remarkable about his, career he became the acting assistant attorney general for the doj s civil division, which is a very big job, at the very end of donald trump s term, that s when a lot of people were fleeing. once trump lost the election, jeffrey clark became one of the leading voices, if not the leading voice, pushing the justice department, to play its role in trump s attempts to overturn the election. clark even reportedly plotted directly with trump, two outs the acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen at the, time and take his job. the senate judiciary committee detailed some of clark s actions in that bombshell report last week. they pointed out that he met with trump personally and then urged the department of justice leadership to interview in the georgia election. he drafted a kind of template letter, a letter from the acting attorney general, to send georgia, titled georgia proof of concept. basically telling, then the doj is investigating voter fraud, and you s
burn zone has been searched with cadaver dogs. dramatic new video shows the moment families jumped into the ocean to escape the flames. and what we re learning tonight about a new lawsuit over the possible cause of the inferno. and the urgent search for the missing in the rubble. we meet a man desperately trying to find nine of his lost loved ones. americans opening their hearts to the maui victims. how you can help. whit johnson and will carr, on the ground in maui. millions on alert for severe storms. intense winds in the center of the country. the threat moves east to start the work week, as the pacific northwest braces for dangerous heat, triple digits in portland. abc news has obtained new video that shows police raiding a small town newspaper. less than 24 hours later, the paper s co-owner suddenly dies. what led up to this extraordinary police action and what officers seized. breaking news, video just coming in. a crash at an air show in michigan. a fighter jet s
41 migrants have drowned off the italian island of lampedusa after their boat capsized. 45 people, including three children, had been aboard the vessel, which set off from the tunisian city of sfax last thursday. four survivors originally from the ivory coast and guinea gave their accounts to coastguards after being brought ashore. the three men and a woman had initially been rescued by a cargo ship. these pictures show rescue workers helping migrants in trouble around the lampedusa coast at the weekend, one of several rescues in recent days. live now to sofia bettiza who s in rome. what bettiza who s in rome. more do we know about thi rescue? what more do we know about this rescue? , , ., ., ., , rescue? this is another tragedy in the mediterranean rescue? this is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. rescue? this is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. only - rescue? this is another tragedy in the mediterranean sea. only four| the mediterranean sea. only fo
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next week hi everyone, thanks for joining me. i m omar jimenez in for fredricka whitfield. we got a lot to get to today. we re going to start with breaking news. the us has begun airdropping desperately needed humanitarian aid into gaza gaza three c-130 hercules cargo planes dropped a total of 66 bundles today, they included mainly food, but no water or medical supplies president biden pledged the aid friday at the white house paid flowing to gaza is nowhere nearly enough. now it s nowhere nearly enough and its allies are on the line and children s lives are on the line, and we won t stand by and but until we get more aid in, i won t stand why we won t let up and we re not going to pull out pull out every stop we can get more assistance cnn s priscilla alvarez is in washington and paula hancocks is in abu dhabi in the united arab emirates, which has also been airdropping aid into gaza. but i wanna start with you, priscilla, what more are we learning about this? a drop