president biden visits storm-damaged parts of florida. that state s governor was not by the president s side. bearing down on taiwan, a powerful typhoon could be the first to make landfall there in four years. and war isn t keeping these kids from going back to school. students in ukraine face another year of books and bomb shelters. we begin this hour with extreme weather and those enduring the effects of what is more and more becoming inescapable events. in the wake of hurricane idalia, president biden visited florida saturday viewing damage by air and on the ground and met with those impacted by the storm. at the same time, a massive typhoon, equivalent of the category 3 hurricane, is barreling toward taiwan at this hour. it s set to be the first typhoon to make landfall there in four years. at the same time in the state of nevada, extreme weather has stranded participants at the popular annual event called the burning man festival. left it looking like a mud-covered dys
abortion issue, for example, in the state of florida, democrats feel like they can really capitalize on this issue. republican since are trying to find an issue that they feel like they can capitalize on once again, immigration and border security is something that they feel like is a winning issue for them. of course, that s made more complicated by the fact that republicans and killed the bipartisan border security agreement that was reached between a group of senators and the white house earlier this year. so i think this is really an attempt by republicans to shift the narrative back to an issue immigration and border security that they think is beneficial to them. at the same time that democrats are set to benefit from the abortion issue good luck. and as this takes on, you control, you control and shift the narrative. you control the message. better chance you have of winning up, up and down the ticket jackie scratches you, andrew. thank you so much for coming on. new
you again next week hello everyone. thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. all right. right. now us is on high alert and actively preparing for a significant potential attack by iran on us and israeli targets in the middle east soon as next week, that s according to a senior biden administration official, iran is blaming israel for an airstrike in syria this week that killed at least seven iran let me and officials, including two top military commanders, were also following an important development in the humanitarian aid crisis in gaza israel is preparing to reopen the erez crossing in northern gaza, at least temporarily to bring in aid that move follows a meeting between president biden is israeli prime minister met navajo. this wig the backdrop to all of this tomorrow, mark six months since the hamas attack on israel sparked, which sparked the war in gaza. priscilla alvarez is in washington for us and nic robertson in jerusalem. prisci
special coverage if the eclipse across the country are covered starts at 1:00 p.m. eastern or you can stream it on max. we ve got a lot of developments in our major stories. cnn news central, next hour starts. now rejected and denied he not one, but two new legal setbacks for donald trump today a grave mistake, the idf releasing its initial findings into what led to this strike that. killed seven aid workers in gaza mistaken identification, and now military officers dismissed and cashing in on the solar eclipse. i was cities in the path of totality or preparing for the big boost from this rare solar event. i m kate bolduan, the sara sidner in john berman. this get cnn news central this morning, former president donald trump dealing with a cascade of major legal blows, judges and two of his criminal cases, rejecting his efforts get those cases thrown out. judge aileen cannon dismissing trump s theory that he had the authority to take classified documents when he left the
tattoos of the sun and the moon. maybe that would happen white the ties the lead with jake tapper starts right now new york shakes and rattles while california rolls, it s the lead starts right now the strongest earthquake to rock new jersey and more than 240 years there are reports of some structural damage and just how long northeast folks may feel aftershocks. we ll bring it to you a plus two israeli military officers fired for that strike that. killed seven aid workers with world central kitchen, the non-profit started by celebrity chef jose andreas. will israel do more in the wake of criticism of the deadly strike? but first new science today of what could be a brewing legal battle between the special oh, counsel investigating donald trump and the judge overseeing one of the criminal cases against him welcome to the lean. i m jake tapper and we start today with our law and justice lead. and what could be a looming battle between special counsel jack smith and the