hi everyone. that, for joining me. i m jessica dean in for fredicka whitfield. a u.s. defense official saying an american warship shot down two drones in the red sea and lps responded after a ballistic missile attack. cnn s zach cohen and ivan watson are following the situation. zach, let s start with you and this attack. what more can you tell us? reporter: a u.s. defense official saying a u.s. destroyer in the rid sea had to shoot down two drones today, controlled by the houthi group out of yemen. this is an iranian-backed group, that has voiced support for gaza and for hamas in their war against israel. u.s. forces in the region, including these two carrier strike groups that this destroyer was operating as part of, have come under a steady drum beat of attacks since they were deployed in the aftermath of the october 7th attack by hamas on israel. u.s. officials maintain this is not a sign that the war has expanded more broadly. the steady drum beat of attacks we ve seen
A look at the days latest news and headlines. Manafort to try to get evidence on President Trump that could result in impeachment. This judge who later ruled the trial could proceed has been very critical of the Governments Team throughout and they are now filing motions complaining that he is prejudicing or misleading or confusing the jury with his quips. Theyve gotten him to admit he was wrong once in open court, but today he ignored their complaints. He constantly asked them how long the individual segments of the trial they are going to take he wants them to go as fast as possible. It was the judge today who delayed the start time by five hours. The jury was reminded very quickly how important it is they dont talk to anybody including each other about the details of this case. We have no idea why a 9 45 00 a. M. Starting time got pushed back to 2 30 p. M. And we arent going to find out immediately. The transcripts have now been
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mandville, new jersey and the new york borough of queens. ida made landfall eight days ago as a category 4 hurricane. since then more than 60 people have died, at least 15 of them in louisiana and mop, all others kid by the catastrophic rainfall and flooding in the northeast. new york police released this video of what they were facing when the rain came down. that s an offer who had to brave the possible of live wires trying to get to you the police ultimately called in the fire department and found three bodies in there. power is still out for at least half a million businesses. many are saying there will be no power there until september 29th.
you for the update from the white house. so tomorrow, as you heard, president biden will visit two towns devastated by the flooding after hurricane ida. manville, new jersey, and the new york borough of queens. ida made landfall two sundays ago as a category 4 hurricane. more than 60 people have died from the vast majority from the catastrophic rainfall and flooding in the northeast. police just released this video of what they were facing when the flooding started. i mean, i want you just to take a look at this. this is an officer who had to brave the possibility of live wires. they didn t know what the situation was with the electricity in this building, and he was trying to get through a completely submerged basement in queens to find anyone who was trapped. the police ultimately called in the fire department, and three bodies were found here. today a fema official and some members of congress toured
resulted in his teeth going through his lip. for him to just have an assault charge was just shocking to us and disappointing. martha: he picks up the story live, high trace. it happened in the new york borough of queens, sandor szabo who was visiting from boca raton, florida, was looking for an uber ride after his step sister s wedding. a person familiar with the investigation told the associated press that szabo may have been drunkenly banging on car windows, when he banged on the window of the wake forest coach, he got out of his car, followed szabo to the sidewalk, punched him, and drove off. investigators say szabo hit the concrete and never regained consciousness and was taken off life support tuesday afternoon. jones accompanied by his attorney turned himself into police on thursday afternoon. he was arraigned, pleaded not