Integrity. She truly believes that shell be wonderfully received in the arms of the loving god and, therefore, did not fear death. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christie paul. Top of the hour now. There have been decades of namecalling and threats and defiant launches. This morning theres an unexpected pledge from north korea that could finally bring a diplomatic breakthrough. Kim jongun says his regime is stopping nuclear and missile tests. This is an announcement that shocked World Leaders but is already being praised by some of the countrys toughest critics. Its worth noting what is not in the pledge, however. Theres no mention of shortrange missile tests. No promises to let weapons inspectors into the country. No plans to get rid of the missiles and Nuclear Warheads the country already has. But the country does claim it has, quote, completed its Nuclear Weapons goals. Translator under the proven condition of complete Nuclear Weapons, we no longer need any nuclea
Else. Everyone except for the United States president and, of course, Vladimir Putin. So what is being done to prevent another election attack . And two people falling ill in the uk just miles from where a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned. Could this be another attack . We start with new denials of ohio congressman jim jordan. Just moments ago we heard him respond on camera for the first time to accusations that he turned a blind eye to sexual abuse while he was a wrestling coach at Ohio State University. Those allegations are coming from a former wreftsler who contacted jordans office several times by email. But a source inside jordans office tells cnn the congressman never responded because he felt like he was being bullied. Heres what congressman jordan said about those allegations just moments ago. We knew of no abuse, never heard of abuse. If we had, we would have reported it. And if, in fact, there, you know, if, in fact, theres problems, we want justice for the
And this is cnn newsroom. And we begin with Tropical Storm florence. The window to safely veer away from the u. S. East coast is closing. And already a number of states are bracing for possible impact. The storm is getting stronger as it churns over the atlantic. Its forecast to become a hurricane in the next few hours. And a major hurricane on monday. The governors of south carolina, North Carolina and virginia already declared states of emergency. We are preparing for the worst and, of course, hoping for the best. But being prepared, being prepared is always the best strategy. Meteorologist derek van dam is here with the latest for us. Right now even though its going to be a hurricane, its still a big swath of states. We dont know exactly where it is going to go. From north florida to the carolinas and georgia, Everyone Needs to be prepared for the landfall of a u the. We need several more runs and days to hone in on the location, but nevertheless, the entire southeast coast, unfortu
Carolina and South Carolina declaring states of emergency. Sandbagging has begun. And officials are telling residents to Pay Attention to evacuation orders should they come. Grocery shelves are emptying very quickly as residents flock to stock up on water and food. And there are also reports of price gouging on essential goods. We are covering this storm from all angles. Meteorologist tom sader is tracking the latest in the Weather Center. And we also have a meteorologist in South Carolina on the beach. Tom, well go to you first and what youre noticing about the storm. Well, the visual storm is not showing us an quiet. The visual satellite means once the sun sets well lose this, but overnight expect Rapid Development from a category 1, maybe its a hurricane major status. Thats a category 3. Could it make it to 4 or 5 . Thats possible. Now, we are several days out. So to pinpoint a landfall right now, i mean, we can show you the models and talk about it, but theres going to be tweaking
Calling russian interference a hoax and a special counsel investigation a witch hunt. Abby phillip joins us from the white house. This morning, calling it all a hoax and a witch hunt. Is the president telling us how he really feels about all of this, script aside . Reporter it seems that he certainly is. The president often reverts back to this position of calling it a hoax. The white house is saying that he meant to say that the meddling investigation, the collusion investigation was a hoax, not the russian interference itself. The president himself made it clear, he was talking about the russian interference in the election in 2016. The president is spending the morning dealing with the fallout from a tweet that he sent last night, all caps, threat aimed at iran. The question everyone is asking this morning is why. Why now . Why is the president seeming to threaten iran with military action, he says the consequences will be the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered