Lot of time. Saturday is when we think its going to make landfall and its expected to last well into next week as the storm is going to stall. There is nothing steering this system, so major hurricane making landfall friday night into saturday along with the potentially lifethreatening storm system. Thats a well of water that comes with these counterclockwise systems dealing with over 2 feet of rain and 15d winds, thats a big deal. People need to be making their preparations and completing them along the texas and louisiana coastlines. The reason we are seeing rapid intensification, the water is so warm, thats the energy that these storms need and there is in the upper level to tear this storm apart, so im so concerned, not only for a major hurricane hitting these major cities, but it is going to linger for days, over 2 feet of rainfall, not out of the question. Were also seeing rainfall amounts upwards of 30, maybe even 40 inches of rain. Tropical storm allison back in 2001 brought ca
Reckoning of so Many Organizations that so Many Organizations have been going through is long overdue and it must result in work places where all women, all people, feel safe and respected. Harris Senior Correspondent rick levinthal joins us outside nbc headquarters. Rick . Reporter harris, matt lauer was nbcs highest paid employee, making a reported 25 million a year. He was the face of the today show for just over two decades. But his boss said the allegations against him were simply too detailed and a clear violation of company standards. And other news outlets including variety and the New York Times are reporting today theyve been working for weeks and months on stories of Sexual Misconduct by lauer. Variety said nbc knew about it. Well, before mondays meeting with the accuser said lauer sexually assaulted her during the Winter Olympics in 2014. In the statement from nbc news chairman he said, quote, this may not have been an isolated incident. Our highest priority is to create a
Down to washington on friday. A letter will be delivered to me from kim jong un. So i look forward to seeing what is in the letter. Harris David Lee Miller is live in new york city with more on this. David lee . Harris, we expect the briefing by the secretary of state mike pompeo to get underway in one hours time here at the midtown hotel. What is notable about what took place today is that the meeting between the two delegations lasted only about two and a half hours. A little less than that. All indications are that things went very well. Secretary of state mike pompeo sent out a tweet a short time ago that said, substantive talks with the team from north korea, we discussed our priorities for the potential summit between our leaders. The state Department Also sent out a brief statement that said the secretarys meeting ended early as a result of the parties making progress. And the meeting going well. So far, though, not a word from the north korean delegation led by the Workers Part
Among Fridays Court filings, federal prosecutors in manhattan say the president directed cohen to make hush payments to women in the closing days of the 2016 president ial campaign. Here is Incoming Judiciary Committee chair, jerry nadler. The impeachable offense, whether they import enough to justify an impeachment is a different question. Certainly they would be impeachable offenses because even though they were committed before the president became president they were committed in the service of fraudulently obtaining the office. That would be an impeachable offense. The fact of the matter is, what we see from these indictments and statements is a much broader conspiracy against the American People. Harris White House Correspondent kevin corke now joins us with the latest from the white house on the north lawn. Kevin . Harris, good afternoon. The idea that a transaction between an attorney and a private client, even at the behest of private citizen donald trump, is somehow manifestl
Hillary have me down to sleepy joe. Perhaps hed be more concerned if he followed the money. Not the margin to be expected of an incumbent against aun determined opponent and if money talks it is Kamala Harriss name thats a been shouted. The wagering site ranks her most likely to win the nomination, higher than any other democrat. Interestingly, biden and Elizabeth Warren have an equal shot winning the anonymous but biden a higher promise of becoming president. So all eyes will be on center stage where biden will be sandwiched between harris and booker. But there is this. This week is the last dance for certain of the democratic contenders. The rules for the next debates in september are more demanding. To participate in tuesday and wednesdays debates here on cnn, candidates needed 65,000 unique donors in at least 20 states including at least 200 donors in each state. Or a candidate must have earned at least 1 polling average in three separate surveys. But the rules for the third round