2 00 p. M. At the white house. Any minute well get what could be a fascinating press briefing from Sarah Huckabee sanders where if she wasnt already snowed in by the storm outside, shes likely to get snowed in b. Can she and Trumps White House drive a plow through the fallout. Any words about steve bannon . I dont know. He called me a great man last night. He obviously changed his tune pretty quick. The president wasnt just stunned by bannons claims, he was furious and disgusted. Reporter reportedly growing more furious by the minute. If steve said that was treasonous, he should retract that. I can sense that hes probably very frustrated and disappointed that steve would do this. I think steve actually is somewhat delusional with some of these claims. Michael wolf is a sleaze bag. I was asked to talk to him in the white house when he floated around the west wing and i refused to talk to this guy. Steve bannon said he would go to war for President Trump when he left the white house. Now
Viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. The breaking news this hour, troubling forecast for irma. The record hurricane ravaging the caribbean and taking direct aim at florida. New forecast shows the killer storm increasingly likely to strike the metro miami area. Widespread evacuation is underway and the governor says residents should be prepared to flee no matter which coast they live on. The effort to get out is creating a fuel shortage that left officials scrambling to get more gas into the state before more evacuations are ordered. People in parts of georgia and South Carolina have been told to leave ahead of the storm. Irma is blamed for at least six deaths in the caribbean and right now it is battering the turks and Caicos Island with the bahamas next in line. Hardest hit the island of barbuda which the Prime Minister describes as barely inhabitable. We are covering that and much more with our gue
Indictments have nothing to do with mr. Trump. Are americans buying an attempt to downplay the biggest twist in the russia investigation. Im wolf blitzer youre in the situation room. Were following break news on the newly unsaled criminal charges against three former Trump Campaign officials, including the chairman, Paul Manafort, tonight special Counsel Robert Mueller is moving into the next phase of his investigation into possible collusion between the trump team and russia. The most significant development, George Papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his russia contacts including a, quote, discussion of dirt relating to Hillary Clintons emails. Details in Court Documents detail the clearest connection yet between russia trying to interfere with the 2016 election. Hes working with the fbi and may be providing information about other Trump Campaign insiders. Paul manafort under arrest after an arrangement on his 12count indictment. Hes accused of conspiracy agains
Sze a sha as trump struggles to keep grip on the russia investigation. Michael schmidt of the times writing, he gave firm instructions in march to the white houses top lawyer. Stop the attorney general Jeff Sessions from recusing himself and the Justice Departments investigation into whether mr. Trumps associates had helped a Russian Campaign to disrupt the 2016 election. The times citing two sources saying mcgahn tried and he failed. The report goes on. Mr. Mcgahn was unsuccessful and the president erupted in anger in front of numerous white house officials, saying he needed his attorney general to protect him. Mr. Trump said he expected his top Law Enforcement official to safeguard him in the way he believed robert f. Kennedy, as attorney general, had done for his brother john f. Kennedy. And eric h. Holder, jr. , had done for barack obama. You might remember last week President Trump sat down for an impromptu 30minute interview with that same New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt
Steve bannon lost his mind after he was fired at the white house hand basically went on to say he had very little to do with inner workings. Essentially spending time at the white house talking to reporters while referring to the media as opposition party. That is a pretty extensive smack down coming from the president of the United States. Now, keep in mind, in that statement from the president , there isnt a whole lot said with respect to the accuracy, the veracity whaf steve bannon is saying, that is basically what steve bannon told michael wolf in the book was ocean hahi opinion, that the meeting was not ill advised but also treasonous, according to steve bannon, the meeting held by Jared Kushner, and former chairman Paul Manafort. Now following that statement from the white house, they thought it would be a good idea to put out another statement from Sarah Huckabee sanders that also excore shated that book saying it was filled with false and inaccurate information. And then the fi