Reporting begins now. Stocks taking a hit this friday afternoon as were now in the final hour of a rough day on wall street. Thats after President Trump fired a new set of shots in the trade war with an ultimatum to mexico. The president is threatening a 5 import tax on all products from mexico unless and until the mexican leaders do more to stop undocumented immigrants from getting into the United States southern border. The tariffs are set to take effect in ten days. Theyre set to increase by 5 each month. Theyd go up to potentially 25 and stay there unless and until the president says the problem is solved. Even the talk of those tariffs was enough to drive down stocks. Some of americas Biggest Car Companies hit especially hard because of cars they build in mexico and sell in the u. S. Of course, Companies Bring all sorts of products across our southern border which means if the tariffs kick in, we could see price hikes. Not just on cars but also on meat, fruit, vegetables, beer and
Homicide. The numbers grow. Reporting begins now. Hurricane dorian update. The southeast u. S. Braces for what the National Hurricane center calls a possible catastrophic category four storm this labor day. From the florida keys to south georgoverno georgia, theyre stocking up with four days left before the storm is projected to hit, the cone of uncertainty stretches about 500 miles. The center puts it south of orlando along floridas east coast. But they caution at the National Hurricane center that the storm could hit anywhere inside that cone of uncertainty. Right now dorian is churning in the atlantic ocean, a category one storm at last check. That said, the pressure has dropped. We havent had an update since 11 00 a. M. East coast time. Next update in two hours. Its likely the storm strengthened with nothing out there to break it down and hot water to give it life. Forecasters say they expect dorian will bulk up to that potential category four system with maximum sustained winds at
President trump points to an altered weather map to make his claim that dorian threatened alabama. Did he personal use a sharpie marker to redraw the cone of uncertainty . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news. The new forecast is just in as Hurricane Dorian hammers the carolinas with powerful winds and torrential downpours. Up to 15 inches could fall, while sturges driveorm surges d of water ashore. Along with that lifethreatening combination, the storm has spawned tornados. There has been heavy flooding in charleston. There are alerts along the coast into virginia and even new england of Tropical Storm warnings. Hundreds of thousands of people have left their homes and a quarter million homes and businesses are without power in the southeast. And were also getting a better look now at the catastrophic damage dorian left behind in the bahamas. The Prime Minister calls it generational devastation. The death toll is at least 20 and expected to rise as stunned survi
Will see first on the lead. And with american lives in jeopardy right now, President Trump is today sticking with his bizarre focus after using a laughably doctored map to push a false claim about the storm. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. And we begin with breaking news. Deadly Hurricane Dorian right now taking aim at north and South Carolina on the east coast of the u. S. The category 2 storm crawling up the coast, dragging out the danger. Tornadoes such as this one have even been reported. Another one hit emerald isle, North Carolina, tearing apart homes in this rv park. Hundreds of thousands of people do not have power across three states, the carolinas, and georgia. And survivors in the bahamas are just beginning to assess the damage from dorian. The u. S. Coast guard has rescued at least 135 people in that country after entire neighborhoods were flattened. One survivor telling cnn it was almost as if an atomic bomb had gone off. Im from tampa. I just want to let my family in
Game. The storm moving so slowly toward the coast here. There are hurricane warnings up the coast all the way to South Carolina, mandatory evacuations still underway. They are still expecting hurricane strength winds in many of the places on the coast and very dangerous storm surge. Im on the intercoastal waterway. You can see the seas, the water will rise further than this and the winds could reach hurricane strength overnight, and into tomorrow. The overall strength of the storm is down to a category 3, but that is still a major hurricane, and this is no time for complacency as the storm moves ever so slowly northward, alisyn. As we have learned from this hurricane, anything is possible with dorian. Obviously you were there keeping track all morning. Theres other news, we are following new details from Southern California where 34 people are feared dead from that inferno aboard a dive boat. All five crew members, somehow made it off that boat safely, and now there are questions about