Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. Im fredericka witfield. The southwestern u. S. Is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding as hurricane hilary churns off the pacific. We just learned moments ago that the storm has weakened just a bit to a category 3 storm with 125 mile an hour winds. Its lashing mexico with strong winds and high waves right now. Forecasters warn it could dump more than a years worth of rain across parts of california, nevada and arizona. The storm is expected to weaken as it moves north, but the threat is so severe, a Tropical Storm watch has been issued for california, the first ever for that state. People there are trying to prepare as best they can. Cnn meteorologist Allison Chinchar is joining us. A new advisory has just been issued. While it may have been downgraded a little bit, thats still very threatening. Right. Keep in mind the weakening was forecast. We knew as it slid into cooler waters, this was going to happen. In terms of the fore
Monday. John roberts, great to be back after a few days not being able to talk. Gillian and glad to be back with you on the new set, its awesome. This is america reports, the desperate search for survivors is continuing across maui. John Recovery Teams with cadaver dogs going building to building with the 1,000 that remain unaccounted for. Gillian survivors reporting Warning Sirens never went off and crews say hydrants had no water pressure. No idea what was going on, no siren, nothing. My son was like oh, mom, is this it . What do you tell your kids . Right now the government is letting us down, so its really important that all the people of maui stick together, Come Together And Support One another at this crazy time. Some of my friends are saying you know who is missing, so and so, so and so, so and so, and thats when it clicks in my head a bit. We will build back together, find out what we could have done to prevent such loss of life. John max gordon live on the scene, are official
Wildfire updates. What can you tell us now in. Reporter hey there, griff, good morning to you. Were alongside one of the main entry points into the town of a lahaina. People here have been lined up for hours, some of these folks sleeping in their cars waiting for the curfew in the town of lahaina to expire. Some of these people have nothing left, they just want to get in, see whats left of the town. Take a listen to some folks about what theyve seen there. I want people to know that there are people out here suffering, and we need donations. We need, we need people shipping things out here. We need families fed, we need yeah, we need so much men help. Reporter home after home in lahaina, gone. One estimate from core logic puts the estimate of destroyed homes at more than 3,000. The rising death toll now at 80 people as rescue crews search for more victims. Thousands of people have now left the island, and around 1400 are currently staying in Emergency Shelters here. Its still unclear h
the gunmen took off. jonathan siri is alive in the lancet with the very latest. hi arthel hampton is in henry county a spokesperson for the county confirmed to associated press that four people have died in what authorities are describing as an active shooter incident. authorities say the shooting began around 10:45 a.m. this morning and dogwood lakes which is a subdivision in hampton again hampton a small city of about 8000 people located about 30 miles to the south of atlanta. as late as mid afternoon police were saying the suspect was still at large were urging the general public to avoid the area. we do expect police to release more details once the news conference gets underway. originally scheduled for 3:00 p.m. eastern this afternoon parade then pushed back to 4:00 p.m. and as you can see we are still awaiting authorities to arrive at the podium. but we expected to begin at any moment spirit in the meantime please have yet to say what led up to the shooting. however
disappointment saying colleges are stronger when they re racially diverse. we can t go backwards. you know, i know today s court decision is a severe disappointment to so many people including me. we cannot let the decision be a permanent setback for the country. with me right now, politico s white house bureau chief jon jonathan lemire at the white house, and democratic strategist and former executive director of the new york state democratic party, basil, so jonathan, first to you, every time there s a supreme court decision we hear how consequential elections are. what s the fallout you re following here? you just heard from president biden express real dismay at the decision. he urged colleges to consider candidates backgrounds, races, ethnicities when it comes to institutions of higher learning. he was asked as he was leaving the room there after making his statement, he was asked by a reporter if this was a rogue court, meaning the supreme court, and he paused and