good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, august 26th. i m amara walker. great to be with you. thank you for spending part of your saturday with us. here s what we re watching this morning. now that all of the defendants in the georgia election case have turned themselves in, we re learning more ab their legal strategies, also how the trump team is hoping to capitalize on the former president s arrest. a heat wave is gripping the country with dozens of cities set to break records again. when we expect to get even hotter. also live pictures out of washington, d.c. where the 60th anniversary of the march of washington is set to kick off later this morning. the a look at the significance of the events and why some say decades after martin luther king jr. s speech, there s more work to be done. months in the making. two sea lions swimming to freedom after being sickened by toxic algae. the work to getting them healthy and into the wild. we
here are tonight s headlines. the urgent rescues in kentucky and a state of emergency after flash flooding inundates homes and cars. plus, the devastation after a tornado forms in north carolina. former president trump is staying defiant after receiving a target letter in the january 6th investigation. obstruction of an official proceeding could be one of the charges. i didn t know practically what a subpoena was, and grand juries and all of this. but now i am, like, becoming an expert. i didn t have any option. norah: emotional testimony for women suing texas, who believe the state s abortion ban puts their lives at risk. i don t feel safe to have children in texas anymore. norah: cbs news exclusive. our interview with an irs whistle-blower, who claims the department of justice limited his hunter biden investigation. i was asking to do these certain things, and roadblock after roadblock was put up in front of me. norah: the mystery deepe
kills at least three. a little scary. norah: and parts of florida underwater after torrential rain. jurors have reached a guilty verdict in the synagogue shooting trial. i am feeling a sense of relief. the shooter is being held accountable for those awful acts. norah: attorney general merrick garland releases a scatt on the minneapolis police department following the death of george floyd. it is patterns and practices, investigation found the police department has a history of using excessive force and violating citizens and civil rights. norah: ups union workers got into strike. what it could mean for your packages. hundreds of thousands of ups union workers could walk off the job, making it the largest strike in u.s. history. norah: the whistle-blower who beat the pentagon papers exposing secrets about the vietnam war dies. tonight, a look at daniel ellsberg s legacy. at gm s milford proving ground outside detroit, the screens replace
defending the special counsel he appointed. the former president, defiant, calling the indictment a heinous abuse of power. our new reporting on mr. trump s strategy. as former vice president pence speaks outs, what he says about his former running mate and the charges. tornados touched down, damage reported in georgia, alabama, and texas. more than 30 million people at risk and the threat continues through the night. just breaking, a new york grand jury indicting the subway rider who fatally choked a homeless man. witnesses say was threatening others. the fed holds steady on interest rates. but why your cost for borrowing could be going up soon. new details about that amazing survival story in the amazon jungle, the pilot s desperate mayday calls and the plane s history of engine failures. the end of an era at one of the most famous malls as major retailers abandon downtowns across america. a mother s warning to congress about the a.i. scammers who stole her daug
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