Let's get to this morning's need to know headlines.
In the meantime,
the grand jury investigating former President
Donald Trump's role in the January 6th
Capitol riot and the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election
is set to meet today.
This comes just days after Trump confirmed,
he received a letter from special prosecutor,
Jack Smith informing him he is a target of their
investigation suggesting he may be indicted for the third time.
The charges in the letter first reported by the Wall Street Journal were
deprivation of rights conspiracy to commit
an offense against or defraud the United
States and tampering with a witness sources from both CNN and ABC say
Trump aide will Russell is set to testify before the grand jury today
and the state of Kentucky is under a state of emergency after
heavy rainfall yesterday led to flooded roads and homes in the West.
Water rescues were carried out in multiple areas but so
far no deaths or serious injuries have been reported.
The governor warned residents to stay off flooded roads
especially areas where the asphalt may have been damaged.
Local officials estimate that the town of Mayfield received nearly
11.3 inches of rain in less than 24 hours.
If confirmed, that would be a record for the state.
More thunderstorms are expected in the area today.
Multiple women suing the state of Texas over its abortion laws
took the stand yesterday and gave emotional testimony about their experiences.
All say they were excuse me,
denied abortions despite clear risks to their life because of the law.
Here's what Samantha Casiano shared with the court.
She told me
that my daughter has been diagnosed with anencephaly and that
means that her skull and her brain is not fully developed
and then she was sorry, I didn't have any options.
What was your understanding of why you had no options?
She told me that I didn't have any options because
there was a law
that
the the Texas abortion law prohibited
Texas has outlawed all abortions except in the
case where the woman's life is at risk.
The lawsuit which was filed by 13 women and two ob
Gyn
is not looking to overturn the abortion ban instead they want the judge to
clarify the medical emergencies where an abortion is legally allowed in the state.
The two day hearing continues today,
opening day of the women's 2023 World Cup has been marred by a deadly shooting in
host city Auckland in New Zealand that left
two people dead and several others injured.
Police say the shooter is also dead.
It happened just hours before the opening match between New Zealand and Norway
Soccer's governing body. FIFA
says it extends its
deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
The country's prime minister says there is no national security
risk and that the tournament will proceed as planned.
The US team is set to play Vietnam tomorrow.
The wife of the man suspected of multiple murders in Gilgo Beach,
Long Island has filed for divorce.
An attorney confirmed
as
wife of accused man.
Homan filed a complaint and summons in Suffolk County yesterday.
This came as authorities searched the Massapequa Park home.
The couple shared for decades last week,
Homan was charged with the murders of three
women whose remains were found along Gilgo Beach.
He has
suspect in 1/4 murder.
Homan has pleaded not guilty and has denied all charges.
Police in Alabama say they've been unable to
verify the story of a woman who disappeared for
two days after calling 911 to report a toddler walking on the side of a highway.
25 year old Carly Russell was reported missing
last Thursday and returned home on Saturday.
Yesterday.
The chief chief of Hoover Alabama's
Police department spoke about the investigation.
As you can see,
there are many questions left to be answered,
but only Cary can provide those answers.
What we can't say
is that we've been unable to verify most of
Carly's initial statement made to investigators and we have no
reason to believe that there is a threat to
the public safety related related to this particular case.
Police say that in the days before her disappearance,
Russell searched for information about amber alerts as well as the movie taken,
which is about a woman's abduction
and news coming out of one of the nation's most prestigious colleges.
The president of Stanford University has resigned after the
board of trustees determined several academic reports he authored,
contained manipulated data.
Mark
Levine resigned from his role effective August 31st.
This comes after the board of trustees cleared him of alleged fraud
or falsification of scientific data found in his 2009 Alzheimer's study.
The board did however find that the papers had serious flaws and various errors.
Tess Levine said that he would step down for the good of the
university and retract three papers that he was the principal author of.
He will still however serve as a faculty member as a biology professor.
And mcdonald's will pay $800,000 to a Florida family who sued the fast
food chain after their daughter received second
degree burns from hot chicken nuggets.
Back in May.
A jury found the mcdonald's and the franchise owner were liable because they
failed to properly warn customers about the possible harm the hot food could cause
the jury awarded the damages. Yesterday.
The family's attorneys say the verdict ensures full justice for the family