howie: cnn says make no mistake, mr. president, cnn does not lie. joining me, mollie hemingway, susan ferrechio, and phillipe reines. mollie i say the president has every right to speak out but did he go too far calling for the media company's heads to be fired? mollie: it's not just about calling for firing. it's the language. as a mother it's something i don't like to see. there are lines being crossed. cnn is having a rough go of things. andy lack is rumored to be central to so many of the problems they are facing there. howie: rumors, though. mollie: it's an interesting story but it's not appropriate for the president to be weighing in. howie: jeff zucker who is recovering from heart surgery said donald trump is trying to delegitimize journalism. what do you make of the tone cnn usinged when it hit back. susan: the president is trying to delegitimize journalism because journalists have tried to delegitimize the president. the types of attacks by the media, a lot of them had to be corrected. a lot have not been corrected. i think all's fair here

using images collected by a yemeni activist group and verified by cnn having been american-made, cnn has been able to identify 11 separate incidents on coalition strikes on civilian areas using u.s. armaments. lockheed martin and raytheon and the u.s. air force material command. it is a litany of death made in the usa. and yet, the u.s. state department has certified that the saudi coalition is undertaking actions to reduce the risk of harm. and that arm sales to the coalition could continue. when cnn reached out to the pentagon, spokeswoman commander rebecca said it called upon all parties to take all precautions to harm civilians. the conduct in the campaign is made by the members of the saudi-led coalition, not the u.s. many of the weapons were precision-xw precision-guided. we wanted to see the aftermath for ourselves. cnn was able to send a team. there, our cameraman met this 12-year-old. in april, a coalition bomb struck a village wedding. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: you can see here, the moments before the planes arrived, killing 11 children. a weapons expert

that's on a cnn special report. the mysterious tape of george papadopoulos. >>> we don't know what's in it. we know the letter is on its way. kim jong-un writing to president trump. we'll go live to north korea when we come back here. plus powerful storms lined up like planes on a runway the question, how long will these storms be? and where will they go? stay with us. >>> a new personal letter from north korean leader kim jong-un is on its way to the white house. >> this is true, president trump says it was handed over at the korean demilitarized zone. secretary of state mike pompeo is now brick it to washington, d.c. him we don't know what's in the letter, what it says, but mr. trump has told reporters on air force one he believes it is a quote positive letter. >> all of this coming as north korea prepares for a huge celebration like this one back here in 2013. the country is marking its 70th anniversary this weekend. korea watchers are curious if the vents are bigger than before, or more toned down, possible clue

sources confirm to cnn that the u.s. met with venezuelan military officers plotting a coup against the country's president, nicolas maduro. for more on it, here's elyse labott in washington. >> reporter: cnn officials met secretly with the military officers plotting a coup against venezuelan president nicolas maduro. that's according to a current and former u.s. official. american officials met with renegade venezuelan military officers abroad several times over the last year after those officers made contact. but sources told us that washington ultimately decided against supporting the coup, didn't provide the venezuelan officers with any support, and plans for the coup ultimately fell apart. now, the trump administration's discussions with the venezuelan military officers about that potential coup were first reported saturday by "the new york times." but the maduro government has been concerned for some time that the u.s. was behind such a coup plot. president donald trump has previously discussed the possibility of mi

kara scannell, cnn, washington. >>> let's get perspective now from cnn law enforcement analyst james gagliano. we appreciate your time, james. thanks for coming on. >> thank you for having me. >> so let's talk about this investigation. what can the fbi do in this limited time in their investigation to allegations against the supreme court nominee? >> sure. i don't think the time is going to be an issue. i think the fbi has been preparing for this, if not for the least couple of days, the last couple of weeks or so. this is something that they're very good at. it is obviously not a criminal investigation. it is what we would call a background investigation. these are common, we do them for candidates or applicants who become fbi agents, we do them for federal employees that work for fbi every five years to make sure they maintain their top secret security clearance and in this instance, we do them for confirming justices. now, this is going to be a special inquiry because it is the level of a supreme court justice, not just of circuit court judge, not just a federal judge, this is the

that's not cnn today. it's one thing to spin the news and interpret it in a manner consistent with your own ideological agenda but it's a completely different thing to have a story in which you are reporting facts, the facts are exposed as false, and you dig your heels in and say that they're true any way. i mean, this is taking fake news to a new level, and it is setting, you may say, almost a newy, standard of deception whih i think will haunt cnn for awhile. >> laura: dinesh, your movie "death of a nation" this is like "death of media." thisug is unbelievable. they claimed they tried to contact lanny davis initially with the story and he declined to comment but it turns out he was initially the source for the story? i mean, this story gets worse and worse the more people marinate on it. >> yeah, lanny davis has told me he never confirmed this allegation for cnn and he's sort of added himself as a source. look, cnn is trying to defend the indefensible. it won't discuss on the air or discuss publicly what

so says cnn. after cnn's tepid response, the president geared up and let the media have it. saying -- "the hatred and extreme bias of me by cnn clouded their thinking, making them unable to function. but actually as i've always said this has been going on for a long time. little jeff z. has done a terrible job. his ratings suck. and at&t should fire him to save credible." he continues. "what is going on at cnn is happening to different degrees at other networks. with nbc news being one of the worst. the good news is that andy looky -- get it -- is about to be fired for incompetence and much worse. when lester holt got caught fudging my tape on russia, they were hurt badly." the left wing media apoplectic because president trump will not back down. vice president mike pence says this is a major reason that mr. trump was elected president. >> vice president pence: all i know, a lot of the liberal media met their match in president trump. they understand the american people elected this man because he had a right vision for the country and because he is a fighter. >> lou: presi

sara murray, cnn, washington. >>> now let's bring in leslie vinjamuri, head of the u.s. and american program at chatham house and professor of international relations live in our london bureau. a pleasure as always to have you. let's start by talking about this new news around george papadopoulous, the one time campaign adviser, it has contradicted jeff sessions' sworn testimony to congress, papadopoulous saying that sessions supported the proposal of mr. trump meeting vladimir putin, but sessions says that he pushed back. where does it leave the attorney general? >> well, i think it certainly confirms the wisdom of sessions in recusing himself from overseeing this investigation that mueller is conducting. and it raises a lot of questions. now, we know that the president has said now that sessions will remain in office through the midterms despite a very difficult and ongoing question mark about what trump would do when it comes to sessions, but it raises a lot of questions. people have been thinking for a long time that papadopoulous would be very important in terms of

cnn is following the developments.07. cnn is following the development07. cnn is following the developments. >> they have until september 28th to submit the answers. both sides have to respond to the questions and answer to them under oath. that means any potential false answers could lead to charges of perjury. something to watch out for, but overall this is just another step in the ongoing defamation la lawsuit between the parties. with the president and his attorney that did submit a letter to the judge recently. basically saying that the other side, president trump's attorneys were basically being difficult to work with here and submitting some of these responses late and what this does is highlight that is the trump defense team is planning to fight the charges every step of the way which they have been doing. denying the allegations from the very start. though this is a fairly process-related development here, it is something to keep an eye on here. finally we should mention that even though these pleadings will be exchanged back and forth between bot

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cnn is "this is cnn," the james early jones booming voice. at one time back in the '80s when they started, it was considered a gold standard of journalism. where does it stand now after this davis story, a complete bungle by the network? >> well, one can almost think back nostalgically to the '80s where they would have a liberal a conservative. that's not the cnn of today. now, it's one thing to spin the news and interpret it in a manner that is consistent with your own ideological agenda. it's a different thing to report facts exposed as false and you dig your heels in and say they're true anyway. this is taking fake news to a new level and it is setting, you may say, almost a new standard of deception that i think will haunt cnn for a while. >> your movie, "death of a nation." this is like death of journalism. >> i know the cables compete with each other and it can be rough and tumble. i get that. but this is unbelievable. they claimed that they tried to, what, contact davis initially with the story but he declined to comment but it turns o

cnn's boris sanchez has more on that. >> reporter: sources inside the white house tell cnn close aides have asked president trump to wait until the confirmation process for judge brett kavanagh to the supreme court is over before he decides whether or not to fire deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. this is after reporting emerged over the weekend that rosenstein allegedly had conversations about invoking the 25th amendment to remove president trump from his post and had suggested that he potentially wear a wire to record his conversations with the president. according to sources inside the white house, at one point the president actually asked if this was a plot or a ploy to try to get him to fire the deputy attorney general, which we should point out he has been unhappy with for sometime. sources have indicated president trump is not thrilled about the way that rod royse enstein is overseeing the russia investigation. he believes rod rosenstein gave robert mull eller free reign to investigate areas he didn't want investigated. his finances are part of the broader russia probe. i d

rbg, a cnn film about ruth bader ginsberg airs on cnn. why do you think she is having such a moment right now? >> look at her past. and you see this in this movie that's premiering tomorrow. really, she started off as this young lawyer. she couldn't get a job out of law school, and she decided to take on the issue of gender discrimination. she picked these cases very carefully, even before she took the bench, to say that she wanted to strike down laws that discriminated against women or gender in general. and she was masterful at this. and that's even before she took the bench. then once she was on the bench, she wrote one major decision called the virginia military institute, and there she struck down the all-male admissions policy at this public university, state-funded university. and only in the last few years though, after john paul stevens stepped down, did she start writing these stinging dissentz. really, the younger generation took issue. they looked at it. now she is a pop icon, which is so unusual for a supreme court justice. >

this is a cnn poll. this second poll, a bit more enlightening on where he stands compared to other potential supreme court picks. only one nominee lower than kavanagh. 58 of 100 senators voted against bork's confirmation. he had a stated preference to roll back some civil rights landmark decisions made. another that may hurt democrats is garland's name is on there. likely republicans are happy to see that considering that when he was nominated by president obama republicans in congress refused to take up his nomination. ultimately it was neil gorsuch who took the seat of antonin scalia who passed away. they changed the way judges were confirmed, republicans likely relishing that, as well. >> boris sanchez at the white house, thank you. >> let's dig into the poll numbers with our guests, former u.s. attorney and former deputy attorney general harry litman and kelly jane torrance. guys, the polls for neil gorsuch showed he had 29%. why do you think kavanagh's support at just 37% is so low? >> i think it ac

. >>> you can follow me on twitter and at the lead cnn. our coverage on cnn continues right now. >>> happening now, breaking news. the coming storm, mandatory evacuations begin as florence barrels toward the u.s. east coast. with millions of people in its path. category 4 hurricane expected to get even stronger, and there's a new forecast just out. >>> lack of trust. as the white house tries to discredit critics of president trump, our exclusive new poll shows only 32% of americans think he is honest and trustworthy. now the white house says maybe the justice department should investigate the unanimous op-ed that detailed dysfunction inside the trump team. >>> trading cases. porn star stormy daniels and president trump switched positions on her lawsuit against the president with mr. trump now ready to end their nondisclosure agreement. but daniels' lawyer says the president only wants to avoid being deposed. michael avenatti joins me this hour. >>> and parading kim's power. kim jong-un marks his country's 70th birthday with a show of milit

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cnn has matched much of it. the extraordinary comments are reportedly captured in memos written by andrew mccabe who briefly led the fbi after comey was fired. sources say those memos are now in the hands of robert mueller's team. rosenstein has issued not one but two statements of denial. last night he insisted, quote, i never pursued or authorized recording the president and any suggestion that i have ever advocated for the removal of the president is absolutely false. lau laura, there has been some suggestions that rosenstein's remarks were sarcasm. >> some people have said it was sarcasm, that he had no intention of wearing a wire to tape the president, that didn't happen, they say. but other sources are adamant that this was quite serious and not a laughing matter. part of the divergence that you're seeing at play here is the fact that mccabe and rosenstein do not know each other very well. when a lot of these conversations are taking place, it's may of 2017, it's chaos. after james comey has been fired, th

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. >>> you are in the "cnn newsroom" i'm anna cabrera. christine blasey ford will go first and kavanaugh will go afterward. it's scheduled on thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. as for who will be steering the conversation, who will ask the questions, that and a few other things are still up in the air. cnn's jessica schneider is following developments in washington and boris sanchez is outside trump tower in new york where the president just arrived here in new york ahead of the u.n. general assembly. jessica, tell us more about what's going to happen on thursday and what still has to be worked out. >> yeah, anna, there are still several sticking points for bla blasey ford's team. the committee is only scheduled to hear from blasey ford herself as well as judge kavanaugh, her attorneys had wanted trauma experts to testify as well as other people who were supposedly at that party, but to that end the committee's chairman, chuck grassley, has issued a lengthy statement on this saying that the committee has already been investigating for t

official who spoke with cnn. american officials met with renegade venezuelan military officers abroad several times over the last year after they had made contact with the u.s. sources told us that washington ultimately decided against supporting the coup, didn't provide those officers with any support and the plans for the coup ultimately fell apart. now, those discussions between the u.s. and venezuelan military officers about that coup first reported on saturday by "the new york times." the white house didn't immediately respond to a request for comment, but we know the maduro government has been convinced and concerned for some time that the u.s. was behind a coup plot against the president. president trump has previously discussed the possibility of military option in venezuela. he was asked about the possibility of military intervention in response to the mounting crisis there. the president said that's something the u.s. could, quote, certainly could pursue. taking military action against venezuela would b

cnn is littve in pyongyang next. are you a christian author with a book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! >>> president trump praising north korea for the lack of nuclear missiles in the military parade sunday. the president tweeting this is a big and very positive statement from north korea. thank you to chairman kim. we will both prove everyone wrong. much better than before i took office. instead of showcasing military might with the show of intercontinental ballistic missiles, the north's 70th anniversary celebration focused on economic development and future of its people. cnn's will ripley is live in pyongyang with more. you have been watching the festivities and seeing what the president is tweeting. what have you been seeing? >> reporter: it is just -- i keep thinking, christine, what it was like as recently as a year ago. think about last april. i watched the previous parade in the square where they unveiled new intercontinental ballistic mi

with me a cnn legal analyst and a former federal prosecutor and cnn legal enforcement, law enforcement analyst, a retired fbi super prizery special agent. mouth full. hello to both of you. how are you? >> i'm good thank you. walk us through what the fbi acts are tanked with. mocking on doors, making phone calls? how do they go about this? >> the "washington post" is just reporting now that ms. ramirez has been contacted and i anticipate. >> deborah ramirez. >> yes. i anticipated that was going to happen. before the president made the decision, hey, the fbi should get involved, before senator flake made his dramatic position yesterday and shook up things. i can tell you senior executives are putting in place how to handle this. this is going to be handled as a special inquiry investigation. which means the consequence of this investigation, because it pertains to a supreme court justice, and a suitability or fitness for the position investigation is going to be exhaustive. now, fbi agents are going to knock on doors, take things that came out during the hearings, look at the calendar ju

sara sidner, cnn, los angeles. >> joining us now cnn law enforcement analyst retired fbi special agent james galiano. james, such a disturbing story. the state attorney estimates more than a thousand videos were on the doctor's phone, clips of women in various states of consciousness and believes there may be many unidentified victims. how will authorities go about identifying the victims. >> definitely a case of twisted depravity and the doctor who defied his hippocratic oath which are the ethical standards that all surgeons and doctors are supposed to adhere to about drugging these women, i'm telling you what authorities will be doing right now is they will painstakingly be going through the cell phones and apparently already i think they found hundreds if not close to a thousand videos and photos which support the charges that this doctor and his girlfriend were complicit. she wasn't an unwitting bystander. she was complicit in apparently drugging these women and then taking advantage of them for sexual purposes, so chilling, chilling case, and prosecutors have a lot of work ahead o

ivan watson, cnn, hanoi. >> ivan, thaufk. and the loss of another great, the queen of soul, aretha franklin was remembered friday in a celebration that remembered her friends and family, foley e fellow performers and even a u.s. president. >> okay. so i've figured out, i think that the secret of her greatness was she took this massive talent and perfect culture that raised her and decided to be the composer of her own life song. >> remembering the life the legacy, that voice that powerful voice that can never be replaced. stay with us. new listerine® sensitivity gives you lasting protection from tooth sensitivity. with first of its kind protection, it blocks tooth sensitivity at the source. so instead of your favorite foods making you feel like this. you'll enjoy them like this. bring out the bold.™ rewards me basically aeverywhere.om so why am i hosting a dental convention after party in my vegas suite? or wearing a full-body wetsuit at this spa retreat? or sliding into this ski lodge with my mini horse kevin? because hot

cnn's diane gallacher is near camp lejeune. let's start with martin savidge at carolina beach in north carolina. nearly 2 million americans you said mandatory evacuation orders according to fema, the federal emergency management agency. time is really running out for people to take cover. >> reporter: it is almost completely gone, jake. in fact, they are down to just a handle handful of hours in many of the most vulnerable communities, the barrier islands and the beach front communities of north carolina. like here, they're saying this bridge closes at 8:00 p.m. after that, you're on your own. the warnings for this monster hurricane could not be more dire. >> north carolina, my message is clear. disaster is at the doorstep, and is coming in. >> this is going to be, you know, a mike tyson punch to the carolina coast. >> reporter: officials can't stress enough, this is the last chance to get out of its path. >> this is a dangerous storm. we ask that you heed the warnings. today's is the day. >> reporter: this is storm projections

let's bring in cnn legal analyst joey jackson now. joey, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> also in that tweet from the senate minority leader leader, he says that this is unprecedented and he says that this is, you know, trying to potentially hide something. so from your perspective, is this unprecedented? and does the white house, does the justice department have a legitimate claim for privilege over these documents? >> well, in answer to that question, victor, there is really two ways to answer it. one is politically and the other is legally. from a political perspective, let's start there first. we, right? deserve transparency. who is we? the america people. the fact if someone is sitting or looking to be seated on the supreme court, that makes so many decisions, the last interview, you know, regarding abortion, that is a huge issue. so many other issues concerning immigrations and voting rights. you name it. that is supreme court that decides it. from a political imperative should not the american people through the questio

cnn's martin savidge joins us from wilmington, north carolina. martin, officials are using the strongest terms to convince people who are near livers and low-lying areas to get themselves to a safer place. >> reporter: that's true, ana. it's not just that you have to be near a body of water. many people think, i haven't got a river or a lake near me. this water can materialize out of nowhere, and especially in the western part of north carolina, where it's quite mountainous. then you get it racing down the sides of those hills and those mountains there. in fact the governor said they fear there will be land slides that will begin starting tonight. let's now go to scott mclean with a take a look at garden city beach, with the threat of flooding there. scott? >> reporter: martin, we're starting to see some flooding here in garden city beach where i am. you can see two blocks down where that truck is going through, and just a block off of the beach. the flooding we're seeing here is partially caused by the rain. they have seven inches of rain so far

and a source tells cnn aides believe they are closing in on exposing the writer. this chaos unfolding as former president barack obama unleashes jabs on president trump, breaking with tradition after months of silence. and in just a few hours, obama will take center stage for round two. this time at a rally in california. >> it did not start with donald trump. he is a symptom. not the cause. [ applause ] he's just capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years. they're undermining our alliances. cozying up to russia. what happened to the republican party? >> i watched it but i fell asleep. i found he's very good, very good for sleeping. >> cnn's jeremy diamond is at the white house right now. trump claims obama's speech put him to sleep, but we know it's keeping them awake, you know, who is at the center of this op-ed. >> the effort is still under way at the white house to root out the senior administration official who penned this op-ed in "the new york times" which really does not portray the president in a positive light. it portrays t

cnn's elise labott has the story from washington. >> reporter: cnn has confirmed that u.s. officials met secretly with the venezuelan military officers plotting a coup against venezuelan president nicolas maduro according to a current and former u.s. official. american officials met with renegade venezuelan military officials after the sources made contact. sources told us washington ultimately decided against supporting the coup, didn't provide the venezuelan officers with any support and plans for the coup ultimately fell apart. now, the trump administration's discussions with the venezuelan military officers about that potential coup were first reported saturday by "the new york times." but the maduro government has been concerned for some time that the u.s. was behind such a coup plot. president donald trump has previously discussed the possibility of military option in venezuela. asked about the possibility of a military intervention in response to the mounting crisis in the country, the president said that certainly the u.s. could, quote, could pursue taking military

tonight 9:00 eastern on cnn. thanks so much for being with me. much more news straight ahead much more news straight ahead with ana cabrera. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> you are live in the "cnn newsroom." i'm ana cabrera in new york and today we remember an american hero whose life was full not because he achieved fame or power or success but because in the words of his daughter, john mccain was good. he was defined by love and because he always believed america was great. >> john sidney mccain iii was many things. he was a sailor. he was an aviator. he was a husband. he was a warrior. he was a prisoner. he was a hero. he was a congressman. he was a senator. he was a nominee for president of the united states. these are all the titles and the roles of a life that has been well lived, but they are not the greatest of his titles, nor the most important of his roles. he was a great man. we gather here to mourn the passing of american greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave s

cnn's ed lavendera is in jacksonville, north carolina. ed, you're in a neighborhood that has been flooding since this morning. i saw you earlier and the water is coming up fast. >> reporter: this is a neighborhood along highway 258, north of jacksonville. it's a neighborhood where you look out here into the distance, where people are really just holding on and bracing for the worst. that is all they can do at this point. many homes here, just to kind of give you a lay of the land, if you look back there in the distance, that tree line, there is a river that cuts its way through, and all of this water that is flooding into this neighborhood is coming out of that neuse river. if you look back in the distance, the water started creeping up there, those first row of homes to the river, about 7:00 a.m. they've already made their way in, 10, 12, 15 houses into this neighborhood. we spoke with one family earlier who was loading up belongings into their car to go up to higher ground in the neighborhood. they tell us that this is a neighborhood th

you're live in the cnn "newsroom." major developments in the process to confirm brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. the woman that accuses kavanaugh of sexual assaulting her agreed today to speak before the senate judiciary committee. the committee chairman gave christine blasey ford until this afternoon to decide if she would go under oath and describe what she calls a sexual attack by kavanaugh when they were both teenagers. the agreement is just a start, a list of issues have to be resolved before she enters the committee chamber. the supreme court reporter is with us now, and also white house reporter sarah westwood with reaction from the administration. we haven't heard from christine blasey ford directly, but these words from her lawyers today. we are disappointed with leaks and bullying that tainted the process. we are hopeful that we can reach agreement on details. what are the variables that have to be addressed between now and any appearance by professor ford? >> you're right. she says agrees

i want to bring in now cnn global affairs analysts max boot and susan glasser, and also cnn politics editor at large chris cillizza. good evening to all of you. thank you so much. chris is there despite the big gizmo in front of him. he's there. trust me. so, max, good evening. the false tweet from the president is, you know, still up, right? it's still up on his twitter feed. >> you got to be more specific, don. there's so many false tweets from the president. >> i'm talking about the one in 100 years. the mistake was admitted at the podium from one of his advisers, but why is there zero effort to correct the record 54.3 million followers he has. it just adds to the credibility problem. it's still up there. he didn't say, oh, i got that wrong, how the mistake was made. it's just up there. >> this is part of the pattern with trump. he never apologizes, and never corrects. he thinks that issuing apologies or corrections shows weakness, and so therefore he repeats lies time and again. i think this is part of the frustration you hear from administration officials in the woodward book an

we want to be joined by cnn's sports analyst christine brennan and cnn sports anchor andy scholes. all right. thank you both so much for being here. christi christine, first of all, your takeaway from this. >> obviously, no one is for arguments or screaming or any kind of altercation on the court. however, when we consider the history of tennis, with the number of men who have yelled, screamed, what have you and gotten away with it, that is the point that serena has been making after the match and, obviously, all through the night on twitter. the conversation is there. that serena was treated differently. i don't think we can ever, ever doubt that that is the case. and i think it's an important point to make. many people, voices from billie jean king to chris evert to andy roddick and james blake, james blake saying if he had done that, he has done worse and never penalized so why did that chair umpire at that moment decide to insert himself and take over and potentially alter the match, the outcome of a very important grand slam final that could have been the 24th grand slam title

premiers this sunday only on cnn. be sure to tune in sunday morning. my guest will be u.s. ambassador nikki haley. we'll have democratic senator, mazy hirono of hawaii. it starts at noon eastern on sunday. our coverage continues right now. i'll see you sunday morning. >>> happening now, breaking news. down to a wire. stunning new details of chaos following president trump's firing of fbi director, james comey. cnn has learned that the move prompted the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, to discuss wearing a wire to secretly record the president. >>> invoking the 25th amendment. sources tell cnn that rosenstein also wanted to recruit cabinet members to use the constitutional provision for removing an unfit president from office. >>> deal deadline. cnn has learned that senate judiciary committee republicans are demanding a response by this hour to the counteroffer they made to the woman accusing supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, of sexual assault, laying out terms for her to testify. >>> and no longer restrained. president trump's tempered response to the kavanaug

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cnn has learned that the move prompted the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein, to discuss wearing a wire to secretly record the president. >>> invoking the 25th amendment. sources tell cnn that rosenstein also wanted to recruit cabinet members to use the constitutional provision for removing an unfit president from office. >>> deal deadline. cnn has

sexual misconduct surface. >>> thanks for joining us in the "cnn newsroom." i'm erica hill in for ana cabrera in new york. two hurricanes and a tropical storm churning in the atlantic ocean, one of them heading for the east coast. hurricane florence is closest to the u.s. mainland and taking aim at the carolinas. forecasters predict it will be a category 3 storm. helene was just upgraded to a hurricane this afternoon. tropical storm isaac is also churning in the atlantic. we'll take you live to the carolina coast for a look at hurricane preps there. let's check in with tom sater in the cnn weather center. >> absolutely. the first half of the atlantic hurricane season was relatively quiet. the peak of the season is actually monday, tomorrow, and we're seeing an uptick. we have three storms we may have two more by the end of the week. this is going to be become most like that overnight tonight a major hurricane. that means category 3, possibly developing into category 4, maybe even a 5. based on historical traffic accident we've never had one like this. this is

cnn correspondent kaylee hartung. bring us up to speed. >> fredricka, we're in a situation here where environmentalists fear that coal ash is getting into the cape fear river, while duke energy, the power company that owns the property that's home to two coal ash basins, on a plant site that was formerly a coal burning power plant that's now a natural gas plant, say that's probably not happening, at least not yet. you have both sides being very careful with their verbiage because the fact of the matter is, it is just too early for anyone to be certain one way or the other. the reason being, that sampling of this water just began yesterday when a dam was breached on the cooling lake after it was being flooded by the waters of the cape fear river. samples are expected to have resulted returned to duke energy tonight. those first results will give us a clearer picture of the danger the people in wilmington could be in if this coal ash was to get into this river. at this time, duke energy maintains that the coal basins ar

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pauline tu, cnn. >>> cnn correspondent will ripley is following the story live in hong kong this hour. we just heard from pauline pointing out that the president of indonesia is in palu. the death toll has risen substantially. what more are you learning? >> well, we expect the numbers to get worse as natalie mentioned a moment ago because of the fact that a lot of the communication lines are cut off and the roads were destroyed in the quake, which means some of the hardest hit rural areas, presumably nobody on the ground to get an assessment of the situation. you have the death toll jump more than double from 405 a few hours ago now reported to be 832 with 540 people injured. you know, obviously the majority of the deaths, 821 of them were in palu. it is a coastal city that was obviously rattled by the quake, perhaps more deadly and dangerous situation were the tsunami waves. three meters around ten feet, you know, crashing in, there was a terrifying video posted on social media, you can hear a man up on a higher level shouting to people on the street, trying to warn them as you saw t