Voting machines. Bornean. Top of the hour this friday morning. So glad youre with us on ccnn this morning. What a week it has been. And so much more to come. Thats exactly right. This is going to be a very intense, very consequential months, years. Many years. Sawyer, dejected, defiant. Donald trumps mood, State Of Mind after his third arraignment in four months. Trump, for his part, proclaiming his innocence and accusing the Special Counsel of leading a political persecution. And indianas neartotal abortion ban appears to be underway. Some clinics in the state have already stopped taking appointments, forcing women to seek outofstate options. We will talk to illinois governor j. B. Pritzker. Also, the jops report, we will get an example of the economy in general after a pretty shaky week for u. S. Markets. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. Heres where we begin this morning. Former President Trump back in new jersey after pleading not guilty to his arraignment in the past
The first case of Chronic Wasting Disease has been confirmed in Kentucky, according to the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, raising concerns for species in the deer family.
The Graves County Community is concerned about Barkley s proposed new aviation tower. If the tower is built to a certain height, it will create a blind spot in their radar
appreciate it. more than 50 million americans under heat alerts still this morning. many of the same cities that just experienced weeks of triple digit temps heating up again. the national weather service is predicting oppressive heat across the south central united states, including phoenix, el paso and baton rouge. our meteorologist allison chinchar has the forecast. nearly a dozen states under some type of heat alert in the short term. these are likely going to continue to the weekend for a lot of these areas. phoenix still topping out at 115. that s 10 degrees above normal. vegas 108. palm springs at 112. it s not just the desantis southwest. dallas 107. similar for houston, new orleans. cooler in nashville and birmingham during to the rain. we have had a tremendous amount of rain across much of this area here in the last 24 to 36 hours. there is a flash flood emergency across portions of northwestern