good morning, everyone. it is saturday, june 17th. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. you are in the cnn newsroom. we begin in texas where millions of people are bracing for triple digit heat after tornadoes ripped through the area just two days ago. we want to show you what the scene looked like after an ef-3 rated tornado hit the town of perryton on thursday. cleanup efforts are now under way and the texas governor greg abbott has issued a disaster declaration for communities impacted by the storm. in this video, you can see the damage done when the twister touched down. at least three people, including an 11-year-old boy were killed, after that tornado slammed the area. cnn has more for us. massive damage. we re seeing some of it behind you and now that the sun is up, people are there behind you. what s happening? reporter: hey there, good morning. so many of the people i spoke with here in this community describe it as happening so quickly. the tornado touchi
breaking news from the pentagon as the biden administration makes big moves ahead of the potential border disaster. it could come in days if it s not already happening, title 42 will be lifted and the surge is expected to grow. welcome back as america reports heads into another hour. bill: no dramatics today. i m in for john roberts, i m bill hemmer. we are told pat ryder makes remarks off the top and new information about the plan to send 1500 troops to the southern border within the next week to nine days, sandra. sandra: it s a big deal. the decision is coming nine days before title 42 expires. fox news teams have been reporting for weeks now, this has been anticipated. overburdened border towns are in panic mode over what could happen when that ends. we talked about el paso. bill: seeing migrants massing by the tens of thousands, believing the end of title 42 will be the perfect time to make their move and make the crisis at the border a bigger catastrophe. sand
together. live to the white house as soon as the briefing begins moments from now. two of our blackhawk helicopters were involved in a crash during a planned training flight in kentucky that resulted in the death of all nine service members aboard the aircraft. the nine individuals we lost are children of god. they will be mourned and missed by their families, by their communities. sandra: fox news alert, waiting an update from the pentagon as well this hour after nine u.s. service members were tragically killed in the helicopter collision along the kentucky-tennessee border. sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: john roberts in washington. collision last night around 10:00 local time. sandra: as two blackhawk helicopters, part of a routine training mission, we are told, involving a multi-ship formation with night vision goggles collided around 30 miles from the fort campbell military base where the helicopters took off. john: army officials say there will be a
attempt to divide the west and help russia rewrite ending to the cold war. that meeting could be a precursor as summit with president xi jinping. wall street journal reporting that will happen in the coming months as china considers sending weapons and ammoto russia for the war in ukraine. john kirby on what is at stake. we are already concerned about the fact china hasn t condemned the invasion, they haven t enforced sanctions against mr. putin, we made it clear concern that we have seen indications that they might be considering some sort of lethal assistance. a burgeoning and deepening defense relationship between the two countries while mr. putin is prosecuting war in ukraine, that would have very bad ramifications. peter doocy is in warsaw, our morning, your afternoon, hi, peter. dana, president biden on the way into the round table meeting made his first comment about today s china and russia meeting in moscow and it is clear it is complicated. mr. president
we just found out the inspector general met with january 6th committee members moments ago. we will bring you up to speed plus cassidy hutchinson, just got back up remember this testimony on a heated january 6th exchange between then president trump at the secret service? the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering well, mr. engel grabbed his arm and said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering well and mr. trump used his free hand to lunch toward bobby engel. a secret service official would only speak on backgrounds of the agents involved in this would deny it but today abc police officer says, it did happen. and members of the january 6th panel are working on the next steps in their investigation does it include calling former president trump and vice president pence to testify? they are mulling it. we are staying on top of all of that. let s get to jessica snyder now. let s talk about these texts. tell us what happened?