Tonight several major stories as we come on the air the hurricane slamming into the US

tornado watches and warnings right now rain and wind all the way up to Detroit then

into the northeast also breaking tonight president Biden Defiance saying he's staying in, and

reports a Parkinson specialist has visited the White House eight times and eight months.

And the harrowing moments on board a united flight passengers toll to brace.

Hurricane warnings and watches in effect right now as Hurricane Merrill makes landfall in Texas.

Up to nine inches of rain, wind gusts topping 90 miles per hour.

Tonight the death toll rising at least three people killed,

including a 73-year-old grandmother

when a tree came down on her home.

Water rescues underway multiple confirmed tornadoes tonight, the system

bringing heavy rain and winds all the way up to Detroit, then over into the northeast.

Also tonight President Biden insisting, quote, I am not going anywhere.

The President now daring Democrats who doubt him to challenge him at the convention.

And tonight the White House now pressed about a Parkinson's expert who visited the White House

eight times, including once meeting with the President's in the

president's president's doctor.

The brutal heat weighed nearly 150 million Americans

under heat alerts coast to coast

record temperatures Palm Springs hitting 124 degrees.

And tonight in New York City, recording its hottest day of the year, and news coming in,

a bridge here stuck malfunctioning because of the heat.

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