effect at midnight. the president s tight new restrictions limiting the number of asylum seekers, allowing him to temporarily close the border when the daily average goes above more than 2,500 in between legal ports of entry. also developing tonight, those cell phone outages reported across the u.s. millions of at&t customers saying they cannot make calls to phones on other networks. erielle reshef with what we know so far. the life-threatening heat wave tonight. multiple states from california to texas. triple different temperature us, and a new round of severe storms possible, including tornadoes from mississippi to minnesota. ginger zee has the forecast. in new york city, two young girls shot and wounded on a playground, just 9 and 11 years old. on capitol hill, the combative hearing. attorney general merrick garland defending the justice department from allegations of political bias, reminder lawmakers they had no role in donald trump s conviction in new york. t
reporter: police said they recovered grainy surveillance video showing what may be two suspects firing at someone. the girls were hit by stray bullets. a preliminary investigation reveals that there were possibly two shooters that fired at least six rounds in the direction that children were playing. reporter: little ruanna is now recovering at home. i m devastated. i m hurt. you know, i cried all night, all morning, and, so, yeah, i just want my baby to be safe. reporter: empress is still in the hospital. her mom, who witnessed the gunfire, telling us she had an out of body experience where the time completely stopped. david, police called this shooting horrific. the neighborhood in brooklyn has been plagued by gang violence. that s where police are focusing their investigation tonight. david? david: aaron can ster can i here in new york. thank you, aaron. we turn now to capitol hill, and to the combative hearing. attorney general merrick garland defending the justice