from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news, overnight vladimir putin s military facing another critical setback as this massive explosion was showing severely damage to a key bridge between crimea and russia. part of that bridge has collapsed into the sea, disrupting a main russian supply route. let s go right back to kier simmons joining us from moscow. what can you tell us about this? well alex, it s another dangerous moment in this conflict in ukraine. 48 hours after president biden mourned of the escalation could lead in his words to a nuclear conflict. well now we have this bridge attack, now the ukrainians are celebrating and not taking responsibility for it. the russians are furious. with a nuclear threat looming, a major fire on the bridge linking russia to crimea. the blaze visible for miles reports of a, huge explosion at around 6 am local time. russian authorities saying that it was a truck
Tonight, breaking news. As we come on the air in the west tonight. The states of emergency. A major hurricane moving in. Hurricane michael rapidly gaining strength at this hour. The new track just in tonight. Racing toward the american coast. The fastmoving storm could make landfall as a category 3 hurricane. Mandatory evacuations coming. Long lines for gas already. Tonight, cruise ships out at sea changing course. Meteorologist ginger zee has the hour by hour when this hits. Also tonight, we have new reporting here after that deadly limousine crash. 20 people killed. Among them, four sisters. What authorities have just revealed about the driver tonight. And about the limo itself. And tonight, what weve learned about the owner of the company. You will see the undercover video of him as an fbi informant. Also breaking tonight, the new Supreme Court justice, brett kavanaugh, at the white house this evening. The ceremony with the president. What the president said to his new Supreme Court
he became a parody of himself. as we get down history, it s clear what a monumental talent and world-changing entertainer elvis was. babe ruth is very cool. it s nice to see that babe ruth got his due. not bad for a parents who sent him to an orphanage when he was 7. that s cool there. and justice kavanaugh there. he s moved out of the picture. senator orrin hatch getting an awa award. we have mark whitaker, the acting attorney general of the united states. orrin hatch, your thoughts on him getting the medal of honor. what a career, right? we will miss a great deal, that generation moving on. we will miss it in this congress. orrin hatch certainly republicans can say as the president mentioned, no one has no living member of
janelle roberson had a gun drawn and holding down a suspect. one dispute centers on whether roberson was wearing clothing identifying himself as security. this man has a nine-month-old sob. he will never see him grow up. he wanted to be a police. this young man was a child of god. he worked in the church. he lost his life unfortunately. we want justice. illinois state police said the officer encountered a subject in plain black clothing with no markers identifying him as a security guard. he gave the armed subject commands to drop the gun and get on the ground before discharging his weapon.
of our citizens the national medal of freedom, this is the highest civilian honor a president can bestow. before me is chris stirewalt. i remember these ceremonies as some of the best days at the white house, to celebrate the accomplishment and dedication that citizens have provided. interestingly, chris, the supreme court was invited today, was including justice kavanaugh, the new supreme court justice. just thomas and judge brier are not there and justice sotomayor is not there. justice ginsberg is there. it s his first public appearance since falling. and elvis getting an award. i can t believe it took this long. elvis was has been overlooked for his musical gifts and his greats abilities because