Under way on a busy friday night. Busy here tonight. Good evening once again. Day 645 of the Trump Administration and it brought further proof that you should never bet against the feds. A florida man suspected of mailing bombs to highprofile democrats including the homes of two former president s has been arrested. Earlier today, 56yearold cesar sayoc was charged with five federal counts including mailing of explosives and threats against former president and assault of current or former officials. His First Court Appearance will be on monday. He faces up to 48 years in prison if convicted on all counts. The break in the case came thankfully after a fingerprint was lifted off the outside of one of the packages. One of the bombs was mailed to congresswoman maxine waters. According to officials, dna evidence was further found on some of the devices. This morning the fbi seized this white van owned by sayoc that was covered with protrump stickers. As you might imagine, it was a wellknown
Rambling profanityladen remarks while a silent President Trump looked on. And lured to his death . A source tells cnn that u. S. Intelligence intercepted saudi officials discussing plans to lure a missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi back to saudi arabia and detain him. Did the saudis decide to kill him instead . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following breaking news. Six people now confirmed dead following one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the u. S. Mainland in decades. The full scope of michaels devastation is still being revealed tonight even as the storm continues to bring lifethreatening continues to the carolinas. We have correspondents standing by in key locations and our analysts and specialists are also here as we cover all the days top stories. Lets begin with cnns brian todd. Brian, residents of floridas panhandle, they are reeling right now in the wake of this historic hurricane. They are reeling, wolf and they are trying to get a handle on it. A
Good evening, these reports, if they are true they will blow the cases. There has been denial but all the evidence has been pointed at saudi arabia. At this report is true it means they will finally admit to being involved in the murder. 13 days after he disappeared, saudi arabia has started to cooperate. On monday he ordered an investigation into the case. Working in tandem with turkey. Turkish authorities have been requesting access to the consulate, showing he went missing. Finally today it happens. For days authorities have been trying to get inside the saudi consulate to find out what happened. They are now just arriving. Saudi and turkish investigators, hopefully they can get to the bottom of this. Investigators spent at least five hours at the consulate, a saudi team and turkish forensic police. Notably a cleaning crew also arrived hours ahead of them both. Now the European Union is also looking for answers. I think we are on the same page with our american friends on this. We w
The president to address the news at a rally in lebanon, ohio. He will be speaking in a few moments. We will monitor that and we will get you the latest. We begin with our reporter Benjamin Hall is in live in turkey where pastor brunson was released. Good evening. Reporter hi, ed. What we saw was the end of a twoyear nightmare for pastor brunson. Most was spent in turkish jail under house arrest. But this is also a victory for the Trump Administration and in particular, for his Foreign Policy. This is when pastor brunson convoy came in and then the prosecutor recommended the house arrest be lifted. His travel ban be lifted. The control order, too. Before the judge announced he was free. Clearing the way for the return to the u. S. Brunson released a Statement Today saying, this is the day our family has been pray for. I am delighted to be home on my way to the United States. President trump always pushed hard for brunsons release and in often in person and at the highest level of gover
The rarest of things, and good evening. And, many staffers did not know about it until she walked into the front door. It might be the bestkept secret. Nikki haley will be leaving. President trump i just wanted to tell you that we will miss you and we will be speaking all the time and we will miss you and nevertheless. Haley tendered her resignation on october 3rd, so the president sat on it all the way through the Kavanaugh Investigation and confirmation vote. In a letter to the president , haley wrote that among the conditions of her taking the job or serving in your cabinets and on the National Security council and being free to speak my mind on the issues of the day. You made those commitments and you have absolutely kept them all. After 14 years in public office, it was simply time to move on. A lot of people will say theres a lot of reasons why im leaving and the truth is, i want to make sure that this administration and the president has the strongest person to fight. It was a b