[War Performing] steve ladies and gentlemen, weve been listening to this our whole lives. It is our friends from the band war featuring low rider in our allamerican summer Concert Series. The rain stopped just in time so they could go outside. How cool is that . Ainsley awesome. We were just interviewing him, we are dazed and confused, we cannot believe we are meeting this man that sang why cant be we friends, and all the guys loved dazed and confused. All right, all right, all right. That song was playing and here we are 20 years later and interviewing the man who sang it to us. Steve i had the Top Down Blaring low rider. Ainsley matthew mcconaughey. Steve i was in college, i was a dj. Ainsley look at that microphone. Griff what are you holding . Steve i had a lot of hair there. Griff Ice Cream Cone . Ainsley looks like a clown nose. Steve it was a microphone and our Audio Engineer said it is windy outside and they put a nerf ball on it, which was amazing. Griff do you still have that
happy friday, thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we are tracking multiple breaking news stories this friday. in texas, a community flattened by a tornado leaving three people dead and dozens hurt. the town of perrington with over 8,000 people took a direct hit. dozens of homes now wiped off the face of the earth. the trailer park that the tornado first hit, there s probably 25 to 30 of those homes that are completely destroyed. and complicating the rescue and recovery efforts, a brutal heat wave descending upon the lone star state, some areasly c degrees. we re keeping a close eye on the supreme court this morning where at any moment the justices could release decisions on major cases, the fate of affirmative action and student loan forgiveness among them. we ve got a preview straight ahead. and remember this? eight years ago today donald trump announced his campaign for president. lately he s been making m
it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. merrick garland set to deliver an announcement on the doj s two-year probe into the minneapolis police department. we re going to bring you the very latest. right now, in texas, a search and rescue mission is under way after a string of tornadoes ripped through the area, killing three people and leaving dozens injured. we ll have a live report from the scene. and he s the 11th name to enter the 2024 republican primary race for the white house. we ll ask miami mayor francis suarez how he plans to break out in his increasingly crowded field with trump still on top. a major search for survivors is under way after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the greek coast. we ll bring you the latest on this humanitarian disaster. and we begin with breaking news for minneapolis, where any moment now attorney general merrick garland and other top justice department officials are set to make a civil ri
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you re watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, hollywood writers heading to the picket line. thousands set to go on strike, a move that will bring productions to a updated on anying halt and send shockwaves through the industry. a dire warning from america s treasury secretary, saying the country only has about a month to pay its bills or risk an economic catastrophe. plus, we ll take you to a small island that s part of taiwan, but just four miles from china s border and almost totally defenseless against china s navy. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. and we begin in hollywood, where television and film writers are going on strike, a move that will very likely shut down most tv and film productions in the u.s. for the foreseeable future. the strike was announced hours ago after the writers gu
excuse to escalate its brutal war on ukraine. a new warning from facebook owner meta this morning. how they say ai could target your cell phone. what you need to know to keep your device safe. new this morning what could be a major move in the classified documents probe involving president biden. the special counsel has now made contact with biden s former executive assistant. she just testified before a house committee. it s coming up right here on cnn news central. so there is breaking news out of russia this morning, and to be clear, these are claims from russia. there is new video circulating online that shows what russia claims is a drone attack on the kremlin. cnn has not been able to independently verify this video. russian state media claimed that two ukrainian drones were flown toward the kremlin overnight. russia says this was some kind of an attack on vladimir putin s life, an attempt, i should say. ukraine responded saying they have nothing to do with