Life threatening Flash Flooding and historic Storm Surge. It left towns across the Gulf Coast completely underwater as floodwaters submerge cars, crashed over highways and seeped into homes. At least six people have lost their lives. Take a look at this, rescue crews in pinellas county, encountering homes engulfed in flames as they try to save people trapped by rising waters. Right now, helene has weakened to a tropical storm, as it heads north, putting 42 Million people under flood alerts. Millions across the south are still without power. And here is the moment when the eyewall hit perry, florida. Jesse kirsch was reporting live on the air. Reporter i can tell you that we have had intermittent moments of really powerful gusts. Were getting some right now, again. This is some of the i want to point out, i dont know if you can see it off in the distance, but there are cars out here, i can tell you, 45mileperhour winds, not to be on the roads anymore. Anyone out here, presumably, not a
blues, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once. again i m stephanie ruhle, and lucky me live from washington d.c. and we re now 272 days away from election day. and in 11 hours from now the supreme court will hear arguments in a case that could upend the presidential race as we know it. in december the colorado supreme court sided with the egg with donald trump cannot be on the 2024 ballot, citing the 14th amendment. part of that amendment says that if, as a sworn officer of the u.s. government, you engaged in insurrection, you cannot hold federal office again. attorneys for colorado plaintiffs say this is an easy call. donald trump is disqualified today. he was disqualified on january six, 2021, when he engaged in that he. disqualified himself under our constitution. it s not our plaintiffs who are seeking to do that. trump of course appealed the colorado decision, sending it to the supreme court. trump himself is not expected to attend
sandra day trying out a new strategy with less than a month to the iowa caucuses and how the trump campaign may be using this as a test run for the general election. the stronger and stricter border policies could congress get their act together this week? the simple answer from one top republican, no way. in my hope for the holidays here? and remembering a trailblazer, sandra day o connor, the first woman who served on the supreme court starts in an hour. we will go to the washington national cathedral for the service. i m sara sidner alongside kate bolduan. john berman is off today. this is cnn news central. today, nearly every 2024 republican presidential candidate is in one place, iowa, and maybe not surprisingly for some final and truly critical prechristmas campaigning. they are right up against it, folks. january 15th is caucus day, and this morning we are learning more about the donald trump campaign test case. the strategy they are trying to deploy in i
have gone out and arrested and deported him. this administration doesn t care because they want this border open and they are committed to open borders at all cost at this point. todd: you re watching fox and friends first s, i m todd piro. ashley: the case against francisco oropesa, he will be forced to answer for the deaths of this innocent family. brooke singman has breaking details. brooke: the illegal migrant accused of killing five was found hiding in a closet under a pile of laundry. agents from border patrol captured 38-year-old francisco oropesa, who faces five murder counts and being held on $5 million bond. jimmy paul, in charge of the case, says a tip led to yesterday s arrest. listen. the tip came in from the fbi tip line and we just want to thank the person who had the courage and bravery to call in the suspect s location. ashley: on top of that tip, oropesa s wife suspect had help in hiding. u.s. customs and border patrol troy miller releasing this
john: great to be back. i m john roberts. this is america s newsroom. the possible arrest related to a hush money payment made to stormy daniels, it happened in the run-up to the 2016 election. the manhattan district attorney s office has been investigating the case for years. a grand jury is reportedly on the verge of bringing charges. dana: jury still has to hear from one more witness. that will be a one-time legal advisor to president trump s former attorney michael cohen expected to rebut cohen who has been a key witness against trump. john: calling into question the timing of the arrest. republicans arguing the whole thing is political. it s the weakest case out there. trying to make a miss demeanor a felony. timeline doesn t work. too long past and doing it after a person for political purposes. somebody putting their thumb on the scale simply because they don t agree with somebody else s political view. that s what s wrong and that s what infuriates people. t