inside an open air drug market to expose what is ravaging our cities and how front line workers are fighting it. sandra: that s all new as america reports heads into a second hour. sandra smith in new york, great to be with you, john. john: good to be with you as well, and it s friday eve. john roberts in washington, begin with the fox news alert. people need to be conscious of the rules regarding classified information and appropriate handling of the, the rules are there for a reason. sandra: that was the fbi director sounding off as classified documents contestants add up in washington. the president facing growing backlash over his mishandling of records. he is expected to take to the podium in virginia a short time from now, to tout the economy. one of the wealthyest counties, by the way, he will be speaking in. john: we expect a lot of the speech will attack republicans economic agenda. no surprise there. sandra: the president s speech will focus on partisa
Out of office, including campaigning with democrats. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im fredricka whitfield. Welcome to a new 11 00 a. M. Eastern hour here on this sunday of the newsroom. Florida under a State Of Emergency this hour, as Tropical Storm ian gains strength. Ian is expected to become a hurricane today, and may peak as a category 4 storm before weakening and making a direct hit on florida as early as wednesday. Were expecting an update from Governor Ron Desantis minutes from now. Our reporter is in the weather center. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez is traveling with the president in wilmington, delaware, who announced a federal energy for the state. So lets begin with you, alison. You just got an update if the National Hurricane center. Tell us what youre learning. Lets look at the breakdown. The sustained winds are at 50 Miles Per Hour, gusting up to 65. That Forward Movement has increased, up to 14 Miles Per Hour to the westnorthwest. An
cohen was discredited from his own legal adviser, robert cos costello. take a look. i just spent two hours or so testifying before the grand jury at downtown manhattan. i got my point across although it was clear to me that the manhattan da s office did not want to get to the truth. i need to explain that a little bit. i called them up after i saw michael cohen on tv, stating things he said he was going to tell the grand jury and had told the grand jury. it was contrary to what he told us when we represented him in april of 2018. so, i m siting at home watching these lies and i said i got to do something about it. i don t represent donald trump, but i do stand for justice. i have a legal obligation to inform both sides. that s what i did. so, what does this testimony actually means for the case going forward? in just a moment, we ll review the horrendous track record from new york s leftest sorrel funded and alvin brag. joining us now on more of what we can expect this we
hour of newsday after her acquittal on tax evasion charges, philippine journalist and nobel peace prize winner maria ressa tells me about what she calls the weaponisation of the law against her. and you know, it went down to these three things facts, truth, and justice. that is who won today. and another day gets under way at the australian open but defending champion rafael nadal heads home, after his dramatic second round exit. welcome to newsday. we begin with breaking news. new zealand s prime minister jacinda ardern has announced she s to leave her post, saying she no longer had enough in the tank to do thejob. she said that a general election will be held in october, and confirmed she will also stand down as an mp at that moment, although she will finish as prime minister no later than february 7th. she said. i am not leaving because i believe we cannot win the next election, but because i believe we can and will , she told a labour caucus meeting in napier. her
island, complete with amenities, wait for it, that include x box game consoles, ping pong tables, fluff and fold laundry, plenty of controversy, with residents housed in homeless shelters, a stark contrast to rundown conditions they live in. meanwhile, the situation at the southern border is spiralling out of control. the el paso mayor is denying the white house asked him not to declare a state of emergency over the influx of illegal immigrants, but comments at a city council meeting last month suggest otherwise. did the white house ask you not to declare a state of emergency? absolutely not. one of the things i m thankful for the white house, the federal government, they ve done a really, really good job working with us, helping us to make sure we get funding to be able to do the job that border cities are required to do. i had a conversation this morning or yesterday with the chief of the u.s. border patrol, chief ortiz, and he does not support declaring a state of emer