Good morning, its wednesday, september 20th. We are following a number of stories. President trump was America First se u. N. And steps up his warnings to north korea meanwhile, republican as far as see daylight on Health Care Reform. Some gop governors arent so sure about that. The Russian Investigation rolls on with new details on whos paying the president s legal bills but first, two Natural Disasters unfolding in real time. Rescue efforts happening right now in mexico after a powerful earthquake ripped through that country yesterday and Hurricane Maria about to slam directly into puerto rico. Well go straight to meteorologist bill karins with a check on the storms latest track. Bill. Power knocked out. Roof damage done, structural damages beginning as the strongest weekends are moving on shore in puerto rico. Overnight, can you see the storm, 124mileperhour winds in st. Croix. Now the storm is about to make
landfall. Lets get into the zoomed in radar. You see san juan to the north
we ve seen north korea continue its march over the past 25 years. now, again, nothing meaningful can be put together by an international community. what do you say to americans? what do you say to members of the united nations about its ineffectiveness over, let s just say, the past year? and how does it become more effective in international affairs again? one thing we do have to keep in mind, it is a combination, a collection of nation states. sovereignty is the important part. and we can blame the secretariat and international bureaucrats but ultimately it is a decision by the nation states. and the united states and this was my problem when i was there. we were behind in paying our peacekeeping bills. and then congress unilaterally decided to lower the amount we were going to pay. and it s very hard to call for reform if you re not paying, leading the british, our best