John we are tracking President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Movement as they visit some of the communities hardest hit by Hurricane Helene. President biden will take an aerial tour in western North Carolina. He just touched down. And in moments we do expect Vice President harris to land in georgia, where she will survey damage there. A couple days after former President Trump did. Im John Roberts in washington. Good happy with us today. Gillian things for having me. Im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Towns in North Carolina completely unrecognizable. Especially the western part of the state. Asheville Mayor R faced of their resources. The pictures you can see right there on your screen proved that is the case. Emergency crews are working to reach the isolated communities that have been devastated by catastrophic flooding. Residents there are heartbroken, desperately pleading for help. There has been landslides. Our valley got wiped out. They had to rescue people, the Nati
respiratory symptoms. and jofficials are advising you to put your masks back on to protect you from the smoke. and derek van dam is joining us from the cnn weather whycenter. yesterday the fire alarms went off at school because of the smoke. how will it be today? you ve heard the term you wait a couple minutes and the weather changes. this was literally a 15 minute time lapse and you can see the smoke that inundated new york city, the skyscrapers just becoming a martian landscape. social media was lighting up. it was incredible to see but also very dangerous. and yet another day of the smoke and haze across many of the many populated areas of the east coast. and in new york we still have haze and smoke present, but it is not as bad as it was last night. majority of the thickest has drifted further south. so washington, philadelphia, baltimore, those areas will wake up to almost choking-like air and hazardous air really as this smoke continues to settle in. that stretches ac
laboratories, yesterday. they paused the court ruling that would have restricted access to the nationwide abortion pill, mifepristone. for, now at least until next week access to mifepristone ha been preserved the matter is far from resolved and the future of abortion pills remains uncertain. the order merely maintains the status quo for a few more days to allow the justices time t consider the issue the white house, on the othe hand, is doubling down o defending reproductive rights. on tuesday, vice president kamala harris, will be in reno nevada, to discuss the importance of keeping abortion legal. mifepristone is one of the two drugs often used to induce a abortion a method that is safe, effective and popular. medication abortion now counts for more than half of al abortions performed in the united states. meanwhile, a near tota abortion ban in florida will have dire consequences for those living in the south. late thursday night, the governor s office announce that ron de
good evening everyone. welcome to cnn tonight. we begin with two alarming crime stories. a pennsylvania manner arrested after trying to bring explosives on a plane to florida. police say it is not terrorism, so what was it. then the story of a heinous murder in st. louis caught on cell phone. the next image is graphic it appears to be the moment the suspect shot a homeless man and the hand and brought daylight in a town in st. louis. tonight we will give you the real stats on crime and how it is being used as a potent political issue. and some of the lawmakers trying to make dressing in drag illegal are the same lawmakers who themselves have dressed in women s clothing. we have the photos to prove it. how much would it takes for you to move back to your home state. how about $25,000, we will explain. we have a lot to talk about so let s bring in my panel. we have my ex john. i won t say x of what. john miller our crime and justice savant. great to have all of you guys h
do you have the votes for speaker locked in tomorrow? i think we ll have a good day tomorrow. what are your conversations like with i hope you all have a very nice new year s eve. taking the shine off the republicans big day, new york republican congressman-elect george santos will likely be among the new lawmakers sworn in despite to admitting to a growing number of lies about his life and resume. we will dig deep near that and the multiple investigations into santos and his campaign. the latest on donald trump s taxes. what he paid and where that money went. we have details on the dozens of countries where he was making money and paying taxes. including china, india, and the uae we re going to start with the house republicans, taking control of the house officially tomorrow. but right now, what should be a triumphant moment is perilously close to turning into a political disaster. the likes of which we haven t seen in 100 years. that s because kevin mccarthy,