turkey dropped its year long objection. adding finland and sweden to nato is consequential. i still think that president putin thinks not going to do that. the question now facing nato leaders, should they welcome ukraine next even as russia wages war on that country. also ahead, historic flooding, vermont s capital surrounded by water. take a look at this. there is still danger this flooding could get even worse in the coming hours. and later details of the grand juries being seated today in georgia that could decide whether donald trump will be indicted over 2020 election interference in that state. so a lot to talk about. let s begin with the historic nato summit unfolding across the atlantic. next hour we are expecting a bilateral meeting with president biden and turkish president erdogan there in lithuania. this will be an important one to watch. after turkey dropped its objections allowing sweden to join this alliance. sweden s leader, part of this big group p
Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. President trump has dismissed the russia investigation as a pointless witchhunt. But the first criminal suspect could be unmasked on the eve of halloween. Sources tell cbs news, a federal grand jury has approved special councsel Robert Muellers first charges in the case an arrest could come as early as today. In a hail of tweets the president shrugged off the looming charges suggesting in capital letters that the spotlight be turned instead toward Hillary Clinton. Here is justice reporter paula reid. Bob mueller has a really distinguished career of service to our country. Republican called for his party to keep an open mind as they await the first charges from special counsel robert mueller. I would encourage republican friend give the guy a chance to do his job. The result will be known by the facts. The sealed indictment could become public as early as monday. But it is not known who could be charged. Mueller has been given authority
And international studies, this is about an hour and a half. All right. Well, were going to go ahead and get started. Good morning, everyone. Im a senior fellow here in the International Security program at csis. And im delighted to kick off this mornings Maritime Security dialogue with vice admiral moore. The Maritime Security dialogue represents a cohosted series between csis and the u. S. Naval institute or usni, and it seeks to highlight both current thinking and future challenges facing the navy, the marine corps, and the coast guard. Today represents our second dialogue for 2017, and we look forward to welcoming yall back for additional events throughout the year. We would also like to thank, in a special way, Lockheed Martin and Huntington Ingles industry for making this series possible. And before we get underway for big events like this, we also like to make just a brief announcement, safety announcement, we dont expect any difficulties, but should there be anything as a conve
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