Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredericka witfield. The southwestern u. S. Is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as hurricane hilary churns off the pacific. We just learned moments ago that the storm has weakened just a bit to a category 3 storm with 125 mile an hour winds. Its lashing mexico with strong winds and high waves right now. Forecasters warn it could dump more than a years worth of rain across parts of california, nevada and arizona. The storm is expected to weaken as it moves north, but the threat is so severe, a Tropical Storm watch has been issued for california, the first ever for that state. People there are trying to prepare as best they can. Cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar is joining us. A new advisory has just been issued. While it may have been downgraded a little bit, thats still very threatening. Right. Keep in mind the weakening was forecast. We knew as it slid into cooler waters, this was going to happen. In terms of the fore
inside iraq where they were around at militants for a drone attack, iraq is calling them hostile acts and warning them they can ratchet up tensions in the middle east. the anti-semitic outbursts, written in hebrew. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m pamela brown and you are in the situation room. we are with the next donald trump legal battles, just days to go before the new year and weeks to go before the first 2024 presidential contest. pamela, donald trump s legal team is spending the last days of 2023 prepping for an immunity case they will argue on january 9th. they have submitted their brief, that was over the weekend and they are once again arguing that donald trump cannot be prosecuted for anything related to january 6. as they returned the 2020 electric results. because he was acquitted, he cannot be criminally charged. we will see some response from the special counsel by the end of this week but then arguments before the appea
easter sunday from new york. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour in the middle east, where israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing a video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem fred what s the latest? fredricka. well, certainly pretty big incident that happened there today on the border with syria when you had those rockets that came flying over from syrian territory, the israel defense forces say they say that those came flying towards the golan heights, which, of course are held by israel and t
town sweet 16 party. fox defamation trial delayed just hours before opening statements . is this a sign a settlement could be near. and spacex boss elon musk, downplaying expectations with his company about to launch the most powerful rocket ever built. good monday morning to you welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with carnage at a sweet 16 birthday party in a small southern town. four people were killed, nine injured, some critically in this rampage saturday night. indeed ville alabama so far, authorities have not released details about a suspect or a motive. but overnight we did learn the name of one of those killed kiki smith, who was a student athlete athletic manager on the high school s track team. for more on another of the victims. a star athlete, let s go to cnn s isabel rizal is indeed ville. i spoke with michael taylor, who is the assistant football coach over a day ville high school. and he says th
leaders rare and public back and forth over controversial judicial reform plans. good morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin this morning in kentucky, where two blackhawk helicopters crashed overnight. officials say they went down and trigg county, which is just north of the kentucky tennessee state border. the crew was flying a routine training mission at the time. the army has just confirmed several casualties. we don t have an exact number yet. this photo from wk dz radio shows flames from the crash. here s what one witness who lives about a half a mile away from the crash site saw and heard. two helicopters came over pretty low and all of a sudden, soon as i got older house, something loud banging everything shut down just all of a sudden, so we joined the truck came over here. that s what we ve found two helicopters so still waiting for more information from the army about how many people were on board ea