John and sandra. Good afternoon. Its a wet friday. Im martha maccallum. Thanks for joining us. We have a big lineup for you this hour. We begin here in the northeast where sandra was just saying millions of new york City Residents are being urged to shelter in place at this hour as torrential and lifethreating rain causes huge highway tieups and subways are flooding in new york city. Theres hundreds of flights that have been cancelled or delayed at this point. Katie byrne reporting live from hoboken, new jersey just across the river. High, katie. Hi, martha. A lot of people that were able to make it in to the city or to hoboken for work this morning are now wondering how theyll get home. We have roads submerged in water here in hoboken. If i step out in the street, the water gets deeper. Weve been here all day. The water has not receded much at all. Its one of those days that you cant get around hoboken by car. Ive talked to a lot of commuters. Were by the Train Station here. Some told
a dictator on day one, but only day one. donald trump in his own words on what a second trump presidency will look like. a cnn exclusive, guess who was on the witness list when donald trump goes on trial in georgia? former vice president mike pence, on a coalition course for a historic courtroom standoff. and a rampage across two cities leaves six people dead in texas. the grisly killings at five different crime scenes. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. a dictator for a day. donald trump in iowa last night offered ample offered ample opportunity by a fredly host and audience to make clear he won t lean into his authoritarian tendencies if he wins the election, an opportunity that trump took and did this do you in any way have any plans whatsoever if reelected president to abuse power, to break the law, to use the government to go after people? you mean like they re using right now. also in all of that asked about
did you just braid my hair? good to be with you for this second hour of chris jansing reports. ahead for us, hospitals in gaza are sounding the alarm, saying they have been damaged by strikes as tanks move into positions nearby. we ll get the latest on what s happening on the ground. the high stakes summit, president biden and china s xi jinping set to meet after a downward spiral in relations. can they find any common ground? plus a terrifying phone call to the office of marjorie taylor greene, what a man allegedly said that led to his arrest. and powell versus protesters, the chairman of the federal reserve gets rushed off stage during a headline making speech. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with those dire images from hospitals in gaza. nbc s josh lederman is reporting live from tel aviv. josh, we are hearing about a number of strikes along with tanks taking up positions near hospitals. what do we know about what s h
verdict is read, but of course that means they haven t ruled it in either. right? and there s not much time. nicely. all right. thank carol. thank you. thanks for joining us. the news continues now, right here on cnn it s thursday, may 30, right now on cnn this morning day two of deliberations about to begin in donald trump s hush money trial after jurors sent to requests to the judge supreme court justice samuel alito, blaming his wife for flying an upside-down on flag. now recused, refusing to recuse himself from january 6, cases and dirty tactics, north korea launching balloons filled with feces he s and trash and dropping them on south korea i m here in washington, alive. look at, i guess that s new york city city. there it is a little little cloudy there this morning as those jurors start to wake up, had into their second day of deliberations. good morning, everyone. i m casey, hence it s wonderful to have you with us. the jury in the trump hush money trial bac
morning pressing the candidate. shark attack. cape cod on alert this morning. a man bitten on both legs just 75 feet from shore. onlookers say a large dorsal fin broke the surface just before. plus this. the drought is spreading across the midwest. there is no rain in the forecast, and it is hot. just how bad will the corn crop be? farmers won t know until they harvest the corn. but what is certain, food prices are rising for you. cnn newsroom starts right now. and good morning. thank you for joining us. it carol costello. we begin with a teenaged chinese supergirl who at age 16 swam at such an incredible speed some suspect she cheated. she won gold in the 400 meter. she swam the last 50 meters or 164 feet faster than american ryan lochte s time in the men s competition. amazing feat, considering according to the bbc that she is 5 6 and 141 pounds, and lochte is 6 1 and 194 pounds. john leonard, the director of the world s swimming coaches calls the win disturbing a