Foreign businesses and officials for nearly a decade. The mayor this morning defiant despite cascading scandals and resignations from top aides. Its an unfortunate day. Its a painful day. I look forward to defending myself and defending the people of this city as i have done throughout my entire professional career. This hour, the House Task Force investigating attempt against former President Trumps life in butler, pennsylvania. Questioning the secret Service Today and local Law Enforcement about critical failures in protecting the former president. Israels Prime Minister is coming to new york to speak to the United Nations tomorrow morning. The White House has no plans for a meeting with the president. The Secretary Of State tries to cobble together a temporary halt in the escalating fighting between Israel And Hezbollah in lebanon. Hoping for a ceasefire there as fighting in gaza fades. Israel, our closest ally, we provide them more weapons than anyone in the world, keeps raising ob
Faulkner. The Faulkner Focus it has been quiet about the attempt to kill former President Donald Trump in butler, pennsylvania, the first attempt on his life. Perhaps thats about to change in a very significant way. Acting united states secret Service Director Ronald Rowe is set to hold a News Conference soon with one topic scheduled, that first Assassination Attempt on former President Trump. We are expecting to see the released details on a Secret Service internal report of all the colossal failures on july 13th. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the Faulkner Focus. Calls are growing for more information on both that shooting, that would be Assassination Attempt on trump, and the second shooting possibility. The second Assassination Attempt. I want to be clear at trumps Golf Course in florida just this past sunday. Republicans say it is time for all of us as a nation to get accountability and answers. We need a thorough investigation of the failures not just once but twice that nearl
Nonstop on cable news. Not just on cable news. We are hearing the very same thing from elected officials including some republican elected officials. We are hearing it from the leaders of federal Law Enforcement agencies and of the intelligence agencies. We are hearing it from the pentagon. Just this week the new Secretary Of Defense ordered the entire u. S. Military to, quote, stand down while investigators cleanse the ranks of political extremists. And of course we are hearing it from the Business Establishment from wall street from the Tech Monopolies from the massive multinational corporations that increasingly control the contours of american life. All of them are now on the hunt for political extremists. And at one level that does not sound bad. Because no sane person is for political extremism, especially violent extremism. We are against it. Were for moderation. We are for incremental change. We are for the consent of the governed. We said that every day for four years and we m
Amnesty. Here is a top spokesman at the State Department wrote on facebook in 2016. The largest threat to the u. S. National security are u. S. Cops. There is a temporary truce in chicago where teachers were told to show up or face punishment. Next two days the city and the Teachers Union tried to get back to the bargaining table. Brian coming in hot. If we were outside, we would be cold and snowy and wet. Not nearly as bad but then again i didnt have to plow it. It is snow has to stop where to two days almost like Groundhog Day. Steve it is Groundhog Day. Steve take a look, the crew is outside. They have all sorts of snow shovels and equipment. Brian it doesnt that look like fun though. The little plows lock like fun. Steve about 3 00 this morning i had the shovel out and i was actually clearing away to the driveway. All i had to too was about 15 feet to get to the driveway. Ainsley i bet that was so much fun. Steve oh my goodness, it weighs a ton. We wound up with 2 feet at our house
World. Im Kim Brunhuber on cnn newsroom. This is a very, very dangerous and significant storm. Southern california braces for catastrophic flooding as Hurricane Hilary is expected to make impact as a rare Tropical Storm. The first such storm in the state in decades. Searchers still are looking for victims of the wildfires on maui. Wildfires sweeping through british coullcolombia. There is extensive damage in colona. Announcer live in cnn news center, this is cnn newsroom with Kim Brunhuber. A large portion of Southern California is under a State Of Emergency and bracing for the impact of Hurricane Hilary. Historic storm is now a category 1 strength with maximum winds of around 85 miles an hour. Its expected to make landfall in the coming hours on mexicos baja, california, peninsula. Forecasters warn it will bring catastrophic and life threatening flooding. Californias governor has w warned. Please listen to emergency personnel. Take serious flash floods, lightning, possibility of torna