Hello, again, thanks so much for joining me. We start with growing unrest in the middle east. Thousands of iranians have taken to the streets, angry with President Trumps decision to pull out of the nuclear deal. And just today, the commander of the Iranian Army Ground force said itsraels security is further threatened by the u. S. Decision to withdraw from the nuclear pact. Iran said it plans to restart its Nuclear Program on a, quote, industrial scale. And now, fighting along the gaza border between palestinians and Israeli Soldiers has spiked, as violence and rhetoric in the middle east escalate. Cnn Global Affairs correspondent elise labboth is standing by in jerusalem. We also have Senior International correspondent Frederik Pleitgen live for us in tehran. Let me begin with you, frederik. Tensions are at a boiling point. Set the scene for us. What is it like on the ground there . Well, they certainly are at a boiling point. Many iranians are quite angry at President Trump pulling
Depression but the danger and the destruction are far from the carolinas, bringing about a over, slowly trickling across the carolinas, bringing about a torrential downpour will will likely linger for days and days. Looking at these numbers and the images that are devastating. Four people are confirmed dead, 700,000 without power, hundreds of rescue operations, dozens remain trapped at this hour and residents are told to expect a years worth of rain before it is over. Our team will show you havoc from within the storm is on. From within the storm is on. How long will it last . Only one thing certain, it will take months if not years to recover from this catastrophe. We are liable to have flooding everywhere because this is something we have not seen before, a hurricane staying on top of us this long. Florence is moving at a crawl, lifethreatening storm surge and strong winds expected to continue overnight and heavy rain. Griff jenkins joins us from Morehead City where the rain has stop
Youre watching cnn newsroom. So u. S. President donald trump arrives in hanoi later today for his second summit with kim jongun. The north Korean Leader made his way down a red carpet as he walked off the train that brought him to vietnam. As kims motorcade traveled through hanoi, thousands lined the streets to watch while denuclearization tops the agenda for this summit its also kims first state visit to vietnam. Hes expected to see firsthand the economic benefits of making a peace deal with the americans. Will ripply joins us now from hanoi. Will, tell us a little bit about that, this theory it should somehow incentive them to somehow become a bit more like vietnam if they would somehow abandon their nukes. Reporter the vietnamese capital, a communist party thats firmly in control but an economy thats opened up, that is booming. That enjoyed 7 growth last year as a result of normalized relations with the United States. Theyve had an embassy here in hanoi since 1995. And you go in the
And who some say got off easy. Why democrats have questions. Welcome to the lead. We have breaking news right now in the mueller probe. Cnn learning that documents that were not Public Knowledge in Robert Muellers investigation some how ended up in the hands of a prorussian twitter account and were used in an attempt to discredit muellers probe. Lets go to cnn who has more on this. What happened . Yeah. These are documents that while they are not nonpublic they are sensitive documents that were given to Defense Attorneys representing a Russian Company that has been brought up on charges by the mueller team for e essentially false news, fake information, other things they were indicted for. What happened here is there was a protective order. These attorneys were not supposed to share it with any of the russians. Some how the fbi says wound up in the hands of russians and created a web page linking to these documents and within these documents you had the real documents but the other thi
Abandon limitations on enriching uranium, but it will continue to cooperate with the u. N. Nuclear watch dog. President donald trump reiterating his threat to target iranian cultural sites if teheran retaliates for the u. S. Strike. That would be a war crime, considered a war crime under international law. And Iraqs Parliament called for u. S. And other foreign troops to leave the country, underscoring growing fears the u. S. Strike will trigger a regional war. President trump is threatening sanctions on iraq if u. S. Troops are expelled. He said it costs billions to build an air base there and americans arent leaving unless iraq pays the u. S. Back for it. Jumanna is in baghdad and joins us with the latest. Jumanna, iraq caught between a rock and a hard place here. Reporter it really is, natalie. And we heard that from the iraqi Prime Minister yesterday as he was addressing parliament in that stunning move, basically making the argument for why the Iraqi Parliament should vote in favo