Hello again. A State Of Emergency is in effect for maryland and virginia as Tropical Storm ophelia moves up the east coast. Power lines exploding in North Carolina where Ophelia Made Landfall this morning. Allison chinchar is tracking the storm from the cnn weather center. And brian todd is in alexandria, virginia. What is ophelia doing . Its still kind of chugging along, making its way akpcross North Carolina. Weve got outer bands stretching up to pennsylvania, new york, even massachusetts. The same winds right now are 50 miles an hour guesting to 65. The heaviest rain is really focused over virginia and North Carolina at the moment. Youve still got some pretty heavy bands, although the bulk is starting to push inland and away from the coastal areas. You have Flood Watches and Flash Flood Warnings in raleigh and off to the east. Theyve already picked up 23 inches of rain. Now youre going to get an additional 12 on top of that. It begins in the evening to spread more into the mid atlan
federal gun charge by end of this month, that is what david weiss team said yesterday. this is a month after the first son s sweetheart deal fell apart. he would have served time for buying a gun in 2018 and that charge could land him 10 years behind bars. house republicans are demanding hunter s legal team hand over all information on the collapsed plea deal and failure to present the documents could call for hunter to testify before congress. alejandro mayorkas and merrick garland are accused of helping to of coer for hunter biden. listen. we know merrick garland has told the national archive not to cooperate with us. we know just this week there were secret service agents working with us to identify the people who tipped off the legal team that the irs was about to knock on the door and our sources at secret service said mayorkas called them. mayorkas and merrick garland are part of the cover-up. these are the two highest ranking people in the biden administration. bro
islamicjihad, the other big group, the faction that operates in the gaza strip, an ally of hamas. that is causing huge problems for people in the south, many are displaced already from the north in the early stages of this war. they were told to head to the gaza strip by the israeli military further in safety and there are many people who have been given these more precise evacuation orders to leave the centre of can units but they say with the fighting going on all around, that is not really something thatis around, that is not really something that is practical. figs around, that is not really something that is practical. that is practical. as the fighting continues. that is practical. as the fighting continues, the that is practical. as the fighting continues, the death that is practical. as the fighting continues, the death toll- that is practical. as the fighting - continues, the death toll continues to rise of course in gaza. the state department in the united s
fighting since the start of israel s ground operation in gaza, just as families of hostages demand urgent action to save them. also ahead, six people killed in a shooting spree in texas, a suspect now in custody. investigators trying to piece together a potential motive. and the atmospheric river that is totally drenching the west prompting some dramatic rescues. is there any end in sight to the torrent of water? thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we are just hours out now from the next republican debate, and donald trump, who won t even be on the stage is dominating the headlines for stunning comments about a potential second term. the former president refusing to say that he will not abuse his power should he return to the white house telling fox s sean hannity he won t be a dictator, except for day one. under no circumstances you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody
new this morning, the leading republican candidate for president pledged that he will be a dictator. on his first day in office, faced with questions from his pal sean hannity about whether he had plans to abuse power, break the law or use the government to go after people, after not answering for nearly five minutes, this what trump said. under no circumstances, you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for except for day one. meaning? i want to close the border and i want to drill, drill, drill. he said you re not going to be a dictator, are you? no, no, no. other than day one. we re closing the border and we re drilling, drilling, drilling. after that i m not a dictator. that was during a town hall last night in iowa. the authoritarian talk didn t stop there. trump also reminded everyone listening of his relationships with dictators. tell you what, we are dealing and