Capacity. In montana, bars and breweries and some stores can start letting customers in monday under strict social distancing rules. We also have some optimistic news on the treatment front this weekend. The fda has approved an experimental drug to fight the coronavirus. It is called remdesivir, and researchers say it may help patients who have covid19 recover more quickly. The fda issued an emergency use authorization for this drug just yesterday. Now, lets begin in washington, d. C. , where despite a stayathome order still in place there, large crowds flocked to the National Mall to witness the flyover of the blue angels and the Thunder Birds honoring the essential workers. Sarah westwood is on the scene for us at the National Mall. The blue angels and Security Officials asked people not to go there, not to congregate, yet the crowds were substantial. Reporter thats right, ana. Pictures do appear to show a fairly significant crowd did gather here on the National Mall behind me. As yo
Prosecutor in baltimore could face. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. It is thursday. Breaking overnight, severe storms across the great plains spawning dozens ever tornadoes and dropping heavy rains with flash flooding. They are assessing the damage in oklahoma. Dozens of homes torn apart in the Oklahoma City area. The main airport canceled all flights overnight. This is the scene in norman oklahoma. 20 miles from Oklahoma City. The cars submerged from the flash flooding. The areas of amber and bridge creek south and west of the metro area reporting heavy damage. These storms produced nine confirmed tornadoes in kansas. People in the North Central part of the state assessing the damage now the strongest storms have moved through. Two homes were severely damaged in sedgewick county. Winds so powerful they snapped in two and toppled tombstones. A huge twister in nebraska. A man saw it destroy a farm near the town of hardy on the state line with k
An explosive report released tuesday on the cias release of the harsh techniques on 9 11. That report reveals shocking revelations about interrogation techniques that included marked executions, days of sleep deprivation, in addition to waterboarding. Cnns Michelle Kosinski is at the white house with the latest. Reporter hi, john and christine. Report has been intensive and detailed. Heres senator mcconnell. I think what it does is endanger every one of our people overseas, every embassy flying an american flag. As several of my colleagues have just pointed out, endanger the working relationship weve had with a variety of Different Countries in trying to deal with intelligence gathering. In short, it was a big step in the wrong direction. We heard senator cornyn say he could think of no better disservice to the people of the cia. No bigger recruiting tool for terrorists than the release of this report. Republicans say it endangers american lives overseas. Its politically motivated. Ess
Good morning, happy friday. Im pamela brown, in for carol costello. Thank you for being here with me. A political bombshell, House Speaker paul ryan and donald trump meeting behind closed doors next week. After ryan tells cnn he is not ready to back trump. Trump punched back saying he is not ready to back ryans agenda in congress. Even trump caught offguard by ryans stiff arm. I was really surprised by it, and its fine. He could do whatever he wants to do. Its fine. I was surprised by it. By the way, many other people are surprised by it. Some were really surprised and not happy about it. I will tell you, i have many endorsements, coming in left and right. He is one of the ones that is really surprising. The head of the National Republican Committee Says it the meeting was already planned. And says it is just a bump in the road to victory. Were prepared to keep the senate and the house and win the white house. If you look at Hillary Clinton, i would rather take a fuew elbos being throw