A Campaign Split Screen in the race for the white house, President Biden stepping up his outreach to black voters in battleground states, while former President Donald Trump locks in a key endorsement. We are in d. C. With their dueling pitches to voters. Diddy says sorry, the music mogul breaks his silence for the First Time Since the video emerged of him assaulting his then girlfriend. Why the da says he wont race charges in the case. Temperatures soar in Southeast Texas as crews race to restore power to hundreds of thousands in houston. Michelle grossman is tracking the dangerous heat wave. And the knicks knocked out, the heartbreaker for new york and highlights from the timberwolves historic win over the nuggets. Its monday, may 20th. Early today starts right now. Hi there, glad you are with me to start the week, im frances rivera. Breaking overnight, the president of iran Ebrahim Raisi has died in a Helicopter Crash in the northwest part of the country. The Stunning Development co
Mr. Biden courting black voters in detroit as trump picks up an nra endorsement in texas. Our team in d. C. Has the latest message to their bases. New details this morning in the investigation into Border Patrol agents seen partying with a mexican tequila mogul. Their links to the tequila makers wealthy friend, raising more conflict of interest questions. In texas a dangerous heatwave is set to roll in. Michelle grossman has a look at the continuing Weather Threat in parts of the country. And a fatherson piloting team taking family bonding to new heights. Their full circle moment after hundreds of hours in the cockpit together. Its monday, may 20th. Early today starts right now. Welcome to monday. Im frances rivera. Breaking overnight, the president of iran Ebrahim Raisi has died in a Helicopter Crash in the northwest part of the country. The Stunning Development confirmed by state media a day after uncertainty. Rescue crews have reached the side in East Azerbaijan province in iran, co
Officials are desperate to avoid violent clashes. Reporter they cited the incident that happened earlier this year. They want to make sure it doesnt happen again. It is a leisurely afternoon. If you look behind me you can see several dozen officers are staging on that side. Behind our Camera Position you can see they are doing the same thing underneath the trees. Hopefully you can see that. They are moving Police Officers into place. I am told the securities and perimeter put in place between 4 30 pm and 5 pm. In order to get into this area you will have to need one of these things. A ticket. Otherwise they wont let you in. That is between 4 30 pm and 5 pm this afternoon you need a ticket to get into this area. Otherwise you will be kept from the area. Thats take a look at our video. Heather talked about the trouble they are bracing for. Official started moving barriers into the campus early this morning. This is and anticipation of counterprotest. Uc berkeley Police Officers we cannot
On the sidewalk. And so im not sure if the officers are moving into position because they want to start bringing people in but come back this way, also. We have a large group of police down here. So just walking, to see whats going on [ pause ] they havent let people in so i dont know if they are getting ready to start letting people in. But these officers just moved into position within the past two minutes or so. It looks like theyre just staging here. Nobody looks like people are actually all right. I stand corrected. People are going in this way. Let me just make sure these are ticketed guests and not members of the media. Lets just make sure. So bear with us for one second. Ticketed guests or media right here . Ticketed guests . Ticketed guests. Reporter i just wanted to make sure. Thank you. So these are ticketed guests. They are letting them in at this second location right now one by one. You can see the line isnt too bad. Its, you know, like what would you find quite honestly
This is al jazeera america. Live from new york city. Im richelle carey. Well get to the top stories in just a moment. But first fire and rescue crews are on the scene at an amtrak derailment in vermont. This train derailed in central vermont near the town of roxbury south of montpelier. It was heading to washington, d. C. Five cars went down an embankment. The injured have been taken to the hospital. Amtrak said that none of the injuries appear to be life threatening. Several dozen passengers have been taken off that train and put on school buses to take them to a nearby armory. The cause is still under investigation. The commander of u. S. Forces in afghanistan spoke about this a short time ago. Forces advised that they were taking fire from enemy positions and asked for air support from u. S. Forces. 22 people from killed. 12 of them worked for Doctors Without Borders. They call what happened a war crime. Mike, what more is the pentagon saying about this attack . Well, its not so muc