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americans protesting the president of turkey and his visit to the white house. men in suits moving in. the bloody clash. good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. and we begin with that breaking headline the white house blindsided tonight as the department of justice reveals that they will appoint a special counsel to now oversee the fbi investigation into russian meddling and any possible collusion. former fbi director robert mueller will now lead the investigation. democrats and some republicans had been calling for this move, the news coming just 24 hours after we learned that former fbi director james comey, who was fired by president trump, kept notes about his meetings with the president. the department of justice saying just moments ago, a special counsel is necessary for the american people to have full confidence in the outcome. abc s senior justice correspondent pierre thomas leading us off. reporter: tonight, a bombshell announc ....
lavandera on a boat near dickinson texas, between houston and gal ves ston. you ve been talking to brave picture and showing incredible pictures, what s the latest? this is our fivtd chance to get into some of these neighborhoods. this is a neighborhood called bayou chantilly, just off of i-45. you can see how devastating the floodwaters have been seth came up here earlier in the day, he was rescue iing people the last several hours. he did one last pass through the neighborhood. if you can focus in on this home in front of you, take a look at the roof, you can see the axe seen here throughout the day, who have driven up i-45 and used it as a boat launch. and this is just one of hundreds of boats that are out on the water here in south houston, this is one particular neighborhood where this is unfolding. this is happening all across the city here this afternoon. we re seeing so many cars in drive ways. talk about how quickly the water came up. incredibly quickly. peopl ....
what are you seeing? i lost you, chris. i lost you, chris, but if you can hear me, if we re still on the air, we have taken refuge inside a parking structure in miami beach, because i want to show you why the beach floods so quickly, why that storm surge is so dangerous. our camera man is going to stay underneath the parking structure, i m going to move over here so you can see just how fast the wind is moving. this is why the storm surge is so dangerous and why this area of miami floods. the wind is barrelling here up miami beach. it s very powerful. we re estimating over 60 miles per hour. police officers cannot be patrolling the streets when the wind goes over 40 miles per people evacuated even though the storm shifted west ward, this could be dangerous to leave your home even on the east side of florida, certainly down south around miami, miami beach, until tomorrow morning. be very aware of those high winds. the beginning of the eye wall starting to affect the keys, tho ....
haystack. did the issue of adoption, it s near and dear to my heart because i have two adopt edisons. did that come up? yes. in the meeting? like i said, it was the primary thing we had spoken about in the meeting. you know, that s not the premise that got them in the room, and then they started it was essentially a bait-and-switch to talk about that, and everyone has basically said that in testimony already. so this is nothing new, but, you know, like i said, i m now understanding it is an important issue to you and near and dear to many people s hearts, but this was nothing that was a campaign issue to us. this wasn t relevant to us, and it wasn t something we were going to do anything with. except that s not what the president said over the weekend. trump jr. was not pushed to explain the shifting explanations behind the story. meanwhile, vanity fair has reporting on former communications director hope hicks reappearance at the president s side over the weekend ....
6:25 p.m. it s at facebook.com/andersoncooper/full circle opinion right now i want to hand it over to chris cuomo. cuomo prime time starts now. you were wondering where the rain is, now you know. it s right on anderson s head. hurricane florence is starting to come around for the coast of the carolinas. anderson is going to stand by. we have correspondents up and down the path of the storm for you. here is hurricane florence, very slow, that s the problem with this storm. when she comes, she stays, and she s dumping water in places that don t have a lot of tolerance for it, by the time the wind gets to you, the areas have been soaked. currently just over 80 miles east-southeast of where anderson cooper is. let s go to where we re seeing the storm in full effect already. brian todd is in ham stead, north carolina. what s the weather? you have to keep your eye on that situation. we have an assisted living facility not far from the area where we re getting pounded right now. ....