here. in norfolk southern ceo apologizes after that toxic train derailment in ohio. he is grilling from lawmakers, today, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. buckle up, boys, and girls, the new york times is reporting tonight the manhattan prosecutors are inching closer and closer to criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, and the stormy daniels case. that, as you recall, is the one involving hush money payments made before the 2016 election to keep the former porn star, daniels, from talking about her apparent affair with trump, who still denies it. the times says that according to four sources, quote, the manhattan district attorney s office recently signaled to trump s lawyers that he could face criminal charges for his role in the payment of hush money. prosecutors offered trump the chance to testify next week before the grand jury. alvin bragg in his office declined to comment on th
criminal charges. the new reporting about the hush money investigation into former president donald trump and his apparent invitation to testify. then, airline safety in the spotlight as years of close calls and midair emergencies have travelers on edge. captain sully sullenberger is here. and norfolk southern ceo apologizes after that toxic train derailment in ohio. plus grilling from lawmakers , today, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. buckle up, boys, and girls, the new york times is reporting tonight the manhattan prosecutors are inching closer and closer to criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, and the stormy daniels case. that, as you recall, is the one involving hush money payments made before the 2016 election to keep the former porn star, daniels, from talking about her apparent affair with trump, who still denies it. the times says that according to four sources, quote, the
welcome. it s great to see you. if you are sticking with us, we are thankful for that. i am coming to you live from washington, d.c., today. in just a couple of hours, the president will travel from the white house to the white house correspondents dinner. and annual tradition in full swing tonight. just days after announcing his reelection bid, the president will take good-natured aim at those who cover him every single day. more on that ahead. also coming up this hour, a big political fight between the white house and republicans on capitol hill over the debt limit. we re going to look at the potential impact on your family if the gop gets its way, but we are also following breaking news out of texas. where an eight year old and four other people are dead after yet again another mass shooting in this country. and the gunman, remaining at large. everybody that was shot was shot from the neck, execution style. the my understanding is that the victims came over to the friend
the race to flee war-torn sudan, this morning countries around the world rushing to get citizens to safety. u.s. diplomats and their families airlifted from the u.s. embassy with an estimated 16,000 americans still there. what the white house is now saying. president biden is ready to launch his reelection bid, new details on those plans. the thinking of those around him and a new poll that suggests most democrats are still on the fence about another biden run. a scary site in the friendly skies, fire erupting on two planes within days, one midair after a possible bird strike, the other during takeoff. these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. happening now, a global race to evacuate diplomats and citizens from sudan as the intense fighting rages on. over the last 24 hours at least 1,000 people have fled the violence by air, scene after scene of u.s. allies packing cargo planes just hours after u.s. officials confirmed that all u.s
we re making full resources available to support them. brooke singman has the details. brooke: officials confirming three soldiers are dead and another hurt near healy, alaska. the major general saying the fort community is one of the tightest knit in service, i have no doubt they will pull together and provide comfort to the families of the fallen. the apache helicopters collided in flight and went down 115 miles from fairbanks. two soldiers were declared dead at the scene and a third died on the way to the hospital. a fourth soldier is being treated for injuries. this is the second helicopter accident this year. in february a military helicopter was involved in a military accident and a month to the day when two blackhawks collided midair before going down. we ll continue to monitor last night s crash as officials begin investigating what went wrong. ashley: thank you. president biden approval rating hit an all-time low and the white house plays defense after rocky star