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donald trump is not willing to show up on the debate stage. >> chaos follows him and we cant have a country this disarray. >> taking their shot, ron desantis and nikki haley trying to take down the frontrunner donald trump on live tv. and plus phoning it in, trump warns iowa supporters not to sit back next week over speaker phone. and joe biden heads to battleground pennsylvania today to set the tone for his 2024 re-election bid. good morning, happy friday. we made it. it is 5:00 a...

and the boy who was shot, but survived by playing dead. mireya villareal on the ground in uvalde. also breaking tonight, the deadly tragedy unfolding on this memorial day weekend. five people feared dead after two boats collided on a river in georgia. helicopters rushing to the scene, and what we just learned about the search. the growing shortage of baby formula. an estimated 70% of the u.s. supply now out of stock. emergency shipments coming in from as far away as australia. fi...

Potential icing across the carolinas for the system as well. that will be very impactful and yet another storm next week tuesday and wednesday for the east coast. so very active pattern setting up. >> our weatherman, derek van dam, have a wonderful weekend. thank you. ill let you know what goes on here. see you soon. ron desantis and nikki haley taking questions from iowa voters on issues like abortion, immigration and of course donald trump. the big takeaways from last nights town halls is up...

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Folks well. im sure theyll get through this. holy toledo. thank you. >> thank you, neil. >> neil: thank you. lets get a read on this. joe bastardi. weve had more than 500 tornados this year. they can be all sizes. what is going on? >> weve had a persistent pattern of cold air in the western and northern united states and as the heat in the southeast. its a classic setup. you could see it two or three weeks ago this pattern setting up. may is the tornado month. its like september and the hurrican...

Parts of canada and new england as we get into tuesday. here is some additional participation. a mainly rain event along the coast. interior sections could get a foot or more in new england. highs for monday. cold behind that system that moved across the midwest and great lakes and brought the blizzard conditions. chicago is getting better but we did see close to a foot of snow, a foot or more of snow and then well start to see those temperatures start to moderate thursday and friday. the next s...

Cross hairs. heavy rain triggering flash flooding. near birmingham, alabama, this car washed into a creek. flooding in kansas city, missouri, knocking down a restaurant wall, and people rescued through the roof there. lets get to chief meteorologist, ginger zee live along the westside highway tracking it all for us. hey, ginger. >> reporter: an abnormal pattern setting up. going to bring some potentially dangerous weather. lets watch that from indiana across the nation into ohio into the mid atl...

There will be economic sanctions, that means they have to identify somebody or some organization to sanction. you just dont sanction russia. you sanction individuals, organizations and companies. to make the case, theyre going to have to give us some more detail about attribution. tragically in my opinion, there are a lot of americans that dont believe the russians did this. including perhaps even the president-elect. and therefore, establishing the facts to make the case to justify economic san...

To identify somebody or some organization to sanction. you just dont sanction russia. you sanction individuals, organizations and companies. to make the case, theyre going to have to give us some more detail about attribution. tragically in my opinion, there are a lot of americans that dont believe the russians did this. including perhaps even the president-elect. and therefore, establishing the facts to make the case to justify economic sanctions. that will be a big step forward. >> and it seem...

Texas for the rest of the week? what does it look like? are these weather patterns just terribly inconsistent and its really hard to predict? how do you predict 12 inches of rainfall in less than 24 hours? >> you dont. no meteorologist in their right mind goes out on a limb and predicts a foot of rain from one event from either a series of events. what were seeing is this preponderance of evidence that suggests that the weather is increasingly slowing down. we may be seeing fewer storms especial...