People in ang willa and barbuda, st. Martin and saint barts. He believes 90 of the island on barbuda may have been destroyed by the storm. 90 of the buildings on that island. There are real fears ahead for haty, the dmin can republic. Hurricane irma a is front and center tonight. One of the largest hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic basin. Well be talking about the preparations ahead of its path and what we are learning from the storm as path as it churns through the caribbean and toward florida. Simultaneously were keeping a eye on the aftermath of harvey, some towns outside of houston are still under water. There are worries about whats basically a toxic stew thats been left behind in parts of texas because of this storm. In addition to all of the other things that the houston and Gulf Coast Region is to our country, it is our Nations Center for our chemical industry. And one of the centers for petroleum industry. There are new reports out of houston people who were he can pose
An acting defense secretary in addition to an acting attorney general, an acting white house chief of staff, an acting epa administer and five federal departments completely unfunded. Lets begin this hour at the pentagon where uncertainty at the top quickly being felt throughout the ranks, top to bottom and around the world. Barbara starr is there. There was a marine commander traveling around, visiting deployed marines when they asked him what to expect. They said they dont know. Is that something youre hearing across the board . It is, jim. We dont really know what the reaction is going to be at the end of the day. At least for now theres a lot of uncertainty about this. Marine corps commandant traveling to wish the troops happy holidays and getting a lot of questions about the uncertainty they feel about what will happen with them, when theyre coming out of the war zone, what will happen to the combat zones they are leaving behind. Secretary mattis will be gone january 1st. The pres
How pilots raced through the flight manual even as the plane was going down. President trump says let the public see the Mueller Report when it comes out. He was asked about the report just moments ago, and we have White House Correspondent abby philip in lima, ohio, where the president will be speaking next hour. Abby, what more did the president say . Reporter brianna, the president continued his attacks on the Mueller Investigation and the special counsel probe, but he did say he doesnt know when its going to come out and he doesnt have a problem with the public seeing that report when it eventually does come out. This is coming at a time when the president is facing a number of different inquiry, not just from the Mueller Report, but also from congress. Hes getting requests from the oversight committee, from the house judiciary committee, for documents on a number of different issues and some of them related to the same issues that the Mueller Investigation is probing, russian inte
It is 9 00 p. M. Here in new york on sunday. This is white house in crisis the impeachment inquiry. The week that was and the week ahead and it could be contentious. The president tonight is tweeting about adam schiff. Im quoting the president now, if shifty adam schiff is a corrupt politician who fraudulently made up what i said on the call is allowed to release transcripts of the never trumpers, he will change the words that were said to suit the dems purposes. R theres a lot in there. The idea that the transcripts are going to be falsified. Its a lot. Schiff may be related to the fact investigators want to hear from a host of officials in the coming weeks, many in connection with holding up assistance to the ukraine. One of them, the president s acting budget director aintends to defy his subpoena and otwo subordinates will do the same. Rick perry is refuses to cooperate and john bolton is scheduled for thursday but seemingly resisting so far. In short, the testimony that made last
High drama to say the least. Whats the next step . The house votes as early as next week to impeach President Trump, charging abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Those articles based solely on the ukraine scandal, foregoing an article based on the mueller report, and impeachment isnt the only big story today. The day is young. An extremely rare show of bipartisanship, House Democrats support the trade deal with mexico and canada. A policy win for the president who just welcomed russias foreign minister to the white house, hours before heading to pennsylvania to rally support for his 2020 reelection. But make no mistake about the headline, today is history, setting the stage for 2020 and for president donald j. Trump to become potentially the third president in americas 243 year history to be impeached. I want to bring in Geoff Bennett, and White House Correspondent hallie jackson, live from the white house. Through the process, republicans painted this inquiry as ill legitimate