Im Melanie Zanona in washington and this is cnn hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me on for greek of whitfield and we begin with the dangerous weather situation okay. Texas that could get even more treacherous this weekend, heavy downpours and parts of the state have swept away vehicles, damaged homes, and triggering evacuations some areas have gotten hit with almost two feet of Rain Triggering widespread flooding and more rain is in the forecast cnn correspondent rosa flores as in houston for us. So rosa, People Living in the flood ravaged communities are bracing for more rain. And i see the air boats behind you. Theyre ready for evacuations, are picking up people this just happened in the last few seconds fred, so ive actually havent been able to talk to them other than one individual who just got off this vote and said that there was water in his house and he literally was just rescued but this is literally happening as were going live. So i havent talked to to th
The gag order just prohibits him from criticizing the jury or the witnesses. J. B. Robert costa in new york, thank you. Arizonas near total ban on abortion has been repealed. Governor katie hobbs made that official today, undoing a law that dated back to 1864. This summer, a law passed in 2022 will go back into effect. That allows abortions up to the 15th week of pregnancy. Some abortion rights advocates want that to be extended to 24 weeks and are collecting signatures to put that on the ballot in november. Tonight, mandatory evacuations are in place in areas around houston, texas, as a major river there quickly rises. Nearly 40 Million People are on alert for flash flooding. Thats following days of torrential rains and severe thunderstorms. Cbss Omar Villafranca reports from hardhit Southeast Texas. Reporter parts of livingston, texas waterlogged after overnight storms soaked the Southeast Texas town. Up to 8 inches of rain fell in some areas this morning, leaving homes and businesse
James tonight police clash with demonstrators in portland and washington, d. C. Cbs evening news starts now. Good evening. Im james brown in for norah. And we begin tonight with President Bidens sharp criticism today of the violence that has broken out at protests on Americas College campuses over the israelhamas war. In recent weeks, nearly 2,000 people have been detained or arrested at dozens of schools. There were more protests today at Portland State, George Washington university, the university of pennsylvania, and nyu. Speaking at the white house today, President Biden made his most extensive comments to date on the protests, condemning antisemitic slurs, vandalism, trespassing, and major disruptions to classes and graduations at some universities. New york city mayor eric adams says nearly half of those arrested earlier this week at Columbia University and nearby city college were not students at those schools. Adams claims outside agitators are radicalizing students. Cbss nancy
Beer united we will never be defeated james tonight clashes in portland and washington, d. C. Cbs evening news starts now. Good evening. Im james brown in for norah. And we begin tonight with President Bidens sharp criticism today of the violence that has broken out in protest on Americas College campuses over the israelhamas war. In recent weeks, nearly 2,000 people have been detained or arrested at dozens of schools. There were more protest today at Portland State, George Washington university, the university of pennsylvania, and nyu. Speaking at the white house today, President Biden made his most extensive comments to date on the protests, condemning antisemitic slurs, vandalism, trespassing, and major disruptions to classes and graduations at some universities. New york city mayor eric adams says nearly half of those arrested earlier this week at Columbia University and nearby city college were not students at those schools. Adams claims outside agitators are radicalizing students
And lightning bolt. Still invincible, usain bolt. The fastest man alive, usain bolt makes history on the track. And golden girl simone biles does what no American Woman has done before. And there it is. Winning the first ever u. S. Gold medal in the vault. Three golds so far for the worlds greatest gymnast. Now the final five telling amy all about their showstopping performance. Were live in rio for the historymaking action at the olympics. We are the final five. Good morning, america. We do say good morning, america and it is great to have amy back home. Thank you. Its good to be back. Simone biles again, winning her third gold medal. I sat down with them and they are just so ready to do this. This moment from the very beginning and theyre excited. Theyre not nervous. Theyre excited. Amy, as you told us she was already being called the greatest ever even before the olympics got started and has proven why now and still has two more event as head. Well bring it to you in just a bit. Wel