He has the inside scoop coming up. First, chief National Correspondent ed henry kicks off the coverage with breaking news. Good evening. Great to see you. The District Attorneys Office here in manhattan is thinking about bringing criminal charges against President Trumps business, the trump organization, in connection with how officials they are reimbursed Attorney Cohen for his payments to that adult film performer. According to the New York Times tonight. The president said months ago of the special counsel started probing his business dealings, that would be what he called a redline that could spark Robert Muellers firing. This is more complicated because it would be State Charges against the trump organization, not federal charges brought by mueller. It would be harder to justify a meal or firing perhaps. Plus the president has the power to pardon Paul Manafort or anyone else for federal charges but he does not have Clear Authority to pardon people or corporations for criminal char
we do get some wind gusts coming through, and the rain, we expected to get worse. more of a rain event than a wind event. that s what forecasters believe. here on maui, we know that a lot of airlines have canceled flights friday in preparation as lane comes this way. back to you, shannon. shannon: adam housley in hawaii. thank you. our chief meteorologist is alive in the extreme weather center. good evening, rick. good evening. some good news coming out of the national hurricane center. the forecast cone has shifted a little bit west. that s good at least for this extreme wind. maybe not having as big of an impact. the rain has already had big impacts. the eastern side of the big island, 19 inches of rain in one location. incredible flooding. 13,000 feet high mountains. it rings the moisture out of the air mass, so the west side in kona, you re not getting nearly as much rain.
have the mudslides stopped? are we just looking at the aftermath now? reporter: no, i don t think so. it rained very heavily this morning. and then we ve had sun all day, and now this afternoon it looks like it s half past 4 and we have rain drops falling right now. the authorities are warning people they should leave their homes if they are in at risk areas, there could be more flooding and landslides and potentially there could be more deaths. i ve been talking with police and rescue workers, people hunting for the bodies, and they insist on the record that they are not doing recovery, they are doing rescue. but i think most people think this it is about recovering body rather than recovering survivors. megyn: what a situation. those pictures, some stories the pictures don t tell the story. this one it really does. tom, thank you so much. reporter: thank you. megyn: incredible. and that is brazil over the past few days we ve been talking
about the incredible situation in australia, which has also been dealing with just incredible, incredible flooding. now we get a story of true heroism, floods of biblical proceed pourings have been devastating huge areas of australia. now there are reports of a 13-year-old boy, jordan rice shown here. he, his mother and little brother trapped on the roof of their car in the middle of a rushing river. jordan insisted that rescuers safe his brothers first. as he did a wave swept jordan and his mother away killing them both. they are now facing recovery. there is a lot to go through. we ve been through very difficult days. there is a lot to go through in the weeks and months that lie ahead. megyn: the australian authorities say the death toll there has reached at least 16, with dozens more missing, and you can sort of understand the difference now. you heard tom talking about how
in brazil it was overnight, it was in the middle of the evening, people were a sleep, and they were hit quickly without warning. in australia they were a little bit more fortunate but still the death toll there at 16 for now. a dramatic situation unfolding overseas. we ll tell you where the violent riots are playing out and why it s causing new concerns for us in america. a new poll may be causing some concern for president obama and the white house. we will show you the numbers that americans and what americans are now saying about his performance. surprises with his approval rating. and could it be the best 911 call ever? a 4-year-old ratting out his own father to the big guy at the north pole. find out why the kid says, daddy serves to be on the naughty list. you want me to write a message to santa? yes, and send it to santa claus. okay, what is your name?