Suppression. Here in washington, on capitol hill, Gop Leadership moving fast to boot Liz Cheney from their ranks. A move meant to cement the party firmly behind former President Donald Trump and his lies about the 2020 election. Cheneys warning to her party this morning. Her next steps and what other republican women are asking now. Good morning. Im Hallie Jackson in washington along with Sam Brock in Florida And Jane timm outside the texas state capital. Sam, let me start with you. With the ink barely dry on the Governors Signature in florida on the new Voting Law, you have at least one lawsuit and i think two that have been filed. Reporter multiple lawsuits, thats correct. Good morning. 8 47 is when the governor here in florida signed Senate Bill 90, a controversial Voting Law. We asked when it was going to be signed and where. Then this morning, we reached out to the media line. Minutes before it was signed, they could not confirm anything happening. Just forget about floridas sunsh
Germany. Ukraine clearly believes that it can win. And so does everyone here. Ukraine needs our help to win today. And they will still need our help when the war is over. It comes as Russian Foreign minister minister Sergey Lavrov insists that russia is committed to lowering the risk of nuclear war. But, he says, the danger is real. Translator a Nuclear War Cannot be won. And must never be fought. The danger is serious and real. And it should not be underestimated. At this moment, lavrov is meeting with the u. N. Secretarygeneral who notably is in moscow, before going to ukraine. In a couple of hours, the secretarygeneral will meet facetoface with Vladimir Putin. And, john, u. S. Officials say that the next few weeks are going to be critical in determining the ultimate outcome of this battle. As Secretary Austin says that putins war is, quote, indefensible and a War Of Choice. Russias invasion is indefensible. And so are russian atrocities. We all start today from a position of moral c
coming to you live from studio 4 at the cnn center in atlanta, miami michael holmes. coming up, the suspected chinese spy balloon s journey ended by a single missile by a u.s. fighter jet. they just shot it. see the smoke coming from it? recovery efforts under way at this hour. the incident heightening already tense relations between washington and beijing. and we have all of the angles covered right here. oren lieberman has the view from pentagon. we have reports from the white house and our ivan watson is live in hong kong with china s angry response. we are about to show you the dramatic moment a u.s. side winder missile took out that suspected chinese spy balloon that caused such havoc this week. the balloon was so high up, nearly 12 miles or 20 kilometers that it took a few seconds for the shock wave the reach the ground. have a listen. [ explosion ] the shootdown happened saturday off the coast of south carolina near myrtle beach. it was a sensational ending t
hello and welcome. coming to you live from studio 4 at the cnn center in atlanta, i m michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up on cnn newsroom i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down on wednesday as soon as possible. the u.s. has shot down a suspected chinese spy balloon after it traveled across america for days. recovery efforts now under way. china says the balloon entered u.s. air space by accident, heightening already tense relations between washington and beijing. live in hong kong with the latest from there. it s not the only one. the pentagon says a second balloon is flying over latin america. a report ahead. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. we br to show you the dramatic moment a u.s. sidewinder missile took out the suspected chinese spy balloon that has caused so much havoc this week. the balloon was so high up, nearly 12 miles or 20 kilometers, that it took a few seconds for the shockwave to reach the grou
good morning to viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is tuesday, september 6th and i m brianna keilar with john berman. in california, this morning, the state is bracing for rolling power outages as a brutal heat wave is expected to shatter the record for power demand. temperature in parts of the state hitting 115 degrees with no end in sight. not ideal conditions, obviously, for fighting wildfires. evacuations are now under way in riverside county where the fairview fire has killed two people and scorched 2,000 acres. yeah. in the northeast, though, a much different threat. flood watches are now in effect for more than 50 million people across 11 states. virginia to maine. some areas could see 7 inches of rain by this afternoon which is not good news for people in providence, rhode island. where heavy rains and flash floods closed i-95 in both directions yesterday afternoon. we re going to have much more on this ahead. this morning, officials in memphis are