The eclipse already started. Reporter yes, it did. Its about to start in the western part of the country. Give me five, you guys. You were amazing. Thank you so much for being with us. And craig, so many families like them, theyre going to experience this together in this stadium behind me. 15,000 people have poured into carbondale, illinois, and the local businesses here are ex attic. It is estimated the private sector in carbondale will gain almost 20 million just by the influx of tourists and people All Around The World who have come here to witness this astronomical event together. All right. Well come back to you in a moment, as well. My friend and colleague, jeff rossen, is standing by, not far from where we sit here. Hes in new york city, on the upper west side. New york city, by the way, expected to get an eclipse of about 70 . But heres the thing, jeff. That doesnt mean that folks should take viewing any less seriously, right . Reporter yeah, you can never look at the sun. Whe
Reporter immediately there were cracks in the president s conservative base, breitbart dubbed the president amnesty don while ann coulter tweeted, at this point who doesnt want trump impeached . The white house tried to contain the fallout. The president would consider citizenship for the dreamers. Outraging hard liners. Not discussing amnesty. What the Trump Administration is a responsible path forward in immigration reform. That could include legal citizenship over a period of time. Reporter on the ground in florida, the president contradicted that. Were not looking at citizenship, were not looking at amnesty, were looking at allowing people to stay here. Reporter then insisted the wall is coming. The wall to me is vital. If i dont get the wall, then we will be coming to you. Reporter after being left out of the discussion between the president and democratic leaders, House Speaker paul ryan insisted, there was no deal. It was a discussion. Not an agreement or a negotiation. Reporter
Back. Overnight weve seen the president evolve his thinking to now advocate for the Death Penalty and, regardless, both of these statements are somewhat inappropriate and unprecedented just in terms of what a president traditionally would say, which is to restrain from offering this sort of commentary. It is in keep with the kind of public persona that donald trump has cultivated over many, many years in public life of trying to show himself to be strong and tough and have this steely resolve. But hes not a commentator anymore. Hes the president of the United States. So theres a different standard, and his words carry a different weight. Theres an obliviousness to the fact that he sits atop the federal government. A federal government whose Justice System he described yesterday as a Laughing Stock and a joke. Well, the comment to first it just shows his total lack of rigor in making any
pronouncements. This is someone who revels in his unpreparedness. Its an improvisational act. Theres
I know you have other duties for the network so well let you go. But with eappreciate we appreciate you being with us. Jonathan swan, im sure you have more of the conversations than i do, but aides increasingly want you to one, give them credit for all the quote crazy stuff that doesnt happen. I think i have seen that in axios and other places, and two for the scripted moments which are sort of milestones that they are proud of getting him to hit. Whether its ultimately affirming the commitment to article 5, whether its delivering a decision on afghan policy. And they want to sort of separate out judgment or responsibility from these wild, unhinged performances like last night. Yes. Its doubly strange because you really have a white house at the senior level where if you take the family out of it, if you take jared and ivanka who obviously voted for their father in law and their father, if it was any other election they werent related to him they would have voted for hillary
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What are you guys going to do now, claudio . Were going to stay here, find shelter. Because weve been hearing the news its going to come back and hit us again. And would have had nobody would have had nowhere to go. So were going to stay here and try to protect ourselves. Try to protect my kids. And try to try to last through this storm. I dont know if its going to get worse or not. But we want to be safe. I want my family to be safe. So i guess were going to stay here until everything is over. Claudio, were glad youre okay. Hug your kids and wife for us. Thank you so much for joining us here on cnn. Good luck to you. Best of luck. All right, thank you, sir. Thank you. Jamie baxter, weve got jamie by phone again. Technical issues, storm, hes stranded in his apartment with neighbors tonight. Havent really tried the police because i know that theyve been swamped and the red cross is swamped, as well. So we dont really know who to call. It seems like we put out the word for help and we si