Frenzy in the west wing. Everybody is shooting at everybody. Ive served six administrations. Ive never seen chaos. If they want to call it chaos, fine. We call it suck. The president facing growing criticisms of sudden announcement on tariffs of steel and aluminum coming into the u. S. On an actual car the actual impact will be a fraction of 1 . Youre going to see a lot of good things happen. Good morning,000. Were grateful to you for your company as always. Im christi paul. Im martin savidge. Welcome to wakeup call at 2 00 a. M. Thank you. Weve got a top story, something were watching very disclosely this deadly bomb cyclone impacting northeast. Violent winds knocked down trees, destroying homes. Take a look at the latest. You can hear just how strong those winds are. At least five people are now reported dead as a result of this storm and the worst isnt over yet. The torrential rains causing widespread flooding. Another major concern violent winds tearing down power lines. More than
Gridiron dinner with many of washingtons top journalists, his favorite people. The event is a longstanding tradition where the president customarily allows himself to be the subject of jokes. We will see if that happens tonight. Boris sanchez is covering the president for us from west palm beach, florida. Give on the current turmoil in the west wing and the friction between the president and the media, can we really expect humor tonight . Thats a good question, fred. Frankly a bit surprising that President Trump would attend the gridiron dinner. Notably he did not go last year. He sent Vice President mike pence in his place. This is, as you noted, a longstanding tradition. Every president since Grover Cleveland has taken part at least once. Journalists dress up and say thing songs lampooning and mocking politicians and then the politicians get their turn to get some revenge. It really is a lighthearted affair. The last time we saw President Trump take part in anything like this was the
Part of, and covering, the biggest story of their lives. That just makes everything so much more powerful and more genuine. This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor and this is our western edition. Good evening. Were going to begin tonight with this bad storm battering much of the east coast tonight. At least four people in three states have been killed by falling trees, including two boys, six and 11 years old. More than 50 Million People from the midatlantic to new england are in the storm zone. Coastal communities are getting swamped by hours of heavy rain and a surge of sea water. Exceptionally high tides tonight could bring more flooding. Inland areas in Higher Elevations are getting more than a foot of heavy snow. The kind that snaps tree limbs and power lines. The most widespread threat is wind. Gusts have topped 80 miles an hour, hurricane force. More than two million homes and businesses have lost power so far. Thousands of flights have been canceled. Onis van cleave
People are still mostly going to put their money on either three billboards and the shape of water. Now the question is how will the Academy Awards address the surge in activism . You saw it there. The president. The press. A little bit of policy. A little bit. A lot of punch lines. Good morning, everybody. We have all of it for you. Im christi paul. Im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. Trump is back in washington this morning after joining the journalist he loves to hate for the annual gridiron last night. The president s remarks did touch on some of the major Foreign Policy obstacles he is facing. Cnns dan merica is live in washington. What stuck in your mind most . It seems like a fun event. A different kind of setting for President Trump. The gridiron dinner. A white tie event only in washington that brings journalists politicians together for bipartisan ribbing and President Trump showed last night he was in on the joke. He made cracks about himself and the administration an
Welcome to americas news headquarters, im ebony. Leland we hope that you enjoy a little break from the weather, im leland vittert. President trump taking a little break from what current standards has been a crazy week as the white house tries to put a good spin on the chaos, hi, ellison. Hi, a pretty short trip for the president and only be here to what will amount to 24 hours, maybe a little less than. Last night he had dinner with rnc donors and schedule today leave a little later this afternoon. We believe that he was playing golf earlier this morning and heading back to dc early because hes set to and the 133rd dinner, dinner has taken place for years and the president has always invited the skits, jokes, the white house roast journalists and the journalists roast the white house, off the cord event and President Trump t attend last year and sent mike pence on his place, he has skipped the Traditional Press events. Its also ending with the staff shakeup, hope hicks will be leaving