manifort agreed to extensively cooperate with the government. we heard from manafort's lawyer. update him on what he said and how this is playing out. he is completing guilty to one count. that covers pretty much all of the charges he was facing here in court in d.c. it leads the admission doing work for the government. the pro russian government here that he laundered more than $30 million over the year cheated the u.s. government oust $15 million in taxes.

here's what he had to say. take a listen. >> tough day for mr. manafort as he accepted responsibility. he wanted his family to stay safe and live a good life. this is for conduct that dates back many years. everybody should remember that. thank you, everyone. we are hearing that these charges he was facing have nothing do with the trump campaign. he had to do with the activities before he came chairman of the trump campaign, but we know as part of this agreement, he agreed to cooperate extensively. part of that is being able to be

interviewed without the presence of his lawyers. he may have to testify in a future appropriatings and changes against other people. does this have anything to do with president trump and the campaign? we have an answer from rudy giuliani. once again an investigation concluded with the plea having nothing do with president trump. the reason is the president did nothing wrong. they are making clear at least from the trump side that this plea agreement has nothing to do with the president. the bottom line is the prosecutors got a huge victory. he is going to be a cooperator. we don't know what questions they will ask. they can ask any question and he

can't lie when he answers the questions. >> do we know if he remains in jail or has an opportunity to get out of jail. he has been in jail all this time and denied bail because he was engaged in witness tampering. right now he is being taken back to the prison or jail in alexandria where he has been spending the last couple of months. we expect he will remain there and we know as part of this agreement, this resolved the charges in alexandria as well as the charges he has here in washington. when he gets sentenced for both of the cases, we will see what prison time he is going to get. he pleaded guilty here in washington and the maximum he

can get is 10 years. he was about to turn 70 years old. that's a long time for somebody of that age. he is going to be spending more time in jail at least until the sentencing. let's bring in the experts. gloria gorger is here and what do you think? what are the ramifications? they asking about the former campaign chairman. >> what we don't know the details of is who paul manafort will be providing information against and about what he will be providing information against. i have no doubt that the special counsel's office in their communications with him will be asking about a range of issues going from the russia investigation and the trump

tower meeting and everything that pertains to the investigation with russian interference in the election and whether or not there was campaign involvement in that. there was another range of washington lobbyist and they have other information because that's what the crimes pertain to. they have a good idea of what they know and they wouldn't are inially agree to a reduced sentence unless he has something on him. >> correct. you would never make a plea offer with eight convictions in the bag. he would have to proffer information useful to them.

he could be tying it together with a neat bow. what he knows, you don't make a plea offer with eight convictions and i will turn the power over to you. he had information and that's akin to the probe. evan perez is talking about what rudy giuliani is saying. none of this has anything to do with donald trump, they always said that. this is before he was engaged by the trump campaign and only worked there for a short period of time. however, however we all know that wall manafort was in the meeting. we all know it would be malpractice not to ask him about

it. of course he will be asked about it. this is kind of stunning about what manafort set up with pr firms and with a law firm about how to hide ukraine about their client not filing as they should have so they can launder the money and get paid by ukraine. i think there is going to be large investigation into the other swamp that exists in washington. companies a and b and company a employee noted and they knew they were working for ukraine, but they couldn't say. you have to see through the

nonsense. it's like alice in wonderland. it's a fig leaf on a fig leaf. awful this was orchestrated by paul manafort. they were cooperating in this. this is a part of what we ask him as well. >> he need the services of rick gates. of course someone was a cooperator against him in the virginia trial. we have this section about how they conspired to talk about what they called the obama jews and tried to use them to try to infiltrate and lobo behalf of the cause. the first time, they belie the entire defense and he had nothing do with it was a min yon to rick gates. >> he was getting tens of millions of pro russian ukrainians. that is potentially significant as well. >> they never told anybody they

were getting paid by ukraine. people who cooperated with them which were former heads of state. there is a lot of swamp in this. >> they cheated out of over $15 million in taxes. a lot more on the breaking news, but continuing breaking news in the carolinas. tell us what you are seeing and hearing. >> good afternoon to you, wolf. everyone who is watching. we are here in myrtle beach. this is a water maker. the rain eases up and we get more of a downpour. it has been going off and on here.

this is still a category one, but there are power outages all overit state. 620 people without power mostly in north carolina. you have been seeing the pictures that was flooding and storm surges of up to 10 feet. this is between 10 and 30 miles per hour. these people will be dealing with this for a couple of days. this comes through quickly if it's a category two, three or higher. it moves out and leaves the devastation behind. this is sitting on top of the people here, causing them to have to sit in their homes and endure flooding and the power

outages. they wanted to get the last of the beach before they had to hunker down. that is a good thing for the people here who are trying to protect the folks here. law enforcement and rescue workers. the people who did not get out and who were sitting the storm out, if you get into trouble, you have to call these rescue people to get to you. that's going to put their lives in jeopardy and danger as well. my colleague has been out in this all morning. i have been watching you. you are at carolina beach getting pelted by rain. what are you seeing now? >> the rain is coming down. the wind is coming down fast and furiously. the water is coming up.

this is the corner of myrtle avenue in carolina beach. i spoke to the city manager a little while ago and he said this is going to get higher. there is an area down this way that will flood over and the town will be cutoff. he believes it will be saturday or sunday before they will be able to open up the and it has been raining and the wind has been intense and it's not leading up. what you are looking at now is the marina here in carolina beach. this is obviously overflowing.

this is an area that often floods even on good days. what is stunning about what happened in this storm is how quickly it came up. this water came up after about 30 or 40 minutes when the surge started to come in. it happened just after high tide. it really came up fast. now the tide is waning. it should be letting off, but it's going up or creeping up a little bit or staying where it is. one thing they are asking in new hanover county where carolina beach is, if you have an emergency situation and you need to call 911, make sure it is a life-threatening emergency. downed trees and downed lines. just more mundane issues. they can't deal with it right now and the 911 operators are being overwhelmed. that's the situation they have here. about 600 people of the 6200

that live in carolina beach decided to stay. we saw many of them when the eye came over and things got calm. waiting this storm out. >> if you get into trouble, it's tough for workers to get to you. that was a warping all along. people don't think about that. if you can get any medical issue and you had to get resources out to you, that's difficult. do not call them unless it's a dire emergency. it comes in in waves and eases off and the sand is blowing back and forth. this is going to happen for hours and hours and days and

days. people will be indun dated with hours. rescues are under way in the carolinas and witnessing those are out where it's happening. brian todd is in wilmington. what's going on? >> right, don. this is a rescue attempt at this house here just west of downtown. you see all the emergency personnel. there are two other people in here. we can get a shot of the tree. we don't know the continues of those people inside.

these here brought rescue dogs. one of the police officials told me that part of the house collapsed as well. they have to remove bricks and other things to get to two people inside this house. they have been trying to get at this for hours. they are try ing ing to figure who will be there. it's being complicate bide another downpour and a band of rain that has not relented. you have seen myself and other reporters.

another k0678ication is getting to the houses. over here all through these neighborhoods. i talked to the fire chief about this. he talked about just how difficult it is to get to so many of these people. how difficult it is all night. they have been trying to do it. this is very difficult. we will hang here and see if they can get the people out. >> youed it up really well. that's the difficulty of dealing with the storm. this storm which has been different according to forecasters and many of the hurricanes that come through.

the dangerous rescues are going and really they brought in people from 19 other states according to the governor. man, if it continues on like this and you are continuing the flooding and many more people will have to be rescue and that draws resources thin. we will continue our special coverage as florence came ashore this morning.

we continue on with our special hurricane coverage of florence. i'm in myrtle beach. to give you an idea, this is what they have along the beach in certain sections. it's a storm water drain. as i got here yesterday, this was not nearly as big as it is today. it was a small storm drain. the water is running out into the atlantic ocean. that is a problem. you probably have more flooding. there is flooding going in a number of areas. rescues happening in a number of areas. my colleague is there with major flooding and rescues under way. what are you seeing?

they jumped into action and helping to get to the neighborhoods. if they are taking on water and getting people back in and getting them to shelter. they are riding in the back of the truck under this sharp. it is this why it's so dark in the picture you are seeing on the screen. that's eerie looking and we have been on a couple of runs with this retired marine. he's he just pulled seven people from the neighborhood and taken them to a shelter where they were dropped off. we spoke with one of the volunteers that told us they were given about an hour to set up this shelter because of the influx of people being brought to them. this is in the town of new bern. after they set up the shelter, they have taken in 300 people into that shelter right now. this is the scene and the chaotic nature of how all of this is unfolding this afternoon

in new bern as people are racing out into the streets and to help people in the neighborhoods that have taken on so much water here over the course of the last 24 hours. there was one family here with us who said they have three feet of water in their house. their house started taking on -- ooh, that was a transformer exploding as we drove past. sorry about that. a house has taken on three feet of water at 5:00 in the afternoon yesterday. they rode out the rest of the storm overnight on the second floor being pulled out. we are seeing that all across the area. >> here's the thing. people don't realize other dangers are happening and the

transformer. you never know what's under the floodwaters. you can be electrocuted. you see the dangers and saw it live there. a transformer blowing right in the middle of his live shot. people being rescued. people with good intentions staying with their property and family, but the best decision is to get out. there is still a window for some folks that. window is pretty much closed. we will have a new forecast for hurricane florence moments away. don't go anywhere. ( ♪ ) face the world as a face to be reckoned with. only botox® cosmetic is fda approved to temporarily make moderate to severe frown lines, crow's feet and forehead lines look better. it's a quick 10 minute cosmetic treatment given by a doctor to reduce those lines. there is only one botox® cosmetic, ask for it by name. the effects of botox® cosmetic,

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we will get back to hurricane florence in a moment. we want to get more reaction on the other breaking news. the cooperation agreement from paul manafort, the former campaign chairman. the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. thanks so much for joining us. you have gone through the document and i have gone through this superseding document. what's your reaction? >> he admits to all the allegations he contested in the first trial. it's quite a coup for special

counsel. he fessed up and got a cooperation agreement. they can focus on other aspects depending on the breath of that cooperation that he could add a lot of value between the trump campaign and the russians. whether they go that far remains to be seen. language before he game the trump campaign chairman with about $60 million between the ukrainian government officials. i don't see anything related to the trump campaign. >> some go up through the campaign. the witness tampering goes beyond. >> yes. >> there are contemporaneous criminal allegations he pleaded guilty to. the president can't say this is old news, but here's

what he has to offer and where it comes together. we know that at the time the russians were offering dirt to the trump campaign on hillary clinton, manafort is reaching out through russian contacts and offering information on the campaign in order to get money he believes was owed him for work in ukraine. you have these two converging interests. the russians and wanting a relationship with the campaign. the campaign wanting something of value. money from the russians. he could shed light on this and we have to be circumspect. someone who wants a pardon and someone who admitted to witness tampering. the ex-tonight which he would be willing to cooperate we will have to wait and see. >> here won't be sentenced until

the mueller team knows if he is telling the truth. >> for will depend on if he agreed to cooperate about. >> supposedly he is willing to cooperate on everything. >> i hope that agreement is brought enough to require him to testify. >> the lawyer said he will fully cooperate. >> that are could be very substantial. again, he is a center player in the trump tower meeting. you can tell us what happened in the run up to the meeting. he can tell us about someone that mueller said they believe is affiliated with the russian gru involved in hacking of the democratic organizations and helping to put out the damaging e-mails or at least distracting e-mails.

the son in law and were there. how worried should they be? >> they noticed a subset and the trump defense team has been working hand in hand for months. they have to wonder if manafort told them everything. what kind of value is he hoping to get? there is a lot of get another key campaign agreeing to cooperate. manafort and gates. all the trump associates so far are cooperating and including

paul manafort that has been convict and could spend up to 7, 8, 10 years in jail. >> we have to recognize the still of the team and this was a major indictment. multiple indictments against the major figure with the campaign manager and to have him admit to all the conduct he has been charged with and the need for additional trials. that's big for the mueller team. that's just on 10 counts and all counts. that's a big development. >> the ramifications could be enormous. congressman, thank you very much

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you never know when they will come through. up to 48 miles an hour. that's a concern here in south carolina. that's the flooding. they jumped water, water, water. they have been talking to you about the flooding and rescues going on in wilmington and all over. i want to get to evans. you are trapped inside of your home. what's going on? >> well, the water came in about 2:00 a.m. yesterday. we had about two feed of flooding in the house. it's gone out now, but it's all the way up to the porch. we are on our house island.

>> yeah. where are you hunkered down in the house? >> we are on the second floor. >> it's tough, forgive me to hear you because of the wind. how many folks are at home with you? >> just two of us and two cats. >> yeah. are you doing okay? >> yeah. there is no water close to us so we are just waiting. you scared? >> i am, but we talked to the volunteer fire department and we know where the rescue efforts are and we are trying not to get too worked up. >> okay. listen, we wish you the best of luck. you take care of yourself and stay up on the higher level and don't go down in the water. you be well.

thank you, bailey evans in new bern. trapped inside of her home as were many people who decided to ride this storm out. this storm just came ashore and we want to talk to someone who knows the difficulties of rescuing people and what happens in these situations. craig say former chief of fema and he joins us now live. thank you so much. you have been monitoring and watching this storm. give us an assessment of what you are seeing and hearing. >> exactly what the weather service has been talking about. life-threatening storm surge and catastrophic flooding. they are trying to get the people, but this is not over as i said earlier today. this is the end of the beginning and this will last for several more days.

that's what happens when people decide to ride these things out. >> for far too many people, it gets worse so fast, they don't have time to get out. we have to put search and rescuers in harm's way. these are teams coming from all over the country. they have to go in harm's way when they have choices. they are doing it, but there is risk here. >> we have been talking about how this one is a slow mover. the hurricanes come through the storms and move quickly. they cause a lot of damage. when the return like this sits on top of the area and brings all this wind and rain, that causes many times what blows

through very quickly. >> heavy rain will keep falling. even though you may only be getting tropical force winds, the trees coming down hitting cars and power lines will not just be on the coast. we had damages all the way in and that storm didn't even make landfall. this is a long duration storm and impacts over large areas. it is by no means over any time soon. the bulk won't be coming through and won't be something they are saying is going to move through quickly. it will be sustained for a while. that's going to happen over a large swath of the carolinas. you got advice for the folks here having dealt with this. >> if you are somewhere and dry, don't get out in the storm.

if you have to move to higher ground, you are going to have to get out and do it, but don't call for help unless you need it. just reporting downed trees and power outages, it can't handle it. stay off the phone unless you have an emergency and do something if you can. you may be the best response helping your neighbor. again, everybody is in this into many cases, if you are okay, check on your neighbors. that's the fastest and best rescue we can do. >> that are is good advice. craig is a former head of fema and joins us now by phone. we will be getting back to you because you need expertise. he gave good advice. help your neighbors. this is my job so people don't have to do is it. stay at home and hunker down and

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following breaking news on hurricane florence. i want to go to martin savidge, a few miles from the area being hit pretty hard in wrightsville beach. how bad are things where you are on the carolina coast? >> reporter: wolf, this is the area where the hurricane came ashore around shortly after 7:00 this morning. it is still the area that's getting pounded as is much of coastal north carolina. it is such a slow moving storm. what's changed now is since the eye has passed by, we're getting the back side of this storm. where that could be problematic is the fact what has been pushed one direction for 12 hours is being pushed the opposite for an equal length of time. the stress on buildings, the long term duration wind load plays on rooftops not to mention the extensive amount of rain and

tidal surge, that's the problem they're having here. we know in wrightsville beach, we can't get in there now, the bridge remains closed. only first responders can get through due to high winds. tropical storm force winds. some gusts are very high. we know there is some flooding coming from intercoastal or from the atlantic ocean. that we have seen from imagery coming from the wrightsville beach area. but the authorities have said because of high winds, they can't go out and investigate. they say there is some structural damage and especially on atlantic side, beach erosion. it is hitting the coastal communities of north carolina. on the drive out here as you've seen from other reports, there's extensive tree damage, structural damage, power lines down in wilmington area. it is a storm that's apparently not going to let up anytime

soon. >> be careful this, martin. thank you very much. we'll stay in close touch with you. there's other breaking news emerging now, this time out of washington. a woman says the president's supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh assaulted her when she and kavanaugh were in high school. j jessica snyder joins me. what do we know about the woman? >> a vehement denial from brett kavanaugh over a decades old assault allegation. she knew him in high school in the 1980s. her allegations are coming to light now because she recently wrote a letter to her congresswoman in california. that letter was passed on to the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee, dianne feinstein. here's what's detailed in the letter according to a source familiar with the letter. it was in the early 1980s, the woman attended a party in maryland with brett kavanaugh and other high schoolers.

she says kavanaugh pushed her into a bedroom and along with another male, kavanaugh locked the door, played loud music which the accuser says precluded her from being heard when she yelled for help. she says both men were drunk and says kavanaugh allegedly tried to take off her clothes and allegedly had his hand over her mouth. at one point because of this, the accuser said she feared for her life but was finally able to leave the room and eventually left the party. there's no indication the woman ever reported the incident to law enforcement. she says, however, that in the years since she received medical treatment. all of this came to light because senator feinstein revealed yesterday she handed this letter with the allegations over to the fbi. i have been told that the letter has been put in kavanaugh's background file, but there's no criminal investigation here. so meanwhile today brett

kavanaugh issuing a statement he strongly denies the allegations. this is a brief statement he released. he said i categorically deny this allegation. i did not do this back in high school or at any time. the white house has maintained that kavanaugh was thoroughly vetted. republicans in fact are circulating this letter here, it is a letter signed by 65 pill, front and back, that knew brett kavanaugh when he attended high school. all of them say the brett kavanaugh they know behaved honorably, treated women with respect. say in 35 years they've known him, always treated women with respect. the question is will this have any impact on the vote on this nomination. we know the senate judiciary is scheduled to vote on this thursday. then it will move to the full senate, but of course that will be the last week in september. wolf, two crucial senators for that vote, republican susan k

collins and lisa murkowski. collins has a prescheduled phone call with brett kavanaugh today, still set to happen. we'll see whether or not this letter, these allegations have any effect. but of course brett kavanaugh strongly denying anything to this effect. wolf? >> jessica, thanks very much. laura coates, let's get some quick analysis. >> this reminds you of 1981 confirmation hearings with anita hill with then candidate or nominee clarence thomas. this one has that political feel to it, but more importantly note the times you had to say allegations. the fact it was not reported will have an impact on ultimate voting strength of the nomination, and it really should, but it is one that's surprising it is happening late in the game. i think she's trying to avoid the joe biden effect which happened when he failed to bring forth witnesses in that hearing. >> the big difference, we know

who anita hill was and she appeared in person. this is an anonymous allegation. it is important to emphasize this person in the article written in the new yorker has not been identified. she sent a letter but is not willing so far to speak publicly, and so with judge kavanaugh denying the allegations so strongly, we'll have to wait and see if there's any other credibility behind what right now is simply an anonymous allegation. >> stay on top of this and all of the breaking news. special coverage will continue with don lemon and brooke baldwin in 60 seconds. that's one small step for man,

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