as soon as winds get to sustained strength of 39 miles per hour, this bridge and every other bridge around here is going to close. if you re going to get out, you ve got it get out quickly. for the people who want to stay here, wolf, authorities here are telling us to get the word out not to call first responders during the height of the storm, because they cannot get to you. wolf? brian, we ll get back to you soon. brian todd reporting. the president has approved a federal emergency declaration ahead of hurricane michael s arrival. a few minutes ago, he addressed speculation he actually may name his daughter ivanka to replace united nations ambassador nikki haley, who unexpectedly announced her resignation today. let s go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, this caught almost everyone off guard. reporter: it certainly did, wolf. the white house is already worse on a replacement for nikki haley. president trump is talking up the prospects of one contender, his
last few weeks and try to be objective about it, i think the republicans probably won the messaging game. and it s precisely because of what you re doing right there. the angry mob, the angry mob, the angry mob. even though these were just peaceful protesters. they were. and people can be mad. okay, i m sorry. five seconds left. thanks so much for watching. stay with cnn programming. you ve been watching the lead with jake tapper. happening now, breaking news. fast and furious. hurricane michael. growing stronger and barreling toward the florida coast. 20 million people are under storm warnings and watches. and millions more could be impacted. we have a new forecast breaking this hour. haylee s comment. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley resigns. dismissing speculation she might run for the white house in 2020. why is the president giving her special treatment? gender gap. just weeks before the vote, new
she did not want to leave the administration after the midterm election, should the gop lose the house, i m told. she did not want to look like she was abandoning the president if the democrats rout the republicans in the mid terms. at a time when the white house is struggling with female voters, a major loss for president trump. as united nations ambassador nikki haley, one of the highest-ranking women in the trump administration, is stepping down. we hate to lose hopefully, you ll be coming back at some point. but you are just maybe a different capacity. you can have your pick. but i just want to let you know. so at the end of the year, nikki will be leaving. and it will be in constant touch. reporter: haylee wanted to make one thing clear. she is not leaving to pursue her own political ambitions. and i will say this. for all of you that are going to ask about 2020, no, i am not running for 2020. i can promise you what i ll be doing is campaigning for this one. so i look fo
ambassador to nato for the president. if i was in the president s shoes, that s somebody i would seriously consider. the president also just said no one in the world would be more competent in the role as u.s. ambassador to the u.n. than his own daughter, ivanka trump. what do you think of that possibility? well, i know that obviously, as a father, he thinks very highly of his daughter. and, you know, with all respect to ivanka trump, i think that because of the demanding challenges for the united states in the world and specifically at the united nations, he really ought to go with somebody who has diplomatic experience and can hit the ground running when they go to the u.n. and i wouldn t pick somebody right now who is going to train up into the job. ask that includes his daughter, ivanka trump. nikki haley was a relatively outspoken at the united nations on human rights issues. is that something you would like to see from the next u.s. ambassador? absolutely. i think what yo
and knows exactly that he is the only one he and mike pence in this building, the only two people elected to anything. he makes the ultimate decision here. that s what leadership does. leadership doesn t shut the door and just sit there, toss a coin in the air or say this is what i promised on the campaign trail. i must do it absolutely exactly. this is somebody who takes the counsel who feels free and comfortable enough in his job to do that and then makes a decision on his own. brian: so you were okay with that the white house is okay with the editorial? i m telling that you there are parts of the editorial i read it once, parts that ring true to me, which is that he also has a cabinet and ambassador haylee in the cabinet of people able to come to him and say, mr. president, have you asked us to execute on this. here is the progress report. this is what we have been able to do and can t do yet here is the vision of the future. by the way often in these cabinet meetings, the press