priscilla thompson is there with late details. >> reporter: deadly moments in texas. after officials say after officials say this stolen semi truck plowed into a department of public safety building in brenham tearing through an entire brick wall. >> there is entrapment in the building. >> reporter: six people were rushed to the hospital. one died, and two are in critical condition. >> start getting people out through the windows. >> emergency, we'll need multiple -- >> reporter: the suspect, clenard parker, is in custody, and no further threat exists. >> parker did come to the dps brenham office at 3 or 4:00 p.m. yesterday where he was denied his commercial driver's license. >> maroon 18-wheeler, they left it running, and it was just stolen. >> reporter: the crash occurred friday afternoon after dispatchers say the truck was stolen. >> intentional act. he was here yesterday. >> reporter: investigators say it appears the crash was deliberate. >> law enforcement were behind this 18-wheeler. it was reported stolen. when they saw the vehicle, this stolen 18-wheeler took

what are you seeing there, and where does the investigation stand right now, priscilla? >> reporter: well, lester, moments ago a truck arrived to tow that 18-wheeler away. as you can see, investigators are still on the scene here being led by the texas rangers as tonight the suspect remains in custody facing multiple felony charges. lester. >> priscilla thompson, thank you. >>> and former president trump saying he'll testify at his hush money trial that begins monday, all as he met at mar-a-lago with house speaker, mike johnson, who faces a threat to remove him from that job. gabe gutierrez was there. >> reporter: tonight, on the eve of his manhattan hush money trial, former president trump defiant saying he's willing to testify in his own defense in a case he slams as a partisan prosecution by a democratic d.a. >> mr. president, do you plan to testify? >> yeah, i would testify, absolutely. it's a scam. it's a scam. that's not a trial. that's not a trial. that's a scam. what they have done is incredible, it's election interference, and it's got to stop. it's a third worl

priscilla, what exactly is schumer elaborating on? >> well, he is saying the us is prepared to respond and respond swiftly in response to that potential attack by iran that could come in the

priscilla, thank you very much. >>> joining us now is jay gray. get totality. i think you're getting it right now. it's so dark, jay. >> reporter: it's amazing, katy. we are in totality. i can tell you goose bumps, the temperature has dropped dramatically. take a look up. it just snuck behind the cloud. we have seen the corona here. i want you to come back down and take a look behind me. what you've got is a wedding that just finished. a wedding in totality. this couple wanted this to be their event, and while it's special to everybody here, obviously it's extra special for this couple. another applause. we have heard applause as totality moved in, and again, temperature dropping here. it's almost nighttime. let's give you a look around of this entire area where we have been. the tex clips music festival. it is dark here, and a lot of people focused on what's going on. it's been a three-day event. we have had music, dancing, chili cookoffs, rodeo events, a margarita mixoff but the star of the show is the third day, the giant star covered by the mo

>> priscilla thompson, thank you. meteorologist bill karins is here. all right, bill, the hopes of tens of millions of eclipse watchers are hang young ever word tonight. no pressure. >> so many people are making last-minute decisions to watch the totality. already watching the clouds in texas. that has been locked in the forecast. san antonio to austin it looks mostly cloudy. dallas, flip of a coin. some areas will be all right. some areas will be in the cloud. little rock forecast has been getting better and better and same for southern illinois and indiana. it looks like northern ohio should be okay. cleveland, we're hoping the clouds clear out just in time for you and western new york still looks very cloudy and the best spot by far still looks maine. that's the totality. everybody still sees the eclipse, but a lot of clouds offerly from new york to washington, d.c. down into the carolinas. >> bill, thank you. >>> to some breaking news tonight about a scary emergency today when part of a southwest airlines engine cover ripped apart during takeoff. s

>> priscilla thompson in dallas. thank you. >>> let's turn right to meteorologist bill karins.ill, so much focus on the weather the next couple of days. >> it's all about the clouds, jose. millions want to get into the totality, the complete darkness on middle of the eclipse. austin still looks very cloudy for a lot of texas. dallas, a flip of a coin. at least you have a chance. little rock seeing improving forecast for clearing skies. looks great indianapolis. cleveland, going to be cloudy all day, and then clearing right as the eclipse is about to happen. so fingers crossed for you. buffalo does not look great for western new york. and northern new england, get ready. all these small new england towns with clear skies, get ready for thousands of people heading your way monday. >> bill karins, thank you very much. and we will have complete coverage of monday's total eclipse right here starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pacific on monday. >>> more aftershocks today following that historic earthquake that hit the northeast yesterday. it raises new questions about what wou

cnn's priscilla alvarez is joining us now from the white house with more details on this, priscilla, what more you getting on the readout from this call well, the president and he's really prime minister, benjamin netanyahu spoke about multiple issues in their call earlier today, ranging from those attacks, are there strikes i should say that hit iran israel earlier this month as well as israel's defense. >> and to that point, the president said, according to this rig out quote, reaffirmed is ironclad commitment to israel's security following the successful defense against iran's unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. now in addition to this, they also talked about that hostage deal that has been ongoing. those talks, i've been ongoing for some time now with top us officials, including secretary of state antony blinken, who is traveling to the middle east today. they talked about, uh, trying to reach that deal and do so promptly so they can get those hostages out. but also get that ceasefire, the temporary ceasefire, so they can get humanitarian aid into gaza. ano

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priscilla alvarez. thank you very much for that update that joining us now, cnn political and national security analysts, david sanger david israel knows everyone and then everything seemingly that goes in and out of gaza. they are watching it so closely. so how did this happen >> it's a remarkable set of events. wolf and he is rarely have said they're conducting an investigation which would be followed by what they call an independent investigation is not clear who would be be conducting that. but they have not given us a detailed account yet of what happened. and there are few interesting elements just based on what priscilla just mentioned to you about the white house response here the use of the word outrage was unusual, but the president did not say that he was going to do anything differently. in other words, he could put conditions on the sale of those 2000 pound bombs and say, you cannot use them in gaza just the way we put conditions. the united states puts conditions on arms and go to ukraine

priscilla, what are you learning about this call today? >> what we're learning from this white house readout that they touched on multiple issues during this call that happened earlier today between president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, ranging from recent events like for example israel's strikes back at or ron, after iran had struck israel, this was something that the white house had been quite tight lift about when it happened. and israel had as well. but in this readout, the president reaffirmed is ironclad commitment to israel's security following the successful defense against iran's unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. but they also talked about the hostage deal so i've been urgent talks that have been ongoing for months now with us officials traveling overseas to try to reach an agreement. and now we know that secretary of state antony blinken will be traveling to israel. in addition, in addition to other stops in the middle east, this again, a priority for this white house, which has b

let's star with priscilla thompson at dallas airport. priscilla, good morning. >> reporter: laura, good morning. today could be the busiest travel day for folks arriving into town as eclipse tourism and spring break collide. preparations have been under way for months if not years for the influx of people that the city is expecting for the galactic spectacle. it comes as many across the country are preparing for spring break. the airport is expected to be packed. the faa urging people to be patient and the roads are also going to be quite busy. the hertz here in dallas is reporting six times more car rentals now than this time last year. the departmentof transportation reports 1 million travelers will be on texas roads traveling through the state. they are urging people who live here to avoid unnecessary travel and pausing a lot of road construction and some of the major corridors to help move things along. laura. >> priscilla, for you procrastinating, your chances of getting an airbnb along the path of totality is blacked out itself? >>

laura. >> priscilla thompson in texas for us. thank you. >>> in two days from now, former president trump will be the first u.s. president to stand trial accusing to pay off a porn star. the former president is prepared to testify in his own defense. vaughn hillyard is in allentown, pennsylvania with more. >> reporter: another request for a delay was denied and the trial is moving forward. it was more than a year since the indictment was filed, but now we are days away and mr. trump potentially testifying himself. this morning, former president trump just two days out from the start of the first criminal trial. mr. trump signaling to nbc news that he intends to take the stand and testify in his own defense. >> you plan to testify in your trial? >> yes. >> is it risky? >> i tell the truth. all i can do is tell the truth. the truth is they have no case. >> reporter: last night, the judge in the case rejected the 11th hour effort to delay the case. mr. trump charged with 34 felony counts as the scheme in which he reimbursed personal

nbc's priscilla thompson has more from along that path in dallas. >> reporter: by air and on the road towns along the east coast path are bracing for millions of tourists. >> we're excited. >> excited. >> really rare opportunity. >> reporter: all for chains to catch monday's chance plunging the area into total darkness. >> it's like christmas time. >> reporter: a show of hands reveals almost every passenger on board this plane to arkansas came for the eclipse. and how about this for path of totality? this map showing airbnb bookings almost totally sold out from texas to new england. the same goes for car rentals and uber is reporting a nearly 300% increase in pre-booked rides on monday. >> we expect a million or more people. that's going to mean a substantial increase in traffic volume. >> reporter: officials in texas are pausing road construction and urging residents to avoid nonessential travel. some counties in the state even declaring a state of emergency. >> we don't know what to expect. >> we've had texas fema come and talk to us about filling up with gas, getting bread, milk, e

thanks to both of you, nic robertson and priscilla alvarez. appreciate it >> all right, meantime, back in this country, it's a big night for former president donald trump as he looks to build momentum for his 2024 white house campaign. he's headlining a fundraiser with some of the republican party's wealthiest donors, a source familiar with the details says tonight's high-dollar event has already raised 43 million in dollars in contributions. the trump campaign says the former president raised over $65 million in march. so tonight's fundraiser will provide a big boost to his campaign coffers. cnn's fredreka schouten is back with us now. it's so weird calling you fredreka because that's your name too. but i don't come across to me other fredricka is i know you don't either >> all right. so what more do we know about tonight's event >> you fred, it is a big deal for the former president's campaign. about 100 people are scheduled to gather at this high-dollar fundraiser at a supporter's home and palm beach, florida it's bringing in lots of money.

priscilla what are we expecting her to set? >> we'll take the program is just getting underway here. we anticipate that the vice president is going to directly tie these unpopular abortion bans including the state supreme court ruling here, too. the president donald trump, i'm told by sources that this has been top for the vice president and she wanted to hammer home this message here in arizona, particularly that the former president poses a threat to health care and to personal freedoms. and we got a preview as to what harris is expected j that includfor example, the overturning of roe was a seismic event, and this ban in arizona is one of the biggest aftershocks, yet she's also attracted to say that second term, a second trump term looks like more bands, more suffering, less freedom. now, a forsake defining campaign sees abortion as a salient political issue, going into november and just this week they announced a seven-figure ad buy to air more abortion-related ads in this state on the heels of that state supreme court ruli

priscilla, you've been talking to business owners. where you are, but you've been talking to folks about tourism. >> yeah, kate, zinhle, the city of grapevine is going all out, giving tourists here an opportunity to ride into that historic eclipse in this more than 100-year-old train, they're doing two special excursions on monday to mark the special occasion, it's just a little bit of what's going on here, and i spoke with elizabeth, with visit grapevine about what all of this means for business owners here, want to play some of what she told me. how big of a boon do you think this will be for businesses here? >> we're going to have thousands of people from all over the world, all over the country here, everyone's really excited. they're all excited to see the eclipse but also to have all these visitors here, shopping, eating at the amazing restaurants, having lots of fun. >> reporter: that is a message we've heard echoed from all the business owners we've spoken to as those tourists begin rolling in starting today. kate, zinhle? >>

priscilla alvarez over at the white house for us. let's discuss what's going on right now with democratic congressman raja krishnamoorthi of illinois congressman. thanks so much for joining us and give us your perspective because you're well plugged in how unprecedented was this iranian attack against israel >> but we've never seen anything like it certainly we don't remember a time when iran launched attacks directly from its soil onto his rarely soil. now, thankfully president biden, working with a regional partners, including the jordanians, were able to shoot down most of these missiles and drones before they did damage >> but >> what i would say is that at this point we should focus most of our attention on the national security supplemental sitting before congress because right now it says somebody hello, said the other de, a churchill or chamberlain moment either we stand up to aggressors from tehran to moscow, to beijing and deter aggression and pass the supplemental or we appease them. and that's really what's at stake in co

alvarez is at the white house for us and nic robertson, is that the israel border or priscilla, you first us officials believe an attack is it's inevitable. what is the administration preparing for >> yeah. and to be clear, this could be targeting israeli and us assets in the region, but all the saying us and israeli governments in close touch over what they see as an inevitable attack are retaliation by ran after an israeli airstrike that killed several iranian commanders. now at the time, ran vowed revenge and in an exchange, the us made clear they did not know about the airstrike ahead of time, nor were they involved. in fact, they warned iran not to use this airstrike as a pretext to attack us personnel and facilities. but this is expected perhaps as soon as next week though it's still unclear what would happen or what it might look like, but it was a key topic of discussion between president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu during their phone call earlier this week and we should also note that one of the concerns here in the worst-case scenarios would be a di

priscilla thompson, nbc news. >>> now to some breaking news about a massive data leak. at&t is investigating the breach involving about 73 million former and current customers and information leaked on to the dark web could include social security numbers, names, email, and addresses. saturday says it's reaching out to customers with plans to offer free identity theft and credit monitoring services to those impacted. >>> for the world's christians, if it was an easter sunday of prayer and celebration led by pope francis whose own fragile health issues didn't stop him from spreading his pleas for peace. here's marissa parra. >> reporter: for a christian holiday filleded with hope, the face of the catholic church delivered exactly that on east err sunday. at times in need of a wheelchair. sounding hoarse, the pope's appearance, otherwise reassuring days after sparking health worries when he canceled the good friday procession at the last minute. the royal family no stranger to health concerns. outside of windsor, easter service, the princess of wales not joining father-in

priscilla, thanks so much. and nic, their in jerusalem talk more about this israeli withdrawal from khan yunis and what that means the idf is sort of giving it a big push if you will, they're saying the saying that this is effectively marking the >> end of ground operations in gaza in the current form. they're leaving a sizable force in the north, 167 i can division, but the biggest division. and it has been by far the biggest division created for the fight in khan yunis since israel's inception as a state it has been fighting that the 98th division since december early december, they've lost a number of troops they've found perhaps some of the biggest, deepest and most complex of the tunnel networks. they had a fight there, which, which the division commander described to me as like fight, fighting an attack a truce puzzle where you sort of get one piece in place and then you find that hamas has come up behind you because the tunnel network, you can take the ground on the ground, but you have no idea where ham

cnn's priscilla alvarez is stemi by their priscilla, how did this unfold and how is the white house now responding? >> well, well, if this ends it perhaps as quickly as it began, of course, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas became a top target for republicans early on as an affront to president biden's border policies. in fact, in february, the house voted to impeach him, making him the first cabinet official to be impeached in nearly 150 years. and today, the democratic-contr olled senate squash the impeachment articles only hours after being sworn in it. since then, the white house has praised the senate for doing exactly that. here's a statement from the white house spokesperson for oversight and investigations saying the senate has rightly voted down this baseless impeachment. president biden and secretary mayorkas will continue doing their jobs to keep america safe and pursue actual solutions at the border. and congressional republicans should join them instead of wasting time on baseless political stunts while killing real bipartisan border security reforms. now of co

priscilla thompson now with late details. >> reporter: for the first time since this terrifying crash kansas city chiefs wide receiver rashee rice is responding amid reports that his car may have been involved. his attorney writing in a statement that rice is cooperating fully with authorities and will take all necessary steps to address this situation responsibly, adding his thoughts are with everyone impacted. the response comes 48 hours after this six-car crash caused, police say, by this lamborghini and corvette speeding down the expressway. >> major accident on the freeway at the 6700 block of north central expressway northbound. >> reporter: dramatic dashcam video shows the moment police say the drivers lost control, one car slamming into the center median as the other appears to spin out. kayla quinn says she and her 4-year-old son were headed home after a day at the zoo when they were among those hit. "this could have ended way worse," she wrote on social media. "both cars hitting me yet me and my baby walked out untouched." police say all injuries were minor and the occupants

priscilla just referred to it a few moments ago. it's likely maybe it won't happen, maybe it will happen, but he probably will be asked about abortion in arizona. and i'm just wondering what's on your mind when you see what's happening in this country right now, women across america, it seems like almost every week and other state, there's another very hard line law taking place. it chipping away at reproductive freedom in this country. >> yeah, i think this is a really big issue and important issue for democrats. i think that they need to be able to capitalize this in november. it's a huge fundraising issue for them as well. it's also a good voter turnout issue. i mean, like that's it's one of the things that we've talked about a lot is what's going to turn out voters. and this is an issue that's going to get women and men and mostly moderates to the ballot to vote in november. and i think that the president will capitalize on that. it's an issue we've spoken a lot about the vice president is very passionate about this, but also it

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priscilla alvarez at the white house. thank you so much. and just to indicate to your viewers there that lie picture on the bottom of your screen, those relied a moment's coming from ucl lays campus. were there are duolingo protest right now pro-palestinian on one side, pro-israel demonstrators on the other. but sharing the same space. they're on campus. and we're keeping a close watch on what has become a very passionate and heated set of demonstrations. there. >> all right, coming up a devastating tornado outbreak that left several people dead in oklahoma and a threat of severe you're storms continued missouri to texas will have the latest forecast next cnn newsroom brought to you by progressive, get a who's this insurance quote online in as little as six minutes visit progressive commercial.com when you're a small business owner your to-do list can be a lot that's why progressive makes it easy to save with a commercial auto vote online. >> so you can take on all your other to dos already. >> did see if you could say that progressive comm

so priscilla, what more or we learning about biden's demands? >> well, sources are sharing some of the pressure that president biden placed on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to change his policies. in this in israel's war against hamas. now sources say that president biden in his 30 minute call with the prime minister last week ticked her some of what he wanted to see the primary focus of all of that was getting more humanitarian aid into gaza. but that included opening land crossing that you were just talking about with nick as well as ramping up supplies into gaza and opening up a port to get more aid into gaza as well. now, during that call prime minister said that he was going to get that done, but the president went even further saying that he wanted to see it done by that evening. so that is what happened is really these really security cabinet did approve those measures and now the white house is welcoming those saying that while they're happy to see that there have been changes so a lot on the horizon and still some frustratio

priscilla alvarez joining us now from washington with more on this, priscilla, what happens now with a vote in the senate the senate is expected to vote on tuesday afternoon, or at least begin voting that according to senate majority leader chuck schumer. >> and it is expected to pass once it does, it will go to the president for his signature and in a statement on saturday, the president saying that he urges the senate to do it quickly to send it to his desk, to sign it into law so that we can quickly send weapons and equipment to ukraine to meet their urgent battlefield needs. of course, the white house has been asking for this, these funds for months now, often framing this as in the interest of the united states as a national security priority. and over the last several months, making the point that these funds were urgent and necessary for ukraine especially in the last few weeks when we did see battlefield losses in ukraine, the white house was putting that squarely at the feet of republicans and congress saying that these funds needed to pass. we saw that happen yesterday in t

priscilla, take us there. moments away.erience this thing for 3 minutes and 51 seconds of totality. what is happening. >> reporter: yeah, yasmin, a lot of excitement on the ground here. you can see everyone is set up on the grass. folks have their glasses. a lot of folks laying down already looking up at the sky right now. we're already in the partial phase, that total eclipse will happen in just a short while here, and there are thousands of people here from all around the country and around the globe to see this. i've spoken to some folks about that, and coming from nashville, new jersey, all over the place, and they're just really excited to be here and experience this once in a generation, once in a lifetime experience with family members. i met a mom and a daughter who met. one was from the west coast, one was from the east coast, and they met here because they wanted to have this beautiful experience together. we're also right near the highway so we're keeping an eye on traffic. the last time an eclipse happened here,

priscilla alvarez live four is from tucson. thank you for that report. jessica >> this week chaos erupted on the arizona house floor after lawmakers tried to vote on repealing that states 18, 64 abortion ban, take a look republicans want that effort then quickly adjourned for the week, prompting democrats to chant and protest on the chamber's floor, including arizona state representative antilles or ties who joins us now. great to have you here with us first. i just want to know where things stand today with the efforts to repeal this band. we know one republican lawmaker says that this should be banned or overturned by next week. do you think that's true? >> republicans had two opportunities to do the right thing and overturn this 18-60 for abortion ban on wednesday. they voted two times to block our attempts to do so. i was deeply disappointed by that. we are adjourned until this upcoming wednesday and democrats are going to continue to fight to repeal this we want a clean repeal republican say they need more time to talk through their strategy, but we

white house correspondent priscilla alvarez from washington. thanks so much for that update. and for more on this. let's turn to our first guest. now, democratic congressman raja krishnamoorthi of illinois. he's also a member of the house intelligence committee, congressman. great to have you with us on this saturday afternoon. thanks for making time. have you received any briefings on this looming threat from iran >> no, not in the last week or so since we've been out of washington, look forward to receiving that when we go back early next week, the biden white house is priscilla just laid out there has worked to avoid this war from spreading in the region. do you think it's possible to continue down that path or does a wider conflict seem inevitable at this point? >> now it's not inevitable. i think that the iranians don't necessarily want a full, full all-out war at this point. at the same time >> i think that at any can, at any point in this conflict, you can have a conflagration that kind of gets out of control, especially if >> hezbollah starts to unleash its hundred 50

so priscilla, you first do we have a timeline for when that could take this up? >> we do according to senate majority leader chuck schumer, this is expected to start happening on tuesday afternoon. that being voting on these national security bills and it is expected to pass and i would go to the president's desk for a signature, something that he called to of called for over the weekend and said the sentence should act quickly, noting that we can quickly send weapons and equipment to ukraine to meet their urgent battlefield needs. all of that, once this process is complete, but there's no doubt, fred, that this was a win for the white house, which four months has been asking for these additional funds for ukraine, among other national security priorities, often framing this as the interests of the united states. so it's also not to cede any ground to russia and especially over the last few days, us us officials just kept and how important it was to get this across the finish line with warnings of ukraine possibly losing the war by the end of the year if they it

priscilla alvarez, also in washington now, priscilla, the president has been waiting for this day for a long time to try and get money approved especially for ukraine. how is the white house responding as they wait probably on the edge of their seat, whether indeed it is going to pass through well, president biden has thrown his support behind these national security bells and to your point, fredreka, the president, asked for these funds last year. they have desperately wanted to see them get past and the white house has maintained over the course of all this time that it is urgent and necessary for ukraine oftentimes, when president biden you come out to talk about the necessity of these funds for ukraine as well as other national security priorities he would frame it as a national security priority, noting that they cannot see any ground to russia. and in an op-ed this week in the wall street journal, president biden called it a pivotal moment in a statement yesterday from the white house office of management and budget. they echo that saying, quote, passing this legislation would s

here's priscilla thompson. >> reporter: an attorney for rashee rice confirming his client was behind the wheel in this dangerous crash caught on camera. >> mr. rice acknowledged that he was driving the lamborghini. >> reporter: police say that lamborghini and this corvette were speeding down the expressway in dallas when both drivers lost control, hitting four other vehicles and sending two people to the hospital. it comes a day after rice confirmed in a statement that he spoke with dallas police about saturday's crash and apologized to the victims. >> he's going to do everything in his power to bring their life back to as normal as possible. in terms of injuries, in terms of property damages. he'll make certain that he is responsible for helping them. >> you guys all right? you guys just going to leave it? >> reporter: the occupants of the vehicles in question all left the scene, investigators say, without checking if anyone needed medical attention or exchanging information. >> here you have a young man, 23 years old, never been involved in anything like this. people were injured.

here is priscilla thompson. >> reporter: tonight, an attorney for nfl star rashee rice confirming his client was behind the wheel acknowledged that he was driving the in this dangerous crash caught on camera. >> mr. rice acknowledged that he was driving the lamborghini. >> reporter: police say that lamborghini and this corvette were speeding down the expressway in dallas when both drivers lost control, hitting four other vehicles and sending two people to the hospital. it comes a day after rice confirmed in a statement that he spoke with dallas police about saturday's crash and apologized to the victims. >> he is going to do everything in his power to bring their life back to as normal as possible. in terms of injuries, in terms of property damage. he'll make certain that he is responsible for helping them. >> you guys all right? you guys just going to leave it? >> reporter: the occupants of the vehicles in question all left the scene, investigators say, without checking if anyone needed medical attention or exchanging information. >> here you have a young man, 23 years old, never bee

it's pretty crazy, but just so much fun. >> our thanks to priscilla for that report.he big question, how will the weather be for this eclipse? meteorologist michelle grossman joins us with the forecast. >> hi there, frances. it's going to be so, so fun today. unfortunately, it's all about location. some forecasts looking better than others. west coast looking mostly clear. so looking good there. then northern plains unfortunately looking at thick clouds. where you see the gray, the blue are the clearer spots. east coast mostly clear skies. could see a few high clouds that would be about it. the gulf coast, that's where we're looking at the most cloud cover with rain as well. afterwards a chance for severe storms. we go through some of the major cities along the path here. austin probably the worst forecast. 136. we're looking at showers, clouds also in dallas, 60%. little lrock, much better there. further to the north, also to the east, indianapolis 40%. 50% in cleveland, ohio. and the forecast looks really good as we head further to the north. burlington, vermont. th

>> priscilla thompson, thank you. >>> here in the northeast, one more blast of severe weather. the tail-end of a nor'easter dumping a foot or more of snow on parts of upstate new york and northern new england. for more than a day now, the storm has brought dangerously high winds that brought down trees and power lines and left hundreds of thousands without power. this week's violent weather has led to some severe turbulence encounters in the sky causing injuries to airline passengers and crewmembers, and federal investigators are looking into a close call involving one new york control tower. with that, here is tom costello. >> reporter: now under faa and ntsb investigation, a close call with a la guardia airport tower on march 23rd. southwest flight 147 nashville to new york hit thick fog and heavy wind as it approached runway 4. waving off the first landing attempt as a tailwind pushed to it the right of the runway. >> southwest 147, we got to go around. >> reporter: but on the second attempt pilots were even further offcourse. controllers radioed an urgent warning. >> go aro

priscilla thompson has the details. >> reporter: there is police are reportedly looking for kansas city chiefs wide receiver rasheed rice in connection with a high speed crash involving a car believed to be registered or leased to rice. law enforcement officials tell "the dallas morning news" the six-week crash sent two people to the hospital with minor injuries saturday police say. new photos obtained by tmz sports appear to show the occupants leaving the cars in question. a preliminary investigation found the crash was caused by two drivers speeding, one in a corvette and the other in a lamborghini. police say the drivers lost control. the lamborghini slamming into the center median, causing a collision. occupants of the lamborghini and corvette all ran from the scene, police say, without stopping to determine if anyone needed medical help or providing their information. rice has alleged involvement in the crash if any is unclear and police say they are working to identify suspects. the star wide receiver grew up in the dallas area and is one of the chiefs leading receivers helping th

wolf priscilla alvarez >> reporting for us, priscilla, thank you. our political experts are joining me now with more analysis and kaitlan collins, let me start again with you, the vice president put the blame for this near-total abortion ban squarely on trump? hello what we just heard from her signal, how 2024 will be fought on this specific issue >> yeah. i mean, welcome to the next six months of our lives, wolf, because that's the split screen that just played out right there before us. this was not what trump was extensive, sensibly going to be talking about at that press conference. but obviously he got questions on it given what happened in arizona this week where that ban from 18, 64 was reinstated into law. and so now trump is dealing with this issue that he thought he had put to bed by saying that it will be left up to the states as he did on monday. and now he is dealing with these questions. and i think it's obviously very clear by his answers there on what he believes this is going to look like, saying that there's not a need for a federa

priscilla thompson in texas this morning, thanks so much.u special live coverage of the big event tomorrow starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern here on nbc and streaming on nbc news now. >>> and coming up next here, my two-part "sunday sitdown" with larry david, perhaps even showing a hint of sentimentality on the day he says good-bye to "curb your enthusiasm" after nearly a quarter of a century on the air. >>> and then "a life well lived." the last survivor and a hero of the attack on the "uss arizona" at pearl harbor. >>> as we head to break, telephones quite a week for the statue of liberty with that rare 4.8 magnitude earthquake shaking new york city and the rest of the northeast friday morning. and as our stunning photo of the week shows, lady liberty also getting a jolt from a lightning bolt as a big storm passed through on wednesday. looks like something out after sci-fi movie. amazing. amazing. a long week for the with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, my skin was no longer mine. my active psoriatic arthritis joint symptoms held me back.

i want to go to where white house correspondent priscilla alvarez right now. priscilla, as you know, president biden met with g7 liters just a little while ago to discuss potentially some sort of diplomatic response to iran is unprecedented attack against israel or are. you hearing about those conversations >> that's right. well, if the focus here at the white house has been containing the risk of a wider regional conflict. and as you mentioned, that call between president biden and g7 leaders concluded only moments ago, and the this was on non-military actions, finding diplomatic way forward and a senior administration official telling reporters only made ago that they had a detailed and constructive conversation about i ran but did not disclose any details as to what exactly that's going to look like moving forward. now, the president and his national security team the members have made clear to their israeli counterparts, including in that call between president biden, andy, israeli prime minister, just yesterday, that they will not participate in any offen

priscilla thompson has the details from dallas.ctly happened here and what is next for rashee rice? >> reporter: yes, ana. all of this stems from a car accident two weeks ago where a lamborghini and corvette were speeding down the expressway. both drivers losing control of their vehicles, leading to a six car collision. rashee rice was behind the wheel of the lamborghini according to his attorney. we are seeing an arrest warrant has been issued on those eight felony charges you laid out. aggravated assault carries 2 to 20 years in jail and a fine of $20,000. collision involving serious bodily injury carries 2 to 10 years and a fine of $10,000 and six counts of collision causing injury punishable by five years along with a fine so at this point, rashee rice and the other driver, the 21-year-old, theodore knox, both facing these charges. they have 24 hours to turn themselves in, to surrender to police here in texas. they can do that at any police station across the state so we will see what happens today. mug shots will likely be tak

. >> i'm happy cnn's priscilla alvarez joining us now from the white house, priscilla, what can you tell us about this debate? shift for the president? >> well fread, this is certainly the most robust commitment we've seen up until this point from president biden and his willingness to debate his republican rival, donald trump up until this point, the president had condition whether or not he would take his republican rival on, on the debate stage on the former president's behavior, but he's explicitly saying here it's interview that you see that he's willing to do it. now of course this comes as republicans have turned up the volume on there being a debate, the trump team that sees it as a benefit for the former president again, on the debate stage, they're eager to do that. and the biden camp has seen, or at least saw the 2020 debate between the two candidates and candidate biden as ultimately positive for him. now, of course, there is general consensus among strategists that even amid waning enthusiasm about each of these candidates and viewership, that there is still interests and th