about mob actions i didn t say that. these large gatherings hold on a second. i promise you we have time to talk. it s important that we speak of these dynamics in an appropriate way, that is not to obfuscate what is taking place. to refer to children as baby al capone is not appropriate to. dana: is crime rate just out of control people take matters into their own hands. police say they are investigating a wild incident involving two 7-eleven employees that thwar
questions. but we begin with one very compelling congressional event. gold star families demanding answers from the biden administration after and their loved ones were killed during the chaotic brawl in afgha afghanistan. the chief correspondent, jonathan hunt, is live with what happen. good evening. jonathan: good evening. the family of those who died, that terrible day in kabul, 711 days ago, have been searching for answers ever since. they want to know how did that happen? why did it happen. they feel the biden administration has failed to take responsibility for mistakes that allowed a suicide bomber to get close enough to marines and other service members regarding the airport. instead, they say, their loved ones have been forgotten by the administration. our leaders, including the secretary of defense and our commander-in-chief, called this evacuation a success, as if there should be celebration. it is like a knife in the heart for our families, our lives, given in
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we are inching closer to i deadline in the government s case against former president donald trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. trump s lars now have about 22 hours to respond to a legal filing from special counsel jack smith. he requested a protective order after trump posted this on social media on friday. if you go after me, i m coming after you. smith wants the judge to limit trump and his legal team from publicly discussing sensitive evidence in the election interference case. today on cnn we heard from one trump lawyer who says he will fight that protective order. the defense attorney also says trump did not tell vice president mike pence at the time to throw out key electoral votes. he says the key distinction is that trump merely asked. you re saying that asking is action. no, asking is aspirational. asking is not action. it s core free speech. what president trump d