Break for the middle class. All it does is provide benefit to corporations some say. Well sit down with one congressman about what he thinks about the proposed plan among other plans. And fire crews preparing for an increased chance after a big fire broke out in the week up in the oakland hills. High winds and low level have prompted a fire watch and mark tamayo is in for rosemary. This is the time of year where you would expect that. You can expect high fire danger. That fire weather watch has been extended. It was supposed to expire sunday morning but it has been extended into sunday night. Heres the plan, heres our live camera towards San Francisco. Already the clouds clearing out and will be a little bit warmer after having some stubborn overcast. Headline, a bit of a breeze. Coastal temperatures, around the bay, lower 70s this afternoon. Clearing skies up and down the coastline. The main reason, we have a pretty good northerly wind. Lets check in on some of the current wind speeds
And the incredible rescue. Firefighters swooping in using a ladder truck to save a driver and his dog stuck in their car in this terrifying flood. 123450 have. Good morning, america. We hope you had a good weekend. That was some rescue. Absolutely. A great rescue. Those flash floods came on quickly in colorado and some Good Samaritans also jumped in to help with the rescue. Ginger is going to have the very latest on that in just a bit. Also this morning we are following new developments out of washington. Overnight President Trump spoke to japans Prime Minister about tensions with north korea in the wake of that missile launch. President putin has ordered the u. S. To cut 755 members of their diplomatic staff in russia. This comes as President Trumps new chief of staff, retired general john kelly, the secretary of Homeland Security, starts his new role as white house chief of staff this morning and replaces Reince Priebus who was forced out last friday. Much more on that in just a mome
Russias election meddling with moscow now linked to a social Media Campaign aimed at fanning racial tensions. Tonight congress is investigating the kremlins efforts to create chaos in american politics. And fleeing cuba. The state department is drakically cutting its Embassy Staff in havana after mysterious acoustic attacks that left some diplomats brain damaged. Why is the u. S. Ramping up its response now . We want to our welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im brianna keilar, and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. We do have breaking news tonight. Health secretary tom price forced out for using private aircraft for government business trips and embarrassing a president who promised to drain the swamp. The white house announcing a short time ago that the president has accepted prices resignation, and were told that the president has been furious at price for days now, viewing his travel choices as, qu
Diplomates in cuba. Welcome the to our viewers here around the states and around the world. Were live in atlanta. Im Natalie Allen and this is cnn newsroom. Our top story, u. S. President donald trump dealing with two major issues thweekend. One, the resignation of tom brice. Price came under fire for using private jets to fly around the country when commercial jets would be much cheaper for taxpayers. Then, there was the ongoing disaster had in puerto rico following Hurricane Maria 11 days ago. The president says the federal response has gone well but Many Puerto Ricans are saying theyve been waiting for help. Our jeff zeleny takes a look at the latest casualty on mr. Trumps team. The first member of President Trumps cabinet is removed from that position. Health and Human Services secretary tom price submitted his resignation late friday at the white house. President trump accepted it. This is all over about 1 million worth of airfare that raised questions. About half of that were pri
Cnn newsroom starts right now. The Trump Administration has lost another key player. U. S. Health chief tom price resigned on friday. He was under fire for using private jets for official government business. When commercial flights would have been much cheaper for taxpayers. The resignation comes as the president is grappling with a huge Natural Disaster in puerto rico from hurricane maria. Sara murray has our report. Im not happy, okay . I can tell you, im not happy. Reporter President Trump said accepting the resignation of health and Human Services secretary tom price. The bombshell announcement coming after days of mounting controversy, over prices travel on private jets. At a cost estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Its not a question of confidence. I was disappointed because i didnt like it, cosmetically or otherwise. I was disappointed. You know, this is an administration that saves hundreds of millions of dollars on renegotiating things. So, i dont like to