"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> out front next, breaking news. president trump about to address the nation in his first primetime policy speech. what is his plan to win america's longest war? >>> plus, steve bannon back at breitbart and already targeting his old boss. >>> and the city of phoenfiftee bracing for possible violence. that city's mayor telling the president, please stay home. he's my guest tonight. let's go "out front." >>> good evening, i'm jim sciutto in for erin burnett. out front tonight breaking news. the president confronts america's longest war. just a short time from now mr. trump will use his first primetime address on a national security issue to lay out his plan for the deadly war in afghanistan. he is the third american president to wrestle with an afghan strategy. and he's taken his time. after weeks of consideration, trump huddled with his senior advisers at camp david this weekend to come to a final decision. the pentagon has presented the president with options ranging from a complete withdrawal to the deployment of up

let's go out front. >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, breaking news, big, big trouble. those are president trump's words moments ago lobbing a new threat at north korea. trump for the fifth time this week, the fifth time, using fiery language to make it clear the united states stands ready to strike north korea militarily. speaking from his new jersey golf resort, here's the president of the united states. >> if anything happens to guam, there's going to be big, big trouble in north korea. >> so is this situation heading to war? the president was directly asked that question today. here's what he said. >> we think that lots of good things could happen and we also could have a bad solution but we think lots of good things can happen. >> reporter: what would be a bad solution, sir? >> i think you know the answer to that, sir. >> reporter: tell us more, mr. president, please. when you say "bad solution" are you talking about for whwar? is the u.s. going to go to war? >> i think you know the answer to that. >> nobody knows

let's get outfront. >>> i'm jim sciutto in again to want for erin burnett. the white house shutting down any questions about the president's fitness for office. doubts that have been raised not only by democrats but a senior republican and the nation's former top spy, a visibly angry white house press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders today dismissed a republican senator who questioning trump's stability and competence to be president. listen to her answer. >> i think that's a ridiculous and outrageous claim and doesn't dignify a response from this podium. >> this is what the chairman of the foreign relations committee said the white house considers is ridiculous and outrageous. >> the president has not yet -- has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability, nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. he also recently has not demonstrated that he understands the character of this nation. >> understands the character of this nation. outside of those comments, corker has been generally supportive of president trump, vo

why she says he is mentally unfit to serve. >>> i'm jim sciutto in again tonight for erin burnett. president trump arriving in phoenix, arizona moments ago ready to speak to thousands of supporters at a campaign rally. that's right. this is an official campaign event for 2020, paid for by the trump/pence election campaign. also greeting the president tonight angry protesters fired up by mr. trump's widely criticized remarks following events in charlottesville and making a stand despite triple digit temperatures this. this as mitch mcconnell privately doubts that trump can save his presidency. as the two are increasingly locked in a bitter political and personal stand off. trump's fight with his own party is particularly pointed in arizona. tonight he will be joined by kelly ward, a conservative running against senator jeff flake in this state. we have reporters covering this with the protesters. we begin tonight with sara murray standing by for president trump. sara, who are we expecting to see tonight, the president from last night or that more fierily president we often see at ca

a lot of breaking news this hour. >>> i'm erin burnett. breaking news, grand

. >> and former blackwater ceo erik prince spoke with cnn's erin burnett about his plans for contractors in afghanistan. >> imagine them as a skeletal structure that provides leadership, intelligence, medical, communication, and logistics supports so it works reliably. second, they need air power. less than 40% of the u.s. provided air power to the afghan forces still even functions because the maintenance and training have been such a failure. they need government support. they need mentor support and air power, all attaching to the afghan government. you guys like to throw the mercenary word around. >> then what are they? if they're being paid by the afghan government or to the u.s. taxpayers, but they don't work for the pentagon. >> no, they don't need to. this is the longest war in tern many history. >> are they americans? >> they could be americans. they could be foreign nationals, global community of professionals. most who have servinged in that country already, that have a lot of experience that want to go back. i've been in contact with, remember, in the months after 9/11, 100 c

erin burnett out front next. >>> breaking news, city underwater. harvey hitting again slamming cities along the gulf coast. we will talk to one man stuck inside a motel. plus exclusive video of dramatic rescues by air and water. tonight we are aboard a-and-a-half vi helicopter. and as the flood waters rise, a texas doctor made his way to the hospital to perform emergency surgery. that surgeon and his patient are our guest. let's go out front. i'm erin burnett. the breaking news, city underwater. i'll show you texas. it is 100 miles east of houston and now that city of 55,000 has been pummelled. our whole city is underwater right now, but we are coming. if you call, we are coming. residents who took ref uj overnight has to be evacuated. water rising over their clots. dozens of seniors were stranded as you see there. >> it is awful. medication is floating on the floor. no food. it is terrible. >> those residents, some of the most vulnerable stuck in knee high water for at least 24 hours. the only way out was by boat. and in texas just north of port.

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, we begin with breaking news. h his hand was forced, sur rendering to pressure spark

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >> next fishing expedition. that's what the trump white house calls the russia probe as special down cell bob mueller going out-of-bounds? the attorney general vowing to crack down on leaks. if it weren't for leaks michael flynn could still be national security advisor. how is american dream week going for the american white house? let's go out front. >> i'm erin burnett. tonight fishing expedition. that's what president trump, aid kellyanne conway is calling bob mueller's investigation. a probe seizing on trump's financial ties to russia. >> these types of endeavoring end up being fishing expedition. they're a broadly cast net and i would remind everybody that in terms of president trump, he has said that he has no financial dealings with russia whatsoever. >> conway sounding like ken star, who investigated bill clinton. here is star speaking to cnn. >> that's a serious matter because we do not want investigators and prosecutors out on a fishing expedition. >> a fishing expedition. never mind the irony of ken s

i'm erin burnett. emergency evacuations. a mandatory evacuation just ordered for orange county,

erin burnett out front next. >>> breaking news, city underwater. harvey hitting again slamming cities along the gulf coast. we will talk to one man stuck inside a motel. plus exclusive video of dramatic rescues by air and water. tonight we are aboard a-and-a-half vi helicopter. and as the flood waters rise, a texas doctor made his

good evening i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight the breaking news. crossing trump's red line. kim jong-un firing back at

good evening i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight the breaking news. crossing trump's red line. kim jong-un firing back at president trump tonight, defying the president's charge not to make any more threats to the united states. north korean state media announcing kim is examining the simultaneous firing of four intercontinental ballistic missiles near guam. this is something the north korean regime is saying could happen next week if kim makes that call. guam is an american territory home to 160,000 americans. guam is about 2100 miles from pyongyang which is well within kim's striking distance. now north korea also mocking president trump personally tonight as part of this response saying quote dialogue not possible with such a guy bereft of reason. and then saying this, trump's fire and fury comments is a load of nonsense. well, you know, when you hear him talk about as a guy you may say is this serious? one thing is true, it's a dangerous escalation in the war of words. kicked off yesterday when president trump said this. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. fire and fury, president trump with that extraordinary threat to kim jong-un. language never before heard from an american president to the leader of another country. three hours after a story broke in "the washington post" reporting north korea has miniaturized a nuclear warhead, president trump at an event on opioids, lashed out at kim jong-un. >> north korea best not make anymore threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. they will be met with fire, fury, and frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> "fire and fury, the likes of which the world has never seen," words that echo none other than kim jong-un himself, which has threatened a, quote, merciful blow to the united states, a, quote, nuclear hammer. and words matter when it comes to possible nuclear war. moments ago, north korea responded to president trump by saying it's, quote, examining an operational plan to launch missiles at the american

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, the breaking news. fire and fury, president trump with that extraordinary threat to kim jong-un. language never before heard from an american president to the leader of another country. three hours after a story

let's go out front. >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. out front tonight, breaking news, big, big trouble. those are president trump's words moments ago lobbing a

i'm erin burnett. emergency evacuations. a mandatory evacuation just ordered for orange county, texas. this is 130 miles to the east of houston. thousands threatened as officials fear two near by rivers could overflow. this is happening as they are out of water today. residents stood in long lines overnight hours before stores opened with little more than the hope that there would still be some bottled water to drink. the baptist hospital forced to evacuate almost all or all of its patients and an almost four-hour drive away north of the devastation, drivers in dallas panicking at the pumps. long lines of kars waiting to pay $4.50 a gallon. anticipating gas shortages across the southeast. an incredible scale of devastation. i want to show you this in texas. 40 miles east of houston. there, as you see, unbelievable flooding. a couple drown there after accidentally driving into that flood water. 35 miles west of houston, this is brookshire, texas. this area especially hard hit by harvey. you see that incredible overflow. once

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >> next fishing expedition. that's what the trump white house calls the russia probe as special down cell bob mueller going out-of-bounds? the attorney general vowing to crack down on leaks. if it weren't for leaks michael flynn could still be national security advisor. how is american dream week going for the american white house? let's go out front. >> i'm erin burnett. tonight fishing expedition. that's what president trump, aid kellyanne conway is calling bob mueller's investigation. a probe seizing on trump's financial ties to russia. >> these

i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, we begin with breaking news. h his hand was forced, sur rendering to pressure sparking protests outside trump tower at this hour. you're looking live there at fifth avenue. crowds have been growing. some of the protesters at this moment have made their way inside trump tower. the president will be there. back there for the first time since inauguration. he'll be arriving just after 9:00 p.m. eastern. the president finally saying what many are waiting to hear. listen to trump on the charlottesville unrest, take 2. >> racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. we are a nation founded on the truth that all of us are created equal. >> those remarks were very specific and very clear, calling out the hate groups by name and calling them repugnant. that, of course, is something that the president did not do on saturday. at that time, he blamed, quote, many sides

a lot of breaking news this hour. >>> i'm erin burnett. breaking news, grand jury, special counsel robert mueller using a grand jury to investigate russian meddling in the u.s. election. it's a sign mueller's probe into the trump campaign and russia is ramping up. a grand jury is a major step because you cannot issue indictments without one, even though a grand jury in and of itself does not mean that indictments will necessarily come. here is president trump's reaction to the grand jury breaking news just moments ago. >> mr. president, are you considering firing robert mueller? will you hold a news conference again? >> you see silence, ignoring all questions about the grand jury and robert mueller as he left the white house on his way to a rally in west virginia tonight, which will happen this hour. we are watching for any reaction. we'll bring it to you. cnn also learning at this hour that the grand jury has issued subpoenas to people involved in that trump tower meeting between donald trump jr., jared curb her, paul manafort, a russian

i believe he'll be on erin burnett tonight, i was listening to cove servicety roof coming in, and he head he has done several others. this is an offense to do defense on the concept of him -- and certainly is not -- i don't think everybody is on board, it probably would have sufficed to raising money about the pac, it's about the vice president going out and helping members of congress getting reelected, and not about me. >> so the vice president gave it legs. i think the president also gave it legs, in the sense he tweeted nine times this morning where he's criticizing fake news, yet clearly reading "new york times" to read alex's reporting clearly watching cnn. what he's doing is watching tvlt and reacting to it. >> you can look at this in two ways. one in which oar -- this is a president who clearly is not changing his habits. this is day 200, and it looks a lot like the first 100 days and second 100 days heading into the next chink. he's not changing his behavior. he's consumed by cable news, reading his clips and responding to it emotionally on twitter. totally fine. there's ano

i'm erin burnett. outfront this evening the breaking news. president trump doubling down in a lengthy and undiscriminated press kerchs. the president taking question after question, escalating his extraordinary war of words

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> outfront next, breaking news, two leading republican senators breaking publically with trump. one questioning his competence and stability. the other his, quote, moral authority. will more republicans follow? >>> and more breaking news, a massive man hunt underway for a driver of a truck that plowed into a crowd, killing at least 13 and injuring more than 100. plus, the president's use of the world culture. is it a dog whistle to white see pr -- supremacists? >>> two more republican senators

"erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> out front next, breaking news. president trump about to address the nation in his first primetime policy speech. what is his plan to win america's longest war? >>> plus, steve bannon back at breitbart and already targeting his old boss. >>> and the city of phoenfiftee bracing for possible violence. that city's mayor telling the president, please stay home. he's my guest tonight. let's go "out front." >>> good evening, i'm jim sciutto in for erin burnet

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> outfront next, breaking news, two leading republican senators breaking publically with trump. one questioning his competence and stability. the other his, quote, moral authority. will more republicans follow? >>> and more breaking news, a massive man hunt underway for a driver of a truck that plowed into a crowd, killing at least 13 and injuring more than 100. plus, the president's use of the world culture. is it a dog whistle to white see pr -- supremacists? >>> two more republican senators calling out president trump. this time calling into question the president's competence, stability and moral authority. this time the criticism is coming from two republicans who have been allies to donald trump, one of them senator from tennessee who was under serious consideration to be trump's secretary of state. here he is today. >> the president has not yet -- has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. he also recently has not demonstrated that he understands the

he's doing cnn tonight on erin burnett. >> on msnbc. >> i listened to him on patriot radio. how many hits are you doing? i don't know. lost count. such an offensive to try to put this to bed, but, again, the more they talk about it, the more they are just breathing oxygen into the notion that -- into the idea that originated with the story that the vice president is -- is courting donors and getting ready -- if not -- i will just say, briefly, another white house source said, told me that what the response should have been, which is, the idea that he's running for himself is not true. just running for the 2020 ticket and leave it at that. >> the kellyanne conway message. >> yeah. exactly. >> unpack that. being on all of these stations and pushing back on this. this is a professional political operation that mike pence has. this is not his first rodeo. he knows what he's doing. ran for congress several times. he ran for governor. whether or not he is actually seriously -- whichy a think despite the statement saying it was categorically false, i don't think anything in the "ne

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> a new e-mail tonight revealing an attempt to set up a meeting between trump officials and vladimir putin during the campaign. the person behind that e-mail now president trump's deputy chief of staff. cnn exclusive reporting next. >>> and is donald trump fit to be president? former director of national intelligence, james clapper, is my best tonight. >>> plus that enthusiastic supporter at the trump rally holding up a blacks for trump sign, who is he? >>> i'm jim sciutto. out front tonight, a cnn exclusive. a revealing reveal under new skrooutny by investigators. te mail detailed an effort to arrange a meeting between top trump officials and russian president vladimir putin during the campaign. multiple sources say that the e-mail was sent from rick dearborn, now trump's dep any chief of staff. it was sent around the time of the june 2016 trump tower meeting. and russians offering damaging information on hillary clinton. dearborn was a top campaign aid at the time. manu ra manu raju broke this story. >> investigators have unearthed this e-mail f

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> outfront next, no apology, no regrets. president trump defiant in the face of growing criticism at home and around the world. can the damage be undone? >>> plus a former fbi agent on how the clan and neo-nazis are celebrating words. >>> and the next possible battleground over a statue. let's go outfront. >>> good evening everyone. i'm kate baldwin. president trump defiant and not apologizing in the wake of his extraordinary defense of white supremacists saying both sides share blame for the deadly violence in charlottesville. tonight the president increasingly isolated. the widespread condemnation growing louder. ceos abandoning the president. two of trump's business advisor counsels are disbanding. world leaders from germany, ireland, the uk, even iran coming out against trump's words. both presidents bush issued a statement calling if r the rejection of bigotry and hatred in all its forms. former cia director writing to our wolf blitzer this, a blisters criticism saying, quote, mr. trump's words are a national disgrace.

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> did the president knowingly mislead the public on the trump tower meeting? why did he have a direct role in crafting a statement we now know is far from the whole truth. >>> plus donald trump defending his speech to the boy scouts now saying he was told it was the greatest speech ever made to them. so why did the top scout have to apologize for the president's speech? >>> and working for donald trump. why one former exec says he loves chaos. let's go out front. >>> why can't the white house tell the whole truth? so the white house press secretary has a stunning defense of the president tonight, who reportedly dictated his son's misleading statement on his meeting with a russian lawyer. now, that statement read in part, we primarily discussed a program about the adoption of russian children. we now know that not even is that not the whole story. it doesn't even represent what the story is about. but that did not stop sarah huckabee sanders from saying this today. >> the statement that don junior issued is true. there is no inaccuracy in the sta

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> outfront next, no apology, no regrets. president trump defiant in the face of growing criticism at home and around the world. can the damage be undone? >>> plus a former fbi agent on how the clan and neo-nazis are celebrating words. >>> and the next possible battleground over a statue. let's go outfront. >>> good evening everyone. i'm kate baldwin. president trump defiant and not apologizing in the wake of his extraoy

sammy's brother broke down and wept when he told cnn's erin burnett about the youngest child in the van, a 6-year-old little girl by the name of daisy. >> oh, she was a -- i mean, as little girls are, i mean, she was just a adorable. she was always laughing, always, i mean, you couldn't help but laugh. excuse me. i mean, the minute she walked in a room, she -- excuse me. >> it's okay. >> yeah, i mean, she was -- she was great. i mean, you know, i didn't see her much. i wish i would have seen her more often before mom and dad really got sick, they used to take care of her and they were always talking about daisy, oh, she did this and she did that and they were always just playing with her. i mean, she was a very good little girl. all of them were. >> our hearts go out to the salvidar family. debbie salvidar, 16 years of age, dominic, 14, xavier 8, and little daisy 6. along with 84-year-old manuel salvidar and his wife, 81 years of age who planned to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary in october. back in a moment. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> a new e-mail tonight revealing an attempt to set up a meeting between trump officials and vladimir putin during the campaign. the person behind that e-mail now president trump's deputy chief of staff. cnn exclusive reporting next. >>> and is donald trump fit to be president? former director of national intelligence, james clapper, is my best tonight. >>> plus that enthusiastic supporter at the trump rally holding up a blacks for trump sign, who is he? >>> i'm jim

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> outfront next, president trump lashing out at critics questioning his fitness for office, including the country's former top spy. i talked to james clapper about trump's angry response. i'll give you his revealing side of the story. plus, is the president trying to pressure republicans to shield him from the russia investigation? new details about a phone call with a leading senator. and more fall out from trump's charlottesville comments. a top rabbi will not even get on the phone with the president. let's get outfront. >>> i'm jim sciutto in again to want for erin

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, addicted to twitter, the president just can't stop attacking the media and a sitting u.s. senator. twitter helped get him in the office. will it also do him in? >>> plus, president trump frustrated with what is going on in afghanistan and calling on eric prince of blackwater for advice. >>> and an uproar over a google engineer saying that women are not suitable to be engineers. >>> good evening. addicted. the president

we turn to erin burnett "outfront." >>> "outfront" next, breaking news, hurricane harvey regaining strength and getting ready to strike again. thousands of rescues and tens and thousands expected in sheller its. very latest in the catastrophic storm. trump doubling down on pardoning joe arpaio saying that he did it when hurricane harvey hit because he thought the ratings would be high. >>> and we're live in pyongyang. let's go "outfront." "outfront" tonight, the breaking news, bracing for another hit. harvey right now is regaining strength, getting ready to strike again. it's an unprecedented storm. it's overwhelmed houston, the fourth largest city in the united states, which what officials are calling some of the worst flooding in history. large parts of houston are under water and now at least seven people are dead in the wake of the storm, a toll that officials say is likely to rise. the numbers continue to be staggering. 13 million people in texas under a flood warning or watch. nearly 500,000 people expected to seek disaster assistance. 30,000 predicted to fill area shelters. think abo

. >> i'm erin burnett. president trump's problem with the truth. every day that problem seems to get worse. tonight there are two phone calls that president trump said happened that did not, in fact, happen. one, trump bragging

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> outfront next, breaking news, steve bannon fired. already making stunning headlines saying, quote, the trump presidency that we fought for and won is over. he's back at breitbart tonight. is he declaring war? and is bannon's firing just the beginning? a source says john kelly is not done and democrats want to sen sure the president for his charlottesville comments. the effort gaining steam tonight. let's go outfront. >> good evening everyone. i'm kate baldwin. outfront tonight breaking news. not done yet. trump chief strategist fired and now word that more heads will roll. kelly is, quote, not done. but bannon may not be done either. moments ago breitbart's bannon headline said this, bannon returns home to breitbart. breitbart is reporting he chaired the staff's editorial meeting already tonight. this comes after a senior "breitbart news" editor tweeted one word, war, after bannon got the axe. make no mistake thrks is a man that calls breitbart his killing machine. it will be bannon the barbarian. he's not going to go out peacefully.

erin burnett outfront. >>> next, breaking news. houston on the brink. now on edge, all eyes on whether a major dam will hold. >>> six members of one family swept away in the flood waters. and i'm going to speak to a family member who opens up about what has happened. >> and tv preacher joel osteen. let's go out front. >> outfront tonight the breaking news, city on the brink. houston is a city on the edge this evening. this stunning "time" magazine video says it all. as you see there. more than 4.5 million people in that area fearful another major dam would overflow making this even worse. less than 20 miles west of downtown, two massive reservoiss at risk. water spills over, overwhelmed by harvey. an alarming message posted for residents, get out now. and now near by reservoir in serious danger of overflowing tonight. houston is staring down a disaster that could well leave homes underwater for weeks, taking years to recover. more than 51 inches of rain have fallen on houston. less than an inch from the all-time american record and it is not over. harve

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >> breaking news, president trump off the rails defending racist protesters in a complete about face. >>> plus condemnation, the reaction swift and savage. is anyone besides the ku klux klan leader behind donald trump tonight? and white nationalists emboldened, threatens more protests. >>> the breaking news, the real president trump, an extraordinary outburst exposing the president's real feelings about the violence in virginia. the president of the united states now defending and seemingly advocating for neo-nazis and white supremacists in a contentious exchange with the media. it completely contradicted what trump did yesterday. here is president trump today. >> excuse me. what about the alt left that came charging at the alt right? do they have any semblance of guilt? >> but, sir, sir -- >> let me ask you this. what about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs? do they have any problem? i think they do. >> but, sir -- >> as far as i'm concerned, this was a horrible, horrible day. >> you're not putting these protest

coverage begins right now with erin burnett outfront. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> good evening. i'm jim sciutto. outfront tonight we are following two major breaking stories. harvey now a massive category three hurricane barrelling down on the texas coast with nearly 20 million people in its path and about to make land fall in the coming hours. and how other breaking news, north korea firing several unidentified projectiles, likely missiles. we're standing by for the response from the white house and we will have much more on that in a short time. but first to hurricane harvey. the massive storm packing winds up to 145 miles an hour. torrential rains and the potential for massive flooding in the coming days with the storm surge of some 12 feet. the fema director saying texas is about to have, quote, a very significant disaster. texas officials now telling citizens who do not evacuate, listen to this, to write their names and social security numbers on their forearms. just how big is this hurricane? you're looking at harvey from outer space now. a camera on the international spac

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erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, addicted to twitter, the president just can't stop attacking the media and a sitting u.s. senator. twitter helped get him in the office. will it also do him in? >>> plus, president trump frustrated with what is going on in afghanistan and calling on eric prince of blackwater for advice. >>> and an uproar over a google engineer saying that women are not suitable to be engineers. >>> good evening. addicted. the president cannot control himself, spending his day on a twitter tirade. it started at 6:38 a.m. he spent the next 38 minutes lashing out. the president called the mainstream media fake, failing, phony and inept. all of his words. and then he attacked richard blumenthal of connecticut. he tweeted about his past, misrepresentations about serving in vietnam. words the president used to talk about blumenthal on twitter, lied, defrauded, con artist, child and baby. and the tweets kept coming. this afternoon, trump tweeted about north korea. i'll read this one in full. "the fake news media will not talk about the importance

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> did the president knowingly mislead the public on the trump tower meeting? why did he have a direct role in crafting a statement we now know is far from the whole truth. >>> plus donald trump defending his speech to the boy scouts now saying he was told it was the greatest speech ever made to them. so why did the top scout have to apologize for the president's speech? >>> and working for donald trump. why one former exec says he loves chaos. let's go out front. >>> why can't the white house tell

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> outfront next, breaking news, steve bannon fired. already making stunning headlines saying, quote, the trump presidency that we fought for and won is over. he's back at breitbart tonight. is he declaring war? and is bannon's firing just the beginning? a source says john kelly is not done and democrats want to sen sure the president for his charlottesville comments. the effort gaining steam tonight. let's go outfront. >> good evening everyone. i'm kate baldwin. outfront tonight breaking news. not done

i'm jim sciutto in all week for erin burnett. watch "outfront" any time, anywhere. "ac 360" starts right now. >>> good evening. president trump speaks to the country tonight about the war in afghanistan, america's longest war to date. he'll unveil his strategy, which is widely expected to call for additional troops. whatever the decision, it comes six months since his last major address in 16 years since the war began. the u.s. and its allies brought down al qaeda and the taliban and despite years of training forces and hundreds of billions of dollars, the government of afghanistan is still not strong enough to fight on its own. american combat operations ended there two years ago but the fighting continues. tonight, the president is expected to call for additional troops in a war that's cost the lives of 2300 american servicemen and women, and cost american taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. for years, before president trump was responsible for the conduct of the war, he was firmly against the war. october of 2011, he tweeted, when will we stop wasting our

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >> breaking news, president trump about to hold a major campaign rally. protesters out. what is his message tonight? and more breaking news, trump and mitch mcconnell reportedly haven't spoken in weeks. angry phone calls, private bad mouthing. mcconnell now casting doubt on trump's ability to salvage his

erin burnett outfront. >>> next, breaking news. houston on the brink. now on edge, all eyes on whether a major dam will hold. >>> six members of one family swept away in the flood waters. and i'm going to speak to a family member who opens up about what has happened. >> and tv preacher joel osteen. let's go out front. >> outfront tonight the breaking news, city on the in

. >> i'm erin burnett. president trump's problem with the truth. every day that problem seems to get worse. tonight there are two phone calls that president trump said happened that did not, in fact, happen. one, trump bragging that the head of the boy scouts called him to say his speech to the scouts was, in trump's words, the greatest speech ever given to the group. the second one saying the mention cal president called him to offer what trump said was the ultimate compliment, that very few people are crossing over the southern border. we now know that neither of those statements are true. here's press secretary sarah huckabee sanders admitting this today. >> on mexico, he was referencing a conversation that they had had at the g-20 summit where they talked about the issues he referenced. in terms of the boy scouts, multiple members of the boy squad leadership following his speech there that day congratulated him, praised him and offered quite -- i'm looking for the word. quite powerful compliments. >> so he lied? >> i wouldn't say it was a lie.

erin burnett outfront starts right now. >> breaking news, president trump off the rails defending racist protesters in a complete about face. >>> plus condemnation, the reaction swift and savage. is anyone besides the ku klux klan leader behind donald trump tonight? and white nationalists emboldened, threatens more protests. >>> the breaking news, the real president trump, an extraordinary outburst exposing the president's real feelings about the violence in virginia. the president of the united states now defendin

coverage begins right now with erin burnett outfront. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> good evening. i'm jim sciutto. outfront tonight we are following two major breaking stories. harvey now a massive category three hurricane barrelling down on the texas coast with nearly 20 million people in its path and about to make land fall in the coming hours. and how other breaking news, north korea firing several unidentified projectiles, likely es