when i took the flight with him to his first major rally of 2024, waco, texas. this is his same plane he used in 2015, 2016. he had it refurbished during his presidency brought it back here to palm beach. he is now on that plane. i want to note as i'm watching this, the other players involved in this. michael cohen, the star witness in all of this, served three years in charges, is on a plea agreement related to this very case here. served just over a year behind bars and two years in home confinement and now over the last year, he has met repeatedly with not only the manhattan district attorney's office, but also the new york attorney general's office for the lawsuit related to financial charges and now he has that star witness who has provided the checks that donald trump personally wrote to him in 2017 while in the white house reimbursing him for the stormy daniels arrangement when i say stormy daniels, she is the other player. just two hours ago, she posted she is working on the final edits to a new film called redemption that she wrote, directed and stars i

everyday citizens who have engaged in violence on his behalf before who show up at places like waco, texas, which is a crumpet call. it's not a whistle, it's allowed clarion call. come out and do something extreme. were very concerned about that. we are concerned about safety for the jurors and the prosecutors give him some of what has already been on social media. and the fact that even in a current civil trial where trump is a defendant also in new york, but in federal court, the judge recently said that he would not release the names of the jurors and they have extra police protection for the civil trial. so we, we have great concerns. on the other hand, i think, you know, new york police force is one of the best in the world. they're all out there in uniform today and till the arraignment on tuesday. but we are going to all have to stay on our toes and not take anything for granted, staying on our tires. and of course, as you say, calling for patience that was professor catherine ross from george washington university. thank you so much. we really appreciate your time today. it's a ple

that is something you possibly saw 30 years ago in waco, texas., tobacco and firearms agency had been given incredible jurisdiction and incredible weaponry that ultimately at some point would have to be justified and would have to be used. and that might have been exactly what we saw in for 51 days in 1d karesh and davidians held fbi and other law enforcement officers at bay. they raided the compound in waco, texas searching for illegal weapons. a gun fight erupts killing four atf agents and wounds 16 others. karesh is also injured. >> on day 51, attorney general janet reno had approved a plan to force the davidians out with tear gas. but the final salt on the compound became very aggressive and a fire erupted. >> that fire spread out of control leaving more than 80 men, women, and many, many children dead. and their blood was on the hands of the federal government. what started as an arrest warrant for illegally altering guns turned into a full blown tragedy. rather than just knock on the door to serve their search warrant, the feds came in armed

campaign headquarters [ laughter ] former president trump held a campaign rally on saturday in waco, texas him the first cult leader ever to escape that city alive. [ laughter ] during his rally on saturday, former president trump mocked florida governor ron desantis and said he has, quote, no personality, which based on the past, makes him front runner for vp [ laughter ] during his rally on saturday in texas, former president trump dismissed claims that he had an affair with adult film star stormy daniels and mocked her appearance you're mocking her appearance? [ laughter ] remember that picture of the two of you together? [ laughter ] this looks like a picture you would see on facebook with the caption, "last time seeing grandpa. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause russian president -- russian president vladimir putin announced over the weekend that russia has reached a deal with belarus to station nuclear weapons in its territory the deal announcement came as a surprise both to nato and belarus. [ laughter ] "starting when?" [ laughter ] officials in philadelphia announced yesterday tha

we have seen it in the last few days with the rally in waco texas.he nomination for next years general election. donald trump is now the clear front runner and election. donald trump is now the clearfront runner and he election. donald trump is now the clear front runner and he wasn't before this all started. it was much more in neck and neck so he's had a bounce in that sense among core republican supporters. he raised $5 million and $48 after the indictment was announced. in terms of engagements, it is difficult at this stage. he talked to people anecdotally and you hear the whole inspection. people who think it's about time and then you hear people who say you shouldn't do that to former presidents and he come from different walks of life. so, i think we are in uncharted territory subject it's a cliche, i know, but is generally true in this place and one thing i've said all along in this process is that this event for donald trump is clearly a problem but it's also an opportunity for him. it's a problem because who wants to be charged? and there c

this rally was held in waco, texas, on saturday.tead of someone singing the star-spangled banner, the rally began with this announcement. >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise and place your hand over your heart for the number one song on itunes, amazon, and the billboard charts, "justice for all" featuring president donald j. trump and the j6 choir. >> stephen: now, if you haven't heard of them, "the j6 choir" is made up of a group of inmates who are in prison for their actions in the january 6th riot. it's the hottest musical-prison crossover since manson and garfunkel. sure. he can sing. sang with the beach boys. one quibble. "justice for all" is not actually the top song on streaming platforms or the real billboard charts. it's the top song that people are paying to download on itunes because their grandchildren don't like them enough to help them set up spotify. that didn't stop the former president from repeating the claim. >> that song tells you a lot because it's number one in every single category. number two was taylor swif

wednesday marks the 30th anniversary of the deadly end to the siege of the branch davidian compound in waco, texas we welcome a special guess who was an fbi investigator during the staff. farris thanks for being here. i want to play a clip from a fox documentary available for streaming about the effects of what happened at waikd oh. listen to this. >> it stopped a dangerous under current of anti-government current. the shock waves from this deadly confrontation can still be felt today. the details of what really happened in this supposed bat between the forces of good and evil remain murky. >> i don't think anybody would argue the government was not generally speaking a force of good. david koresh certainly had elements of evil but it wasn't as simple as that and it was murky and you i believe have said that the government made mistakes how they ended that siege. >> yes this, was the collosal american tragedy that really didn't need to happen in that the branch davidians pitted the u.s. government as the force of evil and after the four federal agents were killed from atf and 230 wounded the u.s.

they moved to waco texas because land was cheap there and they wanted room for all the souls that would be saved on the last days to be able to gather together. they kept to themselves when they tried to recruit new members it was mostly from seventh-day adventists churches. they believe that only people who had gone through that church would ever be able to qualify. if they straightened up. a couple different profits followed victor after his death. one was a middle-aged woman named lois rodema. she took as her disciple a young stammering bumbling young guy from houston named vernon wayne howell. under her tutelage, he revealed himself as being informed by heaven. he was king cyrus, of the old testament. he had to take the name koresh because that is how cyrus is pronounced in hebrew. he was the lamb of the book of revelation. he was going to lead his followers into the final epic fight with babylon. the end of days is not only coming soon, it is coming now, and we are the ones to do it. they were biblical literalists. whatever else we talk about today, this is what we must remember. t

activists in this kind of a movement, you know, president trump's decision t have a campaign rally in waco, texas i terms of being vaguely ant government or vaguely anti federal government to these activists, that connects directly to a violent history that includes th oklahoma city bombing. this is all part of th cohesive ideology and th socially networked movemen that goes back decades, if not generations. >> and now, we have a situatio where domestic terrorism increased by 357% between 2013 and 2021 and multiple countries hav warned their citizens abou traveling to the united states because of gun violence. australia, canada, germany japan, new zealand are equations, well. is the u.s., based on ou history, based on the violence of our founding, are w uniquely susceptible to this kind of violent movements? >> not uniquely susceptible, but these kind of violen movements have been much mor successful in the united states, in getting weapons and materia that was designed for warfar into civilian spaces >> it's the guns, as usual it's the access. there is no country wher civilians have 400 plus mil

take a look at this hill that was taken from waco, texas this week. we're experiencing areas with large hail, and today we'll see a similar setup. this begins to fill in, and you'll see right there along eastern texas, and it'll push off into other states like louisiana and eventsly towards arkansas. then by tomorrow, we see the main threat really kind of being right here along the gulf coast region, and pushing over along the atlantic coasts of states like let's say, south carolina, and even into georgia. now the threats themselves are pretty similar. we're still looking at damaging winds and the potential for isolated tornadoes, and even water spouts along the coastline, and also some hail. not quite as large as today, but there will be hail as a threat for tomorrow. another concern as it starts to slow down on the eastern portion of this, we could have a significant amount of rain. some of these areas could pick up 3 to 5 inches of rain through the weekend. >> goodness. we just said good-bye to the snow and here comes the rain. allison chinchar, tha

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the aftermath of federal law enforcement actions at ruby ridge, idaho, and at the 1993 siege in waco, texasdied in a fire, as federal agents moved on the heavily armed branch davidian religious cult. timothy mcveigh was at waco that day, observing from the hill nearby, and exactly two years later he would bomb the federal building in retaliation. >> i never did understand how anybody could think it would be ok to attack people who are trying to serve the public, serve the american citizens, just doing their job to support their families and to help people. how killing innocent people like that, civilians if you will, how that would accomplish anything. judy: were you aware that there was a body of belief in the country that they had a strong antigovernment beliefs? >> no. i was naive and innocent like a lot of people, i think. and a lot of people still are. >> none of us could believe it. it was an hour or so before we realize it wasn't a gas explosion and it was a terrorist attack. judy: carrie watkins is the president and ceo of the memorial museum. >> i think they decided they could have

that track, as he stood on stage, hand on heart, in advance of his first major campaign rally in waco, texasof that is weird and terrifying on its own. but at this point it's not just trump, with the hugs and the singalongs from jan six sers, which is, i guess what we are calling them now. that attitude -- you six years sixers have been wrong, here is a pen. -- it appears to have invested the rest of the republican party. last month, that ice republican elected ranking official in the country, house speaker kevin mccarthy, conspired with a now unemployed fox news host to try and use congressional security camera footage in order to whitewash the events of that day. this week, republicans in montana voted to bar the states lone transgender lawmaker, representative zoe zephyr, from entering the states chamber. and when a peaceful group of zephyr's supporters filled the public gallery at the state house, chanting, let her speak, republicans accused her of -- which is also what happened in tennessee, where republicans tried to expel three democratic lawmakers for participating in an anti gun vio

conducted their final raid on the mount carmel center ending a 51-day siege on the branch davidians in waco, texas78 people protect them. tcan still be felt today. >> will: died over the next two month operation. former atf agent chuck was there. thank you for being with us this morning. i'm fascinated to hear your perspective and watch this on fox nation. i feel like i have done my best to dive down the are a bit hole and watch every documentary come out about waco. i would love to shed some light on this. i feel like i have seen it, chuck fr rks every point of view. let's start with the initial raid. i think many say why did the atf need to roll up in that sort of show of force? why not walk up knock on the door and say here is the warrant we need a search for your lethal weapons. >> well, the fact that they had illegal weapons is a danger point you can't just roll up with a couple of agents and say we are here to search for homemade hand grenades and machine guns converted from semi-automatic rifles. a dynamic entry was a good option. you know, i have some problems with the plan after that. but

when we walked by trump tower, nobody was there >> so jason, interestingly enough, you are at waco, texas's before h actually got indicted. so, you guys had the opportunity to talk to som folks about a possible indictment and what that would look like to them. how would it affect donald trump -- support for them and all that. let's play a little bit of that then we will talk. >> he did have a chance. he is using politics as weapon it is all made up. >> it is all just a live and just, people are jus lying. >> yes people are just lying. >> i think it is which an. like they say. >> if it was found that he did make that payment to storm daniels to cover it up, to try and influence the 2016 election, do you think he should b charged? >> no. i don't. because the time limits it - i will still vote the same way >> he called the georgia secretary of state to find 11,000 and 700 votes t overturn the state for the 202 election >> legal >> the fake slates of electors that trump and his associate decided to present to mike pence to overturn the election >> legal >> the hush payments to stormy daniels. >

you are talking with the degrade risk even last weekend in waco, texas this conspiracy theory stuff isthere is some kind of a war coming from the establishment and donald trump is their warrio who will stand between the government and them. >> right, and it is because th right wing elements of the internet are full of these conspiracy theories. but, it is also legitimized in their eyes by the right-wing outlets that they watch. not only fox news but also oan news net, right side broadcasting and then, they are propagate by donald trump. and, not only do we hear these in waco. but, i think brandi brought up the good point i can 2018 and those weeks before the 2018 midter elections it was the idea of the caravan. george soros was somehow behin the funding of this caravan to take over as part of the great replacement. all of these conspiracies ar intertwined with one another and, the latest attack that he is on is also against th judge. who has been placed in charg of overseeing his case making direct attack suggesting that this judge is hater who hates trump. and that this isn't fair tri

and in his first official 2024 campaign rally in waco, texas, last saturday night. his supporters held up posters that said witch hunt as he delivered a speech tha contains many baseless accusations that the prosecutors currentl investigating him ar politically motivated to tak him down given though he has been s previously occupied with the idea of being indicted, th news on thursday coming that h was actually going to be indicted still caught trump by surprise there may have been some magical thinking on his part that nothing would actuall happen to him, especially sinc he has gone so long withou having to face any rea consequences for his often questionable actions last wednesday, trump even pos on his truth social accoun that he has quote, gained such respect for this grand jury an perhaps the grand jury syste as a whole, and quote, and again, he implored prosecutors to, quote, drop this sikh witc hunt a day later, the manhattan grand jury voted to indict him trump hasn't been seen much in public since his rally in waco over a year ago, except when h has been go

this is what softball-sized hail and heavy rain did a school outside of waco, texas, earlier this week. you're seeing it on your screen. canceling classes through monday. >> further north along the mississippi river, it is really a slow-moving disaster as floodwaters keep rising. some nearby homeowners are now evacuating. the red cross has opened a few shelters in riverfront communities. nbc meteorologist bill karins is tracking these storm systems for us. but we begin with nbc's jesse kirsch out in davenport, iowa, where the water continues to rise. jesse, how are things looking today and what are people doing to try to deal with the floodwaters? >> reporter: yeah, kate, so our team is already noticing the water level continuing to creep forward and we expect that the water level here in davenport, iowa, will continue to rise until the middle of the day on monday. so we are days away from the worst of this in this community along the mississippi river. this is normally a street and railroad crossing. you can see there is a dry patch up ahead and off in the distance is the mississippi

in waco texas that's nearly 4 inches. 4 inches would be like grapefruits falling from the sky. the pool video you might have seen, just incredible with that cow in the background, which gary says is okay, falling there. today we could see that. throughout the day today along the gulf coast, florida has another shot, too, throughout the afternoon and a little in south texas. >> thank you for that. there is also flooding along the mississippi river. rob is tracking the latest from st. paul, minnesota. good morning, rob. >> reporter: good morning, michael. towns up and down the mississippi have been preparing for this flood. here at the st. paul downtown airport, they have shut down this runway. that blinking x is saying do not land here. it was one of two runways that are shut down. they've got one open because they erected this temporary flood wall to hold back in river. so far it's doing just that. st. croix, wisconsin, look how high the river is. highest level there in over 20 years. it is very swollen. down the river even more. davenport, iowa. they're not going to crest unti

now i want to show you a funnel cloud developing outside waco, texas.should be already yfe tion.in x today frlas to waco, heads bout 3at thigins.h at the start gulf coast over the next day or so. watch these storms move to where? the exact same place i showed you that damage. panama city. panama city beach had a 76 mile per hour straight line wind with the last round of stormswatch this rain move into new england. likely a wet weekend. even when it's dry, not raining, it's cloudy. guys? >> thank you, as always, sam. going to turn to king charles' coronation and the countdown to the historic moment. the first coronation in nearly 70 years. james longman is outside buckingham palace with more. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, michael. buckingham palace is getting ready for the coronation of king charles. it all kicks off a week tomorrow. let me show you where we are here. there's a lot of construction already going on. you see risers already going up. these people are going to have a front row seat to history. what is going to happen? on sa

donald trump the words he says from these stages they do hit the level on the ground when going to waco, texasth him last weekend it's echoed from folks on the ground. he did not speak in the courtroom today. in so many ways the campaign stage is the one place where he does have control of that microphone and there is no judge overseeing him there's a gag order and a place we should expect donald trump to continue to play offense, because that's the only game he's ever seemed to play >> to that point, as you say, vaughn, there isn't a gag order today, but we did see the judge entertain that at length and substantively at the arraignment today, which is an unusual thing to come up in first instances at the arraignment. is there any sense, and as you say you've been covering trump for a very long time, in which that seemed to loom a little bit for him. because if he is hit with a gag order in this carb, which the judge explicitly said today is possible and the rhetoric he find concerning if it continues, then trump will be constrained by law from saying those things about prosecutors and judges

the word that he says from these stages they do hit at the level on th ground in which going to waco, texasportant, the difference here, the distinction. he did not speak in th courtroom here today and in so many ways, the campaign stage is the one plac where he does have control tha microphone and there is no judg overseeing him and until there is a gag order in place, we should expect donald trump to continue t play offense because that's the only game that he has ever seen to play. >> to that point, there isn't, as you say, vaughn, there isn' a gag order today. but we did see the judge entertain that at length and substantively at the arraignment today, which i unusual thing to come up at th first instances, right, at the arraignment. was there any sense, and as yo say, you've been covering trum for a very long time, and that seemed to loom a little bit fo him? because if he is hit with a ga order in this case, which th judge explicitly said today wa possible, it's the kind of rhetoric that he said he finds concerning continues, and trum will be constrained by law fro being able to say t

trump started his by going to places such as waco, texas, and different types of things.is, it is not trump, it is the majority of white people that voted for reagan. the majority of white people in this country voted for trump. this is the type of government and country these people want. they are deplorable. describe their actions. this is fascism. why don't the democrats investigate jared kushner and steven mnuchin in the billions of dollars they receive from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates? these people are traders with trump. investigate the trump family business ties. he has also had a contract to build apartments there, jared kushner, and israel! please stop this. host: anita is calling from st. louis on the independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have some things i would like to say that a rather lengthy. i would like to make america great again. in order to do so, i think we need to repeal the law that is citizens united as a corporation is not a citizen. we need to be able to follow the dark money as opposed to it being hidden by the

trump started his by going to places such as waco, texas, and different types of things.is, it is not trump, it is the majority of white people that voted for reagan. the majority of white people in this country voted for trump. this is the type of government and country these people want. they are deplorable. describe their actions. this is fascism. why don't the democrats investigate jared kushner and steven mnuchin in the billions of dollars they receive from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates? these people are traders with trump. investigate the trump family business ties. he has also had a contract to build apartments there, jared kushner, and israel! please stop this. host: anita is calling from st. louis on the independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have some things i would like to say that a rather lengthy. i would like to make america great again. in order to do so, i think we need to repeal the law that is citizens united as a corporation is not a citizen. we need to be able to follow the dark money as opposed to it being hidden by the

he just did that rally in waco, texas. he's got something coming up in new hampshire.y but nothing. no massive rallies that i have seen any notices go out about or anything like that. he's got something coming up. i think in iowa is what i was told to hampshire. yeah i think that he's got some early state travel, but i think you're right. i don't think they're planning undoing big rallies, whether it is because of not being able to get the same crowds or because of money or because of what have you but i think that that is not how they're approaching this campaign right now, and it's almost you saw tonight how much he needs that he needs that energy from people applauding him, and if he doesn't have it, he looks for it elsewhere. if you're just joining us, this is a special cnn coverage the first former president ever to face criminal charges returns home. and vents. advance advance. we're at the beginning of a new chapter for donald trump and the end of an historic day, a day that saw mr trump arraigned in manhattan courtroom on charges that are experts have been sayi

it was great to go back to texas. waco, actually.ave my mom there, my brothers. you give these speech, you talk about your parents and how much they meant, which is true. but my brothers meant so much to my journey. being able to have them there was special. >> congratulations to you and your whole family. >> thank you, george. >> coming up on our gma menu, national infertility awareness week. jen ashton is here with what you should know. >> selma blair sharing how she encouraged her friend christina applegate to get tested for ms. >> long awaited baby shower for twin texas girls conjoined at birth. they're home safety after successful surgery. lara, you're with a special guest. >> i am, george. tierbe, in a nng herin she's gonna tell us about that and so much more coming up on "good morning america." don't go anywhere. ♪ i've always had trouble falling asleep and staying asleep— you know, insomnia. but then i found quviviq, an fda-approved medication for adults with insomnia. and i'm glad i found it. you wouldn't believe some of the

2" or larger diameter of hail which is the experience of larger central portion of texas which is the image out of waco which is gorilla-sized hail. we have super sell thunderstorms which have the outdrafts and that is cornerstone of the storms out of texas. and you will get this undulations 30,000 feet of the freezing line and they become so large and fall to the ground, and i like a good grapefruit for breakfast, but falling from the sky is not what you want to experience. >> so we have gone from lacrosse to tennis ball-sized hail to grapefruit. that is a serious escalation, and so dangerous. thank you for that. >>> in a new update, former vice president mike pence has testified before a grand jury about the circumstances surrounding the attack on the capitol january 6th. it lasted more than five hours, and he has denounced trump's efforts to overturn the election, but this is the first time that pence has had to speak under oath with the president he served. >>> another day in court for former magazine article writer jean carroll, and she said, i am telling you whether i screamed or not, he raped me

take a look at the other storms moving through parts of texas, dallas into waco, austin, the main threatally large hail, but we could see a few tornadoes out of that as well. in the coming days, we are going to see this storm rol into the midwest. this is an area that was already impacted on friday. areas like little rock, texarkana, springfield into lincoln in st. louis, you all are in the high-impact severe outbre lisa: sunny conditions, partly cloudy sky and breezy wins throughout the day today as the system drops down from the north allowing for a chilly start to the workweek with windy conditions, below average temperatures, maybe a spotty showers. 56 today in san francisco. upper 50's on the bayshore. things really change the second half of the week where temperatures begin the warm through next weekend.. >> and i have to give guys a few quick facts. lightning itself can actually heat up the air to 50,000 degrees fahrenheit, that is five times hotter than the sun. okay? and contrary to the popular age old adage, you do see it hit the same place more than once. so it is electrifying

that is a possibility today from texas, dallas all the way down to waco.nly a couple hours from right now. right now the radar blank. this is going to fire up. this is really a hail and a wind event for today. it moves to the east and it even moves into florida for tomorrow. there could be some strong weather there as we work our way into your saturday afternoon. >> we know you'll be watching. thanks so much. boris? >>> as republican led states across the country push bills cracking down on gender affirming care and abortion the governor from the key swing state of minnesota has signed bills protecting those rights. he is going to join us live, next. >>> and in alaska a tragic accident during an army training flight. three soldiers killed after a collision between two helicopters. the second such accident in less than a month. we'll take a closer look. ♪ when you're a small-businessss owner, yoyour to-do list can be... a lot. ♪ [ buttons clicking ] that's why progressive makes it easy to save with a commercial auto quote online, so you can take on all your

those in texas maybe storm weary, but we have another round of strong to severe thunderstorms late this friday into the night with large hail possible dallas to waco into austin and some other hazards like isolated tornadoes and damaging wind. we'll also see another round of storms in the carolinas, georgia and florida this friday that storm system number one. the texas storm is number two. both move up the east coast with drenching rain this weekend through monday, the west is warming up. with some snow belt accuweather meteorologist jeff cornish. coming op from uber the coration al on a schousrir passe o and one boy came to the rescue next deadly dispute. a man using his leaf blower is gunne all the royal pageantry on g m. a we're back with a dispute among neighbors north of chicago, which police say turned deadly because of a noisy leaf blower. police say the 59 year old victim was shot in his driveway by his 79 year old neighbor, who had approached moments earlier and started arguing the suspect is charged with murder. the two apparently had a history of arguments in michigan and what could have been a nightmare scenario on a school bus until

texas. there was a storm that dropped a tornado just to the west of waco. still a tornado warning. big watch area up until at least 10:00. you see those storms continuing to fire. they were clustered moved to the south towards i-10. new orleans, biloxi, mobile. the northern part of this thing pushes into ohio and virginia on friday, mid-atlantic in the northeast for heavy rain in new york city. the second trouble spot is florida. two seabreeze fronts colliding we have storms or baseball size hail. winds at 80 plus miles an hour. that watches up until 9:00. it's pure along the mississippi river, historic flooding is expected. 32 river gauges across four states to be a major flood stage in the coming weeks. long-duration flood event expected. >> david: we are watching all of it. rob marciano leading us all. thank you. as i mentioned off the top, an alarming string of mid air scares. four bird strikes in just one of farmers. two of the flights affected shortly after takeoff from houston, forced to turn back. one dumping fuel in order to land safely. ibc's gio benitez covers aviation f

included in this watch the texas a big texas cities of dallas and fort worth and waco.he national weather service warns that some of the tornadoes maybe intensive , please be careful. you know, in that area, other threats hail that could be as large as three inches and winds gusting to 70 mph. this is video. a quarter size hail falling near an apartment complex in fort worth large hail forced the dallas fort worth airport. big dfw airport to ground flights earlier today. the death. death toll inched up again in this weekend's devastating tornado outbreak. 32 people are now confirmed killed from the storms that hammered the south and the midwest and an update from the deadly roof collapsed during a concert in belvedere, illinois, governor j. b pritzker toward that site earlier today and announced that of the 48 people hospitalized, five remain in critical condition. cnn's derek van dam is and when arkansas and spoke to that state's governor, sarah huckabee, sanders, after she toured the devastation there. that's right. jim governor sanders arrived on the scene of the bad

tomorrow we have to open up the skies in texas because it looks like that front western part in abilene wood be 4:00 p.m. then i would say waco, round rock and temple and austin all included in the evening part of the damaging wind threat. and of course a few tornadoes. finally, 32 spots on the map with major flood stage projected or already there could crest by this weekend. >> we will be watching out for days to come. thanks for that. >>> what president biden said about running for reelection today and what the numbers show tonight. biden, trump and the reaction from ron desantis win he was asked about trump out pulling him. his reaction making news. here is chief white house correspondent mary bruce tonight. >> reporter: president biden is on the cusp of announcing his bid for reelection. sources tell us he is targeting tomorrow. tonight, the president still tightlipped. >> are you ready to run again mr. president? >> i will let you know reel soon. >> reporter: tonight we learned as a senior white house advisor and the granddaughter of american labor leader cesar chavez. president has long said he plans to run again despit

texas. there was giants, baseball size hail. a four inch grapefruit size hail hit waco. elsewhere, a more urgent threat is unfolding along the mississippi river with historic flooding prompting evacuations. from the bay area to minnesota, iowa and illinois are bracing for river levels they have not seen in more than 20 years. it is due to rapidly melting snow in the north. in dibu, iowa, the city is now in a crucial lock and dam system to keep the water out. this is only the third time the city has done this since the system was installed in 1973. the impact is going to be significant for trade. >> rain usually goes downstream but in the spring, fertilizer comes upstream. a lot of the fertilizer will have to go onto the road and rail systems so it can get onto the farmers's fields as they plan. jobina: in la crosse, wisco homes are underwater and the river is expected to crest later today. kumasi: reducing runway crashes. new action to prevent this from happening. reggie: addressing staffing shortages. the new bill to help educators across the state. drew: beautiful out

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texas. homes in cattle in the city of dublin, pelted by giant baseball sized hail this photo showing a four inch grapefruit sized hail hitting waco. meanwhile in florida, heavy rain and hail made travel treacherous, blanketing the grounds of this middle school in el wsewhere a more urgent threat is unfolding along the mississippi river, potentially historic flooding, prompting evacuations as many areas from minnesota down to iowa and illinois river levels. they haven't seen him me an 20 of snow in the north in lacrosse, wisconsin homes and roads underwater. the river expected to crest there later today. guttenberg, iowa. the river is expected to crest at 21 ft. by tomorrow. you can see how high the water is. this is lock and dam 10 and downstream in dubuque , the city now closing a crucial lock and dam system to keep the rising water out, taking that action for only the third time since the systemtalled back in 1973 the impact significant for trade spring, you know, grain usually goes downstream, but in the spring fertilizer comes up. friend. a lot of that fertilizer is probably going to have to go on to road and rail systems and

texas today. large hail, a definite possibility in the southern portions of the state. really from waco southward including san antonio and austin, potential for two-inch hail and talk two inch, enough to damage cars and roofs and shingles. that's almost tennis ball size, one of the stories we're watching along the threat of tornadoes in illinois and wisconsin. >> thank you. >>> the movie "rust" is restarting production today with actor alec baldwin more than a year after the deadly on-set shooting there. baldwin has pleaded not guilty to one felony count of involuntary manslaughter after he fired a prop gun with a live bullet inside. that shot you'll remember killed the cinematographer, halyna hutchins. we want to bring in nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster. shaq, a lot are surprised to see production starting up again. you'll see alex with witnesses to that. >> reporter: the production of this movie was actually part of a settlement agreement between alec baldwin and matthew hutchins, who is the widower to halyna. this is as part of the agreement matthew will be an executive pr

texas. hail pummeling the city of dublin. it was baseball-sized hail. this photo shows four inch grapefruit sized hail hitting waco. an potentially historic flooding prompting evacuations illinois. they are bracing for river levels they have not seen in more than 20 years. this is because of rapid melting of snow in the north. the city of dubuque is closing. they will be keeping the water out. taking action for the third time since the -- was installed. this impact is significant. >> the rain comes but in this bringing the fertilizer comes up string. a lot of that will go onto the road and rail, so it can go unto the farmer's fields as they planned. jobina: in la crosse, wisconsin, homes and roads are underwater. the river is expected to crest there later today. reggie: a spare the air alert today because of smog in the bay area. this is a look from our tower camera. it looks clear right now. will we be able to see it? drew:e sun comes up you will see the haze in the in, high-pressure is acting like a lid trapping all the pollutants. for most of us, moderate air quality. the worst area will be the inland east bay w

texas. all along the cold front and the low. so dallas-fort worth, waco, plano, garland, all included.ut it'll start two, 3 p.m. on the western side. so wichita falls there and then through the afternoon and evening hours, then it progresses into the overnight and the gulf coast gets involved into early tomorrow morning. new orleans, you could be waking up with some of these severe storms, goes over to mobile right through the florida panhandle, mexico beach, appalachia. so i'll have more on what happens in florida, because they've got a pretty rare event coming today in just a bit. but for now, michael, all right. thank you for that, ginger. and now to new details about tucker carlson departure from fox news and text messages that might have led to his exit. abc news chief washington correspondent jonathan karl has the latest. good morning, john. good morning, michael. the wall street journal, which is owned by the same company that owns fox news, is out with a detailed accounting for the reasons tucker carlson was fired. according to the paper, one key factor was crudely offensive la

threat today for parts of texas across the gulf coast into florida and florida could see bullseye of severe storms. there is the area of concern, especially for dallas, down toward wacoany areas you see in orange or red the possibility of severe storms. know what to do if there is a watch or warning in your area. flash flooding is a concern. heavy rain in shofrt period of time and severe storm threat across the gulf coast toward the southeast and florida today. watch the skies and listen to foxweather.com, they will keep you up to date. in time for the weekend, this batch of showers and thunderstorms moving toward the mid-atlantic and northeast, not good, heads up on that for your weekend. there is the forecast today. cooler than average for two-thirds of the country and rain and thunderstorm for the mountains and big rain for the northeast on saturday. >> ashley: mixed bag of everything. >> janice: it is, it keeps me in business. be safe. >> todd: the rain will bring may flowers? >> janice: i heard that before. amazing. >> todd: bursting into flames after ev batteries overheated and caught fire. first responders describing how intense the fire from the batteries are

we're dealing with, 24 million at risk in central texas in addition to areas of central florida and if we're going to get tornadoes it's from dallas to waco. that's the greatest area of concern and that would be with any isolated supercells later on today. and as far as the west coast, it is going to get hot. we have a ton of snow to melt and that is the big issue with the snow melt heading into the rivers, plus we got all the big releases from the reservoirs right now, the dams are opened up to make room for all the snow melt. the areas we're worried about is the king river here, that's one of the areas that comes off the pine flat dam. more on that coming up. >> bill, thank you. >>> steve patterson is out in california. talk to us about the snow melt there. all of us have been wondering from afar is this the help everybody wants to alleviate the drought? so what can you tell us? is the state dealing with too much melting snow? >> reporter: it is too much melting snow, tom. almost unequivocally. this is probably one of the largest ecological threats to residents in california we have right now. we basically have a very large lake of wate