Becoming deserted. Janet shamlian joins us from jupiter about 120 miles south of here. How is the wind and weather there . Conditions are getting worse very quickly here. The storm is 100 miles to the east. Were in between rain bands right now but the wind is kicking up. Its churning the surf. And its foretelling of what is to come. There is a mandatory Evacuation Order in effect. People are being warned to stay in their homes at their own risk. Restaurants, businesses, stores are all closed. And schools here will stay closed until thursday. City officials tonight are planning for street flooding and for Power Outages because of the storm. And tonight, norah, they are warning people not to come down here and sightsee at the beach. Norah . Janet, thank you. Nearly a quarter of floridas population is over 60. 93 Nursing Homes and seven hospitals have been evacuated ahead of dorian. And Mark Strassmann is in st. Augustine and found some folks who live a block from the beach that dont want
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[ is distinct conversations ]. And live here this morning on c spann span 3, a discussion about transparency and oversight at the food and Drug Administration. Well be hearing from dr. Scott gottlieb starting off the conference. Introductions under way. Efforts to pass and implement the food safety modernization act, focus on medical devices, especially the potential of using the unique device identifier to improve monitoring devices throughout the product lifecycle. We have successfully worked on products 10 to courage innovation particularly around antibiotics and 10 to sure appropriate use of them. We focused on drug safety and transparency in the supply chain and especially on the safety of compounded drugs. Among other things, pew submitted transparency to the task force back in 2010 if the. They touch on some of the topics well be discussing today. Reading the background papers for todays meet regular mind med of a meeting we convened in a room directly above of us here a few yea
Well, days before he was fired, former fbi director james comey asked for more resources into the investigation of russirussia and the u. S. Election. President trump explained why he was fired and he told staffers he will be fine. Hena daniels is here in new york. Good morning. Good morning. Acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe will be speaking before the committee. While the investigation into the president s alleged links with russia accelerates. He was not doing a good job. President trump continued to defend his firing of james comey wednesday night. I think it would not be a bad thing for the American People if he did step down. Tweeting out this video of several democrats calling for the former fbi directors resignation in the past. The post came on the same day comey issued a farewell letter to his bureau wrietding in part, i have long believed that a president can fire an fbi director for any reason, adding, quote, i will be fine. Frankly he had been considering letting director
Stick. Liz palmers pregame interview with Vladimir Putin before he hit the ice. How will the firing of james comey affect u. S. Russia relations . This is captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Office with president Richard Nixons secretary of state, henry harteveldt. Henry kissinger. Mr. Trump offered a brief explanation for his firing of f. B. I. Director james comey. Because he wasnt doing a good job very simply. He was not doing a good job. Reporter the white house described it as an erosion of confidence. Defence secretary press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders. Frankly, he had been considering letting director comey go since the day he was elected. Director comey has shown over the last several months and the last area a lot of missteps and mistakes. Reporter but there was in sign that President Trump had lost confidence with him during this Friendly Exchange in january or this april 11th interview. I have confidence in him. Well see what happ