year. tropical storm warnings up for parts of texas. we re going to see some heavy rainfall in certain parts. we re going to tell you where and what that means for drought conditions. and a massive fire erupts at a boat yard in massachusetts. what we re learning about the fire and the damage that s been done. welcome to your weekend, saturday, august 20th. we re grateful to have you. thanks so much for waking up with us. great to be with you, amara. i can t believe it s august 20th. i wait for the weekends to know what the date is. i m realizing, oh my gosh, we re close to september. that s good. cooler weather, please. we were just talking about that, yes. it s almost halloween. good to be with you, boris. of course. we have a lot of news going on. we begin with the intense situation surrounding the z zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. that lies on the front lines of russia s war against ukraine. the fighting around the area have intensified so have concerns abo
thank you for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with officials in new york city announcing plans to address the influx of asylum seekers arriving from texas. new york expects at least 1,000 children will enter the city s school system this year. they are among the thousands sent there by bus from the lone star state at the direction of governor greg abbott. but this week the governor doubled down on his decision. before we begin busing illegal immigrants up to new york, it was just texas and arizona that bore the brunt of all of the chaos and all the problems that come with it. now the rest of america is understanding exactly what is going on. cnn s jean casarez is following this for us from new york. jean, how is new york responding and what is the plan? reporter: well, there is a plan and it s called open arms. it really facilitates what new yorkers feel about having them come from texas. here s what happens. the bus, as you see r
the pressure campaign from then president trump, and what rudy giuliani admitted to arizona s republican speaker of the house. he said, we ve got lots of theories. we just don t have the evidence. o donnell: president joe biden and the first lady visit a d.c. covid vaccine clinic where kids as young as six months old are getting their first shots. sad news tonight about a five-year-old boy in texas left in a sweltering car. tonight, how dangerously hot a vehicle can get in just 10 minutes. america s nursing home crisis. how staffing shortages, financial distress, and unsafe conditions are putting the elderly at risk. and the big n.f.l. retirement news and the end of a dynasty. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. we are learning some stunning new information that tonight has parents of those 19 children who were killed in uvalde, texas, wo
until the midterm elections. and tonight, the january 6th committee is under pressure to figure out its next move. given the very real likelihood none of the five subpoenaed republican lawmakers will comply. earlier today, one committee member suggested it is not over yet. we have all of the options that would be available to us for someone like steve bannon, or mark meadows, and then additional options because there are members of congress. of course, bannon and meadows were held in contempt, bannon now facing criminal charges for stonewalling the investigation. as the committee waits to hear from the gop house members. politico issued this report, another subpoena has gone out to a former aide to mark meadows. cassidy hutchinson, worked with meadows during trump s final days in the white house. she has already had two conversations with the committee. and the panel now wants a third. there is no question that hutchinson from her position dealing with legislative affai
headquarters here at 30 rockefeller center. donald trump s eldest son goes under oath in the $250 million civil fraud trial against the former president and his family business. donald trump junior took the stand late today in a new york courtroom, and before he testified managed to do what he loves to do most, crack a joke. i should ve worn makeup. today, prosecutors focused on his job running the trump family business with his younger brother eric, a role his father announced before entering the white house back in 2017. my two sons, who are right here, don and eric, are going to be running the company. they are going to be running it in a very professional manner. they are not going to discuss it with me. these papers are just some of the many documents that i ve signed turning over complete and total control to my sons. donald trump jr. is not just a witness in the case, he is also a defendant, along with his brother and his dad. and we see s laura jarred has more