hatching right now, a deadly shooting at a dallas hospital sparking outrage today. the suspect, on parole and wearing an ankle bracelet. plus, a pledge to keep the student debt relief program moving full speed ahead, just as a court rules to hit the brakes for loan cancellations for now. and which major retailers won t be open on thanksgiving day? you re live in the cnn newsroom. hello, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. in new york, officials say they re working to tackle the rising crime on the subway system. the city has sewn a seen a wavef crimes like this one. police releasing video of someone pushing someone off a subway platform. police are searching for the suspect. the nypd says subway crimes have skyrocketed 41% from the same time last year. the mayor and governor announcing new plans to address the problems. cnn s reporter is joining us live now. gloria, what are officials saying? reporter: that video you just showed there in many ways
collision course. tropical storm force winds could hit florida tuesday. in puerto rico, further south, they are still dealing with property damage and washed out roads after hurricane fiona ravaged the island nearly one week ago. and fiona is not done yet. it could become one of the strongest storms canada ever experienced. it made landfall in nova scotia. allison chinchar is in the cnn weather center. it could slam florida in the coming days. right. it is expected to get to major hurricane strength. let s break it down. you have two significant storms to talk about. this is tropical storm ian. sustained winds only at 45 miles per hour, gusting up to 60. but the potential is there as it makes its way to the cayman islands, which is where we forecast this is likely to get up to hurricane strength. category 1, maybe even cat going 2 over the islands. it will make its way over cuba, into the eastern portion of the gulf of mexico from. there that system is expected to make the
You know on appeal. More conflicted than this one, so well see how that all works out. You learn telling people youre fired was something to laugh about. I guess thats how you look at the world when youre on park avenue or maralago. If you grew up in a place like scranton, nobody handed you anything. Donald trump in court, President Biden on the campaign trail. A contrast that we expect to see much more of in the coming weeks. Well have a recap of how both president ial candidates spent their day. Thats straight ahead. Meanwhile, on capitol hill the threats to end Mike Johnsons speakership are glowing as he prepares to bring multiple foreign aid bill tuesday the house floor. And also ahead well go through the new u. S. Response to irans failed air strikes on israel. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, april 17th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We have a very busy show for you this morning, and we begin with Donald Trumps Hush Money Cr
of a wider conflict. it s mr blinken s second visit since the war began. he s thought to be talking to israeli officials about how to pursue their military and security goals in gaza while limiting civilian casualties. meanwhile, the israeli military says its ongoing ground offensive has now completed the encirclement of gaza city , the most densely populated part of the palestinian territory before the war began last month. the israel defense forces says close quarter combat has seen fighting with gunmen as they target outposts, headquarters and other hamas infrastructure. with the fighting intensifying there s been strongly worded criticism of the humanitarian situation emerging from the united nations. seven human rights experts have said that they believe that the palestinian people in gaza are at risk of genocide, and that time is running out to prevent this. israel accused them of repeating hamas propaganda. and people across the region are waiting to hear from the lea