two people have died in new zealand s largest city, auckland, after torrential rain caused severe flooding. a state of emergency has been declared. hello and welcome. seven people have been shot dead in a synagogue in eastjerusalem. a 14 year old boy is among the dead, and a number of other people were wounded. police said the attacker was killed by the security forces as he fled the scene. tensions have been high since nine palestinians, both militants and civilians, were killed during an israeli military raid injenin in the occupied west bank on thursday. it was one of the deadliest raids in years. tensions are once again rising in the region. the us and uk have condemned the synagogue shooting. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, reports from eastjerusalem. they came to pray as thejewish sabbath had just got under way. tonight, police are counting their bodies in the street. security forces say the gunman arrived at the synagogue and opened fire. some people were h
Norah A Landmark Sentencing Peered Speaker not only did your son kill my daughter, but you both did, as well. Norah a judge sentence is the parents of a School Gunman to up to 15 years in prison as they are the first to be convicted for their childs mass shooting. Each act or inaction created a ripple effect. Norah Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We are going to get to that emotional scene in the courtroom and just a moment. Families coming facetoface with the parents convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter for the role in their sons mass shooting. But we do want to begin tonight with a major Abortion Ruling that once again is putting the issue at the forefront of the 2024 president ial campaign. Arizonas Supreme Court today ruled that a 160 year old near total abortion ban is still enforceable. The law dates back to 1864, on the books since before arizona was a state and before women had the right to vote. Arizona will be th
for the white house. new cnn pulls out today show president biden, trailing donald trump in critical battleground states. laces that biden won in the last election and needs to win again. with just five weeks until the first votes are cast, republican presidential hopefuls are stepping up their attacks as a new poll in iowa shows donald trump s lead is only getting bigger. and under pressure. the president of the university of pennsylvania is force out and now calls are going for harvard president to resign after her comments on the rise of anti-semitism on campus. many jewish students at harvard say they don t feel safe. it felt like a failure of leadership. i was expecting a clear statement against anti-semitism and either here is our plan or we need your help implementing this and that instead of this, when hearing the lack of response, they attempt to evade. it just made us feel like alone in this. we start today with cnn s exclusive battleground state polls. who
the heat is bad for the bad between the hotter it gets, the harder it is to find your words. wow. cucumber. hot weather can result in lower scores on math tests as well as higher rates of aggression ranging from mean-spirited behavior to violent crime. well, that explains florida. the heat wave is also blasting washington, d.c. when people complain it being over 90 president biden is like see, 81 isn t so bad. just saying. i m not kidding. it s hot out there. i spent all day sweating like a fox news anchor trying to explainp juneteenth. good morning. welcome to morning joe, it s wednesday, june 20th. millions of people from the midwest to the northeast will face extreme heat for a fourth straight day. the national weather service is predicting record highs again in several areas, and the heat is expected to last into the weekend. also, tropical storm alberto, the first named storm of the hurricane season, is expected to make landfall soon on mexico s gulf coast. the l
presidential rival, donald trump, mr biden flatly rejected isolationism. he said the rangers who fought in normandy 80 years ago would undoubtedly want the us to stand up to vladimir putin s aggression in europe. well, i m here to tell you that with them gone, the wind we hear coming off this ocean will not fade it will grow louder. as we gather here today, it s notjust to honour those who showed such remarkable bravery on that day, june 6, 1944, it s to listen to the echoes of their voices, to hear them, because they are summoning us, and they re summoning us now. they ask us what will we do? they re not asking us to scale these cliffs, but they re asking us to stay true to what america stands for. they re not asking us to give or risk our lives, but they are asking us to care for others and our country more than ourselves. they re not asking us to do theirjob. they re asking us to do our job, to protect freedom in our time, to defend democracy, to stand up to aggression a