Verve stated neighborhoods. Understandably, trying to get back before its safe and authorities are warning them not to do that. A few moments ago, we point out, Vice President mike pence land and the ground in texas. There you see him in Corpus Christi being greeted by the governor, greg abbott of texas. That happened in the last hour. The Vice President landed to meet with state and local officials to talk about the rescues and recoveries. Well see the pictures of the Vice President all day long and with him, Energy Secretary rick perry, former governor of texas and other officials. Now fema officials and houston firefighters are going doortodoor. We mentioned that a few minutes ago. Brian todd has been there throughout the storm and with one of those crews right now. The weather is a lot better but still have to go house to house, brian. Isnt that right . Making sure people are okay . Reporter thats right, jim. Were still in the Emergency Response phase of the storm even though the s
400 miles across. The entire florida peninsula would easily fit inside the hurricane. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for hundreds of thousands of people up both coasts of florida. The governor today pleading with people to get out. And we are getting a glimpse of the pain that could be ahead for the continental u. S. These pictures of Hurricane Irma just raking across the caribbean. Take a look at this, to try to giff give us an idea the size of the storm heading miamis way. Irma is across the florida coast, at the airport, and on the road. Allison at the cnn center, the models, i know with these storms there are multiple models, but there is little doubt that southern florida is right in the crosshairs of this storm. Youre right, jim, right now there is so little difference between the two models that the track has come together. Basically what this means for the u. S. Is we expect to make landfall around key largo or into the keys. That would be 7 00 sunday morning. Thats th
Intelligence say the president is crossing a red line giving away methods to discredit the probe. Will the Intelligence Community push back against the president . Cut off. As flooding grows worse in north and south carolina, major roads are impassable and people are cut off. Wilmington, north carolina, is a virtual island and concern the death toll could grow as the waters grow. Could those be rescued in time . And new friends, old tricks. Kim jongun rolled out the red carpet in north korea. But is the dictator showing off for the world up to his old tricks of Missile Development . Wolf blitzer is off today. Im jim acosta and youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. President trump repeatedly offered sympathy for judge kavanaugh in a News Conference late today saying that the Supreme Court nominee is not a man who deserves this and while he says he wants the process to play out tonight mr. Trump is refusing to order the fbi to investigate College Professor fords accusat
So why did the Trump Administration decide to release it late today during the Holiday Weekend . And why does the president continue to mock the idea of Global Warming . Not behind closed doors. Former fbi director, james comey, says hell fight a subpoena from the republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, hauling him in front of that committee. Comey says hes willing to testify, but only if its at a public hearing and not behind closed doors. Why are some republicans trying to use the final weeks before they lose power to make comey talk in secret . And trumps thanksgetting. The president hits the golf course again today after making a bizarre and selfserving call to u. S. Troops on thanksgiving day. Why did it seem the president was much more interested in getting thanks for himself than giving thanks to the troops . Wolf blitzer is off tonight. Im jim acosta, and this is the situation room special report. Breaking news tonight, and special counsel robert there is breaking
Reform telling reporters he sees strong support from very meaningful background checks but are Mitch Mcconnell and the National Rifle association on board and will anything get done . And america on edge. From a motorcycle backfiring in times square to an armed man wearing body armor at a missouri walmart, anything is setting off alarms and even panic and the country returning to normal. Wolf blitzer is off and im jim acosta and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. And breaking news in the el paso mass shooting investigation, the arrest affidavit of the suspected gunman quotes him as saying he was targeting mexicans. The affidavit also said when he surrendered to police the suspect told them, quote, im the shooter. This comes as President Trump said he has spoken with congressional leaders and sees bipartisan support for gun law reforms. And the questionandanswer session as he left the white house, he touted the possibility of a deal on what he calls, quote