Coventry direct redefining insurance im dr. Sanjay gupta in atlanta. And this is cnn us this afternoon on Cnn News central. Im boris sanchez, live in the Nations Capital alongside Alison Camerota grateful to have you, brianna keilar, obviously has the day off and we begin here in washington, dc, where just moments ago, President Biden made a Surprise Visit during the White House Press Briefing. His first time ever taking questions there as president and he took quite a few. He seemed to relish his exchanges with a report. Yeah, they got to drag him out of there. The president spoke about everything from the ongoing crisis in the Middle East to the latest positive Jobs Report numbers. He was also asked if he believes the upcoming election will be free and fair and peaceful. And im confident be free and fair i dont know whether it will be peaceful things that trump has said and the things that he said last Time Out would he didnt like the outcome of the election . Were very dangerous hav
Im fredricka whitfield, and we begin with this news, a Mass Shooting in birmingham, alabama. Police say multiple shooters open fire overnight on a group of people in one of the these popular entertainment districts. Four people are dead and 17 others are injured. So far, No One is in custody. One witness describes what he saw it was people everywhere, people crying, screaming same people were run in so it was very busy and it was a lot going on police believe it was a targeted hit on one person, the other victims were caught in the crossfire cnns Rafael Romo is in birmingham, rafael police are asking for the publics help to find the shooters that is correct. Fredricka, somebody should have heard or seen something and police say that information may prove crucial to solve the crime. Birmingham Police Chief Scott thurman, assess a group of individuals arrived here in the area known as fivePoint South, just after 11 last night, they got out of their car and open couldnt fire, then fled an
Are right for you at Row Dot Coast last sparks all do you watching us here in the ide states, canada, and around the world, im Kim Brunhuber. This is Cnn Newsroom, former us President Donald Trump gets set to rally in North Carolina Today candidate, hes backing for governor is embroiled in Scandal Vice President Kamala Harris, campaigns here in georgia focusing on one of the democrats strongest issues, Reproductive Rights and trump allies approve a controversial election rules in georgia, despite by partisan warnings, how it could inject chaos into a state, likely to play a key role in deciding the next president this is Cnn Newsroom with Kim Brunhuber in the hours ahead, Donald Trump is set to hold a Campaign Rally in North Carolina amid a scandal involving one of his allies sources say Mark Robinson, the States Trump endorsed republican candidate for governor, hasnt been invited to the Event Robinson is facing backlash after a Cnn Kfile Investigation found his years old offensive pos
These locations, also some thunder and lightning starting to occur in some of these thunderstorms. One thing to note is we do have a Flash Flood Warning in effect for two counties in Southern California, again, just because of the amount of rain that has already fallen, and in anticipation of the amount that is expected to fall over the next 48 hours. We also have flood watches, all of the green you see for numerous states in anticipation of all of that rain that is expected to fall in the coming hours. The storm is expected to weaken further as it really pushes into colder waters in the next 24 to 48 hours. When it finally pushes into california, it will be a Tropical Storm, so, yes, the winds, the overall winds of the storm are going to weaken significantly, but the overall forecast in terms of rainfall really has not changed. We will really start to see a lot of the heavy rain really begin to filter into the area by tonight, especially overnight hours. This will continue off and on
We begin this hour with an historic Hurricane Barreling toward the u. S. Hilary is now a category 3 hurricane with top winds of more than 100 miles per hour. This is new video of the storm pummeling mexico as it inches closer to the u. S. The powerful system could bring a years worth of rain in one day to parts of the southwest along with potentially catastrophic and lifethreatening flooding. Right now parts of Southern California are under a Tropical Storm warning for the first time in history. Officials and residents there are preparing with sandbags and the California National guard is standing by ready to help. A State Emergency Official tells cnn its an all hands on deck situation. Weve got a cnn team at this hour tracking hilary. Meteorologist derek van dam is closely following the path Aina Tasha Chen has a look at storm preps in los angeles. Derek, lets start with you at the cnn weather center. I cant believe were talking about a hurricane and preparations for it in los angeles