year. tropical storm warnings up for parts of texas. we re going to see some heavy rainfall in certain parts. we re going to tell you where and what that means for drought conditions. and a massive fire erupts at a boat yard in massachusetts. what we re learning about the fire and the damage that s been done. welcome to your weekend, saturday, august 20th. we re grateful to have you. thanks so much for waking up with us. great to be with you, amara. i can t believe it s august 20th. i wait for the weekends to know what the date is. i m realizing, oh my gosh, we re close to september. that s good. cooler weather, please. we were just talking about that, yes. it s almost halloween. good to be with you, boris. of course. we have a lot of news going on. we begin with the intense situation surrounding the z zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. that lies on the front lines of russia s war against ukraine. the fighting around the area have intensified so have concerns abo
thank you for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with officials in new york city announcing plans to address the influx of asylum seekers arriving from texas. new york expects at least 1,000 children will enter the city s school system this year. they are among the thousands sent there by bus from the lone star state at the direction of governor greg abbott. but this week the governor doubled down on his decision. before we begin busing illegal immigrants up to new york, it was just texas and arizona that bore the brunt of all of the chaos and all the problems that come with it. now the rest of america is understanding exactly what is going on. cnn s jean casarez is following this for us from new york. jean, how is new york responding and what is the plan? reporter: well, there is a plan and it s called open arms. it really facilitates what new yorkers feel about having them come from texas. here s what happens. the bus, as you see r
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To waive an Arraignment Appearance in Fulton County after embracing the spectacle from his previous three arraignments. Six more trump codefendants, including former Chief Of Staff mark meadows, Jeffrey Clark and former trump attorney john eastman have entered not guilty pleas and filed waivers for their arraignments. The trump 2024 campaign has been boosted by the massive legal challenges with trump now in a dead heat in a hypothetical rematch with joe biden. Joining me garrett haake, joyce vance and jackie alemany. Garrett, start things off. We have had multiple pleas this morning right up against the deadline. Take us through what we know so far. Reporter theres just one of the 19 codefendants who has not entered a plea thus far. A relatively minor player in the saga. One of the Elections Officials caught up in the broader rico case here. Donald trump having filed his Appearance Waiver last week. We knew would not be attending. As you pointed out at the top, its a Split Decision for
Happening now, a federal judge is imposing the Prison Sentence for the former proud Boys Chairman who was convicted of Seditious Conspiracy due to his role in the january 6th violent attack on the u. S. Capitol. He faces a steep sentence. Prosecutors are asking for 33 years behind bars. Cnns evan perez joins me now from outside the Federal Courthouse. So prosecutors asking for 33 years. Of course, it is up to the judge within guidelines. But what do we expect here . Well, jim, the judge, timmy kelly, has given far under what prosecutors have been asking for. This is the fifth member of the proud boys. Hes one of four of them who have been convicted of Seditious Conspiracy. He wasnt actually at the capitol on that date. He had been arrested just before january 6th, before the crowd gathered that day. In part because he had weapons on him and he was involved in a previous altercation, stealing a sign at a church right here in the district of columbia. So for that reason, he wasnt here. B