russia and north korea now talking about a weapons deal? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez. idalia is still causing havoc. now a tropical storm, idalia is bringing widespread life threatening flash flooding to southeastern north carolina as it slowly heads offshore. allison chinchar is live in the cnn weather center. what is the latest from the national hurricane center at this 5:00 a.m. forecast? obviously this hurricane now trap tropical storm has changed a lot over the last 24 hours. indeed it has. yes, the latest update still has the winds at 60 miles per hour, but they are gusting up around 70 miles per hour. the forward movement still pretty quick at about 21 miles per hour. we still have quite a significant amount of people without power right now. overall the bulk of them are across georgia and florida, but even through the carolinas, if you add all of it together, you are looking at roughly 300,000 people. they
pair of legal bombshells here in washington today that could have huge ramifications for the 2024 election. last hour, attorney general merrick garland announced a federal prosecutor who is raiding hunter biden has been special counsel, at his question. david weiss requested the status change. garland did grant that. this comes just a few hour after trump s lawyers and special counsel prosecutors appeared for the first hearing in the election interference indictment. a key ruling could come down at any moment. we re on top of this. let s star with the hunter biden news. kara, tell us about this special appointment. merrick garland announced this a little less than an hour ago, that david weiss, overseeing the investigation into hunter biden, requested special counsel on tuesday. garland said he agreed to grant that. what this special counsel status means is david weiss, the u.s. attorney for delaware, will have authority to investigate this case anywhere in the u.s. t
real life drama for hollywood actors as contract talks collapse setting up a strike. plus president biden in finland to welcome one and eventually two nordic nations to the nato alliance. and federal prosecutors talk to the top elections official in michigan. what does she know about efforts to overturn the 2020 vote. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. we begin this morning with a developing story out of hollywood, california, where contract negotiations with the s.a.g. actors union and major studios and streamers broke down overnight. this sets the stage for hollywood s first big shutdown in more than six decades. union leaders say its national board will meet a few hours from now to formally authorize a strike. s.a.g. has about 160,000 members. if they go on strike, they would join hollywood screen writers who walked off the job in may. more on this coming up. but first president biden with a meeting of nordic leaders in finland this morning fo
Happen. by deciding on how evidence can be governed today, decision what the nondisclosure order will look like, that gets the process rolling. it allows the justice department to turn over millions of files they say they have to trump s defense team, so they can start looking at those and get ready to go to trial. alex? it s going to be a very busy 2024. kaitlyn, thank you very much. a secretive company buying up land around an air force base in california, now the pentagon panel is paying close attention. we ll have a live report from the pentagon. you re watching cnn news central, and we ll be right back. uuuhhhh... here, i ll take that! woohoo! ensure max prorotein, 30 grams of protein, 1 gramam of sugar. enter the $10,00000 powered by protetein max challenge. your record label is taking off. but so is your sound engineer. you need to hire. i need indeed.
Banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. a hearing is set for friday. and arizona trump supporter who bay the target of conspiracy claims on fox news suing the network for defamation. he says tucker carlson made him a january 6 scapegoat. and still ahead for us, a secret briefing later today about the cocaine found at the white house. and tomato turmoil. right now in india, why the red vegetable suddenly costs so much green. i like that. we ll be right back. uuuhhhh... here, i ll take that! woohoo! ensure max protetein, 30 grams of protein, 1 gramam of sugar. enter the $10,00000 powered by protetein max challenge. meet gold bond healing. a powerhouse lotion that moisturizes, heals, and smooths dry skin. with 7 moisturers and 3 vitamins, you can pay more but you can t get more. gold bond. champion yr skin.