There was also a lot of news, as there has been all week. Theres more today. Lets get started this friday, august 18. This breaking overnight, Hurricane Hillary Intensifying in the pacific. It is now a major category 4 hurricane thats expected to bring flooding and rain to california and the southwest over the weekend. More Breaking News, mauis Emergency Management administrator quit abruptly a day after he defended not sounding the islands sirens as Deadly Wildfires tore through la hadhaina citing health reasons. And also this just in, femas Disaster Fund is slipping into the red and Hurricane Season hasnt even peaked yet. Now pressure is on for congress to pass a spending bill. Former President Trump wants to push back the trial date in the federal election subversion case by a lot. The Special Counsel wants january, months from now. Trumps team wants april of 2026, about three years from now. And federal prosecutors are recommending the toughest january 6 sentence yet for two leader
coming in i was thinking an you both like country music best country music songs that bring in the message of holy father and christianity just, you know, love with an amen i was thinking about this when i was will being to that song lord i hope this day is good. don williams it may be i know the exact song you re talk. you can t forget carrie underwood jesus tack the wheel. newer version i guess that s country music we love country miewk. going a little woke they have to remember who their customer base and then a little word to country certain elements of the industry might be going woke. that s a division that runs in the country it runs in all parts of culture and maybe today we bring it back. can t they just stay away from political messages everything has to be politicized. it is easter it is not your birthday you can t make wishes. it is easter glad you re with us on this sunday where we ve had the pleasure of bringing to you this morning the me
she is shooting through a set of double doors and then punching her way through the broken glass. she then makes her way through the halls of that school. she is armed with two ar-style rifles and a pistol. police say she had drawn elaborate maps of the school and call this attack calculated and planned. bill: when she was over she shot and killed six people. three small kids. names evelyn dieckhaus, hallie scruggs and william kinney all nine years old. cynthia peak was a substitute teachers. katherine koonce was the head of the school and mike hill was a custodian. audrey hale was the shooter. her motive is unknown. she bought two of those guns legally. she also left behind a manifesto which hopefully we ll see soon and she recently began to identify as transgender. bill: we re learning the names the officers who shot and killed her. they are on the screen now. police are praised for a quick response arriving on the scene inside the school in only 14 minutes. those hei
of falsifying business records, typically just a misdemeanor, and district attorney s alvin bragg s strategy for elevating the charges is on shaky legal ground. here s the new york post, calling the case trumped up. the paper writes, is that it? bragg s historic cases versus don falls flat. meanwhile the da defending his controversial decision to bring a case against a former u.s. president. your predecessor took a hard look at this case and decided not to charge it. federal prosecutors took a hard look at this case and decided not to charge it. do you believe you have new evidence that led you to decide to charge this, or why now? we ve had additional evidence. this is the business capital of the world. we regularly do cases involving false business statements. the bedrock, in fact the basis for business integrity at a well-functioning business marketplace is true and accurate record-keeping. that s the charge that s brought here. falsifying new york state busine
hello and welcome to bbc news. the governor of mississippi has declared a state of emergency after tornadoes ripped through the us state. at least 25 people were killed. the authorities say the storm left a trail of damage for more than 150 kilometres. president biden has called the storms heartbreaking and vowed federal support. one of the worst affected towns is rolling fork, where entire neighborhoods were flattened to rubble. our north america correspondent, david willis, reports. this is all that remains of the mississippi town of rolling fork. heavy vehicles were picked up and tossed around like toys after the twister touched down, all but wiping this tight knit community off the map. we ve got a new scan coming on as we speak. the storm struck at night, the warnings too late for the residents of rolling fork and nearby silver city. sighs. oh, man. sighs. dearjesus, please help them. around 8:20, we have the tornado sirens going off, warning people to, you know, take co