Hes not going anywhere. This is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We have some breaking news in our National Lead today. Columbia, South Carolina now ordering mandatory evacuations after a dam breach. Cnns bora sanchez joins me live from manning, South Carolina. Bor boris, tell us what you know. Reporter jake, were still working to learn more about that dam breach. What we know so far is mandatory evacuations in that area. Sean washington, a spokesperson for the city of columbia confirmed the breach within the past hour. To give you an idea theyre still working to figure out the severity of the situation. Its unclear exactly the extent of the damage. We can tell you that columbia is about 52 miles west of where we are now in manning, South Carolina. And you can see all around me the situation is already dire here. So if that dam breach has any effect on the situation here it could be catastrophic. This is highway 301. And it stretches all the way down to florida.
Try to kick tout back window of the truck. Okay. He is crawling out of the truck right now. Dangerous rescue there. They kicked in the window, pulled him to safety. Tonight, Officials Say a lot more sceneses like this are likely in the next coming days. Gary. Anderson, the name of the street im standing on is rockbridge road and its called that because the name of the span that crossed this lake, the forest lake was the rock bridge. But the bridge is now going from the deluge of rain and from the dam upstream. You can see right now, if a car came down the street, it would plunge into the lake. The rain has stopped for now, but people understandably remain on edge. The deluge was sudden and intense. When this road collapsed in South Carolina, sheriffs deputies put up barricades so no one would drive on the road but for some reason a man driving with a female companion did and this is what happened. The county sheriff is jim mathews. It was mostly submerged but a piece of the vehicle whe
Brandnew details into what could have gone wrong. Meet the lawmaker who says legalizing plot will prevent the drug crisis. We will talk about that on fox and friends first. 12 30 i dont care it is 5 00 somewhere 5 00 a on the east coast. Central park in the distance. Another shot of new york city. Good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on tuesday morning. We begin with this, the white house lambasting the Washington Post reports that donald trump leaked classified information to the russians. The storyline sending democrats into full attack mode. Chris jenkins with new reaction from overnight. Reporter the white house vehemently denying the Washington Post report the president revealed classified information last week. H r mc master telling reporters it simply didnt happen. At no time, at no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed and the president did not disclose any military operations that were not already publicly known. Two other senior officials were pr
That is a brazen, craven, disrespect for the rule of law. First of all, the president did not fire the entire fbi. He fired the director. He violated every known rule department of justice about how an investigator is supposed to conduct himself. Its time for the new leadership in the fbi. Ainsley youre fired. President trump ousting the fbi director james comey. Steve as it is revealed. The former director, now he is former, told the president s president was not under investigation. Told him on that on three separate occasions. Brian according to the president s letter. Kevin corke is on our nations capitol with the details. This has been fascinating. What a difference 12 hours makes. This broke before 6 00 p. M. Yesterday. Writing to tell his fbi director james comey he had informed him on three separate occasions that he himself was not end investigation. Nevertheless, the president went on to say in that letter he concurred with the judgement with the department of justice that he
Youre going to be okay because youre alive. God is the master. The attacks on our police must end and they must end right now. I notice we are in an unmarked car. Yes. It allows us to get closer to ms13 without them knowing. We are actually you can almost say hunting them. I want to rock i want to rock rock i want to rock. Brian the story everybody was talking about late last night and consumed the White House Well be discussing. Out on the street 9 cars. Just nine cars. We were hoping for 11. Steve if you are driving in today come now because the coast is clear. Its going to be a Beautiful Day in new york city. Looking for a High Temperature in the mid 70s and they ray the news corps flag in front of our buildings. Ainsley im hearing 90s. Steve 90s tomorrow and thursday as well. Brian i brought clothes for the walk home shorts and tshirt. Welcome to welcome in summer just like waiting to welcome in a day when there is not a explosive story. I wouldnt mind a day of calm that was not ye