Hello again. A State Of Emergency is in effect for maryland and virginia as Tropical Storm ophelia moves up the east coast. Power lines exploding in North Carolina where Ophelia Made Landfall this morning. Allison chinchar is tracking the storm from the cnn weather center. And brian todd is in alexandria, virginia. What is ophelia doing . Its still kind of chugging along, making its way akpcross North Carolina. Weve got outer bands stretching up to pennsylvania, new york, even massachusetts. The same winds right now are 50 miles an hour guesting to 65. The heaviest rain is really focused over virginia and North Carolina at the moment. Youve still got some pretty heavy bands, although the bulk is starting to push inland and away from the coastal areas. You have Flood Watches and Flash Flood Warnings in raleigh and off to the east. Theyve already picked up 23 inches of rain. Now youre going to get an additional 12 on top of that. It begins in the evening to spread more into the mid atlan
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his visit to washington, camped by his talks with President Biden and his speech at the National Archives tonight. Cnns senior White House Correspondent Kayla Tausche is covering all of this for us. Give us the latest on president zelenskyys momene men tus tripd his appeal for aid. Reporter the u. S. And ukrainian teams sitting across with each other as zelenskyy shared a message of deep gratitude to the west and particularly to the United States for its long Running Investment in funding set to dry up in weeks. The Biden Administration sending more weaponry, himars systems, artillery and cluster munitions for Money Green Lit by congress. Welcome back to the white house and the oval office. Reporter zelenskyy in his trademark fatigues, sharing his battlefield perspective with the white house cabinet. I think the United States of america and mr. President for the new defense package. For ukraine, a very powerful package. Thank you so much. And it has ex
Stress that thing that he did not interfere while refusing to answer specifics about these ongoing investigations. John jim jorda n pressed on why it took so long for david weiss to be named Special Counsel. Garland just appointed him Special Counsel last month even though the investigation has been ongoing for years. Heres the exchange with jim jordan. After five years what stage are we in, beginning, middle, keep hiding the ball stage . I would go back to the videotape where i said im not permitted to discuss ongoing investigations. Isnt that convenient. Something changed from july 10th to august 11th. I think its two Brave Whistleblowers came forward and the judge called bs on the deal you try to pass. The Attorney General never said what led to the ultimate appointment of the Special Counsel but he insisted throughout this process, weiss was never given limits. There was one republican that did seem to come to garlands defense somewhat, it was colorado republican ken buck and said
Lot of drama there today. The lead starts right now. World leaders taking the stage, pushing their priorities for some of the biggest issues of our time. Casting Russias Vladimir Putin as global villain number one, while fighting against waning support for ukraine. And here in d. C. , a House Republican calling his party the, quote, clown show. While infighting and name calling do nothing to solve the more immediate problem of federal government set to shut down in just 12 days. Plus, new allegations against celebrity Russell Brand as a new accuser comes forward. Police now looking into the multiple allegations of rape and Sexual Assault against the disgraced comedian. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. The world lead dominates the week with so much focus on Foreign Policy and this comes against major accusations by one democracy, canada, accusing another democracy, india, of directing an assassination. On canadian sovereign territory. Well dive into that democracy versus direction a
Iran are freed and a years long nightmare is over. Right now, the group son its way back home after the u. S. Made a rare deal with iran. Were going to have more on the terms of that deal just ahead. And House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy has a question for hard liners opposing his spending bill. Have they read it . A Government Shutdown isnt just on the line here. So is mccarthys speakership. Were following the latest from capitol hill. And who hasnt lost their wallet, their keys, their phone . But an f35 jet . The military needs your jet finding this multimillion dollar stealth fighter. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Today, Five Americans are free after they were wrongfully detained in iran, some for years. There you can see the relief, as they got off that plane in doha, qatar, just a few hours ago. Thats where they are calling Family Members, undergoing medical checks as well. Soon theyre going to depart for the u