The Washington Post that the president actually asked about the possibility of closing the case before it went to trial. Good evening. Im brooke baldwin. You are watching cnn. I want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. But lets get straight to that breaking news out of washington. President trump reportedly asking attorney general Jeff Sessions whether it would be possible to drop the criminal case against the former Maricopa County sheriff joe arpaio. And the key piece here that was all apparently before his case was at trial. This is all, of course, before the pardon. Lets go to athena jones at the white house for us and cnn political analyst on the phone for the analysis. Athena, first, just backing up on the Washington Post reporting, what more do we know . What did he ask for exactly . Hi, brooke. According to this new report by the Washington Post, the president had a conversation back in the spring with his attorney general Jeff Sessions. W
You live from miami where its just turned 1 00 in the morning. Thank you very much for being with us. And yes, we continue our coverage from here in tampa. The storm is still a powerful hurricane, its still a hurricane and it has weakened, and that has been good news for the people of tampa. If the eye of the storm has gone to the west of the city, there were great fears about storm surge causing havoc here. This is a city that is vulnerable to storm surge and has lowlying areas, a lot of development along the water. Even some of the cause ways, the bridges are fairly low. There was a lot of concern. We spoke to the mayor yesterday and that was his worry. The eye have moved to the east, which is a good thing. Well check how the storm surge is going to look now. I can tell you the water is still going outbound at the moment because of how the winds are going. The river here as dropped marketley over the last 12 hours. Lets bring in Karen Mcginnis and talk more about where irma is, where
The path has changed again but, again, the reality is the same. At latest count at least 300,000 without power in florida. Many of them in the miamidade area. Thats what youre looking at right now. Thats West Palm Beach and, remember, just in terms of geography you have palm beach, a barrier island, then West Palm Beach right up hard against the shore. Mandatory evacuation center, and thats the reality. Remember, we are still many, many hours away from the worst of it. What we know about this storm now, the reason were following the eye is that 70 miles in circumference around that, the diameter out around that storm, 140 miles across, thats Hurricane Force winds, so its not just about the eye. Its about that whole range. Were already getting hit with it. Were up in naples on the west coast. This has become a new source of concern with this storm, what will happen to the west coast up into tampa, tampa bay uniquely vulnerable to storm. Were going to tell you why throughout this morning
Thank you for joining us. French president , emanuel macron says Lieutenant Colonel died a hee owe. He persuaded a gunman to let him take the place of a female hostage in a supermarket. He was wounded and hours ago, frances interior minister announced he died in the hospital. Police killed the gunman after hay stormed the building after a fourhour stand off. By then, the gunman killed three other people. Melissa bell is following the story. Me indianapol melissa, tell us more about this officer, what he did that has so many people calling him a hero. Reporter it is the tale of extraordinary heroism. It took place in the supermarket behind me. It remains kcore donned off thi morning. Its where the killing spree started with a carjacking, then an attack on the police, then a hostage situation inside. What he did was offer to replace the female hos tonlg being held, to take her place. It isnt simply he saved her life, but he helped bring that stand off to an end by leaving his mobile phon
Donald trump. They interviewed the socalled played shirt guy. What is it like for being booted out for making faces . Theyre asking people to act the bit. Live from cnn, World Headquarters in atlanta. Welcome to our viewers here and around the world. Im george howell. Im natalie allen. Newsroom starts right now. At 5 01 on the u. S. East coast the federal probe has led to a prison sentence for someone associated with the Trump Campaign. Were talking about the former aide, George Papadopoulos. He will spent the next two weeks behind bars. The president claims he doesnt know papadopoulos and the issue is a distraction. The level of animosity, its hard to believe. So if i was going to say there is any one problem in this country, it is definitely have you two sides and there is Great Division and there shouldnt be that division. But it seems no matter what you do, no matter how wages are going up, such a good thing the numbers are great the stockmarket is at an all time high, there is mor