possible tornado forming in central new york. this hour, the cleanup and where a threat of severe weather still lingers this week. also ahead, the indictment of donald trump, the judge ordering a new hearing as lawyers spar over evidence in the election interference case. when we can see them back in court. and later, the high stakes special election today that could determine the fate of abortion rights in ohio. what ohio republicans are trying to do in a rare august vote. good morning. it is great to have you with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with some breaking news. deadly weather causing chaos, pouring rain, high winds, even tornadoes batter, the mid-atlantic and southeast, canceling thousands of flights and leaving close to a million people without electricity. check out this scary scene that played out in maryland. people were trapped in their cars after intense wind took down an entire line of power poles. nbc s kathy
breaking tonight, flights delayed, in cities across the nation disrupted as anti- israel demonstrators read havoc in the streets demanding a cease-fire in gaza. and the contradiction like no other, president byron reaffirming his ironclad commitment to israel s security, that is saying is that if israel strikes back, they are on their own. we are live with the protesters who put much of the country on pause. we begin tonight in california were police announced more than two dozen arrests after anti- israel protesters shutdown of the golden gate bridge for hours today. california highway patrol says 26 free palestine protesters on the golden gate bridge today were arrested, some of the protesters chained themselves to cars blocking traffic during the peak morning commute. and oakland officers say five other protesters were arrested in which they chained themselves to 55-gallon drums filled with concrete. the protesters face a slew of charges including unlawful assembly, unla