Requirement by august 31st. And judges in texas and florida push back against bans on mask mandates. The School Districts are violating state law. Parents rights are very important, but theyre not without some reasonable limitation. Im Pamela Brown in washington. You are in the Cnn Newsroom on this saturday evening. A monster named ida. The hurricane is intensifying quickly and drawing chilling comparisons to katrina. Ida is charging straight toward louisiana right now, and its due to make Landfall Tomorrow as a categoryfour storm. Near New Orleans and on the 16th anniversary of katrinas catastrophic siege of the Gulf Coast. Louisianas governor says ida will be one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the state since the 1850s. Parts of louisiana are under mandatory evacuation orders, and time is quickly running out to escape the impact zone. Mississippi, which was also ravaged by katrina, the governor has declared a state of emergency. The national Weather Service is warning that ida co
Of Wind Damage and 400,000 still without power at this hour. This weather is brought to you by carvana, the new way to buy a car. So we will have more weather in the same area today, more Wind Damage likely, right over wisconsin, illinois, into michigan. The same type of weather, the same type of Squall Line like we had. And pretty much the same spot, too. So well have to watch out for that. People still picking up the pieces there. It will be another hot day today. Monticello, iowa, yesterday had a Heat Index for a few minutes of 125 degrees. Thats off the chart. Here you go tropical storm fred we talked about this yesterday the potential was there for fred and certainly now it is here at this hour. Headed toward the florida straits. See what it does, east coast, West Coast of florida youre still in the cone. Well keep watching. New day continues right now. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world, im Brianna Keilar alongsid
Dana check this out. Optimism took a nosedive. 55 of voters, all across, now say theyre pessimistic about the direction of the country. Bill covering this from all angles Marc Thiessen on the poll we mentioned. Mike tobin, another awful Weekend in chicago and Bryan Llenas The News from New York. This video released by the nypd is difficult to watch. It shows the assault of a 68yearold Man in brooklyn. A Thief Riding on a bicycle stopped to rob the man not before punching a dozen times an kicking him in the face. His body goes limp on the ground. The thief checks his pockets for any valuables and reportedly walked away with the Mans Cell Phone and silver necklace. The 68yearold Man suffered a broken wrist and nose. No arrests, in ypd is asking for the publics house. The detectives, a new York City Police Union tweeted this. New York City streets. What used to be the safest city, failed laws have no consequences. We need to keep New Yorkers safe. The nypd releasing new pictures of three
Gillian turner. Host of no interruption, tomi lahren, and senior editor of the federalist, chris bedford. The Crime Stats are stunning, with three people killed in 19 wounded in shootings just yesterday alone. The explosion of Gun Balance Rocking chicago that has already taken the lives of a 19yearold national Guard Soldier who dreamed of One Day becoming a Police Officer. He would have turned 20 tomorrow. And Max Lewis, a College Student left paralyzed from the Neck Down who used his eyes to signal he wanted to be taken off life support. His funeral is today. So you would think the president would mention something about all this during the speech he gave just an hour outside of chicago, but you would be wrong. He mentioned free college, the climate crisis, and even touted l. E. D. Light bulbs, but not one word about the rise in crime. Not one word about the children killed. Not one word about Max Lewis or chris carbajal. Chris bedford, welcome to you. What is your perspective . Chris
Plus, Country Club killings. A Golf Pro and two others found dead on the 10th Hole of a Country Club, and police are still trying to figure out why. Welcome to this Special Edition of the lead. Im Pamela Brown in for jake tapper. I hope everyone had a great Fourth Of July. We begin today in the national lead and the rising Death Toll in the surfside, florida, Condo Collapse. 27 people are now confirmed dead. 118 are still missing at this hour. Search and rescue efforts picked back up this morning just hours after the remaining units of the Champlain Towers south Condo Building were demolished. Survivors left without a home and all their personal belongings because they werent allowed to get back in to get those family photos, clothes and print documents, all now part of a new pile of rubble which officials say is necessary as a new threat approaches. Cnns row is a florez starts us off from surfside. Reporter it took seconds for the standing portion of the Champlain Towers south to come