Water. Hundreds of thousands without power tonight. And one of the Major Concerns going into this evening, the flooding still to come. Michael is now the thirdstrongest hurricane to hit the u. S. Ever. And now, the next chapter, as this hurricane heads to georgia and the carolinas and up the coast. Tornado watches up across several states at this hour. A special edition of world news tonight begins now. And good evening tonight from panama city, florida, where so many families here endured this awful hurricane today. A punishing scene that we witnessed and one those families will never forget. This is the hotel where we were reporting from all day today, and where so many of those families sought shelter. I want to show you whats left of it tonight. Take a look over my shoulder. You can see a huge part of the roof came crashing down during the hurricane right in front of our eyes and in front of so many of those families. Hurricane michael is the strongest hurricane to hit the u. S. Si
He owes us answers. This is the investigators who have no one to investigate them and they are running amuck. Rapper kanye west is headed to the white house this morning for a meeting with the president. On the docket violence in chicago. When they go low we go nchesz when i hear holder making a Statement Like he made, i think its a disgrace. Steve monster Hurricane Michael downgraded to a Tropical Storm overnight after slamming into the panhandle of the gulf coast of florida as a powerful 4 category. At one point the storm was so big the eye covered parts of three different states at the same time. Ainsley incredible drone footage showing a High School Gymnasium ripped apart in panama beach, florida. Pictures of the devastation all over the panhandle coming. In now the clean up has to begin there. Brian sun is up in 39 minutes. Other parts of the southeast arent out of the woods yet. Griff jenkins is live in tallahassee as michael pushes inland. Griff . Good morning, guys. Yeah. You h
One senator warning significant wrath from the United States. We are live in istanbul with a very important story. A graduate of indiana state. A u. S. Resident. A Washington Post journalist disan period of time. Welcome disappeardisappeared. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. We start with breaking news. A dangerous Tropical Storm. Officials in three states say half a Million People without power. 67 Million People in shelters. A florida was killed when a tree fell on his home. Officials are investigating the death of a child. No telling what First Responders will find. They are beginning to search through homes as conditions improve. Michael made landfall near mexico beach, florida. This stunning video just in to cnn. Look at the sudden calm in the eye of the hurricane. That spectacularly defined eyewall. The storm just shy of the category five. Enough to launch rooftops across the street. It was a strongest hurricane to hit the continental u. S. Since andrew in 1992. The strongest
Nikki haley. She spoke alongside the president earlier today at the white house about why shes leaving, as she pretty quickly quashed any talk of 2020 president ial prospects. Shes done an incredible job. Shes a fantastic person, very importantly, but she also is somebody that gets it. Were all happy for you in one way, but we hate to lose you. Hopefully youll be coming back at some point. But in maybe a different capacity. You can have your pick. That was really the thing i think she did best at the united nations. She got to know the players. She got to know china, russia, india. She knows everybody on a very firstname basis and they like her, except for maybe a couple, which is normal, they cant all like you. But they do. They really like you. Maybe more importantly, they respect her. Now the United States is respect respected. Countries may not like what we do but they respect what we do. They know that if we say were going to do something, we follow it through. I dont have any set
Out. And this. The nations deadliest transportation accident in nearly a decade. 20 people killed. And now weve learned that the limo and the driver should not have been on the road in the first place. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead im jim sciutto in for jake today. We begin with breaking news. Brandnew cnn polls revealing how americans feel about the president , the two Political Parties and the newest associate justice of the Supreme Court. Both during and after the battle to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. All coming less than one month from the midterm elections. Cnns political director, david chalian, at the magic wall with all of the results. David, President Trump up, down, or about where he was . No, hes up from where he was last month. Lets take a look at his overall Approval Rating, jim. Brandnew numbers from cnn conducted by ssrs, right now, 41 approve of how hes handling his be jo. 52 disapprove. But like i said, hes up. In september, he was at 36. So the