Russian collusion. Should President Trump be worried . Well talk to former prosecutor and democratic senator doug jones and the man who investigated president clinton, ken starr, next. And progressive power . Democrats believe they have the enthusiasm and outrage needed to push through 2018 and all the way to 2020. Vote, vote, vote, vote, vote. But will Party Divisions knock them off track . Rising democratic star alexandria ocasiocortez will be here in minutes. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is still concerned for the carolinas. Florence has taken more than a dozen lives, left hundreds of thousands without power, homes and businesses are destroyed. Roads washes away with flash floods and mudslides the immediate and urgent concern. After slamming ashore as a hurricane, florence has been downgraded to a tropical depression but theres little comfort in that. The storm is braking rainfall records as it moves inland, turning rivers into lakes and towns into islan
Brett kavanaugh, his accuser, Christine Blasey ford, both set to testify monday about the decades old allegations of Sexual Assault that is supposed to throw his nomination into a tail spin. Female voters in particular galvanized by the me too movement. At the eye of the political storm, President Trump showing noticeable restraint. Instead of going on the attack, the president says he is open to delay to get kavanaugh confirmed the right way. Id like to see a complete process. Id like everybody to be very happy. Most importantly, i want the American People to be happy because theyre getting somebody thats great. I want him to go in at the absolute highest level. I think to do that, you have to go through this. If it takes a delay, it takes a little delay. It shouldnt be very much. A measured response from the president. Two Key Senate Republicans say the monday hearing is crucial to determine how they vote on kavanaughs nomination. We have Congressional Correspondent Phil Mattingly wi
Around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Were following two major breaking stories on the carolina coast. The first confirmed deaths in the Hurricane Florence disaster. At least four people have been killed including a mother and a baby whose house was hit by a falling tree. Hours after florence made landfall it is now a Tropical Storm and on a slow, a very, very punishing crawl. Rescuers are scrambling to reach people trapped by lifethreatening storm surges and catastrophic flooding. More than 600,000 customers right now, they are without power. Also breaking, prosecutors now say Paul Manafort is already giving them information after entering new guilty pleas as part of a deal with the special counsel. The president s former Campaign Chairman agreeing to cooperate on, quote, any and all matters. A potential game changer in the russia investigation. We have our correspondents, analysts and guests standing by in the disaster area of this
Neil get ready for a supreme fight over the Supreme Court and the guy the president s to put on it and could be in jeopardy. Six days to go. Can you believe that . We still do not know if judge Brett Kavanaughs accuser christine de blasioy ford will testify before the Senate Judiciary committee. No one knows. Louisiana republican senator john kennedy says he is ready for that hearing on monday. We are going to talk to him in a moment. First to peter doocy on these fast moving developments today on capitol hill. Do we know yet, peter, whether she has responded to this request to testify . We know she has emails and voice mails waiting but she has not responded, neil. We also know that republicans on the Judiciary Committee have started reaching out to new witnesses that they might want to hear from at next mondays hearing. They are getting leads from a the Washington Post story that details allegations of Sexual Misconduct by judge Brett Kavanaugh and these republican investigators are
North carolina governor speaks out tonight. Florence has never been more dangerous now. Were heading back into the floods and devastation with our team. Welcome to fox news at night. Im shannon bream. On case of he said and she said. Allegations of assault. Senate Judiciary Committee is making plans to let both sides tell their story on monday morning. Chief National Correspondent ed henry is here with details. Reporter breaking tonight, Democrat Chuck schumer trying to throw off another roadblock. Trying to delay this nomination beyond the midterm. Hes got what democrats wanted last week which is to delay this Thursdays Committee vote on judge Brett Kavanaugh. Schumer saying a short time ago he wants a full fbi investigation of this matter before the hearing even though that can take weeks. The fbi suggested theres nothing criminal here to investigate. Kavanaugh accuser dr. Ford, alleged back in 1980s, he pinned her to bed, groped her and when she tried to scream, he put his hand over