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Months. some of them may not understand necessarily how serious this is or may not have heard some of the warning to get out. they re keeping a very close eye on the tourist population here as well. as they should. all right, brian. thank you. be careful. also tonight, president trump has declared florida a disaster area ahead of hurricane michael. he s monitoring the storm as he deals with the unusually-timed resignation of his ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley. mr. trump and his daughter ivanka addressing speculation tonight that she might replace mickey hailey. let s go live to our chief white house correspondent jim acosta. jim, hailey s resignation seem to have caught so many key members of the trump team off guard. reporter: that s right, wolf. the white house is already working on a replacement for nikki haley and president trump is talking up the prospects of one possible contender, his daughter, ivanka trump. the president said he couldn t think of anyone mor ....
That she will not be the replacement for nikki haley. have another one come, so we have done well. reporter: at a time when the white house is struggling with female voters a loss for trump. nikki haley, one of the highest-ranking women in the trump administration is stepping down. we hate to lose you. hopefully you will be coming back at some point, but maybe in a different capacity. you can have your pick. but i just want to let you know, so at the end of the year nikki will be leaving we ll be in constant touch. reporter: hailey wanted to make one thing clear. she is not leaving to pursue her own political ambitions. i will say this for all of you that are going to ask about 2020. no, i am not running for 2020. i can promise you what i will be doing is campaigning for this one. so i look forward to supporting the president in the next election. reporter: but read between the lines and there could be a sign of things to come as hailey praised members of the trump family, ....
I m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. . we re following breaking news. hurricane michael is stronger and more dangerous tonight as it plows toward the gulf coast as a major life-threatening category 3 storm. a just-released forecast shows michael is on track to hammer the florida panhandle tomorrow as the most destructive hurricane to strike the region in decades. more than 20 million people in five states, they are at risk from this monster storm. also breaking, president trump suggests no one would be more competent than his daughter ivanka to be the u.s. ambassador to the united nations after nikki haley s surprise announcement that she s stepping down. but tonight, ivanka trump says she won t be getting the job. this hour i ll talk with democratic congressman denny heck, a member of the intelligence committee. ....
To this president or someone who is going to speak more forcefully, sometimes maybe perhaps against the president s position on the global stage? i want to get jeffrey toobin s thoughts on all of this. listen to what the president said earlier today about the possibility of his daughter, ivanka, becoming the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. i think ivanka would be incredible. that doesn t mean i would, you know, pick her because you would be accused of nepotism. even though i m not sure there s anybody more competent in the world. all right. jeffrey. well, you know, there s nothing this president and his family likes better than nepotism. i mean we learned from the new york times that his father gave him the equivalent of $400 million to get started in the real estate business. you know, he s got jared kushner, his son-in-law. he has ivanka, his daughter, in very prominent positions in the white house. none of those positions require senate confirmation, and i think that s somethi ....
Kushner. i can t say enough good things about jared and ivanka. jared is such a hidden genius that no one understands, and ivanka has been just a great friend. and they do a lot of things behind the scenes that i wish more people knew about, because we re a better country because they re in this administration. reporter: cnn learned ivanka s name has surfaced in discussions about hailey s replacement, but when told about the internal speculation a source said ivanka laughed. that didn t stop the president from engaging in that speculation later in the day. i have heard ivanka, i have heard how good would ivanka be. the people that know, there s nothing to do with nepotism, but i want to tell you the people who know know that ivanka would be dynamite. but, you know, i would then be accused of nepotism, if you can believe it, right? even though i m not sure there s anybody more competent in the world. reporter: there are more tea leaves earlier in the day when the president appea ....