water is flowing, and continuing to push into lake pontchartrain. you have many streams and bayous that come into the lake pontchartrain. when you do that, when the rainwater comes, there s no place for the flooding to go. we did not see this during katrina because of the surge. that s alarming, a lot of people will be taking note of the high tide. our thanks to lieutenant generous sell honorae. the damning new information in a sex abuse case. how much he paid to keep potential witnesses quiet. our coverage continues on the back end of now tropical storm barry, moving inland. within the last couple hours, we ll go to the national hurricane center for a closer look at the flood threat and where the storm goes from here.
that said, i think he s going to be lawyerly and i think he ll be careful and his answers will not be as succinct as mr. wells. we ll have more time to talk about it next week and let me move to jeffrey epistein and the sex abuse case. acosta is now out in the handling of this case and the sweetheart deal that he struck for epistein a decade ago. listen to acosta s reasoning for stepping down. i have seen coverage of this case that is over 12 years old that had input and vetting at multiple levels of the department of justice and as i look forward, i do not think it is right and fair for this administration s labor department to have epistein as the focus rather than the incredible economy that we have today. democrats on capitol hill say they still want acosta to testify about his handling of
sexually abusing four women, three that were minors to the judge ordered him behind bars until he paid child support payments. hundred and $61,000. those were made by an anonymous person who paid on his behalf. here is what they are saying when he left jail this morning. i promise you we will straighten all of this stuff out, that s all i can say right now. i promise you. arthel: r. kelly denies the wrongdoing in the sex abuse case and he has pled not guilty to the charges. arthel: house oversight and reform committee chairman, elijah cummings, vowing to take another look at michael cohen s testimony. and decide whether or not to recommend perjury charges be filed against the former fixer and a dispute over pardoned requests. plus the president signing an executive order designed to help suicide among veterans. to every veteran, i want you to know that you have an entire
pressure. they need to handle this situation with some sensitivity towards the female victims here. thank you so much for your piece and your words. i appreciate it. we were just talking about jeffrey epstein. democrats are now calling one of the president s cabinet members to resign after a judge ruled that alex acosta broke the law by giving the billionaire a sweetheart deal in his sex abuse case. we ll talk more about that. also, senator elizabeth warren vows not to attend fundraisers or take phone calls from wealthy donors. is that even realistic? en and the oscars have everyone talking today. while diversity was on display, the best picture wins did not get the same praise. we ll discuss that. you re watching cnn. i m brooke baldwin.
something maybe for larry hogan, for bill weld, for john kasich, for anyone thinking of running against trump in those primaries is going to have to consider. that s hardball for now. thank you for being with us. a all in with chris hayes stars right now. tonight on all in. i don t want to talk about it now. did paul manafort s pardon strategy just go poof? that s what i said that s obviously what our position is. tonight, reports that new charges are coming for the man who ran trump s campaign, as we await the last major court filing in mueller s manafort case. then, breaking news from the new york times . the man doesn t tell the truth. what we know about the new information michael cohen gave investigators about the trump family business. plus, growing calls for the resignation of trump s labor secretary over his handling of an infamous sex abuse case. that seems like a long time ago. and democrats start their push to terminate the president s emergency