vehicle, a rental truck, like so many other recent incidents traveled several blocks before stopping in the shadow of the world trade center. the hero officer who stopped the carnage moments after it began credited with preventing more lives from being lost. let s bring in our own louis burgdorf. one of the first reporters on the scene. he s been describing for us all morning long what he witnessed as the eyewitness to the deadly aftermath. louis, through the moments and what you were able to see. walks through the rest of the evening and how it s played out. reporter: ayman, yasmin, on chamber street where it meets canal street yeah, west side highway, excuse me. you can see over my left shoulder here, the truck, the pick trup truck that the suspect was driving. i was ten blocks north of there. and as i left my building it was a chaotic scene. there were a lot of people running. a lot of people unsure of what
resources here trying to get to her. of course they are still not there yet. poppy? rosa flores, thank you so much for reporting on that. please keep us posted and we will watch this extraordinary effort to free that little girl. thank you. ahead for us, gop scramble. the latest push to repeal obamacare, but do they have the votes? plus, the president is meeting two separate meetings with the leaders of japan and south korea as tensions flare with north korea, does the president have a plan for the deictator that trup calls rocket man. and worked at microsoft. you know her name, melinda gates. she told me she still faces hurdles and sexism because she s a woman. my interview with her coming up. i still walk in places with bill, and they assume he s the
strange. the president announced the trip last night. a closely contested race there. the president s visit could give strange the boost he needs to hold on to this stet inspect he was pointed after attorney general jeff sessions resigned that seat earlier this year. in many respects the president s trup is about the power struggle with his former chief strategist steve bannon. he is supporting roy moore, a third place candidate in that primary congressman mel brooks, he supported roy moore and endorsed his campaign. let s talk about this now with cnn contributor wesley lowrie. this was an interesting race even before steve bannon backed judge roy moore. the interesting element here about luther strange, the incumbent, who has only had the
reporter: there were tributes to those in uniform, a nod to former vice president dick cheney and defense secretary donald rumsfeld. they look great. they look great. reporter: getting down to business, president trump urged congress to deliver on higher defense spending, but added another political plot. by the way, you can also call those senators to make sure you get health care. reporter: the president launched a twitter blitz, ten tweets, from commanding action on health care to attacking hillary clinton. he even noted that a president has the complete power to pardon. a power famously exercised by the president trump honored. will grant a full, free and absolute pardon unto richard nixon. reporter: but trup insisted the only crime is leaks against us. his frustration involves a new intelligence leak involving jeff sessions.
trump. he can t be the promise because xi overanlds db you you have to have american troops on the russian border now that trump has been supporting. we had missile defenses that obama took them i agree obama shouldn t have done that. president trup has done nothing about republican aggression in ukraine. he s not going to declare war but he wants a stronger nato don t you think that s the best alternative. what s he done to confront ukraine if he s done nothing to confront vladimir putin? there s been extensive couldn t of the battles nato is better today than it was six months ago. a lot of people would disagree there s nothing going on in yew craig barlow, there s a lot going on in ukraine and a