prosecutors will be pouring over videos and interviewing witnesses this weekend trying to decide whether to charge the 24-year-old former marine who held jordan neely in a fatal choke hold on the subway. tonight we have the first statement from that 24-year-old. plus, donald trump has until 5:00 p.m. on sunday to tell a judge whether he wants to take a stand in the e. jean carroll rape and defamation case, but the jury has already heard from him in a newly released video deposition. he claimed carroll was not his type but then mistook her photo for his second wife marla maples. i don t even know who the woman let s see, i don t know who it s marla. you re saying marla s in this photo? that s marla, yeah. it s my wife. which one are you pointing to? here. the person you just pointed to was e. jean carroll. and the great macaroni mystery. who dumped hundreds of pounds of pasta in the woods in a new jersey town? we re going to ask the mayor tonight. okay, but
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
Department against the barrage of gop attacks. Also tonight, trump campaigns in iowa sharpening his focus on the first republican president ial contest. This as a brand new cnn poll now reveals whos on the ridse and whos sliding in another critical early battleground, talking about New Hampshire. And ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy facing a new disappointment during his u. S. Visit. Sources now say the Biden Administration is not expected to grant his request for longer range missiles when he visits the white house tomorrow. Zelenskyy telling me thats an area that would be a quote, loss for his country during our oneonone interview. Welcome to our viewers around the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Lets get right to our top story tonight. A verbal assault on the u. S. Attorney general by some of the most hard line republican critics of the u. S. Justice department. Lets go straight to cnns sara murray. Shes got all the fireworks.