Us an update on preparations for milton from the White House. The ongoing response to Hurricane Helene. Well take you live to the White House minutes away. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Bill i hate to see that radar, just see that thing churn out there. A big one. Im bill hemmer, good morning at home. The storm really, if you have checked out for a day or so, you missed a major headline. This thing really came out of nowhere Yesterday Morning i would argue between 8 00 a. M. And 11 00 a. M. Eastern time and got cranked up coming off the Yucatan Peninsula In Mexico and now going through the Gulf Of Mexico warm waters. Dana they are warning it could become one of the most destructive hurricanes on record and the state of florida is getting ready to brace for this direct hit as bill was saying. A massive exodus now underway. Millions of residents rushing to evacuate the coast and other lowlying areas with hours left before Miltons Arrival as crews scramble to
dozens of people were kill and injured in greece when two trains collided head on at high speeds. what we know ahead. and we begin on capitol hill, where right now attorney general merrick garland is fielding questions from the senate judiciary committee. as the justice department investigates classified documents found on the properties of president biden, former president trump, and former vice president pence. today s hearing comes after congressional leaders received the classified briefing from the doj yesterday, which they said, quote, left much to be desired. and this morning, the washington post reports that leading up to the doj s august search of former president trump s mar-a-lago estate, two senior fbi officials who would have been in charge of leading the search resisted the surprise plan as too combative. and proposed seeking trump s permission to search his property according to four people familiar with the discussions. i want to bring in nbc news julia ai
targets of assassination. alexandria hoff with the latest of the nation s highest court. justice alto called the speculation infuriating saying it doesn t make any sense given intensely how the conservative justices have been targeted since then. the rare interview comes before one year mark when politico published draft opinion justice alto told the wall street journal, quote, those of us who were thought to be in majority, were really targets of assassination. the justice also revealed that he thinks the supreme court marshal did a good job of the investigation that followed the leak and agreed that there was not enough evidence to make a public accusation. he added this, i personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible but that s different from the level of proof that is needed to name somebody. alto feels that the motivation was clear. despite weeks of protestors by advocates including outside of homes of conservative justices in that time an armed man was charge
i am on social media @profmmurray and check out my podcast, strict scrutiny, where we discuss all the things about the supreme court and the legal culture that surrounds it. you can find it wherever you get your podcast. and that does it for me. have a great weekend. the reidout with joy reid is up next. tonight on the reidout while the march began as a response to roe, we don t end as a response to roe being overturned. why? because we re not yet done. they are not yet done. on the 50th anniversary of roe, anti-abortion forces are actively working to further crush the reproductive rights of women, regardless of how unpopular it is with the american people. also tonight, why kevin mccarthy might be mumbling, i ve made a huge mistake, after striking down proxy voting in the house. and while there s nothing at all wrong performing in drag, it s actually quite fabulous, the hypocrisy of alleged drag queen george santos helping to push the right s anti-lgbtq agenda
their annual march here in washington for the first time since roe v. wade was overturned. they re declaring they have fresh resolve, even though some are being slammed by former president trump for being disloyal to him. welcome to our viewers here in thtes and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to all of the new moves by the united states and allies responding to ukraine s deals to help against russian aggression. we have the latest on what western nations are doing, and still not doing, at this pivotal moment in the war. reporter: tonight, the u.s. is taking action against russia s wagner mercenary group, a private army which vladamir putin has become increasingly dependant on to carry on operations in ukraine, including the eastern city of bakhmut where the fighting has raged. the u.s. designating wagner as a criminal organization. it will open up additional avenues for us to continue to not only sanction wagner and p