to 6 inches, isolated, sure, could be 9 or 10. the tropical storm force winds are going to be strong enough, you down a power line that's going to change everybody's week. every storm is different so this is one to watch. 10:00 tomorrow night. >> we'll be watching closely. tom sater, thanks very much. i'm jim sciutto. thanks so much for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts now. "outfront" next, president trump slams jeff sessions again. furious the attorney general is not helping him politically. is that how it's supposed to work? plus, the father of murdered college student mollie ripping into donald trump jr. demanding he and others stop using his daughter's death to push what he calls racist views. and democrats searching for a win as they prepare to take on the president's pick for the supreme court. new details on how they hope to score political points. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone, i'm

kate bolduan in for erin burnett. welcome to a special edition of "outfront." "outfront" tonight, trump fumes. the president railing against his attorney general, yes, again. this time for apparently not considering politics before the indictments of two republican congressmen, two men who were some of trump's earliest supporters. tweeting, and there's a lot here, so follow me. two long-running obama-era investigations of two very popular republican congressmen were brought to a well-pub sighed charge just ahead of the midterms but the jeff sessions justice department. two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. good job, jeff. a quick refresher for you, those two congressmen, chris collins of new york, charged with insider trading, and duncan hunter of california, charged with using hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds to pay for things like personal trips and personal shopping sprees. those two seats no longer solidly republican. losing those seats would no

doubt hurt trump politically and that is what it seems to have the president so furious today. but please consider this, this isn't just another tweet, just another evening of trump popping off on social media, the president is mad because the justice department, which is supposed to operate free of political influence or meddling, because the justice department is doing its job. he's mad doj isn't considering politics first and justice second. remember, it was less than two weeks ago that sessions pushed back against the president's repeated attacks, saying this, while i'm attorney general, the actions of the department of justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. the fact that sessions will not pick sides is raising now new questions about his future, especially after the president today compared his attorney general to former fbi director james comey, tweeting -- of course tweeting, here it is, the

democrats, none of whom voted for jeff sessions, must love him now. same thing with lying james comey. the dems all hated him, wanted him out, thought he was disgusted until i fired him. immediately he became a wonderful man. a saint-like figure, in fact. really sick. until i fired him. a sign of something to come for sessions now? kaitlan collins is "outfront" live at the white house. i wonder about this. there is a lot the president put in those two tweets. why is the president tweeting about this today when the indictments, they're not new? >> reporter: that's right, they're not. it might have to do with the president's schedule today, kate. he had nothing public on his schedule sent out to reporters today but we did see him preparing to leave the white house for an outing today, getting into the presidential motorcade in a red polo shirt and baseball hat, typically the attire he wears when he does go golfing, instead, as soon the president and you can see there he got into the motorcade and quickly got back out and went back into the white house where he spent the day making calls,

watching television and tweeting these attacks on jeff sessions. now, these attacks were the most noteworthy of all the president's tweets because they don't follow his usual line of attack on jeff sessions, which typically has to do with the russia investigation and the fact that jeff sessions recused himself. instead, the president was going after him about the decisions, implying that the justice department should make decisions based on what their political consequences are going to be. talking about these two republican congressmen and saying essentially that jeff sessions before the justice department indicted them should have considered what the consequences could be for vulnerable republicans this fall in the midterm elections before he did so. now, that's quite unusual and we haven't heard a lot of response from capitol hill, even though it is labor day, but we've only gotten statements from ben sasse and paul ryan so far, criticizing what the president said. paul ryan not going as far as ben sasse did for what he said here, but, kate, what this shows

is that the president's frustration with jeff sessions is much more widespread than just the russia investigation and that he's also feeling this sensitivity ahead of these midterm elections, something that could threaten his presidency if democrats do take over capitol hill. this is really stunning in and of itself, kate, that the president is telling his attorney general that he should be making decisions at the justice department based on who the president's political allies are. >> if there was a question before, it seems the president is making pretty clear what he thinks the role of the justice department is at this point. kaitlan, thanks so much. "outfront" with me now, democratic congresswoman from florida, val demings. thanks for coming in. >> thank you, kate, for having me. >> your reaction tonight the president lashing out at the attorney general and the justice department for pursuing these charges against these lawmakers, mad for appears to be no other reason than it could hurt hill politically. >> well, you know, every time i think president trump has topped himself, he outdoes himself.

it looks like all of the king's men have either been indicted, pleaded guilty or preparing to go to prison and i think the president is feeling the heat. but this latest stunt, you know, i didn't think i would be able to commend or applaud jeff sessions for much, but i do at this point, he's doing his job. my colleagues in the house, hunter and collins, have been indicted because there is probable cause to indict them and they did wrong. it has nothing to do with politics. i applaud the attorney general for not allowing politics to play into that indictment. the president, like i said, he has topped himself in this case. >> congresswoman, you posed sessions' nomination. you sign on to a letter opposing his nomination, so you defending him tonight is a statement. the president complaining in his tweet that the charges against the republican congressmen came, the way he puts it, just ahead of the midterms is how he put

it. if these were democrats, would you have a problem with the timing? >> look, i served as a 27-year law enforcement officer, served as a chief of police, it is what it is. there obviously is probable cause for these indictments and whether republican, democrat, independent, we should move forward. you're absolutely right, i did not prove of attorney general jeff sessions' confirmation, but in this case involving these two colleagues he is doing the right thing and i'm glad he is not surrendering to the pressure from the white house. >> we'll see if he -- how much longer he's there. again for the 100th time, we have to wonder aloud, does this mean he will be firing jeff sessions any time soon? it hasn't happened in the umpteenth times he's talked about him or slammed him before. i want to ask you about something else regarding jeff sessions. in a new court filing, former trump campaign adviser george

papadopoulos, he's the guy that pleaded guilty in the special counsel's investigation to lying to the fbi, he claims both sessions and trump supported his proposal during the campaign that trump should meet with vladimir putin. he put this in a court filing, his attorneys did, and he says, then that directly contradicts what jeff sessions told your committee in a public hearing. here is jeff sessions. >> yes or no, after the march 31st meeting did you take any steps to prevent trump campaign officials, advisers or employees from furthering outreach with the russians? >> mr. nadler, let me just say it this way, i push back at that. you made statements that the he did, in fact -- at the meeting, i pushed back. >> congresswoman, do you think jeff sessions lied to you? >> well, obviously based on his statement that he pushed back he was obviously aware of it, and we'll just have to see.

maybe we have to bring the attorney general back in and do some additional questioning of him regarding this incident because we are in search of the truth. we need to be in search of the truth and the american people, as you know the polling shows clearly that overwhelmingly the american people are in support of the special counsel, his investigation and getting to the bottom of it. so maybe we just need to bring the attorney general back in after this new information has come to surface. >> chances, though, with republicans in control that you're going to get that? >> we certainly can ask for it and i know that our ranking member nadler certainly will make that request. i think we should make the request. i think we should make it public. like i said, really appeal to the american people to have this done. >> congresswoman, i also want to ask you about the race for governor in your home state of florida. the democratic candidate, andrew gillum, he's florida's first ever black nominee for governor.

he was the target of a white nationalist robocall. desantis denounced the call but this comes after desantis himself has come under fire for saying this. listen to this. >> let's build off the success we've had under governor scott. the last thing we need to do is monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. >> desantis says his comment, that comment had nothing to do with race. you've spoken out against what he said. are you surprised that race has become an issue in this campaign for governor in florida? >> kate, i really wish that i could say i was surprised. no, i am not surprised. the day after mayor gillum won the nomination, here we are dealing with race. i think that ron desantis, who i do know, i serve with him on the judiciary committee, if he was not aware that his choice of words were inappropriate looking

at the history of this country, the hurt, the pain that we have gone through through slavery, segregation, discrimination, dehumanization in this country. he should have known. the fact he made the statements that he did just demonstrates to me that he is not ready for the position that he is seeking, the highest position in the state of florida. i mean, enough is enough. let's deal with the issues and leave race out of it. >> do you think andrew gillum should speak out more forcefully? i feel like you're speaking out more forcefully on this than he has. >> well, i think, you know, i know mayor gillum very well. he is more than qualified for the position, the office that he seeks. i think andrew is doing right for you what he's always done and that's to be focused on the issues that the state of florida, the people in the state of florida care about. he's not being distracted. he's staying focused, but believe me, there are enough of

us, black and white and others, who are speaking out against this racist comment that was made by andrew's opponent and we will continue to do so until we can get race -- if we ever can do that, out of the middle of politics in florida. >> congresswoman, thanks for coming in. i appreciate it. thanks for coming in on labor day. >> thank you. >> thank you. "outfront" next, the president's supreme court pick about to face a grueling confirmation hearing, probably the fight of his life. we have new details on the democrats' plan of attack. plus, a blistering rebuke from the father of mollie tibbetts telling donald trump jr. and others to stop using her murder for political gain. plus, we have some breaking news. hurricane warnings now in effect for parts of the gulf coast. many people are being urged to evacuate as gordon gains strength and heads straight for land. (vo) this is not a video game.

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house correspondent for american urban radio networks, april ryan and cnn senior political analyst, mark preston. great to see you guys ahead of what is going to be a monumental week of hearings. you have new reporting, manu, tonight, on how democrats plan to target kavanaugh during these hearings. what is their plans? >> that's right. democrats acknowledge fully defeating brett kavanaugh is still an uphill climb but expect a very contentious line of questioning when the members start to question him on wednesday. the four areas in particular the democrats are going to pin down on, one, what they view as his untruthfulness in answers he gave the senate judiciary committee about his role in key bush administration issues when he was a white house aide back in 2004 and 2006 when he was testifying before the committee at that time. as well as his views on the affordable care act. a very significant case being led by texas right now to overturn that law. they're going to try to pin him down on his views about

pre-existing condition protections. in that law, whether he believes they're constitutional. as well as whether or not his comments that roe v. wade is actually settled law would not mean that he would not overturn that landmark abortion case and how he views the investigations of a sitting president, particularly the view of executive power, because in the past he had voiced skepticism about whether a president can be indicted and also expressed hostility towards an independent counsel, which is, of course, separate than a special counsel like robert mueller, but expect a lot of questions on those four areas. if he does not answer them, expect them to characterize him as evasive and hope they can convince some republicans to vote no, ultimately, kate. >> mark, one of the issues that manu is pointing out here, roe v. wade, reproductive rights, already a huge issue for many, but including one republican, republican senator susan collins. her vote is a big question here.

she met with kavanaugh, as manu's talking about. afterwards she said that he told her it's settled law, roe v. wade. what exactly, i do wonder, what does that mean for a justice? i mean, at the very least does it mean that collins is a yes? >> well, nothing's ever settled in the united states senate, as all of us have spent a fair amount of time up there, until the vote's actually cast. we don't know. she hasn't necessarily said which way she's going to vote, other than as manu points out, she seems to be leaning towards voting for brett kavanaugh. if that happens and lisa murkowski votes for him as well, it's over, they have enough votes in the senate. the republican senators have a nice clean, easy win. mitch mcconnell does, donald trump does. but let's also take into consideration, you have a lot of red state democrats that are up for re-election this year. when i say a lot, anything more than one is a lot. they are defending themselves in indiana, north dakota, west virginia. if you look at those states,

those states are a lot different than states such as massachusetts or rhode island, so, you know, if a red state democrat could come across and could support brett kavanaugh for this, you know, for this vote. so while we are focused on susan collins, we are focused on lisa murkowski, there are also those red state democrats that have to appeal to voters in their state. >> april, from the white house's perspective, how confident is the president going into this? >> well, those close to the president and the president are confident that kavanaugh is going to be confirmed but the president is still, you know, mark was absolutely right about these red state dems. for those red state dems who oppose, the president is going to go after them, according to my republican sources. this president needs this win and he wants to have a complete easy win. if that is possible. because right now he's under such a political crisis and

attack in his mind over this russia investigation. this would be a win and they believe they're going to get it, but if there is any opposition, the president is going to take no prisoners he's going to go after them. >> manu, i talked to brian fallon earlier today. he is helping lead the -- he's helping lead the outside opposition to kavanaugh. his group is one of the groups pressuring the folks we're talking about, red state democrats, to oppose kavanaugh. i asked him if there should be consequences for any democrat who ends up voting in support of kavanaugh. here's what he said. >> i think that the people that are out there knocking on doors and calling on the phones for voters and turning out the vote for these democrats, they're going to be less inclined to what to do those types of tasks that it's going to win in november if democrats don't do everything they can to fight this nominee now. >> manu, how intense is the pressure on those democrats right now? do they fear backlash from voters on this? >> undoubtedly, yes.

because this is a real challenge for those red state democrats. they have to be concerned not just about the trump voter and their overwhelmingly republican states but also their base. even in a state like west virginia where joe manchin is up for re-election, there is a very vocal contingency on the left who joe manchin will need to come out to the polls in order to push him over the top in what could be a very close race. probably even more significantly in a place like indiana, in north dakota as well. if they were to side with the president on this just weeks before the election, those same voters would be potentially suppressed. so this is what makes it so hard. which is interesting, kate, when those red state democrats met with brett kavanaugh, who did they not want to be seen with? brett kavanaugh. they did not invite cameras in the room. they did not let reporters in because it's such a difficult vote for them and they just hope it it's going to be over some time soon. >> it's going to be quite a week for them, to say the least. april, one of the big issues,

manu's talking about it, that kavanaugh is facing is his position on executive power and investigations into a sitting president. due, of course, to his past remarks that presidents shouldn't be distracted by investigations. is the white house worried about that becoming a big issue? because where does that squarely put the attention it even if that's not where it ends up with kavanaugh? >> kate, the optics are ugly when it comes to this. you wonder, you know, there are various issues on the table to include, you know, roe v. wade. that deals with the president's base. but there are people that are questioning, was kavanaugh actually nominated because this is something that really hits the president personally? not to indict -- kavanaugh does not believe in indicting a u.s. president. that is the question, you know, did the president do this about the -- make this nomination about the american public or was it more personal? and the optics of this are not great at all. this president is keenly aware that russia -- this russia investigation is an albatross

around his neck and he is making this conspiracy, saying it's a witch hunt, but at the same time he's being strategic in who he nominates to the supreme court in case it does go down that road. he needs kavanaugh. it's an ugly situation. >> one audience on capitol hill, another audience, all the american voters watching what's going on on capitol hill. great to see you guys, thanks so much. mark, i'll talk to you in a little bit. stick around for me. "outfront" next, former president obama apparently set to hit the campaign trails. can he rally voters when he's not on the ballot?

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. welcome back to a special edition of "outfront." donald trump jr. back on the campaign trail as a tom surrogate for his father. his latest line of attack blaming the murder of a young woman on democrats' immigration policies. an undocumented immigrant is charge with the death of iowa college student mollie tibbetts. trump junior took to the front page to call democrats' reaction to her death despicable.

just one day later in the very same paper, mollie tibbetts' father responded with this in part, do not appropriate mollie's snoul advancing views she found to be profoundly racist. please leave us out of your debate. allow us to grieve in privacy and with dignity. at long last show some decency on behalf of my family and mollie's memory, i'm imploring you to stop. "outfront" now, host of the ben ferguson show, ben ferguson show and former white house communication director under president obama, jen psaki. >> hi, kate. >> thanks for being here. tibbetts' father says in the same pea piece they appealed to politicians and pundits already to stop using her death to push their agendas. he said many did and they're grateful for that. why can't the president's family do the same, do you think? >> i don't know if they reached out directly to them or they knew this. you certainly should listen to the family when something like

this happens. i've had a picture i put up on facebook a couple of years ago of a lady crying over a casket and talked about thank you for their service to this country and the family contacted me and said it's just too hard for us to see this picture. we appreciate, you know, how this has gone viral but we're tired of seeing it out there, would you please take it down? and i did. that's a situation where they said, look, thank you, but it's just too hard for us. i don't blame this father for what he's saying there. i have no problem with him saying please leave my daughter out of this. there is also the reality when you have an unsecure border and an illegal immigrant that commits a heinous crime like this it has to be talked about and it should be. can you have that conversation without leaving this tragedy or the names out of it? absolutely. i think the white house moving forward, you'll probably see that they'll do exactly that. that's because you have a father here that is grieving. i think this is the hard part about talking about real issues in politics, when people

actually die, and yet this is an important issue that voters are going to have to deal with with the midterm elections at the same time. >> they definitely want to make it a big issue in the midterms. jen, you worked in a white house -- >> it's an issue before them, yeah. the president, look, without immigration, i don't think -- i mean, that's the big issue that this president was able to connect with voters on first and foremost when he talked about a secure border. without that issue, he wouldn't have jumped to the top of the polls in the conversation during that primary. so this is a core issue for trump supporters. they want a secure border. they don't like it when illegal immigrants are able to commit heinous crimes. >> yejen? >> i think it's important for people to remember when many republicans started going on television and talking about this case and using this case for a symbol of what they were running for, it was the same time that the manafort trial was moving forward, there were all these court cases that everyone was watching on cable television. this is disgusting. obviously i agree with ben that i hope people stop doing this.

this is horrible to the family, but at the end of the day, when a white man rapes a woman, we don't talk about how all white men are rapists. obviously there is a discussion here happening in this country about immigration, but what's coming from the right is this hateful racist rhetoric, and this also brings that to light and i don't think we should forget that. >> ben -- >> it's not racist rhetoric when it's a reality on the ground. i've done multiple radio shows where i've had people on my show who are victims of heinous crimes. i've had a rape victim on my show who was the victim of a crime of an illegal immigrant in this country. i've had a mother whose daughter was kill bid an illegal immigrant. >> what you're talking about here, ben, is not every immigrant is not going to commit crimes. >> that's not what i'm saying. i never said that. i never said that but we don't have a secure border. >> i think, ben, there is an irresponsible -- >> we don't have a secure border. >> wait a second. i think one fact, data point is

important to point out, by and large illegal immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than -- >> yes. >> -- american citizens commit crimes. the data bears that out. >> right. but that stat doesn't matter to someone who is a victim of a heinous crime at the hands of an ms-13 gang member. when you live in a country like the united states of america been you expect your communities to be safe and you also expect you're going to have a secure border. that is exactly why this is such an important issue to voters. when you try to say if you're in favor of a secure border that's somehow racist rhetoric, that's when people go to the polls and roll their eyes at the absurdity of that. look where i am. i'm in dallas, texas. >> uh-huh. >> go look at the statistics here of how many illegal immigrants commit crimes, heinous crimes in texas. go look at how many children have been killed. how many women have been killed. how many people have been raped by ms-13 gang members. this isn't a talking point. this is a reality for many

americans is in texas. >> you're reaching for statistics. i think the statistics here are clear. what you're trying to do here is, one, change the subject -- >> no, i'm not. i'm trying to talk about immigration. >> you're trying to make an entire portion of the population here evil and criminal. that is absolutely not true. that is a form of racism. >> it's not what i said at all. it's not a form of racism. i'm going to defend myself. if i'm a racist because i don't like rapists who happen to be illegal immigrants, i'm fine with that. i've talked to these victims. i live in a border state. >> what do you think about cherry picking what -- >> it's not cherry picking, it happens -- it's not cherry picking when you have a significant number of people that are coming across the border illegally that are hurting the u.s. economy. then you have a small -- and i admit it is a small portion of those people who come across the border and also commit heinous crimes. but when you see this happening

and it is in your community and you see the reality of it, it is not racist to say, this is a bad plan. we need -- >> well, ben, i think if we were talking about -- if we were talking about things that were -- >> final word to you, jen. >> if we were talking about people killed in this country, we would talk about guns and the fact that guns are in the hands of far too many people. >> we can talk about that. and in the hands of illegal immigrants. >> i would like to hear you talk more about guns -- >> i talk more about guns all the time. i'm a victim of a gun crime. you can try that line with somebody else. i've had a gun to my head by an american citizen who got the gun illegally who was a convicted felon. i can talk about illegal immigration without having to defer to guns or saying you can't have that conversation because somehow it deals with racism. there are people who commit heinous crimes that are illegal immigrants. if you talk to those victims, it is an important issue to them and it has nothing to do with race. >> tonight we were talking about this victim, mollie tibbetts. her father, their request.

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spirits are not. >> shaking up a democratic primary in deep blue massachusetts. >> i feel great. look, we've done everything we can do. >> reporter: progressive congressman has served in congress for 20 years, representing an area once held by john f. kennedy. >> is there something bigger going on in democratic politics? >> there is. i do believe that there is a paradigm shift that is occurring and there are winds of change that are afoot. >> reporter: her campaign slogan, change can't wait. presley was the first african-american woman elected to the boston city council. on the trail she talks openly about being raised by a single mother and being a survivor of sexual assault. >> i'm the only candidate in this race that's talking about more than resisting trump. you see the systemic inequalities that are worsening under this administration. >> reporter: presley is hoping

to ride the insurgent wave that swept other minorities such as new york's alexandria ocasio-cortez, and florida's andrew gillum to primary wins. to do it, she'll need to turn out new voters. the seventh district is majority minority, nearly 60% nonwhite, but not when it comes to voting. >> overall the population is majority minority in the district, but when you get down to first who is registered to vote and who actually votes and who votes in a democratic primary, historically that's been actually majority white. >> reporter: voters here torn between an incumbent they know and trust and a challenger representing a new voice in politics. >> i'm leaning towards presley. >> reporter: why? >> i really like her story. >> capouano is great but i think i resonate with her story a little bit. >> i think he's done a great job. he's been a strong progressive voice. i don't believe he's too old or too tired.

>> reporter: for capuano his consistent, progressive, liberal record speaks for itself. >> the democratic party is no different. we always have issues internally. that's what families do. >> reporter: now, the polling here has showed the incumbent up consistently by at least ten points, but the x factor is whether presley can bring out those voters who don't get out to vote very often, african-americans, the economically dispossessed, young people who maybe have not voted before. no one taking any chances here. both candidates have run a very aggressive campaign. back to you. >> great to see you. thanks, miguel. we'll soon find out. mark preston is back with me now. mark, you grew up in this area, of course. a proud son of boston. he's no moderate if you look at his record. what's going on here? >> a couple of things. you're seeing this democratic party in transition.

it began really under barack obama, but i really do think that donald trump has sparked excitement, energy, within the democratic party which is then leading to these democratic primary battles that we've seen. of course, what we saw up in new york and this one right here, i'll tell you, the democratic establishment, kate, though, is not very happy about this. they don't want to see energy spent on these interparty fights. they'd rather see that energy spent on trying to knock off republicans in districts across the country. >> well, find some energy because this is what's happening more and more we're seeing. if presley wins, of course, we'll wait and see what the polls show tomorrow, but what does that say, what does that mean for democrats in washington? >> well, a couple of things. one, we would perhaps be looking at a total remake of the democratic party or the beginning of a remake of the democratic party. the first person i think that would certainly be in the sights of losing a very important job would be nancy pelosi. now, nancy pelosi, for all the criticism that people have about nancy pelosi within the party,

as you know, kate, she raises an incredible amount of money. she's a very skilled political and legislative tactician and was the first woman speaker. inis era of the me too movement, you could see someone like nancy pelosi have to step aside if house democrats were to take back the house of representatives and she were to be in line for the speakership. these young voices could cause a problem for nancy pelosi if that were the case. >> you're going to make a guess right now? is capuano heading back to the capitol or do you think presley's going to walk in there? >> listen, as you said, we don't know, state polls are very much in up in the air. i will say this, capuano is a street fighter. he was a mayor somerville, a very tough town. who knows. we'll see tomorrow night. "outfront" next, hurricane warnings in effect as gordon's powerful winds are now lashing the coast of florida. new details coming in on the storm's track. plus, joe biden is running. literally.

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the four words have left some people breathless tonight. joe biden is running. here is jeanne moos. >> reporter: it's definite. mr. president, what's your thinking about 2020 at this point, sir? >> reporter: he's running, literally running. here he is running from the side, running from behind. people at the pittsburgh labor day parade were urging joe biden to run for president. >> we need you, brother. you can do this. >> reporter: but who knew if he would run immediately, even if all he was running for was to catch up to his assigned position in the parade after stopping to meet and greet folks. true, we've seen biden run before. for instance, in a let's move

fitness video with president obama. ♪ what was running from my mind? have we ever seen president trump run? critics crack that the only thing he runs is a golf cart. but we found him semi jogging over to police to shake hands. and remember when a greenpeace protester and a paraglider buzzed president trump's golf course in scotland? no wonder he ran. a few steps to shelter. trump and biden have already exchanged blows. >> no, i wish you were in high school. i could take him behind the gym. >> i'd like to take him behind the gym. i dream of that. >> reporter: why dream when we can actually see biden running? someone suggested this needs "rocky" music. ♪ critics could have a field day with word play, saying biden is

a running joke and president trump excels at running -- his mouth. >> you know what you do with biden? you go like there. >> reporter: not if he can outrun you. >> and he'd fall over. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> so he is running, right? thanks for joining us, everybody. "ac 360" starts right now. good evening. a full holiday night including a new attack by the president on his own attorney general and critics say on the rule of law. one republican lawmaker using the words banana republic in his criticism. we begin with breaking news on the tropical storm that is expected to become a hurricane, hurricane gordon when it hits the gulf coast. louisiana's governor has just declared a state of emergency, activated the national guard. we've also just gotten new information on the storm. our meteorologist tom sater joins us now with the latest. this could into a hurricane and new advisories just in. what's the latest? >> the latest is just moments ago, the