The end of the week. A more immediate threat, though, is to the caribbean islands, including the Virgin Islands, and puerto rico. High winds are tearing through the eastern half of puerto rico right now. Well get to our team of nbc correspondents who are in irmas path, in puerto rico, in florida, in just a moment. But lets start with al roker, who is standing by. Al, how dangerous is this storm this size . Well, craig, right now, as you mentioned, and you heard, this is the most powerful atlantic hurricane ever. And so we cant stress enough the danger, the potential danger there is with this system. This is the latest from the National Hurricane center. It is a category 5 storm. That is the top of the chart. You cant get any higher than that. Right now about 35 miles east of st. Thomas. 185 mile an hour winds. Only 5 Miles Per Hour below the strongest winds weve ever had in an atlantic hurricane, moving we westnorthwest at 16 Miles Per Hour. So heres what were looking for as far as eff
Intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge now with more from washington. Well, thank you, harris. A short time ago the house and the Senate Minority leaders sending this letter to the f. B. I. And the Justice Department asking them to brief congressional leadership known as the gang of eight on the alleged informant records and advised against thursdays meeting. It reads in part at the barest minimum it creates appearance for the president and his neighbors to prematurely Investigative Journalism for the purpose of i cant say that word. Meanwhile, devin nunes, trey gowdy and Christopher Wray and daniel coats and a senior aide to Michal Michal roz rod rosd they said its not clear at this point the records about the informant requested by congress will be accessible at the meeting. We also understand there may be some last minute changes on those who attend with the Deputy Attorney general rosenstein going in the end. Meantime we are learning more about this suspected informant and t
The Sexual Assault accusation before he makes the decision on the final vote earlier today senator flake had said he would vote to confirm kavanaugh no strings attached. Then two women confronted him in an elevator on capitol hill. Look at me when im talking to you. You are telling me my assault doesnt matter. What happened to me doesnt matter. You will let people do these things into power thats what you can are telling me when you vote for him. Senator mazie hirono on the senate floor speaking now. Listen. In the attack judge claimed he didnt remember. A far cry from rebutting her statement. He claimed he didnt remember refused to testify and then went into hiding. Patrick smythe and lee land kaiser said they simply dont remember. Again, hardly a rebuttal. As dr. Ford said yesterday, quote i dont expect pj and lee land would remember this evening. It was a very unremarkable party. It was not one of their more notorious parties because nothing remarkable to then happened that evening.
Discovered in its mailroom, addressed to former cia director, john brennan. President trump called the instance today abhorrent to everything americans hold dear and sacred. We have john roberts at the white house with more reaction from the president and the administration, a careful framing of the message. We start off though with Catherine Herridge here at the bureau with specifics on what was sent and intercepted. Good evening, catherine. Reporter Christopher Wray issued a Statement Today asking for the publics help saying no piece of information is too small and wondering if there may be more packages out there. In a matter of hours, multiple suspicious packages identified across four jurisdictions, targeting highprofile democrats. A former cia director, and the new york offices of a National Cable network. If there is a fire alarm here. We will find out what the latest is here and we will be right back. Reporter it was discovered in the cnn mailroom with extensive postage and pac
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