politico reporter ar let signs was there. there was a lot of laughs. he even made a little fun about that slip, calling it a freudian slip. it was a freudian slip, was it intentional or really was it freudian? well, fred, it seems like what the former vice president said was a bit of an accident, but you did hear chuckles from the crowd, but right now we re hearing from john delaney, he s just one of the 19 democratic contender who is here at the new hampshire state democratic party convention taking their pitch directly to granite state voters. and we ve already heard from joe biden, cory booker, mayor pete buttigieg, julian castro, former vice president biden and cory booker giving some of the early remarks here. take a listen to what they had to say. our president isn t up to this moment, we all know that. where he lacks the moral authority to lead, this president has more in common with george wallace than george
sanders and elizabeth warren, two people who are really battling it out for the progressive support among democrats. they are both from neighboring states and don t forget, bernie sanders won this state in 2016 against hillary clinton, and he s hoping he can kind of bank on that support heading into this primary, fred. real quick, because of opportunities like this, is there a so real quick, is there a feeling by those who don t make the debate stage that it s not a problem because there are other forums to stump? they re certainly trying to take advantage of these opportunities to meet one on one with voters. you do have lower tier candidates who have not qualified for the next debate. they could potentially qualify down the road. it gives them time in the state that s going to be critically important and gives them time to
poising him for re-election, republicans now reveal the news that four states are poised to cancel their 2020 gop presidential primaries and caucuses in a show of support for president trump. republican officials in south carolina, nevada, and arizona are expected to announce the cancellations in the coming weeks, and politico is reporting kansas republicans are also considering nixing their primary. cnn political reporter rebecca buck is joining us right now, so rebecca, you know, the president s challengers are crying foul. so far he s got two who are saying that they are in the race, but this really doesn t come without precedent, does it? that s right, fred. it was in a slightly different situation that we have seen this before from democrats and republicans alike with incumbent presidents running for re-election, some states have decided in the past to forgo
the ship was released. but just a few hours ago, john bolton tweeted this satellite image. he said it s the same ship and cla claims it places the tanker two nautical miles from syria. ben, do we expect the u.s. or anyone else to take any action against that ship? at this point, fred, the u.s. has tried to take actions on a variety of occasions. before the ship was released by gibraltar on the 15th of august, the united states asked authorities to impound the ship. they did not. as it was headed toward the eastern mediterranean, breen hook, e-mailed the captain of the ship offering him millions of dollars to divert the ship to a port nearby where the u.s. might be able to impound it. but nobody responded to that
time now. cnn s patrick oppmann is in freeport bahamas, which is the main city on grand bahama island, and that area was hit the hardest, so what, patrick, does recovery look like? because you have been weathering the storm yourself the whole way while you ve been reporting on it. reporter: it s already been a week, fred, and yet for so many of the bahamians we ve gotten to know, you would think the storm happened yesterday. you asked me what recovery looks like, i don t know. i haven t seen very much of it. if it has come here, it s been very slow. we still don t have power. we still don t have running water, no one does on this island. we re coming to you because we have a generator and a satellite dish, so for many, many people things look pretty much the same. phone service has gotten a little bit better. gas now you can get food here in freeport, there are supplies slowly coming in, but from everything we ve heard there s just a terrific log jam.