This destruction is vast and what these people are living through right now is brutal. Im Sandra Smith in New York and this is America Reports and it was a short time ago that Hurricane Helene marked the grim milestone as the number of deaths we now know has surpassed 200. Emergencies crews are still on the ground and they are still searching for people who may be stuck in their homes. John be mild those in Florida And Georgia still reeling from power outages. They stress they are not getting enough help. It is like nothing weve ever seen before. We had michael which is terrible. This hurricane is a bomb blast. This is the worst we have been hit in 30 years good when you have children and you cant provide any food for them to eat or even a hot meal without driving three hours and risking losing gas, that is a worse nightmare. Unable to feed your children. John live on the ground in hardhit nashville carolina. Hows it looking there . It is raw and rough. You are pete seen people come in
The irony of all this is that asheville became known asclimate city. What do you know of it . Ive sent a what do you know of it . Ive spent a lot what do you know of it . Ive spent a lot of what do you know of it . Ive spent a lot of time what do you know of it . I e spent a lot of time there. My brother lives there. They lost power for 18 hours. Everybody is fine. I have a cousin in Bryson City much more rural who we couldnt hear from for about three Days. Fortunately he is ok. Asheville is a very 0k. Asheville is a very democratic town. Its sort of a democratic enclave within a very republican part of the state, and what we know right now is, one, Anyone Speculating on the political impacts right now is inappropriate, probably doesnt know what theyre talking about. But we know there are real challenges. We have about 1k counties right now where the board of elections are closed. In addition to every other type of local Government Operation struggling Tojust Get local Government Opera
Today, or he plans to sign an executive order on medicare. We will have live coverage on cspan starting at 1 10 eastern. We are joined by tom , he covered mike pence in the statehouse at indiana. For the associated press, fort cnn and the indianapolis cnn and the indianapolis star. What made you write a profile for the Vice President . Guest i was standing outside the u. S. Senate chamber right after the 2016 election, doing what we always do, shacking quotes firm senators, from senators, tracking them down before they run to the subway. I was looking at the marble bus. Out of all the Vice President , because they are the presiding officers of the chamber, i was like mike pence is in history. Marbleill be a chiseled bust of mike pence here. I have to go deep on this guy. I never understood him when i was covering him daytoday. Talking to other reporters, they said the same thing. I had to pull back, try to go deep and understand his faith in a real way. Outside of the politics. And, th
Fatal crash. Crews reach the site of that downed chopper in iran overnight. The countrys president and another top official confirmed killed. This morning, the investigation, the reaction from the white house, and what those deaths mean for a region already on edge. Well have all the late breaking details. Wild weather. A new round of destructive tornadoes ripped through the nations midsection. While parts of texas still dealing with Power Outages from storms there, brace for brutal heat and humidity. Temperatures soaring into the triple digits. Campaign clash. President biden and former President Trump both hitting the trail, biden courting black voters in key battlegrounds. Youre the reason, donald trump is the defeated former president. And youre the reason. Donald trumps going to be a loser again. And donald trump urges gun owners to support him at the lets be rebellious and vote this time, okay. The latest on the 2024 race, and trumps criminal trial with the verdict possible as ea
Car. The second shooting about 20 minutes later and a few blocks away. A des moines off was taken to the hospital and died. He was reportedly responding to the initial call and taken to the hospital as we said. So far, no suspect information and no arrests. Both of these are described as ambush attacks because police say there didnt appear to be prior interaction with the suspect or suspects before this happened. For better protection, officers the Urbandale School district has canceled classes today. This is the first Des Moines Police officer shot and killed in the line of duty since 1997 and the first urban dale officer ever to be shot and killed in the line of duty. Back to u. Bill, thank you. Colonial pipeline executives hope to restart the this is after a deadly explosion and fire shut down the pipeline. A track hoe struck the pipeline and ignited gasoline and sparked the blast killing one and injuring five others. Its Colonial Pipelines second accident and shutdown in 2 months a