ahead on cnn newsroom we ll tell you which areas of the country could be looking at record highs this labor day weekend. president biden gets a firsthand look at hurricane devastation in florida. you ll hear what he s promising. and a bipartisan group sees the devastation of the fires in maui as the island tries to rescue its tourism industry. announcer: live from cnn news center. this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. from north america to asia we re seeing a wide range of extreme weather events putting the safety of millions of people at risk. right now taiwan is getting ba with fierce wind and waves as a typhoon bea down. here in the u.s. heat advisories are reported across the central region expected to expand throughout the northeast for labor day. cnn s allison chinchar has the results. much of the central u.s. is going to be dealing with above-average temperatures. as we finish out the weekend and start early next week, you re going to start to see a lo
rachel: sorry. will: let s do a couple rankings. luke combs or morgan wallen? pete: morgan wallen. the hits just keep, boom outlaw. will: second is. i just asked these guys during the commercial break, where do you rank labor day. we did the labor day versus memorial day not in what they signify, in how much enjoyment, ask we all agree memorial day because it s the start of summer, not the end. pete: yeah. will: but do you agree labor day beats the random monday off, not for what they signify, presidents montana president no. pete: no. i don t like clinging to the end of things. [laughter] will: cath kathleen and i used to do this thing, weekend extension programs, we d go see a movie on sunday night just to wring that a last little bit rachel: that s such a good idea. will: don t turn sunday into moping around, kick can rachel: because monday s starting. will: get the most out of the weekend. la labor day is like the summer extension pete: how that not your life,
day a visibility empire state building in new york city will be lit tonight in pink, white, and light blue for the transgender flag and christians everywhere are outraged. fox news correspondent lucas tomlinson live at the white house with new reaction. lucas. republicans are blasting president biden over designating his proclamation designating march 1st transday of visibility happens to coincide with easter and president biden mark solemn occasion on x posting, quote, today on transqengder day of visibility eve a simple message to all transamericans. i see you, you are made in the image of god and you re worthy of respect and dignity he posted following easter greeting earlier this morning, jill and i sending our warmest wishes to christians around the world celebrating the power of hope and christ resurrection this easter sunday and trump campaign responded earlier to both of those sadly these are two more examples of the biden administration assault on the christian fai
there s a large crowd and party in the backyard, we will utilize to check on the party to make sure we will be able to determine the many resources we need to send to that location. expected to be a record amount of people in the skies this holiday weekend but already a nightmare for travelers at airports across the country with about 2500 delays today alone but mayor pete says we are on an upward swing. most of the rough days we did have to do with storms that affected hugs which had cascading effects. we look at delays attributed to national aviation system which does not include things under airlines control. we see 2.6% of delays had to do with air traffic control staffing issues. i d like to see that number at zero but has improved substantially from what we saw a year ago. how big a problem are flight delays really? only september and 21% have been delayed so far this year, already more than the total for all of last year but not to worry, mayor pete is just l
i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. we re following this breaking news. a tragic scene unfolding at a building in johannesburg, south africa where fire has claimed at least 63 lives. we re to workers are conducting recovery operations. the flames proper out around 1:30 a.m. local time presumably while many inside were asleep. a spokesperson says the five-story building were filled with hundreds of settlements and we re hearing disturbing details about what theendured. let s go straight to david mckenzie. reporter: a terrible scene here. if we look at what is happening, there are police, firefighters. the building is just over my right shoulder. and in the early hours this morning maybe around 2w12:30 or 1:00, witnesses say the fire spread rapidly. and people were jumping out to try to escape the inferno. local administrators are saying that there were many children amongst those burnt in the fire. more than 60 people now dead and forensic teams were passing by our