enough to go out, which really isn t just yet. the winds still very, very fierce here in wilmington, and the rain still falling quite hard. some of the worst damage so far from hurricane florence in the area of greatest emergency has been the city of new bern. an enormous storm surge there led to flooding overnight. we just got word that there were some 200 rescues last night with 150 people still waiting to be rescued. they each hoping to get them out by noon if they can. why? because the tide will come up again by noon and they could see another surge with the waters rising again. we did get some fresh pictures of the homes that have been affected, in some cases destroyed by that surge and that flooding. good to see there have been people rescued. good to see they re doing what they can to get those 150 people
those 12 indictments provided by rod rosenstein just last friday. the chorus among republicans is getting louder for the president to correct himself, for him to clarify what exactly he meant or for him to at least for the first time separate the investigation into russia from his own personal feelings about whether or not this investigation would delegitimize his own election. of the republicans that are going to this meeting, and there are seven of them as of noon, tell me if we need to update these numbers. so far, only three of them have criticized either the president or his performance or stood by, stood by the intelligence community. those three are congressman eric pulsen, congressman bishop. that s right, those lawmakers are going to be in a tough spot. they would love to be associated with president trump and his tax cuts. they would love to make this meeting as it was originally scheduled to be all about the
so this will shiftily shift through this morning. this afternoon will be better. here s by noon. notice the rain showed in green and the yellows, a lot of the heavy stuff shifts north ward. we re fine new york city to philadelphia. there could be a hit and miss shower but the heavy stuff will be done. so as far as the heat goes, this is the story of the week. 37 million under heat advisories or heat warnings. from tulsa, oklahoma, and now all the way up here into areas of ohio. for today the hottest temperatures will be felt in the middle of the country. i know denver could be 101 today. kansas city, the heat index would be 111. as we ve been talking it begins to arrive on the east coast friday. you ll really feel it by the time you get to saturday. washington, d.c. will feel like 100. how about that, guys? detroit feels like 108. hottest day in new york city by the way will be on sunday. welcome to summer. still ahead, a simply
michael is in business. he s really a businessman. fairly big businesses, i understand it. i don t know his business. but this doesn t have to do with me. michael is a businessman. he s got a business. he also practices law. i would say probably the big thing is his business and they re looking into something having to do with his business. i have nothing to do with his business. i love how he writes one word or a phrase in front of him before every interview. sometimes it s no collusion. we re going to like the no collusion christmas tree, no collusion. later no collusion. noon, no collusion. so this time was business. he s a businessman. business. michael has a business. it s a big business, i think. i don t know. but i ve been told it s a big business. most of the stuff he does has to do with business. he s a businessman. not my business. his business, of course. i understand it s a fairly good
so they govern by giving this massive new debt. i don t think that s good for the country. ultimately it threatens our security. not only external security but the internal foundation is threatened by so large of debt. neil: you mentioned losing your mind. the president could be losing your mind listening to you say this. you re getting in the way. have you bounced this off of him? i talked to him this afternoon. we had a good conversation. i told him to call was senator mcconnell that i wanted 15 minutes to have a vote to make a point that conservatives are unhappy with this deal. all they have to do i told him this at 11:00 a.m. give me 15 minutes to debate, 15 minutes to vote and we could have been done by noon. but nobody wants to have it pointed out what an eye sore this deal is and how obnoxious it is to conservatives to spend good money after bad neil: was the president for what you wanted to do? i think i the president wants