Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Im Wendy Gillette in for annemarie green. Florida is under a state of emergency this morning as Hurricane Dorian is forecast to hit the state as a major category 3 storm. Dorian is expected to slam ashore floridas east coast over the labor day weekend. Chief meteorologist craig setzer of our miami station wfor is tracking the storms path. Dorian is in the atlantic moving to the northnorthwest getting stronger as it goes. Its forecast to intensify through friday and on friday make a turn to the west or westnorthwest. How sharp that turn is going to be a big player in terms of where the storm goes. If its a very sharp turn, south florida under the gun. If its a slower turn, more gradual, central florida. If its even a slower turn, north florida could be under the gun. But the entire peninsula has the threat of dealing with a major hurricane sunday or monday time frame. Whats steering it . Its the steering patt
And a patient who died, tested for homicide. Why a lawyer claims hes not the only victim. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom atat cbs news headquarters in new york. Im Wendy Gillette in for annemarie green. Puerto rico is under a state of emergency this morning after Tropical Storm dorian takes aim at the island. Later today dorian is expected to move over toward or near puerto rico as a strong possible storm or possibly a hurricane. A hurricane watch is in effect for the island. Parts of puerto rico are still recovering from Hurricane Maria two years ago. Later this week dorian could pose a threat to florida. We begin with Laura Podesta in new york. Laura, how is puerto rico preparing for the stm . Well, wendy, some people are choosing to leave the island, but those choosing to stay are getting water and canned goods. Out of an abundance of caution, all Public Schools and government offices in puerto rico are closed today. Dorian is taking aim at puerto rico. Sustained Tropical
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. Im Wendy Gillette in for annemarie green. Hurricane dorian intensified overnight and is now a category 2 hurricane. Dorian is expected to hit somewhere between florida and southern georgia on monday and could make landfall as a powerful category 4 storm. That would make it the strongest storm to hit floridas east coast since hurricane andrew in 1992. This ominous view from the International Space station shows the storm morphing into a monster. Chief meteorologist craig setzer of our miami station wfor is tracking dorians path. Well, the storm strengthened overnight, winds up to 105 miles an hour now, moving to the northwest at 12, expecting to continue because its over very warm waters. The wind shear very low. It will be a category 3 today, category 4 by tomorrow as it breaches the northwest bahamas. Thats the sunday evening time frame here. And then monday evening, labor day, approaching the florida coast
Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. President trump has dismissed the russia investigation as a pointless witchhunt. But the first criminal suspect could be unmasked on the eve of halloween. Sources tell cbs news, a federal grand jury has approved special councsel Robert Muellers first charges in the case an arrest could come as early as today. In a hail of tweets the president shrugged off the looming charges suggesting in capital letters that the spotlight be turned instead toward Hillary Clinton. Here is justice reporter paula reid. Bob mueller has a really distinguished career of service to our country. Republican called for his party to keep an open mind as they await the first charges from special counsel robert mueller. I would encourage republican friend give the guy a chance to do his job. The result will be known by the facts. The sealed indictment could become public as early as monday. But it is not known who could be charged. Mueller has been given authority
Ninan im reena ninan a western edition of the broadcast. Melania trump is standing by her husband, but members of his own party are calling on crump to quilt the race for president. It follows a release of a decadeold recordings of trump making vulgar comments about kissing and grabbing women. This weekend, trump was cheerleader by a crowd outside trump tower in new york. cheers the fastmoving developments come exactly one month before the election. Heres Major Garrett i was wrong, and i apologize. Reporter Donald Trumps facebook video, posted just before midnight, only intensified the republican rush to the trump train exits. I pledge to be a better man tomorrow and will never, ever let you down. Reporter the uproar arose from this 2005 video obtained by the washington post. It showed trump, recorded without his knowledge, during a hollywood personality billy bush. Trump, then newly marriedly to his third wife, melania, said this about how celebrity status empowered him to be physical