More charges could be on the way, but for now, three white men have been charged with assault in the third degree for allegedly attacking a black boat cocaptain in a fight that quickly morphed into an Ugly Riverside Brawl in alabama this weekend. Videos of the incident went viral. And it showed fighting broke down largely along racial lines. But last hour, police in montgomery said, none of the actions they have investigated so far have met the threshold for hate crime charges. Heres cnns ryan young who was at the Press Conference where we just learned a whole lot. And, ryan, i know that you have been speaking to officials there. Youve been speaking to witnesses. What are they telling you . Reporter yeah, absolutely. After talking to mayor reed, its pretty clear here everyone in the city was shocked. This is obviously a place a lot of people like to enjoy on the weekends. The video has obviously shocked the nation as its gone viral. We do believe the suspects theyre looking for are in
Okay days. Lets be more than our allergy. The white house. And this is cnn President Biden set to deliver the speech of his career tonight, his third state of the Union Address. Were learning details about how hes expected to make his case for a second term tonight is some of his allies are begging him to fight harder. Plus developing now President Biden will direct the us military to create a Temporary Port In Gaza to deliver aid. How soon that relief could come as the un says, israel blocked nearly half of its aid missions into gaza just last month, and his hope is dwindling that a Ceasefire Deal will be done before ramadan. Plus researchers looking inside the brain of a killer what they say reveals about the maine mass shooter who killed 18 people and then turned the gun on himself. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central tonight. President Biden Will Delivery Pivotal state of the Union Address that will double as a sa
American people deserve to hear from the leaders of the intelligence community. Director haines, continue the second category is a set of more intense in unpredictable transnational challenges, such as climate change, corruption, Or Codex Trafficking held security, terrorism, and cybercrimes cyber crime that often interact with traditional statebased political, economic, and security challenges. And the third category is regional and localized conflicts that have farreaching and at times cascading implications not only for neighboring countries, but also for the world and all three challenges are affected affected by trends in new and emerging technologies, environmental changes, and economic strain that are stoking instability and making it that much more challenging for us to forecast developments and their implications. These dynamics are putting unprecedented burdens on the institutions and the relationships that the United States relies on to manage such challenges. And perhaps mo
Entitled to a portion of that money all when 808 thats when 808, 59, 2,400 present biden and his Cabinet Members are hitting the campaign trail, taking his message to voters in Battleground States after an unusually forceful well State Of The Union speech and former President Trump is welcoming hungry strongman leader viktor orban to maralago. Today, trump has repeatedly praised him for his hardline policies. Were live in palm beach, florida, plus the pentagon is developing a ufo Detection Kit to collect better data on possible the sightings even though they say they havent found any evidence yet of Alien Technology which truth is out there. And were going to get to it as we follow these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central President Biden is about to arrive for a Campaign Event in pennsylvania, and he is hoping to bring some momentum to his Reelection Bid after last nights pretty passioned, impassioned State Of The Union address. He used
Likely. Were following the legal and political implications. Plus a warning to Donald Trumps legal team from the judge overseeing the election interference case, saying more inflammatory statements will require a quicker start to the trial. We are live outside the court. And the death toll as they have yet to even start searching the hundred of burned out buildings. Well take you live to maui. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Another controversial investigation that could have some pretty big repercussions for 2024 is escalating. Today a Special Counsel was designated in the federal probe of hunter biden. Attorney general Merrick Garland named david weiss to the role. Weiss has been leading this investigation. Yes, he has. Hes been leading the investigation into hunter biden for the past five years, in fact. This week he asked himself to be elevated to that role of Special Counsel. Were following that in realtime.