Something is bogus in new york and its not the cops. Thats it for us tonight from washington. We are here every night at 8 00. The five is next. Dana hello, everyone. I am dana perino. With juan williams, jesse watters, greg gutfeld, and kimberly h guilfoyle. It is 9 00 in new york city and this is the five. Tonight, new reaction from President Trump with the firestorm surrounded around his son and russia. The president is telling reuters tonight he only learned about the controversial sitdown a couple of days ago and doesnt blame his son for having the meeting. Saying many people would have. Democrats want the treason charge, other people say thats nonsense. Theres been soop much overwrought claim. There are people talking about treason. I cant believe the New York Times had an oped yesterday in which treason was mentioned. People are saying it could be treason, which is facially absurd. It just doesnt rise to that level. Dana Corey Lewandowski thinks the white house needs to get much
Areas, up to 35 inches of rain, because this is a massive rain making system, and due to complicated weather patterns, chad can explain, itll probably stall out in texas. Weve lost power to 63,000 homes in this area, thats Corpus Christi, theyve put together a boil order, thats a recaution, with so much water around here, essentially the citys Drinking Water could be contaminated. And the wind are not expected to dramatically die down any time soon. So, the hard shp really is not coming to a end, were shifting to a more difficult phase. Martin, well have chad along in a moment, there are 131 Miles Per Hour winds. How does this compare to the other hurricanes youve covered. You and i have both been out in a lot of them. Time. Because if the water does pile up as is expected, it could cut off not only rescue efforts to come in but Escape Routes to get out. Thats what you saw in new orleans after katrina. This is not a katrina, its a very different circumstance, but the danger is extremel
Across, not roads, but more like rivers with a few bags in their hands. Th they just grabbed a few snacks, pillows. In many cases they were carrying pets. As we talked about last night, still one of the big issues is power. 100 of the island not having power right now, only those that can get to generators, also, the first thing people still ask me is, do you have signal. People desperate to find out the condition of loved ones who they cant get to because of flooding many because of debris . And loved ones who cant get out, because of that same reason. The government has announced that fema has critical supplies right now enroute to puerto rico, and that is via ship. Anderson. What are some of the main priorities now that the storm has passed . Power for the government. I mean, they have already before maria even came here, the government said that they believed that it would take not days, not weeks, but rather months to restore power. Remember, this is a power system that lacks main
[cheers and applause] it is an easy touchdown for syracuse. Abby the weekend authority here for this groove. Weve been here for hours now. That last clip, my wife is not a football fan in the least, which is here accused. She emailed me. Weepy crime scene. Huge deal. Congratulations to all the folks they are. Abby a big night. And if your wife is texting its a big deal. We have david webb on the couch this morning. David i know. Nice little color coronation. Abby we didnt even plan it. I Love Learning about her learning about our guest toes, what they drink in the morning. What is your choice . Youre a black coffee. David i like black coffee with a little bit of brown sugar but im going to make tea year. Todd we look like we are ready to get the Baby Announcement because theyve got their pink, the blue. David covering all sides of this. Abby per usual friday sale usual friday sale is often the busiest day for the administration and yesterday was the same. A lot of news out of the white
Nbc nationalist Correspondent Peter joining me now where were expecting the greek Prime Minister to pull up, so well watch that. First of all, all the confusion. We see the president there in the doorway of the portico to the west wing entrance as the car pulls up, and were going to see the greek Prime Minister. Greece, of course, has been in financial turmoil. It has been part of the European Union crisis financially and economically and is also right in the region where migration has been a crisis, peter. So as we see him arriving, there will be an oval office meeting, a quick Photo Opportunity, later another Photo Opportunity in the cabinet room as they have an expanded lunch. Then theres going to be a News Conference. But lets go to the News Conference that you were a big part of yesterday, because this was the president trying to pretend there was no problem with mitch mcconnell, but importantly, youve got new reporting on the whole issue of
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