Who beat jon ossoff in the most expensive house race ever. Democrats may take solace in the fact that they did the best they ever have, as much as i did in the participation trophy i still have but earned me no votes in congress. President is taking a victory lap in a race he was barely mentioned in. While the special elections are over and those that want to make America Great again are 50. All the fake news, all the money spent equals zero. So you can see how it is being received this morning. Cnns Jason Carroll in the district where it all happened outside atlanta. Jason, what do you see . Reporter well, look. Perhaps the president was barely mentioned by the candidates. But that certainly was not the case with the voters here on the ground. He was mentioned. He was mentioned over and over again. And so in some ways this race was very much about the president and how the president has been doing. So his supporters say, look, he can very much, and has, and deserves to take somewhat o
Bigger, stronger than one of the more destructive hurricanes, hurricane andrew, in 1982. Do not sit and wait for this hurricane to come. It is deadly and will cause devastation. Reporter tom sater is tracking irma. Were going to start with cnns leyla santiago. Shes in puerto rico right now feeling the brunt of it. Leyla, there is no simple way to evacuate puerto rico, so how are residents taking cover . Reporter just in the last half hour, the governor of puerto rico has announced that there are about 3,000 people in the nearly 500 shelters that have been established on this island. If you just look behind me, you can tell it is windy. These waters on the northern coast of puerto rico are certainly becoming more and more aggressive already. We know of a lot of road closures in the area. So for many who will soon probably be dealing with flooding, it is too late to sort of do any lastminute preps or lastminute moves for those who are not already in shelters, jake. And leyla, puerto rica
This overregulated permitting process is a massive, selfinflicted wound on our country. It is disgraceful. Denying our people much needed investments in their community. I want to show you this, because it was just shown to me. I think im going to show it to the media, both real and fake media, by the way. This is what it takes to get something approved. Elaine, you see that. This is what it takes, permitting process flow chart. Thats a flow chart. That can go out to 20 years. This shows about ten. That can go out to about 20 years to get something approved. This is for a highway. I have seen a highway recently in a si in a certain state. It is 17 years. I could have built it for 4 million, 5 million without the permitting process. It costs hundreds of millions of dollars but it took 17 years to get it approved and many, many, many, many pages of Environmental Impact studies. This what is we will bring it down to. This is less than two years. This is going to happen quickly. Thats what
New orleans, on the anniversary of katrina, may be in for more trouble. The entire gulf coast may suffer from this storm. And that water that you see is fast becoming a toxic soup in many places. Sewage of all kinds, runoff that can make you sick quick. This is the reality right now. We want to show you these pictures. Do you see that . This is texas, this is the fourth largest city in america. Imagine life reduced to nothing but survival for far too many. Boats replacing cars. Bags replacing homes. And these people you see on your screen, theyre the lucky ones. So many are still believed to be trapped in homes. Rescues are ongoing right now. But despite best efforts, and they are herculean by all accounts, the fear is all the folks you dont see who are battling rising waters and in need of saving. We are doing what we can to get information to the rescuers, to get coordination for those who are stranded. We have someone on the phone right now. Her name is volopa doggett and she is str
Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin next. And senate upset. Democrats get a big win in deep red alabama. I am truly overwhelmed. Could be this the start of a democratic wave . And what does it say about the president s base . Alabamas new senator, democrat doug jones, joins me in moments. Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is on edge to see hough the president is going to go. This morning lawyers representing President Trumps Transition Team are accusing the special counsel of obtaining unauthorized access to tens of thousands of president ial transition emails. In a new letter to congress, the lawyer claims it taints the administration and the president is considering firing bob mueller. In a rare response they said, when we have obtained emails in our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owners consent or appropriate criminal process, end quote. The special counsel is set to meet with the administration. Here with me to discuss