event. what we know about funeral services and new details on the weapons the suspect used if that attack. plus a cnn exclusive, how firefighters are going on the offensive to bring down drones that could interfere with their ability to stop wildfires. it is the weekend. we are glad to have you this saturday, july 9th. thanks for waking up with us. and thank you for having me here this weekend. good to be with you guys. we ll begin with the january 6 committee interview with one of the most important witnesses. former white house council pat cipollone testifying before that panel for more than 7 hours. a source said he provided, quote, a great deal of new information. and keep in mind, portions of yesterday s closed-door meeting will be made public in upcoming hearings. he was among a handful of people who spent time with donald trump as the u.s. capitol unfolded. they were trying to figure out what trump was doing and how he reacted to the violence in realtime. zoe l
so arizona is able to start tabulating early ballots as soon as they re received. and so they re able to go through that signature verification process as soon as they re received. and then counties start tabulating. they can t release the results until an hour after polls close. so usually that s why those numbers are so big at that first release of results at 8:00 p.m. in arizona. but what happens is once the election is happening, people who are doing those signature verification duties and things like that, they re now setting up for the election on monday. they might not have as many boards able to do the signature verification process. because they re setting up and opening more early voting locations, or emergency locations on the monday before election day. and then we have elections on tuesday. so those signature verification processes are on pause.
just one rope drone is all it takes to bring an assault on a wildfire to a standstill. in a fresh alliance, los angeles county fire department and the la field office are working together in a first of its kind program to get those drones out of the way. stephanie has the exclusive story from los angeles. reporter: just one drone, it makes our aircraft divert, or land. it is all it takes to ground a firefight from the sky. it is a mandatory stop operations when we see drones operating in our emergency locations. we don t know what the operator is going to do. the potential damage to our helicopters or are a fixed wing, is extensive. reporter: let alone the danger to firefighters on the ground. while unauthorized drones can stop aircraft from dropping crucial water or fire retardant on a blaze, that blaze churns on. spivak it continues to burn and
to see whether there was any calm after the storm. what i can tell you is that our bayous and connected rivers are still at a point of cresting. and that they can crest at any moment again which causes this devastating flooding if it rains again. how prepared how do you grade governor greg abbott s response to all of this? and how prepared do you think the state of texas is for future storms? some climate scientists predict that more violent storms like this will occur with greater frequency in coming years. is texas in a good place as far as emergency preparedness? well let me say that we ve had good communications over the last couple of days. governor abbott was here we were here together in different emergency locations. he came to indicate that he is seeking a national disaster declaration. he has declared a state declaration. state resources are coming. i have joined my local officials and asked president obama for a national declaration. the president said he s looking ver
argentina s president accuses britain and wants u.n. intervention to prevent a war. claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. an unexpected clean state clean sweep for rick santorum and once again all bet are off for the republican race for the presidential nomination. the military is sold on the syrian city has continued for a fifth day. opposition groups say since friday, hundreds of people have been killed by troops loyal to president assad. homs, the third biggest city, appears to have been laid waste. residents say they have been hit by an almost constant barrage of mortars and rockets. this video was shot by an anti-regime activist and posted on the internet. activists report 42 people have been killed there in the last eight hours or so. now you re looking at live images streaming from homs. residents also say snipers are on roof tops and tanks are reportedly close to the city s cente