Surge expected. Mandatory evacuations in effect, and were tracking it all. Also this evening, President Bidens final address at the united nations. His warning to the world as Wars Rage in the Middle East and eastern europe. Israel and hezbollah exchanging new strikes as thousands flee Southern Lebanon after the deadliest day there in almost two decades. Nearly a year after the Hamas Terror Attack on israel, the families of american hostages speaking out. One freed hostage fearing for her husband still in captivity. I was in those same conditions, and i thought im going to die all the time. Do they feel forgotten as the War Shifts to lebanon. Nfl Legend Brett Favre revealing his battle with parkinsons while on the Hot Seat at a Capitol Hill hearing. Lawmakers demanding to know why are popular Weight Loss drugs so expensive when they cost less abroad. And the wnba playoffs Tipping Off as the popularity of womens hoops surges on courts across the country. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly Ne
will: plus, south dakota governor with kristi noem signs second chance legislation to allow the formerly incarcerated to work in the trades, and she s going to join us live. rachel: looking forward to that. and the big game is tomorrow, but we re not talking about the super bowl. team fluff and team [laughter] are friend for the 2024 puppy bowl. these little guys are in the green room with my daughter margarita, and they re going to join us for a warmup as the final hour of fox & friends and puppies start thes right now. it s fine by me if you never leave will: that s a nice little, upbeat song which i ve never heard in my life. you know that? rachel: no, but i do now. will: i thought you were going to break into more of that. rachel: we have so much going on, puppies in the green room, barbecue, flower contests. by the way, i asked the florist how business was going, and they said blooming. [laughter] although they did say people who were making $100 orders are now
des moines, iowa. this is the story this hour. former president trump just held a news conference in new york city. the closing arguments on the other side of this equation are still underway in this fraud trial. the former president saying again today that he s innocent. he s done nothing wrong. watch. so they have no case. it s a shame that a thing like this is able to happen. businesses leave new york. martha: hunter biden on the other coast of the country, we re waiting for his arrival in court in los angeles on tax charges. one day after causing chaos on capitol hill when he showed up unexpectedly at his contempt of congress hearing as if he was open to testifying and speaking at the hearing except when he didn t like the way things were going, he stormed out. matt whitaker is standing by here in iowa where he s born and raised in iowa. let s go to nate foy, our correspondent covering the trump trials and he s in new york city on the latest developments in that today
it s their constitutional obligation to do that. we re talking about programs when they talk about medicare, social security, we re talking about programs that they want to take hostage that will affect taxpayers, that will affect seniors and veterans. again, it s their constitutional duty. they should do this without conditions. trying to address market-related chatters. jerome powell was asked about the debt ceiling. there s only one option. for congress to pass the increase. is that the crew here, there s one option, there s no off ramps to consider? congress is the only option here? on any of the coins that s come up before. that s something that the treasury deals with and answers on. so i m not going to comment there. i think we ve been very clear from here that this should be done without conditions. and it is their basic job, congress, right? it s their basic duty to lift the debt ceiling. it s something that has been consistently done over the years. that s how
spring break could bring a spike in cases, too. if you get the coronavirus that s your own fault because you know the risks of coming out here. wearing a mask, that s not the normal compared to people who do wear a mask. governor cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners. for the good of the state he should resign. he should look into his heart to see if he can govern effectively. we have a broken immigration system. our cities and our counties on the border don t have the resources to deal with this. the flow of humanity arriving at our front door never stopped. the donald trump administration didn t stop them. i m pamela brown in washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world on this sunday. you are live in the cnn newsroom. a year ago, the pandemic was just getting started in the u.s. i m sure we all remember how we felt at that time. and spring breakers were largely oblivious to its threats. you can t say people