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there was more bad news on that front. a new poll found that 38% of americans approve of the way donald trump is handling his job as president. 56% disapprove. it also found that just 24% trust almost all or most of what they hear from the white house. 73% say they trust some or nothing at all of what they hear from the white house. hours before that poll was released the president wrote on twitter the trump basis is stronger and bigger than ever before. he saved his toughest criticism from a sitting u.s. senator. it started this morning when he wrote interesting to watch senator richard blumenthal then never in u.s. history has anyone lied or defrauded voters like blumenthal. he told about his conquests, how brave he was and it was all a lie. he cries like a baby and begged for forgiveness like a child. now he judges collusion. more than eight and a half hours later he finished with this. i think senator blumenthal shauld should take a long vacation in vietnam so he could at ....
this morning there were signs it could be happening again. the wall street jurm reported that big tech companies are using their power to silence certain political views. both google and web hosting service go daddy stopped providing hosting support for daily storm area white supremacist website. the hotel website airbnb announced it will perm nernt in any eventually ban white supremacists from booking booking rooms. pay pal won t let them use the payment platform. no one is weeping for the daily stormer, mentioning their name probably got us written up as dangerous alt right sub investigatives. there s a principle at stake and is worth defending. we should be concerned by the prospect of big companies using their power to enforce ideological conformity when it seems to affect people we don t like as it does now. especially now we should be concerned. support for free expression seems to be fading on the left point. it s proof of how robust that right is. tech companies aren t ....
marker. their blood type, their d.o.b., their social, in case the very worst happens. that s how dire and how broad this storm is on the coast of texas. so obviously, over these next few hours, we ll be covering this. we re a bit hampered because communications right at this point, after landfall, can often enter into a kind of dark side of the moon phase. some satellite television trucks because of rain fade and high winds lose their ability to broadcast a signal. even some satellite phones can t work. cellphone service is down along with power. so we ll bring you reporting from it from our friends at the weather channel, from our own meteorologist bill karins, when we can. now to the other news that is happening tonight. somewhat under the cover of the first natural disaster of his presidency, a category 4 hurricane making landfall in the united states, the president and our white house stories, on the phone with us, our friend and colleague, the host of our 4:00 p.m. hour h ....
backdrop he is going to step in front of the american people tonight and try to make the case that he has the right path forward when it comes to afghanistan and that they should trust him. it s a very big decision for me. i took over a mess. and we re going to make it a lot less messy. reporter: president trump set to outline his strategy for america s path forward in afghanistan. a major test for the new commander in chief, one that could put more american troops in harm s way. after meeting with top administration officials at camp david on friday, the president announcing saturday he had made a decision after months of deliberation and delays. he has made a decision, as he said. he wants to be the one to announce it to the american people. it is a south asia strategy, not just an afghanistan strategy. reporter: the president has been presented with a wide range of options. everything from a full withdrawal to the deployment of up to 4,000 more soldiers, amid questi ....
wbr id= wbr1200 /> at this. we go towards saturday night it s moved in a little bit. still a hurricane tomorrow night. and then it pulls back across the shore. that s monday morning. take a look. tuesday, here we go. wednesday, the exact same spot. potentially dealing with a hurricane still. that is five days of this kind of rain. that is why we are expecting to see some rainfall totals likely over 4 feet and that is going to cause massive problems in the region. tucker: what a shame. rick, thanks. we will talk to you again in a minute. steve harrigan is in corpus christi tonight right on the gulf of mexico. steve, what do you see? tucker, we have seen things get worse here each hour. this storm has strengthened dramatically. it s really caught a lot of people here by surprise. some of the people originally planning on riding it out decided at the last minute to make their evacuation. still the worst is yet to come in the next four to five hours. we have already heard from ....