here is what we know right now. for the first time in 14 months you can board a plane or a train without your mask if you choose. the tsa, uber, amtrak and public transportation systems in major cities like washington, d.c., and philadelphia are all lifting their mask mandates after a federal judge in florida struck down the cdc s requirement. delta, united, and jetblue were among the airlines to announce today that masks onboard are now optional. some pilots even picked up the intercom mid flight to share the news. here was some of the row action. the transportation administration will no longer enforce the federal mandate requiring masks onboard aircraft and in airports. finally! finally, you hear one person say. in her ruling the federal judge in florida said the cdc was relying on a 1944 law, the public health service act, that did not support the mandate as necessary for, quote, sanitation. wearing a mask cleans nothing, judge mizelle wrote. it traps droplets bu
officials say at least one child among the injured in the east of the country. that s where fighting is intensifying now. this new video out of rubizhne shows heavy shelling. the control has been lost now and ahead of the donetsk regional facility with missile strikes in the city of kramatorsk. russians saying to surrender or be eliminated. a marine commander saying it s hell on earth now, begging the pope to help save the people who still remain in that city. this morning here in lviv, we were woken by air raid sirens, then explosions. russian forces launched cruise missiles on multiple targets in lviv and this is what my team and i witnessed. they re expecting more. ukrainian soldiers ordered us then behind a concrete barricade. they were concerned that more missiles could be on the way. we re also nervous about us filming any soldiers or military facilities. one soldier ran toward us. shouted for us to move back. major concerns is oftentimes, you can t see the missiles i
the luhansk region is now in russian hands. a ukrainian official says russian forces opened fire on a car filled with civilians trying to escape the town, killing four people. a top official is pleading with residents in luhansk to leave now saying there are no safe places left in the region. and ukraine is desperately trying to hold on to the port city mariupol amid intense shelling and fighting. russian forces are expected to close entry and exit to that city. they re going to do that today, according to that official as they introduce a pass system to restrict movement. president zelenskyy says several thousand children were taken from mariupol and nobody knows where they are. in an exclusive interview with my colleague jake tapper, president zelenskyy reiterated he will not give up any part of ukraine to end the war. translator: ukraine and the people of our state are absolutely clear. we don t want anyone else s territory, and we are not going to give up our own. let
from jacksonville, florida. the shooter seen entering a store before opening fire. three victims killed in what s being investigated as a hate crime. new information about the young man behind it, including swastikas found on one of his guns. first spotted at a historically black university nearby, a security guard forcing him away. alex presha reporting from jacksonville. also developing, that dangerous storm taking aim at florida s gulf coast. residents stocking up on supplies. and filling sandbags. tropical storm idalia gaining strengths. when and where will it hit? plus, the record breaking heat in the south and raging wildfires in louisiana. somara theodore timing it all out. the deadly crash overseas. three u.s. marines killed when their osprey went down in military exercises in australia. new questions about the aircraft s safety after five deadly crashes in just over a decade. as millions prepare to travel for labor day, a new report finding nearly 5,000 pilot
sets the scene for a dramatic day in court, which politicos kyle cheney has dubbed a, quote many trial. the second key answer that we should have as soon as tomorrow when we could expect to see donald trump on trial in the federal election case. also at ten, am judge tanya chutkan who is overseeing the doj s election interference case against trump is set to hold a hearing. which she is largely expected to decide a trial date. it follows teams trump s request to postpone the trial until at least april 2026. that is nearly a year and a half after the 2024 election. over concerns that they would need years to wade through the governments 11 million pages of evidence. now, federal prosecutors quickly push back against that outrageous proposal, claiming trump s lawyers were exaggerating the burden. even after we get answers to those two key questions, there are still another major issue that is looming large over trump s campaign. the legality of his bid for the white house. here