of morality. televangelist pat robertson, famous for blaming gay people for 9/11, and black people for hurricanes, is dead. but his legacy of shattering the lines between church and state lives on in the quixotic presidential candidacy of mike pence. also tonight, i want to tell you about an under the radar supreme court case that could affect where special counsel jack smith brings criminal charges. as we await the possible indictment of donald trump. and surprise, chief justice john roberts and justice brett kavanaugh come to the defense of voting rights in an important victory for voters in alabama. so what happens now for all the other efforts to redraw maps to marginalize voters of color? but we begin tonight with the supreme court. there was a surprising decision today reaffirming the landmark voting rights act, and we re going to get to that a bit later. but i want to start with a lesser known case that is still awaiting a ruling by the highest court in the lan
now is those that are in the hospital, those families that have lost loved ones and support our brave men and women of law enforcement community that ran towards the danger and ran towards the fire. dana: kentucky s attorney general talking to us a short time ago about yesterday s deadly bank shooter in louisville. five people killed by an employee who entered the bank with a rifle. eight others injured including three police officers who ran into the bank to confront the gunman. one of those officers is still in critical condition after getting shot in the head. we pray for his well-being. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. good morning. bill: i m bill hemmer. louisville police rushing into the bank three minutes after the shooting began swiftly ending the carnage inside old national bank in downtown louisville. officials say 25-year-old connor sturgeon opened fire off his co-workers. he live streamed the attack on social media until officers
It is raw and, yes, it is sometimes inspiring. Your money is affected. Refineries are shutting down, and that is cutting the supply of gasoline. Prices are rising. How many drivers nationwide will gas up as a precaution today . Just like they did after katrina. And, yes, there is a political element as well. President trump says he will go to texas tomorrow. Should he go in the middle of the rescue operation . He will want to avoid the negative publicity that greeted president bushs flyover after katrina. There you have it. Cando texas, perhaps the most dynamic state in the nation, hit with a catastrophe. President trump faces his first Natural Disaster. Watch it here. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart you are going to be seeing a lot of video like this on the lefthand side of the screen and a lot of weather maps like one on the righthand side of your screen. More rain is coming, and rescue operations are, indeed, underway. I should tell you, it is still raining in houstonen x t
Negotiations. We have Team Coverage from the hill. Reporter good afternoon to you from washington where we have some major developments on the republicans plan to repeal and replace obamacare. We can confirm and report now that republicans just within the past 30 minutes have decided to pull the bill, meaning that that bill will not go to the house floor for a vote this afternoon as previously expected. Now, the vote was expected to come down within the next hour or so. Debate had been going on on the house floor all day long. The Washington Post is now reporting that the president himself called a reporter that he has communicated with often and said, t quote, the health c bill is over for now. We dont know if that means the debate is over for good or just postponed. But that bill will not go to a vote as expected. Were standing by expecting to hear from House Speaker paul ryan at any moment. Hes set to address reporters on capitol hill. All of this comes after republicans spent all d
And hilltop wind speeds have potential to get above 60 Miles Per Hour. So the issue there, down trees on roadways and Power Outages are possible and in addition to heavy rain at times and isolated thunder and how much of this will stick around for tomorrow mornings commute in the full forecast in about eight minutes. Thanks, rob. Like so many local cities, it is tough in orinda, a string of trouble for the scenic east bay spot from sinkholes to mudslides thrk could be another this could be another frustrating few days. We are in orinda with the latest this evening. Chuck . Reporter it is raining here steadily for the last 45 minutes. And a steady rain could only make this situation worse. A mudslide a month ago that roared into this house, turning it into a red tag property, is now just beginning to get some work done on it and now the storm comes and with a lot of work yet to be done. Paul hopes this the new storm doesnt restart a mudslide that lambed into his home a month ago. It see