You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im in washington. We begin this hour with news that the Florida Republican party has scrapped its own loyalty oath requiring candidates to pledge support for the partys eventual nominee. It is a promise donald trump has flatly refused to make all along. It is seen as a major defeat for trumps closest rival in his own state, Florida Governor ron desantis, and a big win for donald trump. Meanwhile, as trumps legal woes consider to pile up, the judge has been asked to place a limited gag order on trump. They want to continue to block his ability to make continuing attacks in the federal case. Trump still leads the republican pac by more than 40 Percentage Points in the lowest cnn polls. Jeff, were about four months from the iowa caucuses. Youre at a key event tonight in des moines. What do you think well hear tonight . Reporter jim, the rest of the republican rivals will be gathered here on stage one by one reaching out to evangelical voters. A key consti
rose to 27 feet. it unindated this community to cover the first floor of homes. fire authorities tell us no one was injured or died. the fires start when the floodwaters shut the systems off. natural gas builds up and any electrical spark can cause a building to ignite. the new jersey governor murphy reiterated there is still concern at rising water levels. our death toll has climbed to 25 overnight and we have at least six missing across the state. my biggest concern right now is folks have to appreciate the fact we re still, while the weather may be good and while the floodwaters may have receded, we are still not out of the woods. at least 46 people have died in five states. the majority of deaths in new jersey. vast majority of the 25 deaths
now. two minutes after talking with air traffic control, 40 minutes into the flight, the transponder goes dark. it. is the instrument that sends out a signal to air traffic control. it tells what height, which direction and speed it is traveling. suddenly, this giant 777 is blind to the world. there is no easy explanation for why it happened. either it was intentional, someone tried to turn all the systems off at once or the pilot was kept from communicating or a mechanical failure that took all the systems out at one time. then, minutes after the transpond aer stops, it makes a unexpected turn and way off course. that the plane turned when
they said they think it s russia. i have president putin. he just said it s not russia. reporter: other members of the trump administration continue to cast a much darker view of russia. we don t trust russia. we don t trust putin. we never will. they re never going to be our friend. that s just a fact. reporter: and tonight concern that russian government hackers carried out probing cyber attacks on vital u.s. infrastructure including the power grid, potentially giving the kremlin the ability to turn off the lights. earlier this year the department of homeland security and fbi detailed a two-year multi-state effort by moscow targeting hundreds of companies that they believe is still ongoing. the hackers first gained access to small energy related companies, planting malware that allowed them to move to larger networks. once again the suppliers, the russians collected information on the facilities control systems, attempting to acquire the ability to turn those systems off. the
the ability to turn off the lights. the department of homeland security and the fbi detailing a two-year multistage effort by mow c moscow targeting the u.s. energy grid. they planted malware that allowed them to move into larger networks. once inside the energy suppliers, they collected information on the facilities control systems, attempting to gain the ability to turn those systems off. they re positioning malware so they could pull the trigger when they wanted to. but they re also sending the united states a message. we are in position to cause harm if we wanted to do it. so you, the u.s., should be a little more careful. the russians targeted other crucial segments as well, including water, manufacturing and aviation. they see this as a precursor to an unprecedented russian cyber