Third hour. This is we made it through the stretch hour. The power hour. The power hour. The seventh thing inning str were so glad everybody is with us this morning. Im glad to be next to you too. It is going quick. It is already 8 00. Speak for yourself. I did two hours and now it is three. Im so glad to be here with you guys because you guys mean, i think we all help each other make each other better and we hope we make you better at home. There is a lot to get to this morning. Welcome to the program. Were going to give you some news now including these baseless Conspiracy Theories circulating about the attack on paul pelosi. Were going to debunk them one by one in a cnn fact check coming up shortly. Midterm elections, were one week exactly away, but a lot of votes already cast in early voting. Republican leaders gaining confidence that this is going to cut their way. Chris sununu of New Hampshire running for reelection, hell join us this hour to talk about his partys prospects. And
school libraries and reading lists in more districts and states, according to a new report. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead. hurricane fiona wreaking havoc on several caribbean islands. the storm made landfall as a category 1, but expected to become a major hurricane after it hit puerto rico on sunday, knocking out the entire power grid there. puerto rico, still recoverining from hurricane maria in 2017, is suffering catastrophic flooding. you can see this bridge, which was rebuilt after hurricane maria, being swept away by the rushing waters. another river, rising to 29 feet, surpassing the record set in 2017. we re going to start our coverage with laila santiago, in part rico, where most communities are still struggling without power. reporter: almost the entire island of puerto rico remains in the dark after hurricane fiona slam into the southwestern coast of the island sunday afternoon. pounding rainfall causing catastrophic mud
not a lot. donald trump wasn t going to honor his predecessor when he launched his car spreading the racist birther lie at the 44th president of the united states duly elected twice was not born in this country. that was far from normal but what we saw today said a lot about the office of the presidency, the people we elect to hold it and the peaceful transfer of power to one president to the next. i ve always described the presidency as a relay race. you take the baton from someone. you run your leg as hard and as well as you can and then you hand it off to someone else. knowing that your work will be incomplete. the portraits hanging in the white house chronicle the runners in that race. each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer to its highest aspirations. now, just imagine someone else speaking in that manner. let s be honest. can t. that s what a normal presidency is supposed to be about and today we saw a former president not afraid to make fu
apple podcast, it s feature there. a week from today on september 14th. you will find an apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. and a quick sign up to make sure you don t miss. it the news, it does continue, we will hand it over to don lemon. this is don lemon tonight and barack and michelle obama. back at the white house today, there was a time when that would be normal. it would be expected. a former president and first lady back at the house where they lived for eight years, for the unveiling of their official white house portraits. hosted by the sitting president. barack and michelle, welcome home. welcome home. but let s face it. how much normal have we seen for the past three years? not a lot, actually. president trump sure wasn t going to honor his predecessor, not after he launched his own political career by spreading the racist birther lie at the 44th president of the united states, duly elected twice, was not born in this country. that was far fro
third hour. this is we made it through the stretch hour. the power hour. the power hour. the seventh thing inning str we re so glad everybody is with us this morning. i m glad to be next to you too. it is going quick. it is already 8:00. speak for yourself. i did two hours and now it is three. i m so glad to be here with you guys because you guys mean, i think we all help each other make each other better and we hope we make you better at home. there is a lot to get to this morning. welcome to the program. we re going to give you some news now including these baseless conspiracy theories circulating about the attack on paul pelosi. we re going to debunk them one by one in a cnn fact check coming up shortly. midterm elections, we re one week exactly away, but a lot of votes already cast in early voting. republican leaders gaining confidence that this is going to cut their way. chris sununu of new hampshire running for re-election, he ll join us this hour to t