Im Melanie Zanona in washington and this is cnn hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me on for greek of whitfield and we begin with the dangerous weather situation okay. Texas that could get even more treacherous this weekend, heavy downpours and parts of the state have swept away vehicles, damaged homes, and triggering evacuations some areas have gotten hit with almost two feet of Rain Triggering widespread flooding and more rain is in the forecast cnn correspondent rosa flores as in houston for us. So rosa, People Living in the flood ravaged communities are bracing for more rain. And i see the air boats behind you. Theyre ready for evacuations, are picking up people this just happened in the last few seconds fred, so ive actually havent been able to talk to them other than one individual who just got off this vote and said that there was water in his house and he literally was just rescued but this is literally happening as were going live. So i havent talked to to th
Teachers in tennessee to carry a concealed gun, but rather it gives them the option, but only if they reach a series of thresholds, including enhanced carry permit, theyre going to need to get permission from the superintendent, the school principal, as well as the local Law Enforcement chief is submitted background check, go through 40 hours of School Training among other things. Its interesting though that this legislation comes just about a year after the Deadliest School well shooting in state history at the covenant school, that Private School in nashville and some of the parents of those surviving victims, they oppose this legislation and they could be heard after its passage saying blood on your hands this is the reaction of rage and anger as the bolus to get firearms wave from schools, not put them in. The school says, this is ridiculous. Are a lot are representatives of sodas out to lobbyist money. Theyve sold us out the corporate interest in people who support them financiall
Katie fang in for ari melber. Another big day for Donald Trumps criminal collection trial, starting out with both sides butting heads. The prosecution asking the court for donald trump to be held in contempt of court, and Donald Trumps lawyers spinning those attacks as political. The judge frustrated, admonishing trumps attorney saying youre losing all credibility with this court, the judge adding, youve presented nothing. Well, well have more on that later in the show. But first, the prosecutions first witness back on the stand, former National Enquirer publisher david pecker, returning to detail to the jury his involvement in the multiple catch and kill plots to bury negative stories about donald trump. Pecker detailing his decades long relationship with trump, and his frequent communications with Michael Cohen. Testifying that in that now infamous 2015 meeting, pecker agreed to publish only positive stories about trump, promising to be trumps eyes and ears. Pecker going on to say ho