residents are warned to brace for extreme heat. temperatures expects to soar to 115 degrees. let s check in with adam klotz for the fox weather forecast. what do you have for us? adam: wild weather across the country. eastern half of the country, something similar today. you see every afternoon storms explode, expect to see something this afternoon. the rain continuing to linger across new england, at times fairly heavy. that takes heat of the day. rain from mississippi and georgia to the carolinas. potential for severe weather today, including areas like charlotte, norfolk, dc and philadelphia, up to new york. that is two on a scale of five, large hail and wind possible and isolate tornado is not out of the question. out west, it is the heat. you are seeing 115 in phoenix. 113 in vegas, 106 in bakersfield. showers here for eastern half of the country. everything in green, risk for rain for today s forecast. for the 4th of july forecast, maybe a chance of severe weather.
biden s campaign gears up for a trump nomination. then, the state of the race for second place, ron desantis shifting focus to south carolina, while nikki haley faces a make-or-break moment in new hampshire. and moms for liberty pushing their agenda in the classroom, all at the expense of taxpayers. we ll get into the impact this could have an education as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. the 2024 front runners are off to very different starts. president biden started to negotiate crucial aid money for our allies, earlier today donald trump was almost kicked out of a new york city courtroom after he complained loudly to his lawyers during testimony from e. jean carroll. the trial, of course, will decide damages, if any, in carroll s defamation case against donald trump. in a separate trial last, year a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation. the judge warned trump to stay quiet and threaten
starts now. good evening. we re following breaking ne. the u.s. and british military have launched strikes against targets in houthi controlled yemen, according to two u.s. officials. this comes after the iranian-backed militant group has launched a series of attacks on commercial ships in the red ahich has stoked fears of a wider conflict in the region already reeling from the israel/hamas war. we have a lot to get to. this is obviously a huge development in the region. you re looking at a map right there. the challenge has been that the houthi attacks have caused ships that would normally go through the suez canal to have to go around the horn of africa, meaning it takes a lot longer to get there. there have been some limited military strikes that have killed some houthis that were involved in this blockade. the houthis launched this blockade in protest to the killing of palestinians in gaza. so that is just the setup, the background to what s going on. the houthis are an
hello and welcome everyone. i m michael holmes in atlanta. appreciate your company. we begin with breaking news, and concerns about a possible widening of conflict in the middle east. the u.s. and uk have been striking houthi targets in yemen following a surge of attacks by the iran-backed rebels against commercial vessels in the red sea. have a look at these images that came in a short time ago, showing american fighter jets taking off from the uss eisenhower aircraft carrier. a senior u.s. military official says it is unclear what percentage of who the assets were destroyed inside yemen, but said the amount was significant. houthis say they retaliated. we are told u.s. and coalition forces hit more than 60 targets at 16 of the locations, and those targets included the militants radar systems along with storage and launch sites for ballistic myself, cruise missiles, and drones. i can show you where they are located. you can see there on the map, the u.s. has carried out s
before those strikes took place, the boss of maersk, one of the world s biggest shipping companies, spoke to the bbc to warn of significant disruption to global supply chains because of the houthi attacks. maersk, like other shipping operators, is re routing its vessels away from the red sea and suez canal. instead they are taking the long way round , from asia to europe, and around the cape of good hope. that s an extra 3500 nautical miles, or up to two week s sailing, adding as much as $1 million per ship, in fuel alone. maersk ceo vincent clark told the bbc that these extra costs are already being passed onto consumers. this assessment of the most important oddities of global trade and to rewrote all of this cargo now south of the cape of good hope is going to create significant disruptions to the global supply chain for the duration in which we have to do that and probably a few months more as we have to get back then into normal. you need to see a stronger mobilisatio