and in just a couple of hours, house speaker mike johnson is going to be meeting with the presumptive gop nominee, former president trump at mar-a-lago as part of trump s efforts to rally republican support and unite his party. meanwhile, president biden attended a star-studded hollywood fundraiser over the weekend where his campaign says it raised over $30 million. at the event, the president was asked what another trump administration would mean for the nation s highest court. the next president is likely to have two new supreme court nominees, two more, two more. he s already appointed two that have been very negative in terms of the rights of individuals. the idea that if he s reelected he s going to appoint two more flags upside down is really i really mean it. joining us now nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard and nbc news washington correspondent yamiche alcindor. so vaughn, trump and speaker johnson met just last week in d.c. what do we know about today s mee
all right. it s monday, june 17, right now on cnn this morning, president biden and donald trump are looking for a boost to their campaign war chests ten days out from the first presidential debate hundreds of vacua is strong winds fuel fast-moving, fire near los angeles, plus israel s military announces a tactical pause in rafa to get more humanitarian aid into gaza. yet, the prime minister of criticizes the move 5:00 a.m. here in washington 5:00 a.m. here in washington. here s a live look in new york city and good morning everyone. i m on a roger kasie hunt has the day off. it s so great to be with you. president biden and donald trump holding dueling campaign events over the weekend, which is ten days to go into the first presidential debate of 2024. of course, right here on cnn for donald trump, he went to detroit decor black voters, but also throw red meat to his base in an event run by a hard right group, by didn t meantime, hard now with movie stars joining barack
269 million americans, that s more than 80% of the population, likely to experience temperatures in the 90s or higher this week. that intense heat is contributing to fire weather alerts across the west. a fast-moving wildfire north of los angeles caused more than a thousand people to evacuate. red flag warnings there are up. wind gusts could reach 70 miles per hour tonight. zohreen shah from the fire zonoi out.ng the om.oting at a michigan splash nee woded, tf critonditi, includ-year-d bo it s just e incidents in a weekend of gun violence. dung star-studded hollywood fund-raiser, the president said the winner of the 2024 race will likely fill two seats on the high court, a court that he said has never been as out of kilter as it is today. overseas, israel announces a daily tactical pause in the fighting to allow crucial aid ti tom soufi burridge reports from tel aviv.the sech for one missi ef finanother ifies. the latest in a string of foreigners to go missing on the isla
mar-a-lago today with his most powerful ally in washington as president biden blasts the former president as a convicted criminal in a massive new ad buy. the maneuvers from both sides ahead of their first debate next week. a new phase in israel s operations in gaza, and netanyahu disbanding his war cabinet. what does it all mean for the war against hamas? scorching heat from detroit to boston as wildfires rage in california. the extreme weather that s turning this summer into a slow broil. good morning. thanks for being here. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin this morning with the intensifying race for the white house today donald trump hosts house speaker mike johnson and the head of the campaign committee working to elect house republicans at mar-a-lago to talk strategy, while president biden is seeing green coming off a record fund-raiser, raking in $30 million at a hollywood event with big-time stars in attendance. nbc s vaughn h
it s still officially spring but it feels like the middle of summer in a lot of the u.s. and we look at the remarkable advances made possible by the james webb telescope. we begin tonight with a border crisis and the latest crisis spread through the u.s. mexico boundary throughout the nation. el salvador immigrant facing rape charges for attack on a mother of five. david spunt starts us off with the details. tough story. tonight the suspect is behind bars. according to a local sheriff this sheriff brings the border almost two thousand miles north to maryland. 1800 miles from the southern border. and this is the second woman in our county to be killed by an illegal alien. the alleged killer of 37 morin a 23-year-old illegal immigrant from el salvador. police say victor antonio hernandez crossed the u.s. mexico border in february of 2023. six months later morin a mother of five was round raped and murdered along this outdoor running trail near baltimore. police say the