Gulf coast and its capital, tallahassee. Set to become the most powerful hurricane to hit the u. S. In two years. Lifethreatening Storm Surge up to 20 feet. States of emergency in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. Mandatory evacuations, miles of traffic as the race to get out is on. Al roker standing by with the new track. Also breaking tonight, the Ied Exploding at a california courthouse. Six injured. A suspect in custody. Deputies pinning him down as he screamed at the top of his lungs. What was his motive . The deadly Bus Hijacking in Los Angeles. A gunman leading police on a chase for more than an hour. Police using flash bangs to enter that bus. How the driver escaped and the lifesaving Training Police say he used to alert authorities. Overseas, hezbollah fires a missile on Tel Aviv For The First Time. Is israel preparing for a Ground Offensive in lebanon . The new troubles for the Secret Service. The agent on Leave Tonight after Law Enforcement sources said he allegedly sexua
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. Chinese goods could be raised from 10 to 25 . They would cover things like fruits and vegetables, handbags, refrigerators, rain jackets, even baseball gloves. Chinas Foreign Ministry moments ago saying blackmailing and pressure by the u. S. Will never work and promising to take countermeasures, if needed. The u. S. Has already imposed 25 tariffs on chinese goods worth 34 billion. China quickly retaliated with tariffs on 34 billion in american goods. The president addressed the trade war at a rally in tampa last night. China and others, remember this, have targeted our farmers. Not good. Not nice. And you know what our farmers are saying . Its okay. We can take it. These are incredible people. We can take it. Now were going to open up markets. Were going to do it the way it should be. And all of this stuff, youre going to make it back and its going to be made back faster than anybody would know, but we
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Now word overnight the next round of tariffs could escalate dramatically. Shifting blame. Heated statements and a 15,000 coat. A fast start to Paul Manaforts trial on financial crimes. Good morning, and welcome to early start. Im Laura Jarrett in for christine romans. Good to see you, my friend. Im dave briggs, wednesday, august 1st, already, if you can believe it. 5 00 a. M. In the east. We start with a chilling story for Many Americans this morning. A federal judge flocking a Government Settlement that would allow for 3d printable guns for sale. You could print out the instructions to guns on the internet, if you can believe it or not. This is a terrifying ordeal for many parents in this country who simply know that their kid could be printing that at the moment. Now, the founder of the Gun Rights Group Defense Distributed says his companys site is going dark until he can review the judges order. Before the ruling came down, he spoke to cnns Laurie Segall
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MLB free agent Shohei Ohtani announced he is donating tens of thousands of baseball gloves to every elementary school in Japan to inspire the younger generation to take up the sport. Key details: Ohtani, 29, announced the donation in an Instagram post on Thursday, writing that he will be donating approximately 60,000 youth baseball gloves to “every elementary school in Japan,” which “comes out to around 20,000. I'm hoping the kids can spend their days happily with a lot of energy through baseball,” Ohtani wrote.
Two-way star and coveted free agent Shohei Ohtani is donating about 60,000 baseball gloves to Japanese elementary schools. Ohtani, a free agent who has spent the past six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels, announced Wednesday on Instagram that he's donating the youth gloves to schools throughout Japan.