they saw something they never have. before today, the house judiciary committee traveled up from washington to hold what they call the field hearing in manhattan. it was supposedly focused on crime in manhattan, which is interesting because the murder rate in manhattan is below the murder rate in washington, d. c. where the house judiciary committee is based. and it s lower than a number of big cities in republican controlled states like tampa or jacksonville or dallas or nashville or tulsa, oklahoma. so why did the judiciary committee headed by republican jim jordan come here because manhattan is where district attorney alvin bragg works and he brought charges against donald trump and jim jordan s doing all he can to protect the former president and ensure he becomes the next president of the united states. at the hearing today. jordan attacked district attorney brag , calling him soft on crime in response, bragged called today s hearing a political stunt and last week brag,
mistakenly bring his doorbell while trying to pick up his siblings simply ringing a doorbell and being profiled here s shot in the head plus potential deal. the judge and the fox news defamation trial delays the start of the proceedings in order for fox to settle this case. what they have to do is admit wrongdoing. this a sign of a last minute hail mary will have a former fox insider on to discuss and field trip house republicans traveled to new york city to take on the manhattan d a over crime. he s taken his soft on crime approach to the real criminals, but democrats say republicans are covering up for trump not taking on the issue. you are not serious people. if you are serious about doing something about violence, please join us voters see it. cnn prime time starts now. good evening. i m pamela brown, a black teenager shows up to the wrong home by mistake and rings . the doorbell, the homeowner, a white elderly man shoots him twice and tonight, prosecutors are charging th
arkansas governor sarah huckabee , sanders declared a state of emergency as the storms ripped through several towns. she spoke about the destruction a short time ago. i ve had the opportunity over the last couple of hours to speak with both the homeland security secretary as well as president biden, who have offered a tremendous amount of support anything that arkansas need from a city county state and federal perspective, i would say that everyone is working in total lockstep and we re going to do everything we can to make sure that people of our state are back on their feet again. but the storm threat is not over. a new round of severe weather is threatening 70 million americans today. cnn has teams following all the latest developments from these deadly storms. let s begin with derek van dam. he s live for us in hard hit. when arkansas derek what s the situation? yeah fredricka. you know the devastation here is immense, quoting the mayor of when arkansas, he said. it s lik
and activating the national guard as the storms gutted entire communities. she spoke about the destruction earlier today. i have had the opportunity over the last couple of hours to speak with both the homeland security secretary as well as president biden, who have offered a tremendous amount of support anything that arkansas need from a city county state and federal perspective, i would say that everyone is working in total lockstep and we re going to do everything we can to make sure that people of our state are back on their feet again. and more devastation in several other states, including indiana and illinois. people are waking up to their homes and businesses destroyed their neighborhoods littered with debris. but the threat is far from over. some 70 million americans are now bracing for more severe storms. today cnn has teams tracking all of the latest developments from these destructive storms. derek van dam is in wynne, arkansas. at this hour. derek to you first. w
esther told police he was scared to death when he saw the team at his doorstep, saying he fired his gun because he thought the team was trying to break in. this is a photo of ralph at the hospital after the shooting. he is miraculously back at home recovering. his mother spoke this morning about what happened. listen. he went around the doorbell, and he was supposed to stay outside and his brothers were supposed to run outside, get in the car, and they and they come home and that was what was supposed to happen and why he was standing there. his brothers then run outside, but he got a couple of bullets in his body instead of a couple of twins coming up out and giving him a hug. shot in the head but survived. cnn s lucy cavanaugh is following all of this for us, lucy. what are the charges that are being levied against the suspect this morning? well, sarah, this whole incident took place effectively on the porch of that home behind me. the focus now is on this alleged gunman 84