are they the next step that would push the united states and its presence out of europe altogether? general jack keane, former secretary state and mike pompeo and senator tom cotton on board with us with these difficult questions that america faces in an urgent situation as 8,500 u.s. troops get ready for action. all that as we await a live update from the state department. a lot of focus there, a controversial move to pull americans out of ukraine leaving them in some cases to their own devises to get out. is this like afghanistan? we ll take you live there next. national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us live with the pentagon with the latest. good afternoon, jennifer. it s very important to reiterate that none of the 8,500 troops on alert by the pentagon would be going to ukraine. none are going to be fighting russian troops, in other words. if they are called up and they haven t been so far, it would be to defend article 5, nato allies like romania, polan
the drama. i m pamela brown, in for anderson tonight. the former president kicked off speculation that an indictment that maybe eminent the social media post over the weekend stating that it may come tomorrow but he offered no proof of that. and his own lawyer told cnn that let they write in the media. everyone is in the dark about what is going on behind the closed doors of the grand jury room. and about when they could reach a decision. all we know is that if the former president is charged, it will be historic. and not just for the reasons we cited, but also because of the nature of the crime being alleged. a payoff and cover-up of the alleged relationship with an adult actress, something trump has denied. but more importantly, because any potential indictment could also be the first of more charges to come for former president trump. those would involve separate investigations out of the justice department and the state of georgia. and to his actions surrounding electio
it s top of the hour on cnn newsroom. the death toll from hurricane ian has just gone up. it s now 104 lives lost. 100 of those in florida. search teams finding more bodies as they reach some of the hardest hit areas. more than half of those killed were in lee county which includes ft. myers beach. that city is now closed to everyone but search and rescue personnel. the mayor says there is no time line yet for when residents can return. lee county officials coming under some criticism for the timing of their evacuation orders. now dozens of miles inland in western florida in arcadia, river flooding is still causing problems. . this is five days after ian hit. cnn team on the ground says that part of the highway has disappeared under the water. and many people there are trapped. we were on the ground in arcadia, florida. you re hearing from people panicked there. what is the situation? well, allison, we re entering day four now of people not having electricity. so they don t
the president of the european council has talked of calf negotiations ahead as two years of brexit negotiations at start. the eu refuses theresa may request to have parallel talks on future trade deals. the chiefs of eu institutions are usually little known outside the brussels bubble. but brexit has changed all that. this is my first divorce. donald tusk, president of the european council, today presented the draft brexit guidelines. the mood music polite but steely. the talks, which are about to start, will be difficult, complex, and sometimes even confrontational. mr tusk was the recipient of the prime minister s brexit letter this wednesday. why him? because he represents all eu countries here in brussels and they call the shots on big eu political decisions. the eu says it doesn t want to punish britain. it wants to keep the uk close with trade and security ties. but gone are those words of sadness and regret that poured out of brussels after the brexit vote. now that
congress building. it was stormed by protesters hours after senators held a secret vote inside that could allow the country s president to run for another term of government. local media reports claimed some politicians who backed the plans had their offices ransacked and satellite. these people say they are defending democracy in their country, and fear the vote puts paraguay on the path to dictatorship. horacio cartes candu power in 2013. the paraguayan presidents have been banned from re election since 1992. came to. the stand off between police and protesters lead to tears and teargas on the streets. rubber bullets were also fired. the people of paraguay can fight against these rubber bullets. they have installed a dictator in this country. the bullet against paraguay ‘s will soon be metal. the controversial bill still needs further approval, with another vote in the congress. that was due to happen on saturday, but has now been postponed as lawmakers appeal for cal