answers. what we do have is further evidence that manafort is somebody who is a key piece of the puzzle, and he has a lot of different pressures on him right now, including a possible indictment. that could lead to him cooperating with the special counsel mueller and his team, which will inure to the benefit of the justice department but not the president of the united states if he s involved. we have a lot to talk about, everyone. so stay with me. when we come back, more bad news for the president. two trump lawyers spilling the beans about the russia investigation at a popular d.c. steakhouse overheard by a reporter for the new york times. talk about loose lips. plus hurricane maria, an extremely dangerous category 5 storm, hits dominica tonight. we ll show you where it s headed next. saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico. goin up the country. later, gary
worried about the relationship between the u.s. and russia. so it s hard to imagine a worse time for two trump lawyers to be overheard in a popular d.c. steakhouse talking about the russia investigation and documents in a safe. overheard by a surprise new york times reporter. aren t lawyers supposed to keep you out of trouble? plus hurricane maria getting stronger. the storm a category 5 with winds 165 miles an hour, making landfall at dominica tonight and taking aim at puerto rico. we re going to have the latest on maria s path. i want to get right to cnn s exclusive reports. sources saying u.s. investigators wiretapped former trump campaign chair paul manafort under a secret court order before and after the election. cnn s evan perez and pamela brown broke the story of why the government was listening to someone so close to the
and nudges to the west, it can force it to take the path of least resistance, which would be pushing very close to the eastern united states, potentially impacting portions across the east coast. so again we re going to watch this airfully and break down exactly what the models have right now. european and american models, very good agreement. it ll be move ashore of puerto rico by midweek. and you ll notice the european, which has been very reliable with recent storms, picks this up and skirts it offshore. the american is not there yet. it is beginning to trend that way, don, but it is something we re going to follow the course of going late into the this week. absolutely and pedram javaheri will have a new update for us at the top of the hour. and we ll check back in a few minutes and see how maria changes. just ahead, we ll go live to puerto rico preparing what could be a direct hit from hurricane maria.
as people were out and about just try ing to make last minute preparations for hurricane maria, which was a little bit different. i ve got to tell you don, a little bit different than what we saw for hurricane irma. certainly there were preparations underway. but i made sure to ask all the people i talked to on the streets today, if this was different, and there seems to be an understanding yeah, this is different. and remember, i was talking to people before it became a category 5. people here really understanding that because we are expecting direct landfall and because it has been as you mentioned a decade, they really fear the devastation, the destruction that could be ahead with maria.to rico took in a lot of evacuees during hurricane irma. are those people still in shelters tonight even as we speak? reporter: still in shelters tonight, more than 100 of them, at last check, with government officials. many of them right now at the puerto rico convention center,
the administration or within the circl circles. chaos breeds cooperation. if you re a prosecutor trying to get an information from unique sources that you wouldn t be able to get otherwise, you want that sort of paranoia to fester in the mines of everybody so you have an opportunity for people to come forward with information. and the first in time is often the first person to get the best deal or get the best immunity action. so you have that chaos breeding exactly what the prosecutors in this case and the special counsel wants to accomplish. the paranoia will serve the prosecutor very well. thank you all. appreciate it. speaking of chaos, when we come back, white house staffers at odds as the russia investigation heats up. is it paranoia, or do they have good reason to be worried? plus hurricane maria makes landfall on dominica and takes aim at puerto rico. we ll have the latest for you. i work overtime when i can get it. i need my blood sugar to stay in control.