is only beginning. sandra: for those of us who have lived through hurricanes we know how scary they can be. chief meteorologist is with us tracking the storm and the latest tally on some of the winds that are being reported across that state. what are we seeing, rick? so far, john, i m glad we had the video that popped up from 2017 up in jacksonville, because jacksonville is going to get storm surge again from this storm, which is pretty hard to imagine. this is a look at the winds recorded so far, verified naples, 112 miles an hour, still with kinds of the worst of the wind offshore, it has not made its way there just yet. so we have a long road ahead. all right, every hour now we are getting an update here, so this is the 2:00 p.m. update. no changes in the last three hours, pressure still at 937 millibars, moving north/northeast at nine miles an hour. we are looking at that every hour. often times when you have a storm making landfall it starts to weaken a bit, interac
hello, i m brianna keilar with boris sanchez. on this new day, the july 4th holiday off to a rocky start for some. more than 1,000 flights canceled this weekend and it may be the same story today. why it seems more likely this morning the house s january 6th committee will issue a criminal referral for president trump. after weeks under scrutiny, the uvalde police chief is resigning from the city council. how the community is reacting this morning. an incredible story of survival. hi brother rescuing his teenage sister after she s attacked by a shark. you ll hear from them directly as they join us live. so peppy. love that festive music. good morning. we re waking up here. good morning to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. today is monday, july 4th, and america is ready for a celebration. so ready that many cities kicked off the independence day festivities one day early. milwaukee, we are looking at you. this is your waterfront. thousands of people on
quit. more than 60 million americans are under heat alerts, with temperatures expected to once again soar into the 90s and heat indexes receiving 100 degrees. newark, new jersey, hit 102, and boston hit 100 degrees yesterday. relief may be on the way for the northeast, but temperatures are now expected to build throughout the week in the pacific northwest and central plains. in california, a wildfire is raging outside yosemite national park. the oak fire it s called, which exploded over the weekend has burned more than 16,000 acres and forced evacuations of multiple towns. it s just 110% contained right now. cnn s reporter is standing by live in california with the latest on this. camilla, what are you hearing right now? reporter: hey, kate. for the first time since this fire started, we are seeing some progress, that 10% containment. it is a big deal. over the last couple of days, we ve been at sooepercent. the early morning hours, the ke cooler temperatures are really hel
and the pope offers an apology. the pontiff in canada with a message of contrition to indigenous people who suffered abuse. his historic words just ahead. we start with some breaking news, though. one of the biggest investigations into former president trump s 2020 election fraud scheme. district attorney fani willis in fulton county, georgia, is leading an investigation into trump s efforts to reverse that state s 2020 result. a judge has just ruled that willis cannot question one of the so-called fake electors who took part in the scheme. the reason? willis recently hosted a fundraiser for that republican s political opponent. let s get to kara. walk us through the ruling here. that s right. the judge disqualifying fani willis from investigating this one fake elector, georgia state senator burt jones. he was one of the fake electors. he is also running for lieutenant governor. the judge saying that fanni created an untenable conflict by hosting a fundraiser for the riva
also, this is a critical week for the economy. we are expecting a deluge of economic data to drop almost every day. it will hopefully provide insight to the millions of americans getting pummelled by 40-year high inflation. some analysts believe the u.s. is hurdling into a recession but the white house is hammering the message that the economy is resilient. we ll get a better sense of how the public is feeling tomorrow when consumer confidence numbers come out. then it s the federal reserve s turn. it meets wednesday and will likely hike interest rates again to try to tame surging prices on everything from eggs to beef, to everything, rent as well. thursday gdp second quarter results are due. cnn s matt egan and rahel solomon are here with us. all of this economic data is going to be coming this week. what is most important? this is shaping up to be a pivotal week for the economy. politico dubbed it a category 5 storm of economic news coming and it could help the big