saturday. atlanta, charlotte, into d.c. sunday. even here into the northeast sunday night we ll have some storms. linsey? linsey: rob, thank you. next tonight, senting for the deadliest attack against latinos in modern history. the shooter getting 90 life sentences for killing 23 people in a racist spree targeting hispanics in el paso. the gunman could still face the death penalty. keep going. run out that way. reporter: the deadly shooting rampage at a walmart in el paso, texas, stunned the nation nearly four year ago. a white supremacist armed with an assault rifle with the intent the kill as many hispanics as possible. taking the lives of 23 people and injuring dozens more. tonight, a judge sentencing that gunman to 90 consecutive life sentences after he pleaded
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is standing by. real threat from long track tornadoes after dark across several states, already two confirmed tornadoes outside dallas today. and the system that was of the coast right into the northeast, rob marciano tracking it all. the chilling case in florida tonight. a judge sentencing a 16-year-old boy to life in prison for murdering his classmate. a 13-year-old cheerleader. stabbing her more than 100 tim times. what that cheerleader s family revealed in court. the grand jury here in new york wearing a possible indictment against former president from authorities growing increasingly alarmed by what they believe is the former president s as grading and dangerous rhetoric. truck now warning of potential death and destruction if he is indicted. and major news tonight in the special counsel s prestige investigation. giancarlo is here. person biden at this hour,
a lot of superstorms. those clouds are ripping. that is a low level jet. becauseof that and other factors, they have now expanded the tornado watch. it is massive now. the northern part of louisiana, memphis, you see a very active radar. and then through throughout for, we re late, we re looking to get into essential parts of tennessee and maybe even kentucky. so be aware of that. on top of the flood watch, that is a huge concern and gently as well. across the ohio river valley, all the way up through west virginia, as a low post more moisture from the gulf of mexico, and then heavy rain will be pushing into the great lakes and northeast. a little bit of snow wrapping run. we will see an a key relation from chicago north to milwaukee and the heavy rain to purchase into the northeast. it sticks around for much of the day. it is not in until we get into sunday. david? david: rob marciano has been traveling along. thanks to you and the crew. state safety net. thank you, iraq. we continu
long road ahead here. dave, elise jordan here, so if you were someone who stormed the capitol, one of many people, and you are about to go and get sentenced or be tried, do you want to be in front of a jury or do you want a judge sentencing you? what do you think the recent result says for defendants who are going to face their moment? reporter: elise, if i were one of the defendants i probably would want to roll the dice with a judge because so far the department of justice is three for three on jury trials. these defenses have not worked. yesterday that defense was a reach. i mean civilians don t take orders from the president and trump wasn t in this unemployed exterminators chain of command. even if he was, you know, people follow orders to commit crimes can still be prosecuted for their crimes. i think the best defense may be, hey, the police waived me in. the one time it worked was in front of a judge, not a jury,