The cnn newsroom starts right now. 2 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, the scope of destruction in the state of california is almost impossible to comprehend. The death toll continues to rise. Take a look at the map. You see the state here. These fires in both the north and south, so far theyve destroyed an area larger than chicago. The death toll across the state now stands at 80 people who have been killed, 77 of those lives lost in the camp fire in northern california. Hundreds of people there still unaccounted for. Officials warn the search for the dead and missing is painstaking, and that it is far from over. In the aftermath of so much chaos, there are incredible stories of survival. One of them involving a School Bus Driver praised for helping 22 students to escape the camp fire in northern california. Cnns paul reports how the man was able to navigate that bus and its passengers to safety. Reporter so many stories of absolutely stomachchurning despair, but heres one of great he
Free market. Growing skepticism of the tech industry. A possible breakthrough for kids with peanut allergies. The trick . Peanuts. Im dave briggs. That is a serious story. I know a lot of people are working hard to figure out how to protect their kids. Im christine romans. It is monday, november 19th. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Holiday week. President trump says acting attorney general Matt Whitaker will make the call whether to restrict the russia investigation. Fox news Chris Wallace asked the president if he would allow whitaker to limit the mueller investigation. If whitaker decides to limit or curtail the mueller investigation, are you okay with that . It is going to be up to him. I think he is very well aware politically. He is a very smart person. A very respected person. Hes going to do whats right. In the weeks since the president forced Jeff Sessions to resign as attorney general, democrats called for whitaker to recuse himself from oversight of the russia investigation gi
Attorney general Matt Whitaker will make the call whether to restrict the russia investigation. All eyes on special Counsel Robert Mueller waiting his next move. Fox news Chris Wallace asked the president if he would allow whitaker to limit the mueller probe. If whitaker decides to limit or curtail the Mueller Investigation, are you okay with that . It is going to be up to him. I think he is very well aware politically. I think hes astute politically. He is a very smart person. A very respected person. Hes going to do whats right. In the weeks since the president forced Jeff Sessions to resign as attorney general, democrats called for whitaker to recuse himself from oversight of the russia probe given his past criticisms of the investigation. The president said he was unaware of the criticism. Although he agrees with whitaker. There is no collusion. He says you can stop the investigation. What do you do when a persons right . There is no collusion. He said it. If he said there is collu
Lawsuit against the administration. The white houses sudden reversal followed cnns request for another emergency hearing in federal court. The president is changing his stance on a sitdown interview with special counsel Robert Mueller. He is now saying he probably wont do it and he is launching new verbal attacks on a top u. S. Military commander as well as top members of his own team. I will talk about that and more with congressman jim hines of the House Intelligence Committee and the former director of ethics water schwab. First, two reports tonight. Our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta is standing by with the president s latest comments on the special counsel investigation. Lets begin the breaking news on cnns dropping its lawsuit against the white house after the Trump Administration publicly backed down. Lets go to our chief media correspondent Brian Stelter. Brian, update our viewers on the very latest. This is a victory for cnn, wolf, but more importantly a victory fo
Within a stones throw of a record itself become amazing. This is the president heads off to mississippi moments from now big rally planned. He makes remarks that will take them to it. First john roberts and how the white house is responding to this economic. Neil good afternoon to you. I was glad myself to find out Chris Wallace wasnt wearing a speedo underneath that desk. The president pretty happy about the job numbers today as he said the official number 128,000 the president tweeted a blowout jobs number just outcome adjusted for revisions in the General Motors strike, 303,000. This is far greater than expectations. Usa rocks. The president said they are that they 128,000 number is actually 303,000 so how do they get to that number . You are alluding to this at the top purity of the base, 120,000 jobs created last month and then there was 95,000 in upward revisions for the prior two months, they added that in. And the council of Economic Advisors and National Economic council estim