So also tonight we want to congratulate eric and lara trump on the birth of their first child. Eric tweeted out he was excited to announce son luke. Grandpa now has 9 grandchildren. Good night, everybody. See you tomorrow. Tucker well, good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson tonight. You probably thought espn stood for entertainment and sports programming network. Now it looks likenedless stupid political nagging. The network has drawn criticism for pulling robert lee off a uva Football Game because his name bore some resemblance to that of a dead confederate general. Now it gets better Ge Jimmie Mel Hill White Supremacist surrounded himself with White Supremacists. More than a dozen followup tweets trump has empowered
White Supremacists see charlottesville. People noticed this and today espn released a statement in response saying quote the comments on quit from her jemele hill do not represent the position of espn. We have addressed this with jemele and she recognizes her actions
That red flag is a warning to the beachgoers here, going into the water today is not a good idea. There are rip currents. Theres building surf. So in that sense there is a growing indication of what is, indeed, coming. Hurricane nate will be a category 1 possibly a category 2. That can cause people a false sense of security. Not only here in alabama, but in new orleans, as we look in new orleans in and around the area, can you see folks have been getting sands bagging operationsnd way. Thats because the city lies low. Also there is an additional problem. The pumps of the 120 pumps there, more than a begin pumps if recent weeks have failed. When they fail the water can then cause flooding in certain areas. Thats why in new orleans, there are now some mandatory evacuations in certain parts of the city t. Power Company Spending the day yesterday as well as today making sure that the power lines are attended to. Ideally, those power lines will stay in place, especially for the pumps. The p
Were on the west coast but the effects of Hurricane Irma are being felt all over this state still. Theres a lot to report over the next two hours. Were going to be focusing on what happened in the caribbean where the storm has passed by the misery is remaining. There are now 16 deaths in the United States contributed to the storm. Twelve of them here in the states and at least others in the caribbean. Fema estimates 19 homes were damaged or completely destroyed. Over the next two hours well hear from survivors who rode out the storm and people who coming home to see whats left behind or not left. Virgin islands, the people there have told us theyre feeling neglected. The three largest islands in the virgin islands, st. Kroiks, st. Thomas. Here in the western side, they are shooting for september 22nd, thats next friday. More on that situation in a moment. First, we want to start in the keys. Lisa, is a nurse who wrote out the storm in key west. I spoke to her by phone a few moments ago
The delusion that they have just latched themselves to trump and to this presidency. So frankly, i would be surprised if they ever get off the ship. Its going to be an issue in 2018. The voters have a say. Jennifer rubin, great to have you. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Good evening, thank you, my friend. A bunch of news has broken late today and into this evening, stories were continuing to follow as developing news stories. That includes the federal court in washington, d. C. , unsealing a new batch of documents in the Special Counsels criminal case against Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump Campaign official rick gates. The 12count Felony Indictment against them was unsealed yesterday alongside a guilty plea from a more junior Campaign Official who now admits he lied to the fbi about his russia contacts during the campaign. That was all yesterday. This new filing Unsealed Tonight
by the Federal Court In Washington Lays Out the first overt russia connections t
Testimony before congressional investigators, they say he told the Senate Judiciary committee that he personally had not had any contact with wikileaks during the campaign. He also said he could not recall anyone else on the campaign having contact with wikileaks. The Senate Judiciary Committee Earlier this week published a letter in which they say specifically that Jared Kushner not only received an email detailing his contact with wikileaks, but then forwarded that as well. That letter signed by Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Grassley also claims that Jared Kushner failed to provide them with certain key documents they requested. Some of them specifically pertaining to wikileaks. The attorney for Jared Kushner abby lowell put out a statement saying senators are asking Gotcha Questions. Heres what he told us. This is a classic Gotcha Question. Mr. Kushner was asked if he has contacts with wikileaks. Gucifer or d. C. Leaks, and he said no. He said he didnt know of any such contacts from th