poppy is off this week. sara sidner is with us after a brief tour in florida to cover the hurricane yesterday. we are going to be covering that again today. neighborhoods have been changed forever by hurricane idalia. it is now a tropical storm off the carolina shores. but officials are already assessing the damage in florida and georgia. we will be talking with fema administrator about the latest on the ground in a moment. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell freezes up in front of reporters again. it is the second time in disturbing scene played out this summer. new reporting now about what mcconnell s been doing behind the scenes. and the department of health and human services is recommending that the d.e.a. significantly ease restrictions on marijuana. it is currently a schedule 1 drug the same as lsd and heroin. it wouldn t legalize marijuana federally, could it be a step in that direction? we will explore. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. we ar
good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this broadcast with the rapidly growing legal perils for donald j trump. his codefendants and his closest allies. along with his pending criminal trials, the former president, some of his kids and his business now face a whopping 250 million dollar civil lawsuit from new york attorney general tish james. in new court documents filed earlier, james alleges that donald trump routinely overstated his personal net worth to financial institutions, in one single year, by as much as 2. 2 billion dollars. according to james s lawsuit, the asset inflation went on for ten years in an effort to get better loan agreements. the trial is supposed to begin in early october, ahead of any of trump s criminal cases. meanwhile, a federal judge ruled that former trump lawyer and advisor rudy giuliani defamed georgia election workers, ruby freeman and her daughter, shaye moss. giuliani made repeated false claims about the two of them as he wo
how that s not only culminated with the new tapes tonight. that s one of the special reports we work on around here. that s coming up if you want to stay with me. as for the top story tonight it is another win in accountability, a new defeat for one of donald trump s closest indicted aides. today a federal judge in washington ruling giuliani, trump lawyer giuliani defamed two georgia election workers with lies with legally false claims. that s a legal determination. he did that on his way to trying to get the election to be stolen. those workers, ruby freeman and her sure shane moss have come up before. if you follow this show or the jan 6th committee hearings you recognize the name. while different people in public life and most poll workers don t enter public life, have to deal with some public scrutiny, what they went through legally, i can tell you today, was way over the line. it was defamation, lies, threats and intimidation. i mentioned the hearings. they spoke memorab
good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we begin this broadcast with the rapidly growing legal perils for donald j trump. his codefendants and his closest allies. along with his pending criminal trials, the former president, some of his, kids and his business, they now face a whopping 250 million dollar civil lawsuit from new york attorney general tissue james. that case was going away? no, sir, it is front and center today. in new court documents filed earlier, james alleges that donald trump routinely overstated his personal net worth to financial institutions, in one single year, by as much as 2.2 billion dollars. according to james s lawsuit, the asset inflation went on for ten years in an effort to get better loan agreements. the trial is supposed to begin in early october, ahead of any of trump s criminal cases. meanwhile, a federal judge ruled that former trump lawyer and advisor rudy giuliani defamed georgia election workers, ruby freeman and her daughter, shaye
2026? we ll have reaction from the senator s office to this second incident this summer. also ahead, a new legal twist for america s mayor, a federal judge ruling that rudy giuliani defamed georgia election workers. could that impact the fulton county case too? and later, what s 2.2 billion between friends. the new york attorney general alleging donald trump isn t as rich as he says he is. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, i m ryan nobles reporting from washington in for ana cabrera. this morning idalia s impact is being felt from florida to the carolinas. now a tropical storm, idalia unleashed heavy rain and life-threatening flash flooding across eastern north carolina in the early hours of this morning. after battering south carolina overnight, spitting out tornados with wind gusts strong enough to flip cars right on the roadway. people along florida s gulf coast are still dealing with the aftermath of the storm this morning. downtown cedar key almost entirely submerged