Good morning, everyone. Very glad youre with us. It is a friday. Theres so much news impacting the heartland especially. A lot of big news to get to. Five things to know for this friday, september 15th. Auto workers on strike. Union workers for the United Auto Workers hit the picket lines in three states after their contract expired at midnight. Hunter biden indicted after his plea charges fell apart. Three charges including possession of a firearm and making false statements. Also, House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy dropping the fbomb while staring down another revolt from inside his own party as the clock ticks down to another potential government shutdown. Cnn is the First American network on the ground in libya after deadly flooding has left thousands dead. The United Nations says most of those deaths could have been avoided. And were tracking hurricane lee. Its expected to make landfall near maine this weekend. Starting today, Coastal New England is bracing for heavy rain, high winds an
Good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. Im victor blackwell. Im amara walker. Thank you for sharing a part of your morning us with. Another after shock in morocco. The Death Toll Climbs to 2,000 people. We are going to have the latest on the Search And Rescue efforts. Pennsylvania authorities confirm a new sighting of escaped inmate danelo cavalcante. We will tell you what were learning about how he has changed his appearance. All eyes on iowa. President ial candidate donald trump and Governor Ron Desantis Crisscross Paths in the hawkeye state. The latest from the campaign trail. We begin with reports of a 3. 9 after shock in morocco. Now, two days after fridays major earthquake in that african nation, more than 2,000 people have been killed. Nearly 2,000 have been injured in this 6. 8 magnitude quake. It is the countrys deadliest earthquake in decades. Those numbers are expected to rise as rescuers dig through the rubble. Relief efforts are arriving slowly to some of the most re
investigation. among them, senator lindsey graham why didn t the d.a. pursue them? how graham is reacting. and just in, the judge s ruling on mark meadows request to move his case to federal court. just breaking, the significant drop in the number of missing after the maui fires the race to rescue an american trapped more than 3,000 feet down a cave. why the mission could take days. and chaos at the u.s. open. protesters disrupting play one gluing his feet down the charges they face as coco gauff advances to her first u.s. open final. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening if you live along the east coast, you may already have an eye open for that monster hurricane lee. its explosive growth from a category 1 to a major category 5 hurricane in just 12 hours yesterday has forecasters in awe now, back down to a category 4, lee is the most powerful storm so far in the atlantic hurricane season at one point driving wind gusts of 165 miles
winds. dangerous rip currents, when we can expect them along the east coast. also, severe storms in the northeast. we re tracking it all. also tonight, dramatic body cam of a philadelphia officer fatally shooting a man sitting in his car. police initially said the man lunged at them with a knife outside the car. that officer now charged with murder. what his attorney is saying. nine days after that convicted killer escaped from a pennsylvania prison, word tonight the guard on duty has been fired and the new possible sightings. the report just out from a special grand jury recommending charges for an additional 20 people in the georgia election investigation. among them, senator lindsey graham. why didn t the d.a. pursue them? how graham is reacting. and just in, the judge s ruling on mark meadows request to move his case to federal court. just breaking, the significant drop in the number of missing after the maui fires. the race to rescue an american trapped more