strategically is a mistake. this could be 10 being, 20 billion, the estimates are enormous. that s a huge sum of money. and chris, new article on cnn.com headlined, a government shutdown would be a disaster for republicans and they might not be able to stop it. right. this goes to david s point which is, we don t know how serious this threat is by donald trump. sometimes it s very serious, sometimes it s a negotiating position. i was going through his past tweets before that piece, and had forgotten, but was reminded that the last time they averted the government shutdown, which there was some talk of the white house saying right about this time saying, we need money for the border wall and in there, he tweeted out, we need a good old fashioned shutdown next time this comes up in september. he might have said old fashioned, but a good old shutdown. so there s some consistency there, but again, it s not clear if anyone has gone to
ago this week. we remember, when it hit, it was a category three as well. tom, thank you very much. we ll stay in close touch with you. meanwhile, following an ominous military buildup in eastern europe. the united states and nato are preparing a show of force to counter vladimir putin s plans to flex his own military muscle amid news of real fighting involving thousands of russian troops. cnn s brian todd is following late-breaking developments. tell us more. reporter: the yukian president accuses the russians of dangerous behavior in ukraine by deploying thousands of troops there, this comes as u.s. and russian forces prepare for another tense round of military exercises to test each other s resolve. on ukraine s independence day, james mattis inspects top units of soldiers on parade, and the ukraine president says he may need them to counter a bitter
stronger and may slam into the coast as a powerful category three storm, residents are filling sandbags and emptying store shelves. we have the brand new forecast. and war games, with the russians and nato who both about to hold massive military exercises, the u.s. defense secretary visits ukraine and says the u.s. is considering sending weapons amid accusations that thousands of russian troops are deployed in a separatist area there. there s another flair-up in the making. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. breaking news, the latest forecast is just out and hurricane harvey is gaining strength in the caribbean, expected to hit the texas coast as soon as tomorrow with winds of at least 111 miles an hour and devastating flooding. president trump has been briefed
psychology dare i say. i think that president trump s, his antics, his theater, his entertaining personality, his reraddic behavior should be of concern to anyone who has dedicated themselves to the preservation of our democracy and our national security. president s anger toward the u.s. intelligence community is at least, at least partly due to the ongoing russia investigation and according to some exclusive new reporting frr cnn, congressional investigators have unearthed an e-mail from a top trump aid ha referenced an effort to arrange a meeting between trump campaign officials and the russian president vladimir putin. can you tell us anything else about this e-mail or any other efforts to arrange meetings with putin? at this time, i m not at liberty to discuss those matters regarding the information you re speaking about. what can you tell us about that without violating confidence or security concerns?
mr. trump claims he tried to attach a debt ceiling measure for a deal to help veterans. tweeting that house speaker paul ryan didn t do it. now we have a big deal. could have been so easy, now a mess. ryan s response, don t worry. the path of the debt ceiling is we will pass legislation to make sure that we pay our debts and we will not hit the debt ceiling. does it get tiring us asking you about the president? reporter: mcconnell is also refusing to take questions about his relationship with the president while explaining what he s up against in the senate. i m often asked what is being the margins leader of the senate like? the best answer i ve been able to think of is it s a little bit like being a grounds keeper at a cemetery. everybody s under you, but nobody s listening. that s what you get with 52 and a 48. reporter: but top gop aids on capitol hill will have had it with one source telling cnn the president is attacking leaders while we re selling his agenda.