this is still an emergency situation. we are in search and rescue mode. again, that count is going to continue to go up and we don t lose this many people in flooding. it is a real tough one. rescuers are working around the clock. the national guard from kentucky, tennessee, and west virginia are lifting hundreds from the floodwaters. more than 600 already. washed away roads and bridges adding to the already very complicated recovery efforts. cnn s evan is at a command center for the research and rescue efforts. how are they coordinating what, is going on? reporter: well, hi, fred, when they say command center, they mean a place people gather. this is a parking lot of a shopping center here in jackson, kentucky, that is in the middle of where the floodwaters happened and behind me agencies are coming from all over the country, all over the state to work to try to help find people who might be trapped or still need help in the floodwaters and they re also working with a
hello. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. we begin with the fight for evidence in the investigations of the january 6th attack on the capitol. the washington post reports that more texts are missing, this time from president trump s senior homeland security officials related to the days surrounding the riot. now it s more than just the secret service that can not produce critical texts connected to the trump supporters who tried to overturn joe biden s win. we re also learning about the latest moves from the justice department as investigators pursue interviews with top officials from the trump administration. cnn is exclusively reporting that prosecutors are preparing for a major court battle on executive privilege. it s the clearest sign yet that federal investigators are focusing on trump s actions and his attempts to prevent the transfer of power to joe biden. trump s former chief of staff, nick mulvaney, who testified yesterday, s
what he s telling our own lester holt about holding those responsible accountable and whether it matters if they happen to be a former president or running for president. also this hour we re set to hear from one of president biden s top economic advisers as the fed kicks off a two-day meeting as we speak with interest rates probably heading up again. plus my exclusive interview. one on one with trevor reed. the marine now back in the u.s. after being imprisoned in russia for nearly three years. his advice to brittney griner, who s in court today, and what he says the white house should be doing. i m hallie jackson in washington with a jam-packed show for you today. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, who is posted up in the location where mr. trump is set to give that speech. nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali is with us. justice reporter ryan riley joins us along with washington post political investigative reporter josh dausee and forme
reporter: so he s going to be pushing for this three-month gags holiday, and basically that would mean a 90-day suspension of the federal gas tax. if you re wondering what that s going to save you when you re actually at the pump, right now the federal gas tax is about 18 cents for a regular gallon and 24 cents for a gallon of diesel fuel. so not really that big of a difference when you re looking at an average price of gas. it is getting close to $5. of course it topped $5 earlier this month. so that s been a big question for lawmakers because getting this done is not just something that the president can do on his own. yes, he s about to call for it any moment now. but it really requires an act of congress on capitol hill to actually get this passed. and you re already see something concern even from democrats in the president s own party about whether or not this would actually make that big of a difference, and if it s worth what it would do. one of those concerns has c
Invisible filth in shoe horns here your foot slides into place to try skechers slip in tonight are three 60 bodycam footage youll see first on three 60 of new york Police Moving in on protests Columbia University, that a new details from cnns Julia Vargas Jones, who brought us Exclusive Reporting Last Night from campus as it all went down. Also tonight, live reports from coast to coast is potent spread to more schools with communities and police struggling over how to respond and with his trial and recess today, the former president goes campaigning, trying to make student rest of voting issue good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin again tonight with the latest from University Campuses nationwide, where in just the last 24 hours, hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested. The lions share at new Yorks Columbia University Late Last Night last night we brought you an exclusive look. Has it happened from cnns Julia Vargas Jones and her photographer with the only Television Crew b