All around the world. Im george howal. And im natalie allen. Cnn newsroom starts right now. At 5 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, we start with the latest on the woman accusing u. S. Supreme Court Kavanaugh of Sexual Assault. Theres a new deadline calling on her to testify. Chuck grassley says Christine Blasey fords has until saturday to decide whether shes going to testify before his kmuty. They said if she didnt let them know by wednesday they would vote on monday to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the high court. And fords attorney called that deadline arbitrary and asking for another day to decide. Committee chairman tweeted judge kavanaugh, i just granted another extension to ford. She should decide so we can move on. I want to hear her. I hope you understand. Rut its not my normal proach to be indecisive. President trump made very clear where he stands on the subject. Listen. Brett kavanaugh, fantastic man, she Just Announced she wont vote for him, can you believe that. You talk about central casting. They were saying 10 years ago about him. He was born for the u. S. Supreme court. He was born for it and its going to happen. We have to fight for him. Not worry about the other side. And by the way women are for that more than anybody would understand. And that comes after the president made comments very clear about kavanaughs accuser, Katelyn Collins has moron that. Reporter President Trump unleashing breaking after days of restraint and lashing out at the woman whos accused his Supreme Court nominee of Sexual Assault and tweeting if the alleged attack was as bad as she says it was, Christine Blasey ford would have filed charges. President trump demanding to know the date, time. Algaugzs he has vigorously denied. White house officials were caught off guard by the president s initially mgserred response until he cast doubt on fords allegations, asking why didnt someone call the fbi 36 years aego . In an interview earlier this week ford recalled thinking im not ever telling anyone this. Moments before trump attacked ford, Kelly Ann Conway said i hope this woman is not being used by the democrats. And the president criticizing democrats who have called for an fbi investigation saying facts dont matter to them. Froms remarks kmung as ford s attorneys continue with the Judiciary Committee over her possible testimony, including a request that she never be in the same room as kavanaugh. Trump tweeting let her testify or not and take the vote. As he continues to tout his nominees credentials. A great intellect. A great gentleman and impeccable reputation. Went to yale, top student, went to yale law school, top student. Reporter as trump continues to sew dout about the accusations. Why didnt somebody call the fbi 36 years ago . Now with that being said, let her have her say and lets see how it all works out. Sfwlr reporter senator Susan Collins said she was appalled by the president s tweets. We know that allegations of Sexual Assault are one of the most unrecorded crimes that exist. So i thought that the president s tweet was completely inappropriate and wrong. Reporter now President Trump addressed the cavanaugh at the rally. That hes not worried about what democrats are doing and that women are for that more than anyone would understand but he didnt mention the specific allegations made nor did he mention the name of his accuser, even though he repeatedly attacked her on twitter earlier. Cnn, traveling with the president in missouri. And now stunning allegations about the second in command at the u. S. Justice department. They say the former Deputy Director of the fbi show this man, Rod Rosenstein discussed wearing a wire to record conversations with President Trump and recruiting cabinet members to remove hum from office. Rosenstein denies it all. President trump was urged not to make any decision right now. At rally the president didnt publicly criticize rosenstein or the report but did have harsh words for the Justice Department and the fbi. Just look at what is now being exposed in our department of justice and the fbi. Look at whats going on. And wherei want to tell you. We have great people in the department of justice. We have great people these are people i really believe you take a pole. I got to be at 95 . But you got some real bad ones. Theyre all gone. Theyre all gone. Theyre all gone. But theres a lingering sterch and were going to get rid of that too. So the question, what happens of the political fire storm around rosenstein. We have this report ahead. Reporter Deputy Attorney general, Rod Rosenstein floated the idea of secretly wearing a wire to record President Trump last year. The second most powerful person also reportedly discussed with doj officials are kruting cabinet members to invoke the 25th amendment to remove President Trump from office for being unfit. Rosenstein vehemently denying this saying the New York Times story is factually incorrect. I will not further comment on a stora based on anonymous source whose are obviously bias against the department and advancing their own personal agenda. Let me be clear about this, based on my own personal dealings with the president there is no basis to instlovoke twoivth amendment. Others told the new yorktumeses that rosenstein was serious and rauzed the idea of others wearing a wire. Mccabe, whose memoses have been handed over to special counsel Robert Muellers team was fired following an onslaught of twitter attacks from the president. Suggesting mccabe has credibility issues and wanted to to what he could to lay the ground work off a special counsel after comey was fewered. But another source believes mccabe had no incentive to lie. Today mccabe denied how the times got their hands. Saying he gave all of his memos, classified and unclassified to the special counsels office. A set of those remoned at the fbi that time of his departure. He has no knowledge of how any member of the media obtained those memos. Rosenstein took charge of the russia investigation after attorney general Jeff Sessions recused himself. Now as for President Trumps call to declassify so many othose messages, he now appears to boo ebacking off from that. He put out a tweet saying he would leave it up to the department of justices inspectorgeneral. Rosenstein and kavanaugh, much to discuss in washington d. C. He said this report boy the white house is false. If its true, what does it say about President Trump . And here we have already had an anonymous oped, alleging theyre going to quietly try to stifle him. As you say this is unsubstantiated reports. We dent know what the sources are. We have to bear that unmind. It create as lot more kind of fuel for the fire which surrounds the white house and its entire style, its governing, the kind of chaos which runs within it and the kind of schisms which exist about the credibility of the president. So, yes, it doesnt do President Trump very much good but that moment we dont fully know what the sources are either. The question is what will the fallout be . We certainly know what the president thinks about the Justice Department. It all goes back to the mueller investigation. You think hell touch that . Very difficult to answer. But it seems to me the particular timing is the most significant thing. I think it basically does a lot to as we head towards the midterm elections in november t does a lot to further sthak credibility of the administration and therefore the prau prospects for the house in particular. Its very difficult to speculate on how this is going to play out. But whereby think it creates an image and the image is this is an administration unable to be coherent, well governed, organized and so on. I think to lead to this kind of position, it suggestests theres a credibility problem for trump within the party, Party Leadership but i think it also plauinize to the democratic partys hands for the election asual. Lets talk about the other pressing issue. Supreme court bid. Republicans want him on the court and they want it for the midterm elections. If they dont appear to take the allegation by this professor, this female professor ford seriously enough and we heard mcconnell say were going to plow through it. That doesnt sound like sensitivity. Or will that embolden republicans regardless . This is a very risky strategy, probably that the president and his team have embarked upon. I think its reignited, if you like the me too movement and Politics Around predatory dags sexual predators. And again it seems politically timed for these particular lectio elections and times to strengthen the flow of white women voters from the Republican Party towards the democrats for november. So if kavanaugh is to be confirmed before the midterms, and remember thus is an allegation and not a proven fact, it is going to possibly damage the midterms. But in the longer run having an ultraconservative on the Supreme Court is a massive victory and thats going to flilive for man decades. Even if it hurts them in the midterm elections. Democrats keep emphasizing that in this back and forth with kavanaugh and his accuser of this is for life and this will change this court for many, many years to come. Do you think well hear anything more from kavanaugh here . Hes been at the white house every day working on this, hunkering down with them there. Hes not asking for an investigation and why not clear his name so if he gets on the court he wouldnt be like Clarence Thomas and tainted. Its a very delicate situation and what i read is mr. Kavanaugh has appointed a female attorn a. He t tuzant want to come over as strong man i think hes trying to handle it as delicately as possible and get his conformation through. Both rosenstein and this issue, i think, are connected. Theyre both politically times for the midterm elections. I always go back to 2016. I think 2016 was a very unusual year and uncovered major rifts and divides along class and economic lines. Were kind of back to a sort of politics of the normal that is palace intrigue, internal politics, identity politics, whereas 2016 came to the for with economic equality and so on. I think this is suppressing some of the deep divisions in the society and i think those divisions are going to carry on. But i think this is a kind of maujer shift to the right unamerican politics. Always appreciate your insight. Thank you. Hurricane florence causing trouble for the carolinas. 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But the entire state of North Carolina is still swamp would with water one week after the storm made land fall and officials warn more flooding could be on the waw. Flooding continues unparts of our state and 12 of our river are measuring at major flood stage. Some locations wont see rivers crest until late in the weekend and flooding will continue well into next week. This means that lives are still at risk and people need to stay alert for lockal evacuation orders. Pretty much the same in South Carolina too. The flooding has turned streets into rivers. Authorities say 23 out of the states 46 counties could be impacted by flooding. All of this as the death toll continueses to rise, at least 44 people have now died. And nick valencia has been follow thing aftermath of the hurricane and has more from conwau. The water here in conway, its slowly seeping back to the very same communities that were already hard hit. In fact the same community President Trump visited earlier in the week is under water agon. And they said the water was rising at boet three inches per hour. What theyre very concerned about is the river thatsall retdy set a record during hurricane matthew. The biggest concern is a coal ash pond. They brought in an inflatable dam to make sure no contaminants get in the water. Cnn, conway, South Carolina. So many people effected by this. Our meteorologist is here and karen, just a mess daws after the storm. Its not just isolated here and there, but central kaur lune aa all the why the coast has been dev stait station. Each day we see theuptick in the number of fatalities assocuate would it. It has been dev stating for the economy, thousands of people still in shelters. The areas that expand all the way from the pb river basin up towards the cape fear ruv. Theyre still going to expect rise over the next several days. Lets talk about whats happened in canada. 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