now, santos was completely denying the allegations. he also was making a reference to the fact that this prospective staffer who is a former reporter made some audiotapes, recorded conversations with santos and then leaked them. but this is just the latest serious allegation in a long string of allegations against the embattled congressman. a long string that keeps on getting longer. melanie, thank you. it is the top of the hour. just a short time ago the pentagon defended the president s choice to delay shooting town a suspected spy balloon from china. a fight jet brought it down saturday. after the balloon crossed the continental united states, multiple republicans have criticized it calling it a weak response. but commander at norad says the intelligence gathered will be of value. there was a potential opportunity for us to collect intel where we had gaps on prior balloons. this gave us the opportunity to assess what they were actually doing, what kind of capabilit
hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all over the world. you re watching cnn newsroom. i m kristie lu stout. it is now 2 am on the u.s. east coast. almost the entire state of florida is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian, a monster storm stretching 700 miles across and getting stronger. causing a nationwide blackout in cuba, ian is turning in the gulf of mexico as a category three hurricane with sustained winds just shy of a category four. and along with life-threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and powerful winds. now, conditions will deteriorate throughout the night ahead of the expected landfall in the coming hours. more than two and a half million people are under some form of evacuation warning. state authorities say the time to leave is quickly running out. people in southwest florida, this is going to likely make landfall as a category 4 hurricane. there will be catastrophic flooding, and life-threat
And heartbroken by the deaths. The foreign secretary David Cameron said its a dreadful event, and he paid tribute to those killed, calling them brave, humanitarian workers. World central kitchen released these pictures of the seven aid workers who killed when a Convoy Carrying Staff from the charity was hit by an israeli strike on monday. The seven were made up of people from britain, australia, poland, a dual us canadian citizen and a palestinian driver. The three british men, john chapman, James Henderson and james kirby, were working as security advisers. Israel said the strike was unintended and promised to investigate. The family Ofjames Kirby one of the three British Nationals killed in the strike said they were heartbroken and they are demanding answers from the israeli government. Theyve been speaking to danjohnson. Humanitarian aid relies on people like this, the three british men killed providing Security Advice in gaza. He has died a hero. You know, they all have. James kirb
Startling morning from a former russian minister saying putin is so desperate to get biden out of office and hes looking to do something in summer or early we fall to harm bidens reelection chances. Lets go out front and good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. The Breaking News, there are new aftershocks, just rocking the northeast, the tremors following what was the strongest earthquake to hit new york and 140 years buildings across americas largest city were shaken by the quake. It was four the tremors, so powerful at one point that you can actually see the statue of liberty swaying. Good, certainly feel them through your body, but just move that statue gives you a signal of the power, the epicenter of the quake was just west of the city, and that is where some of the most dramatic pictures are coming into cnn. As of tonight, there have been 11 formal aftershocks prompting officials in new york city tonight to advise people to remain indoors called 911 if injured in new jerse
Startling morning from a former russian minister saying putin is so desperate to get biden out of office and hes looking to do something in summer or early we fall to harm bidens reelection chances. Lets go out front and good evening. Im Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. The Breaking News, there are new aftershocks, just rocking the northeast, the tremors following what was the strongest earthquake to hit new york and 140 years buildings across americas largest city were shaken by the quake. It was four the tremors, so powerful at one point that you can actually see the statue of liberty swaying. Good, certainly feel them through your body, but just move that statue gives you a signal of the power, the epicenter of the quake was just west of the city, and that is where some of the most dramatic pictures are coming into cnn. As of tonight, there have been 11 formal aftershocks prompting officials in new york city tonight to advise people to remain indoors called 911 if injured in new jerse