Cities. And the times reports it might detain agents who are the scene. First the Severe Weather threat in louisiana, and tasha chen is live in new orleans which has received so much rain already. You cant tell from the weather were having right at this moment, but yesterday there was intense amount of rain and even over the next few days more expected. In fact theres a Flash Flood Watch and storm surge watch going on in various parts of this area. Theres mandatory evacuation today for certain parts of the parish and oil recognizes and platforms, several of them have been evacuated because of storm activity in the gulf. A lot of people here preparing for the worst about to come on saturday including closing dozens of flood gates. That includes one floodgate here at the port of new orleans where were standing. Theyve already started closing pedestrian gates by the spanish plaza, river walk, the hilton hotel area. So a lot of tourists, of course, like to come to those places. A lot of th
Tickets out of the country. Two sovietborn men arrested just before boarding a plane to europe were indicted on charges of illegally funneling money into donations to republican campaigns. Those two are central figures also in Rudy Giulianis efforts to dig up dirt on President Trumps political rival joe biden. Their tickets to europe were oneway tickets. Now Congress Wants to talk to them. The president denies knowing them, despite pictures with him and his son that say otherwise. So much to get to. Lets begin with cnns lauren fox on capitol hill. Lauren, so were down to the wire here now. If she is not blocked, shed be the second official interviewed as part of the impeachment inquiry and a central witness to this investigation. Thats right. And ill tell you that right now aides and members are operating under the assumption that she will show up. I just saw adam schiff the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee just a few minutes ago. He didnt answer my questions about whether
Judiciary committee. Thank you for being with us. Thank you. Lets talk about this new directive from the department of Justice Robert mueller got last night in the form of a letter warning him basically to stay within the confines of his report. How big of an impediment is that for you and your committee . I dont think its much of an impediment simply because bob mueller had indicated repeatedly he was going to do exactly that. I think its incredibly rare gnt of the department to instruct him to do that. Its a part of the coverup of the administration to keep information away from the American People. But i think its not going to have a real impact. You dont think they have any authority to instruct him in that way. Must he comply with that letter . No, he doesnt have to comply with that letter. He doesnt work for them. And that letter asks things that are beyond the power of the agency to ask even if he still worked there. Have you all been operating under the assumption that Robert M
Your new day. Its friday july 12th, 8 00 in the east. Bianna in for alice berman this morning. Tropical storm barry is intensifying as we speak in the gulf of mexico. It is expected to strengthen into a category 1 hurricane by the time it makes landfall tomorrow. The Mississippi River is already at 16 feet, twice as high as normal. And barry is expected to cause 2 to 3 feet of storm surge. Now, if it does the region could experience the kind of flooding that hasnt been seen in nearly 70 years. Meteorologist chad myers has the latest update that just came in from the National Weather center. What do you know . I know the pressure has gone down 2 millibars. Winds going in this direction right now. I have a couple of Oil Platforms out here with wind gusts of 50 miles per hour, pushing water into the bayou. Not flooding rain, but you see the direction of the wind and water coming in. Now ill put you ahead all the way to 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, so somewhere around 20, 21 hours from now
House with how the president is reacting to the decision. Sarah. Reporter thats right. President trump is of course declaring victory after the Supreme Court decision yesterday. He took to twitter last night writing, wow, big victory on the wall, the United States Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court injunction and allows building the wall to proceed. This was a narrow 54 decision split along ideological lines with the conservative majority writing they didnt believe the challengers to the efforts to use the pentagon money had the legal right to do so. That may give you some indication of how the Supreme Court will rule when the case ultimately comes back to it. This could be a temporary win for President Trump because the Supreme Courts ruling only that President Trump can use that 2. 5 billion dollars while this lawsuit continues to work its way through the lower courts, not that the Trump Administration is ultimately correct in its efforts to try to reprogram this military funding. S