Damaging winds. Good evening to all of you in hawaii. Just 10 00 p. M. Good morning to the rest of you. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. It is thursday, august 23rd. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. The white house struggles to contain the fallout from the Michael Cohen guilty plea. President trump is turning to personal attacks. Cohen implicated trump for coordinating Hush Payments to a porn star to sway an election. The president tried to minimize cohens role in life and business. He was one of many lawyers for me. They say the lawyer and they like to say the fixer. I dont know if he was a fixer. I dont know where that term came from. He has been a lawyer for me. He did not do big deals. Small deals. Not somebody with me that much. Somebody who said i did not live without him. The payments Michael Cohen made to the two women who allege they had an affair with trump. What he knew and when. The president saying with fox news he did in the know about the payments until later on. He did not specify a date. Did you know about the payments . Later on i knew. Later on. You have to understand, what he did and they were not taken from campaign finance. Thats a much bigger thing. They did not come out of the campaign. They came from me. Reporter that Contradictis The Tape released by Michael Cohen last month which discusses how to make a payment to one of the women before the payment was made. When it comes to the financing. What financing . Payment. Pay with cash . No, no, no. I got it. Reporter as these questions come, the white house is struggling to mount defense here. The president found out about the payments that Michael Cohen made later on. He is on tape discussing how to
make one of the payments with Michael Cohen. So before the payment was made. How do you explain that . Once again, i commented on this extensively. What i can tell you about this is that the president did nothing wrong. There are no charges against him. You can stand here and say the president has never lied to the American People . In ththat is a ridiculous accusation. Reporter we will see playing out that Michael Cohen will paint him as a liar and not a credible figure in the situation. That is likely to raise more questions why the president surrounded himself with Michael Cohen in the first place. Dave and christine. That was a tough crowd in the believing room. One of the jurors in the Paul Manafort trial says a lone holdout prevented them from convicting on all 18 counts. Paula duncan tells fox news jurors agreed to disregard the testimony of the former right
Get a jump on the days news with Christine Romans and Dave Briggs. More information and Top Republicans are downplaying the matter entirely. Naturally it makes us very concerned. You know, the president should not be held responsible for the people he trusted. I dont see deeper meaning in this other than you have to pay your taxes and you cant lie on a loan application. Drama. Away from the agenda that most of us have signed up for and we are actually executing. The New York Times reports Senior Republicans are urging the most vulnerable incumbents to speak out about the wrongdoing surrounding President Trump to keep the house. One Democratic Congress member think it is is time for Robert Mueller to reveal what he has. It is important for us to have all of the facts in front of us. I think mueller, chris, has to think at this point about giving us preliminary findings. There is nothing that stops mueller to say here is what i know right now and ill continue to work. And democrats are trying to use the cases to stall Brett Kavanaughs Supreme Court nomination. Chuck schumer calling on republicans to suspend the confirmation hearing, but a spokesperson for Chuck Grassley says the hearing will start on september 4th. John bolton is meeting with his russian counterpart this morning in geneva. We have Cnns Fred Pleitgen in moscow with the latest. Hi, fred. Reporter good morning, christine. One of the things that is apparently on the agenda according to john bolton, he said this at the Press Conference yesterday in israel, is election meddling. We have been monitoring the russian side about all of this issue. We are hearing from the kremlin
use federal funds to buy firearms for teachers. Taxpayer dollars to arm teachers. It reverses a long standing Government Policy not to pay. It is looking into a loophole looking to increase academic opportunities. It does not bar especialweapons purchases. There was 50 million a year allocated to school districts, but denied use of firearms. An Education Spokesperson says they are considering and evaluating policy issues. China and the u. S. Resuming trade talks. It did not prevent a round of tariffs. Officials met in Washington For The First Time in months. Expectations are low here. Previous rounds made little progress. President trump does not expect anything to come of it. Others who work in the administration are echoing that
kentucky yesterday. Days like this i hoped about when i took the job in washington. That is the optic the administration wants to you focus on for tariffs and trade. Send Tray Aluminum will create 275 to 300 jobs. Hurricane lane barrelling toward hawaii. The category four Storm Packing 150 miles an hour winds. This could make landfall as it moves past the islands today through saturday. If the eye does not cross land, it should draw close enough to bring destructive winds and rain. Hurricane warnging issued for te islands under warnings. The states governor david egay is urging people to stock up. Be prepared to shelter in place and food and supplies and water. Other necessity ies you need. People are heeding the warning. Bread and water aisles in this supermarket are bare. Hawaii officials are urging people to shelter in place. No Evacuation Orders have been issued. Hawaii airports are open barring damage or unsafe debris. President trump has approved the governors request for a president ial disaster declaration. That puts federal help in place. Tracking the storm for us is cnn meteorologist pedram javaheri. Dave and christine, good morning. Very impressive set up here and depiction on satellite radar with Hurricane Lane. You can see it from space and looking at the satellite radar, you see a number of features. Still a category four and very organized. Pushing in just a few hundred miles south of the big island. The track of the system is migrating to the north and northwest turn. Look at this in the sheer
numbers. Only two hurricanes have made landfall since 1959. One in 1992 and one in 1959. Both on the island of kilauea. A westerly shift pushes it away from honolulu. The cone still brings in oahu and when you break down the model guidance, we see a lot of various measures. We know the amount of rainfall will not change which will exceed 15 to 20 inches. That will be very dangerous over the next couple of days. The view from space. That was scary looking. Ahead, major news in college sports. Ohio state Football Coach urban meyer will keep his job, but he will miss time over how he
ohio State University suspending Football Coach urban meyer for three games without pay. The school investigated meyer response to spousal abuse allegations against former assistant coach zach smith. Meyer did not cover up, but did fail to take sufficient management action. Meyer offered a public apology yesterday. Im fully aware im ultimately responsibility for the situation that has harmed the university as a whole and department Athletic Center and football program. I want to apologize to Buckeye Nation. I followed my heart and not my head. I failed because i gave zach smith the benefit of the doubt. The Athletic Director suspended without pay until september 16th. Zach smiths exwife accused him of abuse and Domestic Violence
in 2009 and 2015. He was fired on july 23rd. The iowa dairy farm that employed the suspect in Mollie Tibbetts killing says he got the job using a false identification. The 24yearold Christian Riveiera came to the u. S. Illegally from mexico. The Hiring Procedure required a Photo Identification and Social Security card. They made a mistake thinking Social Security employment verification and Homeland Security system is one of the same. They are not. All of us are saddened by the tragic beth death of mollie and realization that one of our coworkers was involved. Just an hour earlier, he was arraigned for tibbetts death. Last night members of the
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news he did not know about the payments until later on. He did not specify a date. Did you know about the payments . Later on i knew. Later on. You have to understand, what he did and they were not taken from campaign finance. Thats a much bigger thing. They did not come out of the campaign. They came from me. Reporter that contradicts the tape released by Michael Cohen last month which discusses how to make a payment to one of the women before the payment was made. When it comes to the financing. What financing . Payment. Pay with cash . No, no, no. I got it. Reporter as these questions come, the white house is struggling to mount defense here. The president found out about the payments that Michael Cohen made later on. He is on tape discussing how to make one of the payments with Michael Cohen. So before the payment was made. How do you explain that . Once again, i commented on this extensively. What i can tell you about this is that the president did nothing wrong. There are no charges against him. You can stand here and say the president has never lied to the American People . That is a ridiculous accusation. Reporter we will see playing out that Michael Cohen will paint him as a liar and not a credible figure in the situation. That is likely to raise more questions why the president surrounded himself with Michael Cohen in the first place. Dave and christine. Kaitlan collins, thanks. One of the jurors in the Paul Manafort trial says a lone holdout prevented them from convicting on all 18 counts. Paula duncan tells fox news jurors agreed to disregard the testimony of the former right hand man rick gates because he took a plea deal. They relied on documents to
reach eight guilty verdicts. When the president was asked about a pardon for manafort, he sidestepped the question. I have Great Respect for what he has done and gone through. He worked for Ronald Reagan for years. He worked for bob dole. His firm worked for mccain. Many, many people and many, many years. Gainst him, every consultant and lobbyist in washington does. That means they will be busy at the irs, i guess. The New York Times reports the president and Rudy Giuliani have discussed the potential political repercussions of pardoning manafort. Giuliani says the president is not considering it. John bolton meeting with his counterpart in geneva. We have with reporter good morning, dave. They will discuss election meddling, but not just in 2016, but the upcoming midterms. That is something that the russians will be very interested to speak about as well. The russians for their part, have been saying or less specifically, saying irritants in the relations with the United States and russia are something that is going to be discussed. One of the things they have been interested in as well, dave, is the president saying a couple of weeks ago that he would be willing to think about sanctions relief for russia if russia works with the United States on issues like syria and ukraine. Now the russians, of course, were angry when john bolton said russians are stuck in syria and unable to get help. Russians says that is not the case. They want to work with the United States. Having been in syria last week, the russians believe they will be the ones in the lead on that
topic. Dave. We will have david sang everybody from the New York Times to sanger from the New York Times coming up to discuss this. And he email sent by the make Trump America Great Committee demanding a petition for the National Anthem to be broadcast on espn. The president says if america is too offensive for anyone in our country, then what are they doing in america. The president has targeted nfl players for kneeling during the National Anthem. Other networks have not generally aired the anthem and showing commercials instead. The New York Times reports that Education Secretary betsy devos is considering an unprecedented move. Allowing states to use federal
funds to buy firearms. Taxpayer dollars to arm teachers. It reverses a long standing Government Policy not to pay. It is looking into a loophole looking to increase academic opportunities. It does not bar weapons purchases. In march, Congress Passed a School Safety bill, but prohibited the use of the money for firearms. Education Department Spokesman said they are constantly considering policy issues. Hurricane lane barrelling toward hawaii with sustained winds of 150 miles an hour. This could make landfall as it moves past the islands today through saturday. If the eye does not cross land, it should draw close enough to bring destructive winds and rain. Hurricane warning issued for the islands under warnings. The states governor david igy is urging people to stock up. Be prepared to shelter in place and food and supplies and water. Water and medicine and other necessities. People are heeding the warning. Bread and water aisles in this supermarket are bare. Hawaii officials are urging people to shelter in place. No Evacuation Orders have been issued. Government official offices will be closed today and tomorrow. Hawaii airports are open barring damage or unsafe debris. President trump has approved the governors request for a president ial disaster declaration. That puts federal help in place. Tracking the storm for us is cnn meteorologist pedram javaheri. Dave and christine, good morning. Very impressive set up here and depiction on satellite radar with Hurricane Lane. Menacing storm as you see from space and satellite radar. You see a number of features. A category four and very organized. Pushing in just a few hundred miles south of the big island. The track of the system is
migrating to the north and northwest turn. Look at this in the sheer numbers. Only two hurricanes have made landfall since 1959. One in 1992 and one in 1959. Both on the island of kaui. A westerly shift pushes it away from honolulu. The cone still brings in oahu and when you break down the model guidance, we see a lot of various measures. We know the amount of rainfall will not change which will exceed 15 to 20 inches. That will be very dangerous over the next couple of days. Pedram, thank you. Some Major College football news ahead. Urban meyer, the Football Coach at ohio state, will get to keep his job, but suspended. We will tell you why and what about his apology . Next. Are you a christian author with
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those rose 16 . One of the nations builders had a stellar second quarter. Boosting Toll Brothers profits by 30 . If you are wealthy, they are moving fast. New york, connecticut, new jersey and california with no impact on the highend market. The latest hack on the Democratic National committee wasnt a hack. Officials contacted the fbi on wednesday after they discovered a breach of the voter database. It was an unauthorized phishing attempt. The latest we just read this story. There we go. Thank you so much. This is a more serious and
troubling story. The iowa dairy farm that employed the suspect in the Mollie Tibbetts killing said he got the job using a false identification. Christian rivera came to the u. S. Illegally from mexico. Officials at the farm say he worked there for four years. After performing the standard Hiring Procedure with a Photo Identification and Social Security card. They said they made a mistake in the process. The farm now says they thought Social Security employment verification and Homeland Security ehieverify is one in same. They are not. All of us are saddened by the tragic death of mollie and the realization one of our coworkers were involved. Rivera was arraigned for the murder in the tibbetts death. His bond set at 5 million. The University Of Iowa members
gathered for a vigil to remember tibbetts. Her Family Release Aid Statement to released a statement to supporters. Thousand for the outpouring thank you for the outpouring of support and love. Duncan hunter is denying he and his wife used Campaign Funds to pay for Luxury Vacations and School Lunches and delinquent Family Dental bills. All of this is contained in the indictment that he and his wife were together on this scam. Duncan hunter is innocent and he and his wife will fight this. This is par for the course. This is modern politics and modern media mixed with Law Enforcement with a political agenda. This is the new department of justice. This is the democrats arm of Law Enforcement. It is happening right now. It is happening with trump and it is happening with me. People will get to vote in november. Defiant congress member. He will be arraigned in san diego later today. He remains on the ballot. We will see the impact on that election. Early start will be back and update you on the urban meyer news. The head coach of ohio state suspended. We will tell you why. Until i held her. Managing my type 2 diabetes wasnt my top priority. I found my tresiba® reason. Now im doing more to lower my a1c. I take tresiba® once a day. Tresiba® controls blood sugar for 24 hours for powerful a1c reduction. woman wed been counting down to his retirement. It was our tresiba® reason. He needs insulin to control his High Blood Sugar and, at his age, hes at greater risk for low blood sugar. Tresiba® releases slow and steady and works all day and night like the bodys insulin. vo tresiba® is a longacting insulin used to control High Blood Sugar in adults with diabetes. Dont use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. Dont share needles or insulin pens. Dont reuse needles. The most common side effect is low blood sugar, which may cause dizziness, sweating, confusion, and headache. Check your blood sugar. Low blood sugar can be serious
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constitution is not changed. There is a discussion about that. Farm murders is a real Hot Button Topic including for white nationalists globe globally. Farm murders are down historically in the last few years. The reason this is serious more than a Conspiracy Theory as you suggest, it is instructing the State Department to look into this which is creating a firestorm in south africa. South africa totally rejects the narr narrow suggestion. Yes, there are land issues in south africa. The racist past is a difficult issue to get past and most of the land is owned and farmed by white south africans. There is a move to address that past. There has been for more than 20 years. The State Department and the
embassy is scrambling to defend or explain Donald Trumps statements on twitter. It will be an ongoing controversy. Dave and christine. David mckenzie, thank you. Conspiracy theories at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. Lets get a check on cnn money. Global stocks mixed as u. S. And China Trade War heats up. The u. S. Began collecting tariffs on 16 billion in chinese goods at midnight. And items made in the china 2025 initiative. The plan to dominate high tech industry. Beijing struck back dollar for dollar. Wall street closed mixed yesterday. The bull market is the longest ever. In 2009 in the dark days of the financial crisis. Since, the s p has increased. And the dire warning of trade. Escalating tariffs pose a big threat to the u. S. Economy and prolonged dispute could hurt growth. That is from the minutes of the feds recent meeting. Central bank plans to keep raising interest rates. The next hike likely next month whether or not trump likes it. He told roeuters that he is not thrilled with jerome powell. Target just had its best quarter in more than a decade. Samestore sales rose 6. 5 . Fastest growth since 2005. Target credits the Digital Strategy and store redesign. Consumers are spending. Boosting sales at home depot and nordstrom. Something is going right with the consumer. Target ceo said yesterday this is the best consumer environment
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