And unsurvivable about Helene Making Landfall Last Night in florida. Cat 4 hurricane. Big storm and really moving like a clipper, too. Im bill hemmer, welcome to our program. Dana im dana perino. This is americas newsroom. Another fast week. It was good that it moved fast but still means there is a lot of damage. Ron desantis was right on time yesterday and we expect to see him any moment. Lets get to Steve Harrigan outside of tampa. This is the scene a lot of people in florida and even georgia are waking up to today. Two feet of water on the ground. Gets deeper the closer you get to the water. Many houses under water. The challenge now for people is getting out of their homes. Getting to their cars trying to make sure theyre safe. Weve seen a number of Air Boats and water rescues, 80 in this county just overnight. We see people really just stumbling around. More than A Million people in florida without Electric Power right now. More than 800,000 in georgia. So it will be a tough day a
Range was expected, now were waiting to hear the reaction from various parties including from the floyd family themselves because Derek Chauvin did speak today. Well give you the details of that. First to Matt Finn In Minneapolis that has been chronicling the case from the beginning and how things are going now. Matt . Hi, neil. Right now peaceful in the streets. Theres a semi large crowd outside the courthouse. People were chanting black lives matter no protests or any riots in minneapolis that weve seen. Moments before, judge cahill handed Derek Chauvin a 22 1 2 year sentence. The judge said that he did not make his ruling on emotions or on public demand. He said instead he based it on the rule of law. Hes releasing a 22page memo that will explain how he arrived at his sentencing. The big question is whether Derek Chauvin was doing to speak. In fact, he did for the firstime since George Floyds death. He never gave an interview and did not speak during the time and he did not testify.
First, at this hour, Vice President Kamala Harris finally visiting the southern border. 93 days after she became the point person on the crisis. Her trip comes during a record surge in illegal crossings in the United States. Hello. Im john roberts in washington, this is america reports. Good to be back with you again today. Seems like we have a busy news day every day. Today is. Im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Vice president harris is on the ground in el paso. Thats where youll recall that we saw one of the most heart breaking videos from this Currents Iteration of the border crisis. You can see Border Patrol footage from april. Shows smugglers scaling a 14 foot fence and dropping two girls on the other side. The smugglers completely abandon the girls leaving them defenseless, alone in the desert outside el paso. John critics point out the epicenter of the border crisis is hundreds of miles away in rio grande. The white house says el paso was a perfect case study. The Vice Presi
This as were learning more about the Special Counsels other probe into election interference. So what did jack smith find in trumps twitter files . Also breaking, multiple arraignments this morning for alleged false electors in michigan. The charges they face in connection with the 2020 vote. Good to be with you. Its 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. We begin with the Breaking News out of hawaii this morning and the near apocalyptic scenes from the wildfires in maui. Authorities confirming that the death toll now stands at 36, an unfathomable number. As they say, it will still climb likely because Search And Rescue efforts are still underway at this hour. The pictures of the destruction on this island are just hard to wrap your brain around. The town of lahaina, a Historic Place in hawaii has been reduced to ashes. Nearly 300 homes and businesses now gone. My moms place is gone. My place is gone. Pretty much everybody i know lost everything that we have. I mean, i
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