Hurricane henri is closing in on the northeastern u. S. Right now with landfall expected in the coming hours on either Long Island or southern New England. More than to 50 Million people are under hurricane or tropical Storm Warnings and States of emergency have been declared in Long Island and connecticut. Heavy rain are already pounded parts of the region. This is what it looked like in Hoboken Saturday Night Storm Surge, coastal flooding and strong winds are expected in parts of the northeast. All right. Lets bring in meteorologist youve been tracking this. What is the latest, tyler . We can now see the eye or the center of henri on radar imagery. About 150 miles to the south of Rhode Island. This band of rain to the north is about to swing into southampton. Southampton that rain youre dealing with in 45 minutes to an hour is directly related to henri. Eventually push into new York City which is now dry, finally. That rain has tapered off and pushed down to the South And West and no
we begin this hour with all signs pointing to a fourth indictment for donald trump in georgia. two witnesses say that they will appear tuesday before the fulton grand jury. journalist george chidi and former lieutenant governor jeff duncan both announcing their pending testimonies on twitter. duncan writing i look forward to answering their questions around the 2020 election. republicans should never let honesty be mistaken for weakness. the fulton county georgia courthouse already on high alert. the barricades blocking the building from traffic. the bomb sniffing dogs inspecting vehicles. trump, meanwhile, is proclaiming his innocence on the campaign trail. here s what he told nbc s vaughn hillyard when he was asked about a possible plea deal in georgia. any chance you take a plea deal in georgia? yes, sir. it s a wise guy question. we don t take plea deals. trump s commentary on the criminal cases are under review for the d. c. judge. friday, they restricted how
hello, i m helena humphries. we begin in turkey, where a pivotal presidential election is heading down to the wire. with more than 91% of ballots counted, neither current president recep tayyip erdogan nor his fiercest rival kemal kilicdaroglu have cleared the threshold to win outright on sunday. the head of turkey s high election board said not long ago that mr erdogan was leading with 49.49% while kilicdaroglu had 4a.49% of votes. now, if neither can clear 50%, there will be a run off election. both candidates have said they would accept a potential run off vote, which would take place on may 28th. our international correspondent orla guerin is in ankara, and has more on what s at stake in this election. people talk excitedly a tense moment in a tight election. here in ankara, voters spotted two people in one polling booth. the police were called in. the ballot box matters in turkey, and the opposition are on the lookout for fraud. this is a pivotal vote which could mean th
downing street says talks with the eu over a brexit deal covering northern ireland have been positive , raising hopes of a new agreement. also in northern ireland. a fifth person s been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of the off duty police officerjohn caldwell in omagh. and, we report on the huge relief effort in turkey and syria, to try to help people who have lost everything in the catastrophic earthquakes. some of these guys have been flying around 2000 hours since the earthquake struck. they say they were medically evacuating casualties for hours, but they say they will keep going as long as they can. ukraine s president zelensky has said he plans to meet china s leader, xijinping, to discuss beijing s proposals on ending the war in ukraine. he made the comments in a question and answer session in kyiv, to mark the first anniversary of the russian invasion. translation: first of all, i am planning to meet - with xijinping and i think it will be benefici
hit. russia s new offensive. intense attacks on ukraine s infrastructure the shocking new estimate of the rising death toll among russian forces terrifying video of a delta plane s wing on fire, the flight forced to make an emergency landing what caused the flames growing outrage after a 14-year-old girl died by suicide after she was bullied and beaten in school why the superintendent is now resigning and the university that took the unprecedented move of suspending its division 1 basketball program. now we re learning why. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening it has happened again. for the third day in a row and fourth time in just nine days the united states has shot down an unidentified, high flying object today it happened over lake huron between michigan and canada. a senior administration official telling nbc news the unmanned object was detected over montana, wisconsin, and michigan at the direction of president biden, it was sh