Four confirmed dead at this hour. The cause of this is still unknown. That part of it just beginning. My niece and her husband and her son were on the seventh floor. Im asking everybody to pray for survivors. My nephew was here with his wife and three small children. 2, 6 and 9. You never lose hope. Martha never lose hope. Rachel is among those that are hopeful today as this process continues. Her mom, judy is unaccounted for. Rachel will join us in just a moment. Were watching the minneapolis courtroom team. Chauvin is on the left side of your screen. The former Police Officer convicted in the killing of george floyd is about to find out how many years he will spend behind bars. We may hear from Derek Chauvin for the first time during this process and well watch that live throughout the course of this hour. Thats where we find matt finn. Today is a big day, matt. Martha, Derek Chauvin is looking different. Three members of George Floyds family have given impact statements. The first,
Georgia. This week, willis, her staff and the grand jurors that did to hold Trump Accountable for her actions or verbally attacked by the former president and authorities on alert in georgia, as those attacks have echoed by Trump Supporters calling for violence on social media. And for nearly every one of trumps competitors for the 2024 republican president ial nomination, even this latest indictment has not been caused enough for a Fuel Repudiation of the former president or his actions. That may be put to the test on wednesday, as the gop holds its first primary debate without trumps participation, as he faces a friday deadline for his mandated surrender to Law Enforcement authorities in Fulton County. The politics, the people, and the peril facing them over trumps fourth and department. All of that tonight on politicsnation. But first, i want to update you on the latest happening now with Hurricane Hilary. They says hilary remains a category three, churning off Mexicos Pacific coast
i m christine romans. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. it is wednesday. kaitlan is back. that makes me very happy. we re back. and so much going on today. and what s going to come. let s hope a deal. yeah. let s get started. i do sense a skeptic? i believe it. let s get to the five things we need to know for this wednesday, may 24th. ron desantis set to announce his 2024 white house run today. there is nothing conventional about this. he s going to make the announcement on twitter with elon musk. the once favored platform for his rival donald trump before he got banned. and speaking of the former president, he now has a court date in the stormy daniels hush money probe here in new york. he ll stand trial in march of 2024, right in the middle of the campaign for the auto term. and a super typhoon is lashing the american territory of guam right now. it is expected to bring a triple threat of heavy rains, hurricane-force winds and life
with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. she was shot in her home in liverpool in august. king charles and the queen consort camilla visited dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning came to an end. and coming up we meet mr doodle the man from kent who makes his living from doodling and has covered his whole house in drawings. hello, if you havejustjoined us welcome to bbc news. just to remind you we will have live coverage of the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s speech to the conservative party conference later. he has been forced into a dramatic u turn to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. the decision to ditch the policy a decision which mr kwarteng confirmed this morning came less than 2a hours after the prime minister liz truss had publicly defended it. in a statement, mr kwarteng said the 45p tax plan had become a huge distraction and that the government had listened to people s concerns. yesterday on the bbc,
after appearing in court charged with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. thomas cashman who s 3a is due to stand trial in march. king charles and the queen consort have greeted crowds in dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning came to an end. and meet the man from kent who makes his living from doodling and has achieved a childhood dream, by covering his whole house in drawings. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has defended his u turn on abolishing the 45p income tax rate, following widespread criticism, at the conservative party conference. this morning he backtracked on the plans, which were announced just 10 days ago in the mini budget, follwoing several senior conservative mps voicing their opposition. in a speech in the last hour, he admitted it s been a difficult day, but told the conservative party conference that the uk needs a new approach and that economic growth is the only way to spread opportunity and