15, right now on cnn this morning, a georgia judge, just hours from revealing weathered da fani willis will be removed from donald trump s election version case. plus breaking news huge tornado wow oh, my my god. a deadly tornado outbreak. the latest on widespread damage in two states, and the storms on the move right now claus, new reporting on what may have sent a boeing seven at seven full of passengers plunging into a nosedive all right. it is 06:00 a.m. here in washington. it s also 06:00 a.m. and indian lake, ohio. that is one of several places waking up to scenes like this after violent tornadoes overnight at least two people have been killed in this region after the twisters hit, are meteorologists are fan tracking the damage and storm s still out there right now, he will be with us later on in the hour. good morning, everyone. i m kasie hunt. it s wonderful to be with you on this friday morning. happy friday. it is decision day for the fulton county da hour
and we begin with the extreme weather that is affecting our entire country with flash flooding in the northeast killing at least five people in pennsylvania including a mother while two children remain missing. in one area of long island, five inches of rain fell in less than two hours. meanwhile, more than 70 million people from florida to the west coast are under heat alerts with records possible in seven states today. on sunday death valley, california, set a new daily high temperature. 128 degrees, while in el paso, they ve seen 32 consecutive days of triple digit temperatures. nbc s kathy park joins us from washington crossing pennsylvania, nbc s marissa parra is in phoenix, which has seen 17 straight days of temperatures above 110 plus degrees. so kathy, what s the latest there? reporter: jose, good morning to you. the conditions have improved dramatically. it is sunny, it is dry. so crews out here are taking advantage of this improved weather to continue their ongo
staffers, as a reported cost-cutting measure. six months before the iowa caucuses. two long-time senior advisors had left the campaign and more dismissals are expected in the coming weeks. an nbc news analysis for the desantis campaign financial disclosures shows top donors are maxed out with their contributions. the campaign has $9 million in cash on hand to spend on the primary and raised nearly $8 million in six weeks of campaigning. joining me capitol hill correspondent ali vitali with the desantis campaign in virginia at this hour. governor desantis is speaking to a christian pro israel group here in arlington, virginia, across the river. how is he defending his candidacy with all of these problems? look, i imagine he s not going to be outright defending his candidacy here. instead, he s going to use this for an opportunity on foreign policy focus, and he wrote in his book, the idea he is someone who has a long history and track record of being pro-israel from his time
welcome to inside politics. i m dana bash in washington. breaking moments ago, new photos, you can see them here. it shows pieces of the titan submersible pull ed off the ocen floor. i want to go right to ottawa and paula newton. what do those pictures tell us? it was quite a spectacle as we watched the video coming in from st. johns harbor there. those are quite large pieces of the debris. we want to be sensitive to know that five people lost their lives in tragic circumstances. but when you look at these stills, investigators will prove they will actually have some investigative material that s significant. if you at some of those pieces, match them to the body, the outer shell of that titan submersible. we have a statement from the company that first was able to deploy. to the wreck more than two miles to the bottom. they say it will take several days, but clearly, they must have been satisfied just in the last few days with how they were able to map out the debris, wh
g7 in japan. we re going to begin right now with nbc s julia tsirkin on capitol hill force. julie, i know that you have no information about a phone call with the president and the house speaker. presumably this took place on board air force one. what do we know? yes, it. debt that s exactly right. i just got done out of the 20, nearly 20 minutes with the speaker. he walked out, along with their graves top ally in these negotiations. you had a conversation with president biden on air force one, as the president, of course, makes his way back to the united states from g7. the big picture here is a from mccarthy, from when we talk to him just a few minutes before that phone call. he said it was a productive discussion, he said the two leaders agreed to meet in person, sometime tomorrow afternoon. this is after the president is able to recover from his travels. it s still the top line number, here how long the that limitless will last, what the spending cap situation is, h