Say, tom, youre fired. Ill get somebody else. [ cheers ] weve learned senator john mccain will return to the senate for todays Crucial Health care vote. Mccains first time back at the capitol since his brain cancer diagnosis. Our coverage begins with cnns jeff zeleny at the white house. Reporter good morning. All eyes in washington today from here at the white house over to capitol hill are focusing on that critical vote in the senate on health care. The senate is scheduled to vote this afternoon on proceeding to debate on the actual bills. Its a twostep process. But yesterday here at the white house, we saw President Trump engaged in this issue, engaged in this matter, more so than ever before, using the power of the presidency. That unique megaphone, to make the case for why republicans, he says, should vote for this bill. For the last seven years, republicans have been united in standing up for obamacares victims. Remember repeal and replace . Repeal and replace . They kept saying i
We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking tonight, one of the president s most loyal allies that allies in the chaotic white house is calling it quits. Hope hicks stepping down as Communications Director. This coming 24 hours after testifying before congress in the russia investigation. It caps a busy day that included a dramatic escalation in the president s feud with his attorney general Jeff Sessions. Theres a lot of talk about about former theres a lot to talk about with former u. S. Attorney preikh barara. Congressman Jerrold Nadler joins us, as well. And our analysts, standing by, as well. First to jim acosta. Jim, first of all what deen about hope what do we know about hope hicks reason for resigning . Reporter as you said, President Trump has lost hope as in hope hicks, his Communications Director here at the white house and longtime trusted aide. She announced earlier today through the white
People are being pulled out by Police Officers now and being slowly walked out. I have to say this is being this seems to be orderly from my Vantage Point now, although of course it is very loud. Many people still chant, protesting. I see one woman as shes being arrested right now. Just putting her fists in the air, something that these protesters have been doing. When i talked to the organizers before this, they told me their intention was to be as civil as possible, and does seem that its pretty orderly now. But certainly these women and the majority of this group are women, want to make very pointed political statement here today in this complex. Right. Hoping that many lawmakers can see them. And thats what i was going to ask you about, as we see the women raise their hands and officers moving in. Theyre obviously showing that they have their hands up. Theyre trying to comply with officers requests, i presume. But given they are inside that building, where there are lawmaker office
Job moment for the president of the United States and how important it is for the response to the next hurricane. Welcome to early start, im christine romans. Im dave briggs. Wednesday, september 12th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Right now, the calm before the storm, but it is coming. According to the National Weather service, the storm of a lifetime bearing down on the midatlantic. Hurricane florence still a categoryfour but picked up strength overnight and could become a category five today. Its expected to slam into North Carolinas coast tomorrow night or friday morning. One meteorologist at the National Weather Service Warning everyone in the region there is potential for, quote, unbelievable damage. Florence currently packing 140 mileanhour winds, expected to stall, though, when it makes landfall raising concerns about catastrophic flooding. Now the epa tells cnn theres a threat of florence triggering the release of toxic chemicals from nine Hazardous Waste sites along the North Carol
National correspondent kristen holmes. She is in west palm beach, she seemed to take issue, kristen with this causing confusion. She could have been tougher on what mcconnell did. But its pretty remarkable she said anything really dinging him for this. Reporter really, it is remarkable. Heres why. She is a swing vote. Shes a republican senator. But everyone was watching her very carefully along with Susan Collins among others to see where they might go, if there was any dissent within the ranks of republicans. Up until now, sense the house Impeachment Vote, there hasnt been, it seems as though the Republican Party is completely unified and this kind of stepped away from that. I want to read to what she said in full here. It says and in fairness, when i heard that i was disturbed. To me it means that we have to take that step back from being hand in philosophy with the defense and so i heard what leader mcconnell had said. I happened to think that that has further confossed the process.