president. plus water rescues under way in miami as a tropical cyclone makes its way onshore with more than 10 million people in its path. and celebrating 70 years on the throne. who is attending the queen s platinum jubilee and who isn t. newsroom starts now. hello, everyone, thank you so much for joining me, i m fredericka whitfield. we begin in wisconsin where a former judge is now dead, targeted in a bizarre plot to kill government officials. former juneau county circuit court judge john roemer was gunned down in his home on friday. police say the suspect also shot himself. sources say the gunman was also planning attacks on wisconsin governor tony evers and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. cnn s whitney wild has the details for us today. whitney, what more are you learning? reporter: fredericka, sources tell cnn the suspect had a list of targets and officials say this was somehow related to the judicial system. just how? was it one case, was it several c
Filmmaker and activist Lourdes Portillo has died at the age of 80. The Mexican writer, director, producer, and journalist was best known for her Oscar-nominated film Las Madres - The Mothers Of The Plaza De Mayo. Portillo centered Mexican and Latin American stories for her work. Her Oscar-nominated film Las Madres -
stay safe, stay home and stay informed. all right, from the los angeles mayor karen bass. state emergency officials are also very concerned about areas like los angeles, concerned that they ll see double their yearly amount of water in just a single day, lingering burn scars from wildfires are very susceptible to flash flooding and debris flows. i want to bring in now giuliett kayyem to talk about this. she is a cnn secure national security analyst and former analyst at the department of homeland security and author of the book the devil never sleeps. good to see you. what is the number one priority in your view for southern california and those cities right now? ? so it s the protection of human life, period, as the mayor was saying and that s all that matters and it s relatively easy for those that are with homes which is to just stay home. we know how to do this. we lived through covid. the worst parts of it will be
this morning residents in florida and the carolinas still dealing with the path of destruction ian left in its wake. at least 66 people have died from the storm in florida alone. nearly 2 million homes and businesses across multiple states are still without power. let s get some perspective now from cnn national security analyst juliette kayyem, also the author of the devil never sleeps which is a book about disaster management and how it works. juliette, good morning, glad to get your expertise on this. i m curious in your opinion how the disaster response has been so far from what you ve seen and at what point does it transition from search and rescue to recovery. that s an important transition. it will probably happen in the next two to three days. you re still hoping, at least in florida, that people who might be missing may be found.