year. tropical storm warnings up for parts of texas. we re going to see some heavy rainfall in certain parts. we re going to tell you where and what that means for drought conditions. and a massive fire erupts at a boat yard in massachusetts. what we re learning about the fire and the damage that s been done. welcome to your weekend, saturday, august 20th. we re grateful to have you. thanks so much for waking up with us. great to be with you, amara. i can t believe it s august 20th. i wait for the weekends to know what the date is. i m realizing, oh my gosh, we re close to september. that s good. cooler weather, please. we were just talking about that, yes. it s almost halloween. good to be with you, boris. of course. we have a lot of news going on. we begin with the intense situation surrounding the z zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. that lies on the front lines of russia s war against ukraine. the fighting around the area have intensified so have concerns abo
thank you for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with officials in new york city announcing plans to address the influx of asylum seekers arriving from texas. new york expects at least 1,000 children will enter the city s school system this year. they are among the thousands sent there by bus from the lone star state at the direction of governor greg abbott. but this week the governor doubled down on his decision. before we begin busing illegal immigrants up to new york, it was just texas and arizona that bore the brunt of all of the chaos and all the problems that come with it. now the rest of america is understanding exactly what is going on. cnn s jean casarez is following this for us from new york. jean, how is new york responding and what is the plan? reporter: well, there is a plan and it s called open arms. it really facilitates what new yorkers feel about having them come from texas. here s what happens. the bus, as you see r
stand in a federal courtroom in manhattan today testifying in his own defense. a $250 million civil trial that legal experts have said technically have no victims. everybody got paid. he said that over and over again and consistent with the facts. new york s attorney general letitia james claim trump and his sons committed fraud by inflating assets to get cheaper loans and insurance policies. the former president denying those allegations. so while israel is being attacked, while ukraine is being attacked, while inflation is eating our country alive, i m down here. we ll win the election and make america great again. they have to take it away from the thugs and horrible people that must hate our country to do this. harris: we ll bring you any developments out of that courtroom as soon as we get them. the president we know often will speak and we ll take that as well. the hamas savages are now paying the price. the israeli military has gone after 450 targets of the hostage
first tonight, hunter biden s gun trial begins. the first trial of a child of a sitting president. the first lady there in that courtroom. also developing, president biden preparing a new executive order, a crackdown on the mexico border. it would shut down the border immediately to asylum seekers if daily migrant numbers hit 2,500. and what we re learning about this. in new york city tonight, those two nypd officers shot and wounded. chasing a robbery suspect. one shot in the chest, saved by his bullet proof vest. what shorts have now revealed about the suspect. this major heat wave already building tonight. temperatures well into the triple digits across several states. and the wildfire burning in california. the swimmer attacked by a shark off the coast. bitten on the chest, arm, and hand. witnesses on how the swimmer survived. israel s war with hamas. tonight, the israeli military now confirming the deaths of four more hostages in gaza. here in the u.s. tonigh
first tonight, hunter biden s gun trial begins. the first trial of a child of a sitting president. the first lady there in that courtroom. also developing, president biden preparing a new executive order, a crackdown on the mexico border. it would shut down the border immediately to asylum seekers if daily migrant numbers hit 2,500. and what we re learning about this. in new york city tonight, those two nypd officers shot and wounded. chasing a robbery suspect. one shot in the chest, saved by his bulletproof vest. what authorities have now revealed about the suspect. this major heat wave already building tonight. temperatures well into the triple digits across several states. and the wildfire burning in california. the swimmer attacked by a shark off the coast. bitten on the chest, arm, and hand. witnesses on how the swimmer survived. israel s war with hamas. tonight, the israeli military now confirming the deaths of four more hostages in gaza. here in the u.s. to