But we begin with the battle for voting rights on the country. This hour, stacey abrams and amy klobuchar will discuss how to fight the state s voting laws. Last night in washington, d. C. John lieu us was honored with a good trouble vigil. House speaker nancy pelosi calling it a fitting honor for the warrior of civil rights. Tomorrow the texas democratic lawmakers will start turning up the heat on congress to pass federal voting legislation. The group of 50plus lawmakers are planning weeklong events, all while three members remain in isolation after testing positive for covid19. Vaughn hillyard picks up the story. Reporter: those those members have put the capitol here in standstill, trying to prolong the timetable in which those election measures they say are voting restrictions laws, are ultimately passed and signed by the governor here. We have new reporting that this week the texas members will holding a virtual conference. They are going to be taking part in a virtual conference
new videos of palettes of food and supplies parachuting down. the dangers to u.s. forces flying over a war zone. a massive three-train collision in pennsylvania. several freight cars toppled over, some crashing into the river below. i m actually surprised that the cars didn t explode. all three trains involved operated by norfolk southern, just over a year after their disastrous crash in east palestine. car theft warning. in one major city, thefts of one model are up more than 1,000%. the new technology thieves are using to duplicate electronic key fobs many people should be very concerned about their property spring break crackdown after years of wild scenes on miami beach, law enforcement says no more how they re using thermal imaging drones to keep crowds under control. and real horsepower on the highway. the wild scene on a major interstate today announcer: this is nbc nightly news with jose diaz-balart. good evening millions across the west are facing
and martha maccallum along with jim jeanine pirro, judge jeanine pirro, sorry, judge. jessica tarlov jesse watters, and judge, here is judge judge jeanine. it is 5:00 in new york and this is the five. all right, everybody we start with this fox news alert, two very big stories happening right now revolving around the front runners of the 2024 campaign. president biden has finally gone to east palestine on a long overdue visit, more than a year, after that toxic train derailment. we ve got a lot to come on that and the reaction of people in east palestine to this very late visit. but first, a new york judge dropping the hammer on former president donald trump s business empire, reaching a blockbuster verdict in the civil fraud trial and imposing a whopping $364 million penalty against his company. trump is personally on the hook for $355 million of that. it is over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial misstatements and infla
about it. it s great to see you. our best to your wife. bill: the best to your wife. the pride of oklahoma. dana: fox news alert. alarming chaos at home and growing dangers around the world all of president biden s problems piling up with tensions in the middle east hinging on his response to iran and the stakes are high as we wait to hear from defense secretary lloyd austin following the deaths of three american service members killed in a drone attack on a u.s. base in jordan. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good guy right there. dana: wonderful young man. the pride of oklahoma. bill: boom. i m bill hemmer, good morning. breaking a few moments ago a u.s. official confirming news that the drone that killed the three american soldiers and wounded more than 40 others was manufactured by iran. as we wait to hear from the pentagon the number of attacks on u.s. forces keeps climbing. president biden put a focus on the growing terror