Good monday morning, everyone. It is 8 00 a. M. Here on the east coast, 5 00 a. M. Out west. So happy to have Victor Blackwell with me this week. Glad to be here. Good weekend . Very good. We have a lot to get to. Breaking overnight, helicopters collide while fighting wildfires in california. Three People Killed including a fire chief. An investigation now underway. Plus, thousands of beyonce concertgoers forced to take shelter as severe storms swept through d. C. How much her tour spent to keep metro trains running. And simone biles is back. Blowing away the competition after a twoyear hiatus. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. This is where we begin this morning. Donald trump just hours away from a crucial deadline in the 2020 election interference case. A federal judge has ordered him to respond to special counsel jack smiths request for a protective order by 5 00 today. Smith is trying to block trump from disclosing evidence and making Public Comments that could intimi
Here are tonights headlines. Water rescues underway in tennessee after more than 10 inches of rain falls in under 24 hours. Literally everything in our yard, it floated away. John mass chaos in new Yorks Union Square after crowds gather for a giveaway of Gaming Consoles and computers. We have seen at least a dozen people being arrested. John School Shooting reenactment. Investigators fire dozens of rounds as part of a trial against the parkland, florida, resource officer, who never entered the school. He is still guilty of running away from our children. The victim in the decadeslong gilgo beach murders investigation has been identified. Authorities say jane doe number 7 was karen vergata. I think it is important that we remember and honor not only miss vergata, but all of the victims on gilgo beach. John as the Writers Strike nears hundred days, the widespread effect it is having as a multibilliondollar industry sits at a standstill. 10 or 11 jobs every day. It drops to maybe one or t
Here are tonights headlines. Water rescue was underway in tennessee after more than 10 inches of rain falls in under 24 hours. Literally everything in our yard floated away. John mass chaos in new Yorks Union Square after crowds gathered for a giveaway of Gaming Consoles and computers. We have seen at least a dozen people being arrested. John School Shooting reenactments. Investigators fired thousands of rounds as part of a trial against the parkland, florida, resource officer. Who never entered the school. He is still guilty of running away from our children. The victim in the decades long Gilgo Beach Murders Investigation has been identified. Authorities say jane doe num number 7 was karen vergata. We think it is important that we remember and honor not only miss vergata but all of the victims on gilgo beach. John as the Writers Strike nears hundred day, the effect it is happening is a multibilliondollar injury sits at a standstill. 10 million jobs any day. It drops to maybe one or t
the vast majority of american film and television productions, including the avatar and gladiator sequels. it wants assurances about the use of artificial intelligence. 0ur correspondent is out on the picket lines in new york. tell us what you have been here hearing and seeing there. what you have been here hearing and seeing there- seeing there. yeah, we have seen a number of seeing there. yeah, we have seen a number of familiar seeing there. yeah, we have seen a number of familiar faces seeing there. yeah, we have seen a| number of familiar faces here on the picket line, including stars like susan sarandon and olivia wilde. and many, including the writers guild, other unions havejoined many, including the writers guild, other unions have joined to show their solidarity. other unions have joined to show theirsolidarity. every other unions have joined to show their solidarity. every time a few cars pass by it we hear occasionally some honks in support. so some real mom
hot button social issues, republican congressman nancy mace will join us with her take. but first correspondent matt finn with the latest hi matt. mike: the house voted to amend the annual defense spending bill by overturning policy that reimbursing service members for abortion-related expenses. the house also voted to ban transgender health services in the military. in a bitter debate republicans have been arguing in part that the abortion reis burstment is a piece of the democrats woke military agenda that republicans are trying to end. the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy says democrats are trying to change the course of history. and for decades in america, from the most proceed-life to the most pro choice person in congress they believed in the hide amendment and that is simply what it s saying. do not use taxpayer money on abortion. and the other part would be is, what they re looking at, should we allow wokism in our military. now democrats allege republicans a