house. and this is cnn you re in the cnn newsroom. hi everyone. i m jessica dean in washington and we have breaking news this memorial day weekend as powerful and dangerous storms are threatening millions of americans. it s as many communities in texas this arkansas, oklahoma, and kentucky have spent the weekend digging out from under debris, at least 15 people have been confirmed dead as a result of these storms as rescues continue in valley view, texas, at least seven people have died. here s texas governor greg abbott. the same, time, that we are going through the heart wrenching loss of life including the heartbreak of a family losing a two-year-old and a five-year-old child we have cnn s ed lavandera, valley view. we re going to go to him in just a moment. but first let s check in with cnn meteorologist lisa rafah, who is tracking the threats that will continue through tonight. elisa yeah it s really sad when you hear that about the losses of life and unfortunate
amanpour in london. thank you for watching and i ll see you again next week hello everyone thank you so much for joining me this saturday on a greek a whitfield. and with just five days until the historic presidential debate between president joe biden and former president donald trump, both candidates are spending today preparing in their own unique ways for the upcoming showed him that will air right here on cnn this morning. biden is at camp david, where he and his team are spending the weekend poring over we re briefing binders and holding mock debates sessions as he prepares for this high-stakes moment. meantime, trump is shunning traditional debate prep and spending his saturday on the campaign trail in an our trump will speak to a gathering of christian conservatives in washington before traveling to philadelphia fia for rally tonight, we ve got team coverage. kevin lipped is covering president biden s debate preps. but let s begin with even mckinnon in washington at
good. that s a good here. that s a good. he can t. get there okay. good good naming. it says the warmup for pali nbc sports just announced earlier this year that he would be a special correspondent during the coverage of the olympic games hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this sunday and happy father s great to everyone. i m fredricka whitfield the countdown to a pivotal moment in the 2024 election is quickly approaching. we re just 11 days away from the first presidential debate, which will be hosted right here on cnn as that showdown nears the 2024 campaign is kicking into high gear as both candidates hit the road this weekend to raise money and push their messages, former president trump traveling to the battleground state of michigan, where he made a fresh appeal to black voters at a community roundtable in a predominantly black church in detroit. he also spoke at a conservative conference where he baselessly cast doubt on the 2020 election as a wa
it had to everything does charlene i got into our car and we drove through the pitch black streets and we didn t speak. we didn t need to i m very thankful. the trolley is still going to be at cnn, but i ll miss that feeling. driving in the dark, heading toward a new adventure. side-by-side with charlie that s it for us. the news continues source with galen collins starts now straighten the source tonight. with a handshake for the ages, donald trump has cemented his iron grip on the republican party, rolling out the red carpet for his return to the capitol building for the first time since a mobs and many of those. now he d been praised on him running for their lives. and the supreme court unanimously upholding access to the most common method of abortion here in america. why that victory though for abortion rights advocates? hey, be short-lived and the fallout from that interruption during my sit down with the former georgia special prosecutor, the lawyer who first exp
garner enough support given this shift and given that rise from the far right linda, we ll certainly see how that plays out in july. of course, looking at these results, the french president s party didn t do well. emmanuel macron calling snap elections for later this month. yeah. look i think again, it wasn t a shock that the national rally and other far right parties did so well. but what was a shock was how emmanuel macron reacted to this. he didn t have to do this. he could have come out and said, look, this is a protest vote and just carried on. but on the one hand, i think he didn t have a whole lot to lose. he already lost his his overall majority in parliament. he s already struggled to get some key policies through and this may be a calculation that this is a chance to win back a mandate. and alizée source telling cnn that the approach will be convince, convince, convince in the lead up to these elections, the first round just three weeks away. but in his sp