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There’s a lot happening today. Let’s catch up:
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Severe weather: Storms could keep moving through parts of the South early Thursday, forecasters warned. On Wednesday, storms unleashed damaging tornadoes and huge chunks of hail, leaving two dead in Tennessee and one dead in North Carolina. The severe weather is a continuation of the tornadoes and torrential rain that has rumbled across the country this week from the Plains to the Midwest and now to the southeastern U.S. Since Monday, at least four people have died in storms. The latest >
In Tennessee: A person was killed in Columbia in Maury County, where the National Weather Service said a likely tornado touched down. In the city of Columbia, which is south of Nashville, the storms also left people injured and homes damaged. As severe weather swept across the area Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a temporary ground stop at Nashville International Airport and the National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency, its highest alert level, for other communities south of Nashville, including Eagleville and Chapel Hill. Torrential rain also led to water rescues northeast of Nashville and prompted a flash flood emergency. In northeastern Tennessee, a 22-year-old man was fatally struck by a tree while in a car, the sheriff in Claiborne County, which is about an hour north of Knoxville, said. Full report >
In North Carolina: A state of emergency was declared Wednesday night for Gaston County, which is west of Charlotte, after a storm split trees, including one that landed on a car, leaving one person dead and another injured. What to know >
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Hotspot: Authorities are cracking down on a stretch of highway connecting Arizona and California nicknamed the “Smuggler’s Highway,” which has become a hotspot for smuggling people from the southern border to Phoenix. Sheriff’s deputies in Pinal County, Arizona, tell NewsNation it isn’t just cartels smuggling migrants but also American citizens looking to make money. NewsNation will show a live look at the “Smuggler’s Highway” in a special report Thursday. Read more >
Watch: On Thursday, May 9th, NewsNation rides with officials patrolling the border live, showing you the border the way no other news network can. See it on a special edition of “Dan Abrams Live” at 9 p.m. Eastern (8 p.m. Central). Find your channel >
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Back on the stand: Stormy Daniels is expected to return to the witness stand Thursday in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial as the defense tries to undermine the credibility of the adult film actor’s testimony about the alleged sexual encounter and the money she was paid to stay quiet. In court Tuesday, Trump shook his head through much of Daniels’ description of an encounter she says they had in 2006. The prosecutors’ case accuses Trump of scheming to influence the 2016 presidential campaign by suppressing unflattering stories about him. The former president has pleaded not guilty and denies any wrongdoing. Five questions looming over Trump’s hush money trial >
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The president’s warning: President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would stop supplying Israel with weapons like bombs and artillery shells if Israeli forces launch an invasion of Rafah. “I made it clear that if they go into Rafah — they haven’t gone in Rafah yet — if they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities — that deal with that problem,” Biden said in an interview with CNN. The White House has urged Israel not to send forces into Rafah without a clear plan to safely evacuate civilians. About a million refugees have settled in Rafah after fleeing fighting in northern Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held firm on his plans to destroy Hamas, the group that orchestrated the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Netanyahu says eliminating Hamas requires going after Hamas leaders hiding out in Rafah. What to know >
Shipment halted: The U.S. reportedly paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns of a full-scale invasion of Rafah. But Wednesday’s comments mark the first time Biden has explicitly threatened to cut off the shipment of offensive weapons to the U.S. ally. Why the U.S. halted the delivery of the 2,000-pound bombs >
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Ouster rejected: The House on Wednesday voted to protect Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., sinking an effort by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to oust Johnson from his position. The chamber voted 359-43-7 on a motion to table Greene’s motion to vacate, preventing the removal resolution from hitting the floor for a vote. After Wednesday’s vote, Johnson thanked lawmakers for their support. “I appreciate the show of confidence from my colleagues to defeat this misguided effort,” he said. “That is certainly what it was.” On Wednesday, Greene said: “Weeks ago, when I filed that motion, I filed it and I said this was like a pink slip, and in my mind I was hoping it would serve to be a warning to Mike Johnson and wake him up that this can’t be allowed to continue. And apparently it didn’t’ serve to be a wake-up call at all.” Read a breakdown of what happened >
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We’re keeping an eye on these topics today. Make sure you tune in to our latest coverage and share your thoughts with us on social media! President Joe Biden welcomes the Las Vegas Aces to the White House to celebrate their victory in the 2023 WNBA Finals.
Chinese President Xi Jinping continues a five-day visit to Serbia, Hungary and France.
Arraignment set for Ippei Mizuhara, baseball player Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter who is charged with bank fraud after allegedly stealing $16 million from the LA Dodgers player’s bank account. Adam Montgomery will be sentenced Thursday for killing his daughter, Harmony, in 2019.
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In Houston, Texas, the mayor replaced the city’s police chief, saying it was the best move for a law enforcement agency that’s under scrutiny over why thousands of cases were never investigated. What to know >
Police officers and city workers in Philadelphia on Wednesday started clearing an encampment of about 75 people living in tents along a sidewalk. Read more about the city’s “planned encampment resolution.” >
Counterfeit body armor was sold to a police department’s SWAT unit in Ohio, authorities said. Main concerns about the armor in question >
Some students at a Tennessee high school will have to pay up after a senior prank got out of hand, officials say. The mess left behind >
The Chancellor for the University of Mississippi promised an investigation into student conduct after racial slurs were recently used during a pro-Palestine demonstration. Full report >
A California grandfather is accused of paying a homeless woman $20 to watch his granddaughter while he went to a bar. The investigation >
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A longtime resident of the Kent County Animal Shelter in Michigan has been adopted, the shelter says. Toffee, a mastiff mix, came to the shelter in October 2022 as a stray. KCAS says she spent more than 500 days there — but now, Toffee has found a new home. Read more >
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Megyn Kelly, host of the Megyn Kelly Show podcast, said Kristi Noem is “done” after the South Dakota Gov. falsely claimed she met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Noem “got caught because she didn’t think the rest of us were smart enough to figure out … it’s a big deal to meet with Kim Jong Un,” Kelly told NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas. “She did that because she wanted to mislead us. She’s been exposed.”
Kelly said there’s no chance Noem will be on Trump’s 2024 vice presidential list: “Trump likes her, but Trump is not dumb. And he knows she will hurt his ticket,” Kelly added. Watch the interview >
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This NewsNation email is written by Caitlyn Shelton and NewsNation staff. |
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