Your Morning: At least 56 dead, severe flood risk remains
Updated: Sep 29, 2024 / 07:01 AM CDT
A capsized boat washes ashore as Hurricane Helene churns offshore on September 26, 2024 in St. Peteersburg Florida.
Good morning! It’s Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Here’s a look at your news across the nation :
ST PETE BEACH, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 26: Waves from the Gulf of Mexico crash on shore as Hurricane Helene churns offshore on September 26, 2024 in St. Pete Beach, Florida. Later today, Helene is forecast to become a major hurricane, bringing the potential for deadly storm surges, flooding rain, and destructive hurricane-force winds along parts of the Florida West Coast. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in the southern Lebanese village of al-Taybeh on September 19, 2024. Lebanon’s Hezbollah has traded near-daily fire with Israeli forces in support of ally Hamas since the Palestinian militant group’s October 7 attack triggered war in the Gaza Strip, with repeated escalations during more than 11 months of the cross-border violence. (Photo by AMMAR AMMAR / AFP) (Photo by AMMAR AMMAR/AFP via Getty Images)
If Kamala Harris wins the election in 41 days, host Leland Vittert says it could be due to Donald Trump’s lack of discipline. Despite factors favoring Republicans, including economic confidence, presidential job approval and America’s global standing, Trump is not leading by 10 points, which many might expect. Chris Cillizza, a journalist and senior adviser at DGA Group, joins “On Balance” to discuss.
New York City mayor Eric Adams arrives at Manhattan federal court, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
September marks the three-year anniversary of NewsNation’s “Missing” series. NewsNation featured a one-hour special dedicated to the cases highlighted by this series on Sept. 28.
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For the 27-year-old engineer, working for NASA became a goal from the time she was in elementary school and found that she was good at science and math. And her family found out that one should never underestimate the determination of a little girl who didn’t want to play with just toys!
In school, Shamir said she devoured science and wanted to go to NASA to work with nanotechnology after meeting scientists that worked in the field.