Right here, its apocalyptic. I mean looking at that and were going to hear, i know you had on your show people on the ground there my show also going to talk to some of the residents who are climbing out of this with kids, trying to juggle that with schools being closed, figuring out a place to live, where to get water, food. It is an ongoing crisis for these people, and were going to continue to shine a spotlight jim, thanks so much. Ill take it from here you bet. And good morning, everyone. You are live in the Cnn Newsroom. Im Pamela Brown in washington, and we begin this hour with exclusive new video Into Cnn that will give you more perspective on the scope and the scale of the catastrophe in the southeast and what people are dealing with right now in this very moment. You are looking at the wounds of asheville, North Carolina one of the cities that Helene Hit the hardest. Take a look here. This is the river arts district, just more than a week ago. It was a vibrant, beautiful area
Ratchet up for outreach to republicans as she campaigns with former gop congresswoman, Liz Cheney for the very first time well be carrying their remarks in the Battleground State Johnson live also breaking a new Court Filing by Donald Trump asking a federal george to throw all the criminal charges in the January 6 Elections Subversion Case against him. This comes just hours after new details on the special counsels Bombshell Evidence against the former president was unsealed for us, plus israel is launching fresh airstrikes in southern beirut tonight. As it is vowing a strong and painful response to the unprecedented Missile Attack by iran earlier this week. And warning the israeli retaliation will happen soon. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im Alex Marquardt and youre in the Situation Room Breaking News this hour longtime republicans stalwart Liz Cheney is making good on her promise to do whatever she can to help Kamal
Search for survivors. A week after helene made landfall, the growing desperation. The deaths from the storm soaring beyond 200. Inside the urgent mission to deliver relief to cutoff communities. And our interview with the administrator of fema. Is aid flowing fast enough . And just in, the verdict in the federal trial of three former Memphis Police officers in the Beating Death of Tyre Nichols. The controversy for a New York republican congressman. A Photo Servicing of him in black face for halloween nearly two decades ago. Kamala harris responding in battleground, wisconsin with Liz Cheney, the former Republican Congresswoman and fierce critic of Donald Trump, as the former president hits the trail in another key swing state. Plus, his wife, Melania Trump, coming out in support of Abortion Rights. Her dramatic break from her husband. Our report on the Texas Death Row inmate, convicted in the shaken Baby Death of his daughter. But was it based on outdated science . Did you harm your da
Smith. Well dig into that blockbuster new document and what prosecutors are saying about trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Plus well bring you the latest from the Middle East as israel continues to launch Air Strikes targeted at Hezbollah Facilities in lebanon. And also ahead president Joe Biden visited the carolinas to survey the Storm Damage left in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Well take a look at the ongoing Recovery And Cleanup efforts. Good Morning And Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, october 3rd. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a lot to get to this morning, and well begin with the new filing from special Counsel Jack Smith that lays out the case for why former president Donald Trump should still be held accountable for his actions on January 6th despite the Supreme Courts ruling on immunity. Nbc News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent Ken Dilanian has all the details. Reporter special Counsel Jack Smith fighting to
0ur Correspondent Michelle Fleury is at the Port Of Newark in newjersey. Tell us what s going on there and all along the coast. We know the strike is about wages and automation, what s going on with the talks . Right now theres not much going on on on the docks, normally you might see some of the grains over their moving, containers being loaded, and off loaded from giant containerships, but all of that stopped at midnight last night. That is when the Master Contract between the union workers and the us Maritime Alliance expired, and the fight over wages and automation continues to rage and there is little agreement between them on this issue. So right now we are one of the Picket Lines here in newjersey, where workers have gathered short while ago, they stood in a long line singing, no automation, no automation. And we ve heard from the White House in the last few hours 7 what are they saying . How does this get solved . When it comes to critical infrastructure which ports are, and as