in several states, from texas north, then heavy rain and snow up and down the east coast. washington, d.c. to new york city to boston. and where they re could be several inches of snow. rob marciano timing it out. tonight, breaking news involving abortion rights in this country. soon front and center in the presidential election in florida. the state s highest court there allowing florida s six-week abortion ban to now take effect. but tonight, the court saying voters there will have the final say. so, will abortion rights be on the ballot in florida this november, and how could it effect the biden/trump rematch? rachel scott reporting. removing the bridge. tonight, the first major step, you will see how crews are carving up that baltimore br bridge, piece by piece, and what they have now done tonight to create a temporary channel. tonight, the search in dallas for a super bowl star. kansas city chiefs player rasheed rice reportedly wanted by police for questioning. pol
happy monday, it s 4:00 in new york. the comments that none of us would tolerate from a loony relative at a dinner table, much less an ex-president of the understand who would like the american people to send him to the white house. going way, way, way beyond any reasonable limit of our discourse, with attacks on a judge s daughter and on president biden. posting a video on truth social that features an image of the current president with his hands and feet tied doane in the bed of a truck. it s featured with the fever swamp, starting the perceived enemies, and in some cases has been featured in conservative conferences. images have been shared across social media, and an online vendor selling bumper stickers with the images. it s an often violent campaign message with warnings of a bloodbath, and accusations that immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country. as the biden administration warned, trump is regularly inciting accomplice cat violence. just ask the capitol pol
our top story is a special report on a big issue in u.s. government and politics. some consider it the elephant or donkey in the room this year. the gap between most of the powerful people who rule over and run the governments of our nation, the government branches. you re looking at judicial and i m going to get into a couple. they rule over the rest of the population. this is a gap that i m going to get into with you, the lifetime members of the supreme court and all the people their decisions impact, it affects many and the citizenry. it applies to both presumptive nominees for president. it may be canceled out between the both of them but has many, many americans asking why are u.s. government leaders so old? why are they so much older than other leaders of u.s. institutions? why are they so much older than the citizens they lead democratically. if these are arbitrary, should our society try to look at reforms or democratize the institutions and not out of simplistic agei
minutes before the massive cargo ship crashed into baltimore s francis scott key bridge. crews found two victims in a pickup truck deep under the waters. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. attorneys for donald trump and one of his co-defendants were back in fulton county trying to get the georgia charges dismissed. after losing their bid to have fulton county prosecutor fani willis disqualified, his legal team is trying to have the charges tossed out, arguing his alleged attempts to stay in power are protected by the first amendment as protected political speech. the judge sounded skeptical. some crimes can be achieved through speech, terroristic threats, solicitation. why is that not what s happening here? what we have here, we have election speech. one must determine immediately whether that constitutes core political speech, and i suggest it does. there s nothing alleged factually against president trump that is not political speech. he is no
down. to everybody, the whole bridge just collapsed. bill: the moment responding to the unthinkable, the moment baltimore police found out the bridge had gone down. perhaps how their quick thinking saved lives. a follow-up. got a lot to get to on this and more. asme owe bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino. six people working on that bridge are presumed dead after a runaway container ship plowed into it. the tragedy could have been worse. police reacted to the ship s mayday call. if we can stop traffic. make sure no one is on the bridge right now. i m not sure. there is a crew up there. we have to notify the forman and see if we can get them off the bridge. bill: they suspended traffic at the port of baltimore. it may impact the supply chain. we ll talk about that and more with transportation pete buttigieg coming up in a few moments. dana: let s go to griff jenkins on the scene in baltimore. what did you learn this morning, griff? good morning, dana. we ve learned