Of a direct hit. Yes, the track is shifting. Right now theyre still saying theres a need for mandatory evacuations in parts of that state ahead of a possible landfall this weekend. Irma is already lashing puerto rico. The island dodged the worst of the storm. Still more than 19 Million People are there without power and more than 56,000 do not have any water at this hour. The tiny island of barbuda did not avoid the rath. 185mileperhour winds destroying everything in its path. You can see the aftermath on the ground there in barbuda. The Prime Minister says the island is barely habitable. 95 of the buildings either damaged or completely destroyed. The death toll is rising. The United Nations the hurricane could impact up to 37 million more people. We begin with chn meteorologist chad myers. What is the latest . The latest is that the storm lost a little strength overnight, but i dont want you to folk cows on five Miles Per Hour because i cant tell the difference between 185 and 180. Th
He is not a typical president s of the past, i this i thats well recognized, thats also why the American People chose him. They were tired what was done in the past. They wanted something to change. So ive learned over the past year better how to deal with the president , to serve what i think he needs to know so he can make good decisions. And ive learned about the inner Agency Process which was new to me and that will get better all the time as well. But that is our role here at the state department. Thats more of elise lavit interview with the secretary of state. Coming up throughout the day, stay tuned for that in meantime moments ago President Trump spoke with reporters on the south lawn of the white house. Watch this. Hey everybody, im going over with the senators, we are going to camp david. We have a lot of things to work on. A lot of things to accomplish. The stock market is up very, very big today. We have set new records. And i think theyll be continued to be set. The tax cu
Good evening im erin burnett. Outfront breaking news, white house rocked by major resignation. One of the president s trusted advicering, hope hicks. 23yearold be 29 years old worked with ivanka trump before that. She rows stunningly quickly, by far the yong es person in the president s inner circle. Just to give you an idea how vital hicks is to the president. One of the president s close allies telling us quote, she was his last emotional crush. That source telling hicks departure was sudden. Trump berated hicks to her testimony to congress yesterday, nine hours, telling lies on behalf of the president. How she could be so stupid, apparently that was the final straw for hope hicks. As news of her sudden departure broke, telling cnn im floored, i think importance of her role within the white house. A valuable team member and one of the originals who remain in the white house is Jared Kushner who of course stripped of his top security clearance yesterday. Ivanka trump and dan scavino w
Outfront this evening the breaking news. Fbi agents will be held accountable. That is what the fbi director, Christopher Wray, said moments ago in response to a scathing report about the fbis investigation into Hillary Clintons private email use. Three fbi employees we did not know about, three new names, people were called out in the report for sending political messages that raised concern about antitrump bias. Again, this is three additional people on top of lisa page and peter struck. However, the judgment on some fbi employees pales in comparison to the reports rebuke of the fbi director himself, james comey. The report issued by the department of justice Inspector General says comeys actions were, quote, extraordinary and insubordinate, saying comey, quote, intentionally planned to, quote, avoid supervision by Department Leadership over his actions. Now those are exactly the kind of words that President Trump has wanted to hear about his nemesis, jim comey, for more than two year
And google is politically biased, rigged, suppressing conservative voices, thats what the president says. What does the search giant have to say . This started with the president ial tweet about 24 hours ago, one we thought wed laugh off. Here we are. A white house investigation. Good morning, welcome to early start. You cant make that stuff up. No, seriously. Im laura jarret. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. We begin with an historic upset in the Florida Democratic primary for governor. Cnn projects tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum, a proceeds griffive backed by Bernie Sanders, will win the partys nomination. A win in november would make him the states first africanamerican chief execut e executive. He was the only nonmillionaire in a field of five candidates and welcomes the challenge of putting the florida Governors Mansion back in democratic hands for the first time in two decades. Tonight we have shown the rest of the country that we can be the david in the situation where theres a goli