[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] rachel: good morning, everybody. it s 6:00 here in new york city, and we re so glad you re joining us, of course, following our beautiful national anthem and and all the great photos that you send in to us every single week. i think we might be the only show that takes viewer photos on a weekly basis and puts them up against the national anthem. everyone likes to watch and comment and and send us e-mails and send us more pictures the put on, right, will? will: and dvr the 6:00 hour. rachel: that s right, good morning. charlie: good morning. will: yesterday we spoke about donald trump campaigning in blue states like minnesota or virginia, plague offense. rachel: yeah. will: one of the things that does is forces joe biden to play defense in states he wouldn t traditionally spend resources or time. but when it comes down to the election, both candidates immediate to be spending time ie in states like michigan,
are sizzling. dangerous heat and weather extremes from coast to coast. i m tom hansy in new york. the heat will threaten record highs this weekend from the u.s. to the midatlantic. flash flooding devastates a swiss resort town. also tonight deadly strikes. israel pounds gaza as fighting rages. i m imitiaz tyab in tel aviv. as the doegt toll rises there s mounting fearsf a war as israel exchanges fire along its border. debate prep. how president biden and donald trump are getting ready for next week s face-off. still in space. why the boeing starliner cruise return to earth is delayed again. plus, pop princess. taylor swift hits london, and prince william takes the kids, even joining swifties shaking it off. and later, hanging ten with the top dog. i m carter evans, and i m in the water here in santa cruz. and i m about to take you surfing with skyler, the surfing dog. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from washington with adriana diaz. good evening
And the criminal case against the sheriff has officially begun today. But unlike in many criminal cases there will be no formal arrest. The sheriff will not arrested, there will be no mugshot and there will be no arraignment. The judge agreed to waive the arraignment and the sheriffs attorneys are saying that he will plead not guilty to the charges. Arpaio could face up to six months in jail if he is convicted. Now, federal prosecutors want to get this trial going. They are asking the judge for a bench a trial without a jury, but the sheriffs attorneys want a jury trial. Mel mcdonald, the lead attorney in this case, is saying the sheriff is an electe official and he should be judged by a jury of his own peers. Again, arpaio is saying that he is innocent of these charges, that there was no malicious or willful intent to disobey the judges orders, but as this case proceeds, the sheriff may also as prosecutors will be investigating whether or not the sheriff committed obstruction of justi
In may, the minimum wage increased to 9. 15 an hour. Five cities opted out of johnson countys increase. A Polk County Task force wants to increase the minimum wage there to 1075 an hour by january 2019. It recommended a plan to the board of supervisors earlier this month. If approved, the county would start the increase at 875, next april. A pacific hurricane is getting weaker, but could still make landfall on hurricane madeline is a category 1 storm with sustained winds of about 90 miles per hour. Forecasters say it could hit the island sometime in the next 36 hours. People on the island are boarding up their doors today in preparation for heavy rain. Hawaii countys mayor says hes keeping a close eye on the storm to make sure the island is as prepared as possible when it hits. Were making our decisions based on the National Weather service, the best a decision. Businesses have been cooperative. A lot of our community have gone and are being prepared. Well away from hawaii, another hur
Drivers more fairly, the Airport Commission took its first step to regulate uber and lyft, classifying them as Transportation Network companies, last week. Officials say theyll be requiring those companies to get permits to operate at the airport for a monthly fee. As far as what the fee will be, thats still under negotiation. But, its about creating parity with our cab drivers. Kevin says he appreciates the change. Perhaps he wont want to give a customer the boot net word. Uber told us the companies do have Service Agreements with airports around the country. And theyre happy to work with the airport on this issue. Fs, kcrg tv nine news. A waterloo man faces Human Trafficking charges. Prosecutors say he come from illinois to waterloo. Lawrence campbell, who is 35, is in the Black Hawk County jail right now. His bond is set at 40 thousand dollars. The charges against him include two counts of Human Trafficking and two counts of using juveniles to commit indictable offenses. Police got