you don t own pads like that, do you? i was a basketball guy. i couldn t take hits like those in football. it s not my game. you are still tough. i want someone to call foul if i get hit. good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. we have lot to talk with. so glad you are back. it is back to work this week for lawmakers on capitol hill and with the dwindling number of days, their to-do list is quite long. can they avoid a government shutdown? a major question. also, right now tens of thousands of people are stuck in the desert at the burning man festival after a rainstorm turned the site into a mud pit. people are being told to shelter in place. amazon s ceo tells employees to get back in the office or their days may be numbered. they are not alone. we talk to an expert about whether whizzes and their employees can find some common ground. and college sports before to look a whole lot different.
there s no vehicle traffic. sheltering in place. think ankle deep mud and two months of rain has brought nevada s burning man to a stand still. that s not the only severe weather people need to look out for this holiday weekend. canada s warning lgbtq+ residents about the risks of traveling to america. we ll look at their reasons why and the death of an american states man. we remember the life and legacy of former governor and ambassador bill richardson. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brown hub were. we begin this labor day week end with blistering heat. more than 100 degree temperatures from the dakotas into minnesota. we have more details from cnn meteorologist allison chinchar. labor day weekend usually marks the unofficial end to summer. mother nature didn t quite get that memo. the central u.s. will be dealing with above average temperatures. omaha, green bay and chicago all looking at temperatures in the 90s over the next several
attempted to strike him. the male then struck two additional officers in the head with a machete. this is another reminder of what our officers face. brian kohberger remains right here at the correctional facility. these murders have shaken our community. if he is not guilty of a crime, then i frankly fear for the future of this country. touch down! this was the best semifinal day we ve ever seen in the college football playoff era. georgia bull dogs edging out ohio state here in atlanta. i m pamela brown in washington. i hope everyone is having a wonderful day, first day of 2023. you are live in the cnn newsroom. well, new developments tonight in the idaho murder investigat investigation. for the first time we re hear from the parents of the suspect in this case. he s facing four counts of first degree murder in the brutal slayings of four young students at the university of idaho november 13th. his arrest is no doubt a relief for a community that has been living
treat victims compared it to those sustained in a war zone. we heard gunshots people thought for five seconds that it was fireworks until people started screaming bodies down, bodies down and everyone started running. there were six people who i saw who were horribly, horribly injured from the gun shot, and the gunshot wounds that these people sustained are like war injuries. i ve never served, but i ve been in the emergency rooms and i ve seen horrific things. the bodies that i saw it was not an image that anyone who is not a physician would have an easy time processing. let s bring in nbc news correspondent rehema ellis who has been covering this story for us. rehema, what is the latest on the ground? the very latest on the ground is they are engaged in an intense man hunt for this suspect. hundreds of officers are blanketing the area trying to find the person responsible for this mayhem. authorities say that local, state and federal authorities are all working toge
for drug charges in russia how the white house responded today. the four vietnam veterans awarded the highest honor, the bravery that earned them the medal of honor the news tonight of the last surviving member from the famous band of world war ii heroes. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, recording from highland park, illinois reporter: good evening from the chicago suburbs, the latest site of the deadly mass shooting another community grieving of gun violence this time at a parade celebrating our nation s independence tonight we learned that a seventh person in highland park has now died from injuries sustained during the rampage in addition to nearly 40 others injured. a short time ago, police announcing the suspect has been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. and there are disturbing new details about how he allegedly preplanned the attack for weeks. how he disguised himself as a woman to make his escape our former nbc news, kevi