Hurricane season. Unemployment emergency. This weekend millions of americans benefits are set to expire. Hear whats holding up a new round of support in congress, plus find out what the president just said he regrets. And chief decision. The first medical doctor to play in the nfl opts out of the 2020 season. Hear the super bowl champs reason why, and find out how much he stands to lose from the move. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Tropical storm hanna could very well become a categoryone hurricane making landfall somewhere around the Corpus Christi area. South texas is bracing for a possible hurricane. Warnings are up along the 200mie200 200mile stretch of the gulf coast. Hurricane douglas is starting to weaken. Thats good news. Reporter nearly 74,000 americans tested positive for covid19 in just 24 hours. It will take a few weeks, maybe three weeks or so, to see the downturn. And once youre on a downturn, dont declare victory.
chance is a lsaloon for them to restore their tarnished reputation. thanks for joining us. anderson starts now. tonight, a federal appeals court deals the former president a major blow saying he must stand trial for january 6th and that no former president has immunity for crimes committed in office. tonight, what former presidential can t chris christie makes of the ruling and why he is not endorsing anyone this primary season. a jury s verdict on a school shooter s mom and the unprecedented charges against her in connection with his crime. we will hear from the parents of two of his victims. good evening. thanks for joining us. there s breaking news from the capitol. republicans try to do something which hasn t been done since 1876, impeach a cabinet secretary. their effort and their failure for now just ahead. first, the other breaking story out of washington, today s court ruling, if it stands, will be taught in history classes and law schools for generations to
capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways. however, u.s. officials clarified today s attacks are not in response to the american casualties in jordan. a spokesman for the houthis warned the group would retaliate. writing, quote, we will meet escalation with escalation. this comes as secretary of state antony blinken prepares to depart for
the air strikes coming shortly after the president and the first lady joined the families of the fallen for the dignified transfer at dover air force base. tonight here, new reporting just in on these strikes. mary bruce live at the white house. bracing for a major storm set to hit the u.s. authorities now warning of life-threatening conditions. tonight, with severe storms from texas into the southeast, all eyes now on this next major storm set to slam the west. damaging winds, flooding, and mudslides expected. rob marciano timing it out. the deadly plane crash outside tampa, slamming into a home in clearwater, killing people inside the home and the pilot. what the pilot reported just beforehand. victor oquendo in florida tonight into. the georgia case against donald trump and 18 alleged coconspirators. tonight what the fulton county d.a. has now acknowledged about her personal relationship with one of the prosecutors. what does this mean about the future of this case n