i m pamela brown in washington. we re following two major stories on this sunday night. hurric hurricane fiona hammers ps puer rico and it could be days before the lights are back on. president biden pays tribute to queen elizabeth with final mourners in line to pay respects. tomorrow s funeral is hours away. you re in the cnn newsroom. and we began tonight with the latest on hurricane fiona. the storm has made landfall along the southwest coast there, puerto rico and officials say the entire island is already without power and the storm is causing catastrophic flooding. i want to turn to cnn laeyla santiago who is live. what are the conditions like where you are right now, leyla? reporter: we re on the forth eastern part of the island, capital san juan. still coming down, still rain, still wind. in the southern part of the island, the same if not more. the last time i talked to you, we talked about the critical patients, the hospitals and buildings that depend on power f
what is interesting is the role of the high level officials that some of which are obviously played out in public view. in the end, fani willis decided for whatever reason that she was not going to bring those charges, perhaps because of the additional political implications of it, and the difficulty that it would present for her case, kate. interesting. evan, thank you so much. paula, as well. they will continue to work their sources on this. sara? we wanted to talk to some of the politics of this, and we want to go to chief congressional correspondent manu raju up on capitol hill. and you talked to senator graham about this, and the biggest revelation about this, and really what we have here is who the grand jury thought should be indicted and who wasn t indicted and what the law is, and we don t have the details of the how they got to that place and the evidence that was put before the grand jury in this 25, or 26-page report. but you have had a conversation with linds
stepped forward to risk his life for the country, et cetera, et cetera. the word donald trump not in here, the words, he shouldn t have said any of that, not in here. lindsey graham is about relevance. staying close to mccain kept him relevance. mccain was always in the mix. any kind of deal,gr graham was gone. he likes to be close to that power. take him at his word. he s doing this because he wants to be relevant. if donald trump isn t the president tomorrow and mike pence is, lindsey graham is probably going to cozy up to mike pence. he has said so himself. brooke. there are some major points where he just refuses to
trump. everybody makes mistakes. those who admit it are seen by the public is bigger, not smaller. know what you re talking about, fight hard, forgive. in that interview, senator gr graham confirmed our reporting saying he invited sigh vivanka and jared kushner to attend services with the blessing of cindy mccain. joining me is writer for the hill and john harwood, cnbc s editor at large. let s pull back the lens and widen it and talk about the events of yesterday and john, we had the town of washington turning out for the mccain memorial at the national cathedral, a power house for past presidents, vice presidents and the sitting president at the white house. so does that highlight his increasing isolation here? absolutely it does. in fact, susan glass our
the details of these plans as they potentially change, as they push toward a 10:00 p.m. vote tonight, those would be important to hammer out. moments after that, i spoke with senator lindsey graham, who indicated that, yes, he would be onboard for a potential three-week continuing resolution. now, that s important because as we know the plan on the table, the plan that the house pass san diego a four-week c.r. previous to this, senator graham was not onboard with any sort of he s indicating he has some wiggle room here. that s something he would and could get behind. the question is would he be able to bring others? i asked him as he walked away, have you talked to the white house about this? what do they think because just a few hours ago, mark short was very firm saying they would only agree to a four-week continuing resolution while lindsey graham kind of smiled and he said, stay tuned. so clearly these ideas of jeff