Im just praying to the lord to protect us. Margaret plus, the candidates for president together at a 9 11 memorial. Honoring the nearly 3,000 killed 23 years ago. And shaking hands just hours after their first debate. And wildfires out west scorch more than 100,000 acres. What we are learning about a man arrested for arson in one of the states biggest blazes. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im Margaret Brennan in for norah odonnell. We begin with the breaking news. Hurricane francine just coming ashore, making landfall in louisiana, with wind gusts over 100 miles per hour. Relentless Storm Surge of 510 feet is inundating the coastline and beyond, into mississippi and alabama. And the worst is still to come in the hours ahead, as the powerful storm lashes New Orleans. As much as a foot of rain may fall over the next 12 hours as the Storm Moves inland. Evacuation orders and curfews are in effect. Cbss Dave Malkoff reports from the Impact Zone in southern louisiana. Good ev
Good morning, it is saturday, march 9th. Im jose diazbalart in this morning. Welcome to msnbcs Special Coverage Of Decision 2024. Super tuesday was four days ago and The General Election is in full swing. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, joe biden and donald trump will face off again in november. Both are making a second bid for the term in the white house. President biden was endorsed this morning boy the three largest Political Action committees representing asian americans, black and latino communities. Trump is also trying to consolidate his support within his party. This week, he received endorsements from key republican holdouts including Mitch Mcconnell who threw his support behind the former president just moments after nikki haley dropped out on wednesday. President biden made pointed remarks about trump during his state of the Union Address on thursday night and he continued his criticism in a Campaign Stop in pennsylvania last night. Folks, our freedoms really are on th
american voices. i don t get to tonight, including breaking news out of bucks county, pennsylvania. we learned a short time ago that a fifth person has died in flash flooding. officials say the victim is an adult woman. the news coming from state police about an hour ago, as the death search continues right now for two releasing, children a toddler in an infant. we do have some rates for you, at our second briefing we informed you that the search team were able to locate fan additional adult female. shortly after that briefing we initiated, we have found the second adult female. approximately 100 yards from where we found the first one. unfortunately, they are deceased. we continue to look for the two children. we are not gonna give up regardless, the weather is a factor, but at this point we are gonna continue the operations and said things in motion for tomorrow as well. the toddler an infant currently missing were in a car overtaken by flash flooding, we are gonna have
with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. as you know, i can t talk about the particulars of this or any other ongoing criminal matter. as i said when i pointed mr. smith, i did so because it underscores the justice department s commitment to both independence and accountability. mr. smith is a veteran career prosecutor. he has assembled a group of experienced and talented prosecutors and agents who share his commitment to integrity and the rule of law. any questions about this matter will have to be answered by their filings in court. attorney general merrick gar garland with brief words for the first time since donald trump s federal indictment. is it just me or, willie, are we starting to see again not a complete breaking of ice but sort of more thawing of ice, mike pence day one, this is horrible. day two, it s bad, but i m going to pardon him. day three, too early to talk about pardons. because you know, the news came out and i m sure mike p
a fox news alert. a russian fighter jet collided with a u.s. drone over the black sea. here we go again, sandra. brand new at 2:00, sandra smith, the president has been briefed on the matter and the u.s. was operating in international air space. it posed a there s no one and the lust reach out the u.s. will reach out to russia about what we re learning. we re also keeping an eye on the pentagon briefing and we will bring news when we get it. we begin with news impacting every single american family and that is inflation. brand new numbers out today. the consumer price index up 6% from a year ago. 6% from already high prices and that means that families are already paying stubbornly high prices as they drop plans for summer travel. the federal reserve in a tough spot about whether or not to raise interest rates further. inflation is nowhere near where they want it to be, but the silicon valley bank collapse has the markets on edge. so you have to get that inflation