aback by the ferocity of this latest israeli offensive. meanwhile, new threats by iran backed militias. a u.s. warship forced to shoot down several drones on the red sea, including one heading in its direction. back at home, arguments now happening before the supreme court in one of the highest profile bankruptcy cases in recent history. and it all stems from the nation s opioid epidemic. federal officials are closing an arizona crossing to help border patrol deal with the rising number of migrants coming into our country. and on capitol hill, a vote to launch an impeachment inquiry into president biden could take place as soon as this week. and we begin this hour with breaking news out of israel and the israeli-hamas war. israel is expanding its ground offensive in gaza four days after the collapse of the truce. israeli forces pushing deeper into southern gaza and ordering new evacuations. residents in gaza say they have no safe place to go. in northern gaza, we re
you so much. a weather alert. a key meeting between the u.s. and iran and a coyote caught. let s zoom through today s top stories. oh, my gosh we have softball sized hail going off and i just got i just got bless all over me. wow just to repeat. that was softball-sized hail smashing the windshield of this storm tracker s car near stevenville, texas. severe storms packing high winds. hail and even 19 tornados causing major problems from dallas to san antonio. today 13 million people are at risk of bad storm, from houston and norls more of the same conditions expected. nuclear negotiations from iran will be front and center in new york when secretary of state john kerry meets with iran s top diplomat. the two will meet on the sidelines of a u.n. conference to discuss a tentative deal that was reached on the second of april in switzerland. this in hopes of securing a final landmark agreement with iran before the 30th of june deadline. later this morning, loretta lynch will becom
the trekkers are scattered all over the mountain. this is something that, you know, that rescuers will have to be working on this for days if not longer. yeah. i understand even the sherpas were trying to run to get out of harm s way and they re a hearty group of locals there. all right. kelly cobiella thank you for that report. we ll stay on top of that. to the weather as severe storms are battering much of the south. heavy hail and strong winds hit stevenville, texas, last night leaving behind downed trees and power lines. more storms rolling in later today threatening 34 million in texas, louisiana, and up into kansas. tornadoes, thunderstorms, flooding and hail may all be on the way. the weather channel s paul good lo has more on this. here in nashville, tennessee, a busy morning here. we had the st. jude s country music marathon and half marathons this morning. started at 7:00. great conditions for that. had rain overnight that ended before the marathon started, but
hospitals, had been seeing a psychiatrist. his family had been very concerned about his mental state. they had asked the veterans affairs hospital to keep him there. the hospital decided not to keep him, and a little time later, he committed these murders. so while people aren t surprised at the verdict, what is i think, this is exposing is a fundamental misunderstanding and treatment of mental illness in the united states. he clearly did have a long history of mental illness, which we got to hear about. also in stevenville where that trial was taking place, we know that american sniper the movie was shown widely. it is likely some of the jurors may have seen the movie. if it wasn t for that movie happening at the same time might we have seen a different outcome? it s hard to tell certainly. and the judge went through great
only other punishment possible is life in prison without the possibility of parole. so if he had been there was no way he was not going to be found not guilty because everybody agreed and admitted to the fact that eddie ray routh committed these murders. but if he had been found not guilty by reason of insanity he would have been sent to a state prison hospital where it would have taken a judge s decision to be released. but that s not in play here. he will go to prison the rest of his life. ed lavandera there. this wasn t a case of who done it, it was a why did he will do it? i ll be interviewing sunny hostin. in stevenville where that trial took place a lot of the jurors saw american sniper. human activists in syria say isis fighters have taken as many as 100 christians as hostage on