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year. tropical storm warnings up for parts of texas. we're going to see some heavy rainfall in certain parts. we're going to tell you where and what that means for drought conditions. and a massive fire erupts at a boat yard in massachusetts. what we're learning about the fire and the damage that's been done. ♪ welcome to your weekend, saturday, august 20th. we're grateful to have you. thanks so much for waking up with us. great to be with you, amara. >> i can't believe it's august 20th. i wait for the weekends to know what the date is. i'm realizing, oh my gosh, we're close to...

thank you for joining me this saturday. i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with officials in new york city announcing plans to address the influx of asylum seekers arriving from texas. new york expects at least 1,000 children will enter the city's school system this year. they are among the thousands sent there by bus from the lone star state at the direction of governor greg abbott. but this week the governor doubled down on his decision. >> before we begin busing illegal immigrants up to new york, it was just texas and arizona that bore the brunt of all of the chaos and ...

stand in a federal courtroom in manhattan today testifying in his own defense. a $250 million civil trial that legal experts have said technically have no victims. everybody got paid. he said that over and over again and consistent with the facts. new york's attorney general letitia james claim trump and his sons committed fraud by inflating assets to get cheaper loans and insurance policies. the former president denying those allegations. >> so while israel is being attacked, while ukraine is being attacked, while inflation is eating our country alive, i'm down here. we'll win the e...

first tonight, hunter biden's gun trial begins. the first trial of a child of a sitting president. the first lady there in that courtroom. also developing, president biden preparing a new executive order, a crackdown on the mexico border. it would shut down the border immediately to asylum seekers if daily migrant numbers hit 2,500. and what we're learning about this. in new york city tonight, those two nypd officers shot and wounded. chasing a robbery suspect. one shot in the chest, saved by his bullet proof vest. what shorts have now revealed about the suspect. this major hea...

first tonight, hunter biden's gun trial begins. the first trial of a child of a sitting president. the first lady there in that courtroom. also developing, president biden preparing a new executive order, a crackdown on the mexico border. it would shut down the border immediately to asylum seekers if daily migrant numbers hit 2,500. and what we're learning about this. in new york city tonight, those two nypd officers shot and wounded. chasing a robbery suspect. one shot in the chest, saved by his bulletproof vest. what authorities have now revealed about the suspect. this major...