degree murder and home invasion in the shooting death of his estranged wife. the tv appearance from three years ago did not come up at the trial but the marital troubles were central to the prosecutor s theory of the motive in that case. thanks for joining us. cnn tonight starts with alisyn camerota right now. that was a plot twist, abby, that i did not see coming. i thought that was your kicker. do not kill your wife. that s not a good idea. thank you for sending us off on that message. we will all take that to heart, abby, thank you very much. see you tomorrow. evening, everyone. we re awaiting the senate vote on the debt ceiling bill. we ll take you live to capitol hill to see if there are any last-minute obstacles. more follow-up to donald trump caught on tape discussing i classified pentagon document about a potential attack on iran. now team trump is trying to defend the former president with an array of different excuses, so we will fact check what they re sayi
be there. that s my commitment to. neil: here s the thing. ian is not leaving. it s down but not out. ian now a tropical storm is expected to make its way back to a category one hurricane after devastating the sunshine state. south carolina s governor will hold a news conference shortly. here s what we know right now. a storm surge up to seven feet predicted for charleston, south carolina as of tomorrow. in florida today, more than 2.6 million people are still without power across the state. no indications when they will get that back. search and rescue operations underway in florida s barrier islands and other hard-hit areas. governor desantis calling it a 24/7 operation. moments from now, we ll talk to the mayor of fort myers florida particularly hard hit by the storm. first, fox team coverage with robert ray in fort myers and steve harrigan in charlotte county where they re trying to dig out. welcome. i m neil cavuto. let s go to robert ray in f fort myers that got reall
understanding of the world. really. at that young age. she was like 11 or 12. extraordinary. i mean, dual life mission. starting very early. well, she s extraordinary. so glad you got a chance to spend time with her and now we get to reap the benefits to watch this incredible being billie jean king. dana bash, thanks so much. thanks, fred. being billie jean king airs tonight, 10:00 p.m. eastern and pacific only on cnn. hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield in new york. we begin this hour with this breaking news. donald trump just announced that he is now not going to testify at his new york civil trial tomorrow. just moments ago on a long rambling truth social sentiment, trump said, quote, i have already testified to everything and have nothing more to say other than that this is a complete and total election interference, biden campaign witch hunt, that will do nothing but keep businesses out of new york. i will not be testifyin
in a far-right speaker of the house. with the interparty war over house leadership resolved, the idea is that those emergencies would finally be dealt with, at least that was the idea. today, it became painfully obvious that the republicans new speaker, congressman mike johnson, it s not really going to deal with any of it. this evening, speaker johnson put every republican on the record, voting for a bill that did not include any aid to ukraine s, and which would provide aid to israel, only on the condition that congress defunded the irs, to allow billionaires to cheat on their taxes. we have obligations, and we have come. it s and we want to protect and help and assist our friend israel. what we have to keep our own house in order as well. so you are saying you will not pass in israel aid bill, unless it is off, that is that the correct interpretation of your? that s voter going to do. i did not attach that for political purposes, okay i attach because again, we re tr
mourn the loss of already birkin, let s do our best to follow in his footsteps. be strong, be brave, and be a hero. and on that note, i wish you a very good and a healthy night. we are sending love to his family. from all around the colleagues across nbc news, thank you for staying up late with me. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow right now the biden administration is dealing with two major military conflicts in two separate parts of the world. and the desire to actually secure funding for the conflicts involving israel and ukraine was supposed to be, it was supposed to be the reason that moderate republicans voted in a far-right speaker of the house. with the interparty war over house leadership resolved, the idea is that those emergencies would finally be dealt with, at least that was the idea. today, it became painfully obvious that the republicans new speaker, congressman mike johnson, it s not really going to deal with any of it. this evening, speaker johnso