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already battered island. the powerful storm is expected to push waves into towns, possibly flding roads. and this is what the storm has done in the u.s. sand ridgen islands. the torrential rain and wind causing widespread damage, power out for many there. driving around the islanden cnn found trees down, roads blocked. this is just the beginning because this hurricane is expected to grow into a dangerous capturing 3 storm heading for the east coast. you are looking at some of the models taking the storm toward florida and south carolina. it seems the president's focus is not on the millions of americans right now in the path of the storm. it's on attacking puerto rico and his rivals tweeting today puerto rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth. the political system is broken and politicians are either incompetent or corrupt. congress approved billions of dollars last time more than anyplace else got. sent to crooked pols. no good.

goes on to claim i'm the best thing that happened to puerto rico, exclamation point. the best thing even though he claims he is not the one responsible for the bunkled response to hurricane maria. devastating the island in 2017. and remember, killing 3,000 people. cnn meteorologist tom satter tracking the storm. how bad could the storm get as it runs over the warm waters between puerto rico and florida? >> well, most likely it will be a major hurricane. but this has been an intriguing storm, jim. if you had asked us about this three days ago we would say what hurricane? yesterday it was okay, we see you dorian. then today all right here we go. the president's tweets have slammed puerto rico harder than dorian. we got lucky. a couple of days ago it looked as if they was going to move over the high mountains and break apart and then maybe the moon aye passage.

then we found a center today. without a center no track. and it looked like direct landfall on puerto rico. then today is slides more east. gnaw we're going to be watching it in open waters where all the cylinders of the engine start roaring and into high octane fuel in the warm water. but breaking it down because it's interesting. at 2:00 p.m. the center of dorian was right over st. thomas. we had a wind gust of 111-mile-per-hour on buck island. the british and u.s. virgin islands were hit hard. the center of the storm not making landfall in puerto rico as you get in closer here. the hurricane winds extend outward only 15 miles. they didn't even come close. in fact the hurricane winds are really on the northern and eastern flank. the tropical storm force winds extend outward 80 miles. that would have covered part of puerto rico, a good part. but the winds were off to the east. they missed out on that. you can see where the heavier rain is. the strongest gust in san juan was 34 miles an hour.

that's a typical wednesday thunderstorm. they really missed out. great news there. excellent news that's what we want to see. but now going forward what will happen with the steering current? to find the steering current going forward we need to find out where they will be in the next couple days. as we watch the computer models hinting maybe free peter and the bahamas. the european model wants to take it across west palm. cross the florida peninsulaen a maybe regenerate and get stronger in the gulf. there are possibilities it could slide south. it could move up north and long the coast of the carolinas. there is a lot of uncertainty. the one thing we know of that now it's got the center and it's making its way into warm waters as we look at the weekend we have at least a capturing three on our hands as it moves across the warm gulf waters. but it's been an intriguing storm. it's together. but thank goodness puerto rico missed out on this one. >> a near miss indeed, tom sater

thanks very much pch omar jimenez outfront live in puerto rico tonight. omar i know it's getting dark but folks still taking precautions. >> look, jim, at this point the worst of it does seem to be over at least for the island of puerto rico. but as far as the mindset goes for the people here, they were preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. now there are many people concerned about the amount of rainfall that would come through. we are seeing rain at this hour. and concern the rain would contribute to any sort of flooding impacts, especially in the mountainous portions of the island. that remains to be seen. in large part the storm moved east, mainly over the virgin islands was where we saw the huge impacts come, at least from the wind earlier today. we did hear from the governor of the u.s. virgin islands, saying the roads seem to be okay but they are dealing with a scattering of power outages at the moment. but that was a major concern going into this here on the

island of puerto rico, especially given how long it took things to get back -- or how long it took really to get the lates back on i should say in the aftermath of hurricane maria. we've been speaking with fema over the course of the past two days trying to assess their preparedness in this. they had around 50 oh people on stand by in puerto rico before the storm came in. and we just heard from a spoke person moments ago saying between here and the virgin islands there are over 3 now ready to respond. >> omar god to have you on the ground there. outfront the puerto rican senator. he is a democrat. thank you for taking the time tonight. tell us about the conditions on the ground there, not a direct hit but certainly strong wind, waves, water. how is the island responding? >> yeah, i think we were lucky, really lucky. this is a system that basically changes course.

we were expecting a lot of rain. we didn't get it. we were expecting a lot of wind. we didn't get it, except for two of the mall islands next to puerto rico that were hit directly. other than that, i think puerto rico did much better i guess than what happened two years ago after the devastation of maria. i think we're glad this is over. we are for you concerned with our brothers and sisters in florida. and we know that they will get a bigger hurricane than we did down here. >> so certainly we're early in the season, right. this may be one of the first. but it certainly is not going to be the last. you learned a lot. you suffered a lot from hurricane maria. >> right. >> and have deployed a lot of resource that is weren't around then, bigger generators to fill the gap if the power were to go out, et cetera. do you feel that puerto rico is better prepared for storms now? >> oh, i think definitely the people of puerto rico are much

better prepared on this kind -- there was a reminder of what irma did prior to maia. two weeks prior to mary. and didn't hit prokupek that hard. and we were lucky. but then mary hit two weeks later. the system is starting. the high season of hurricanes is starting. puerto rico is right in the middle of the caribbean. and as such it will receive the pounding of hurricanes, you know left and right. and what we need from our friends and our fellow citizens of the united states it's a lot more compassion and a lot less insults because wraer we're in the middle of the caribbean. part of the message i think that we have to put out there is, yes, we did much better this time because of the weather pattern that changed. but, no, we're not over -- recovering from what happened in marchia. and we still need the assistance. still need help. and still need fema and other attention agencies to work closer with the government of

puerto rico than in the past few months. >> you mentioned insults and the president was deploying insults to puerto rico as the island was bracing for the storm. here is what the president tweeted. remarkable words from the sitting u.s. president in the midst of thp puerto rico one of the most corrupt places on earth. the politicians are incompetent or corrupt. congress approved billions of dollars last time more than any other place got. by the way, i'm the best thing that happened to puerto rico. what's the reaction there among your constituents, among puerto ricans to look at their president and see him lobing insults as a storm heads their way. >> look, jim, i mean he is the best thing that happened to puerto rico said no one ever. and i -- i honestly think that we ought to stop trading jabs and trading insults with the president of the united states. we hear what he is saying.

he is consistent with being a child, with being insulting the people of puerto rico, with being racist with the bigotry that comes out of hiswards. we have a bigger job. we have to rebuild, rebuild stronger and so much we have to do in puerto rico right now. i think the president is not helping. leadership is about persuading people to come together. and that is an element never present in the words of the president. he is not helping. he is -- he has actually unified the people of puerto rico against him. other than that, i think we -- i would rather move forward rather than trade insults with the president of the united states right now. >> well, good for you np good for you for staying above it, senator. we wish you, the people of the puerto rico we wish the best as the hurricane season gets under way. >> thank you so much. thank you so much. >> outfront next, in hour, the president promising to pardon aides who break the law. listen to that again. pardon aides breaking the law.

and the white house response, well we have heard it before. >> he was joking at the time. >> he was making a joke. >> the president was clearly joking. >> plus president trump lashing out at fox news telling his supporters the network is no longer working for him will the network cave to the president? why does he expect it should be working for him? and the new poll cmos joe biden the clear front runner. what will it take for the other candidates to narrow that gap?

if you tonight, listen carefully and chosely to this story. president trump promising to pardon his aides if they break the law in order to get his wall built by the 2020 election. this as president trump claimed in multiple tweets gnat wall is already being built writing in one tweet, quote the wall is going up very fast despite total obstruction by democrats in congress and elsewhere. the tweet also a animated video of a wall fully built. that video is false. the fact is no new wall has been built on the border with mexico, only repairs to about 60 miles of existing barriers. kaitlyn cal lynns is outfront. what is the white house saiding about the president's promise to pardon aides to break the law to

build the wall what is the response. >> they say the president is joking when he told aides he would pardon them if they had to break the law in order to get his wall built before the 2020 election. but of course we should note they did not deny that the president made the remarks. remarks he made before to the acting d.h.s. secretary about pardons. but of course our sources are telling us this comes as the president has been expressing in urgent need to get the wall finished by the next election. he has been telling aides essentially his re-election depends on it being built at least part of the wall being built but as you noted no new wall has been built even though the president and his aides insist it has. only existing barrier that was already deteriorating has been replaced. but really what we're told a lot of this talk about pardons if you need to break the law to get the wall built mass to do with is the president is wrd about what accomplishment he is going to run on in 2020. before now he has been alk to bank on the economy and its promising aspects. but now lately the president and his economic team have been

becoming increasing worried about the potential of there being an economic downturn and what they are going to message for the president to run in 2020. he started looking at other promising going unfulfilled. one his chief promise from the 2016 campaign was nlding this wall on the southern border. they've been having the meetings here at the white house lately where the president is demanding to know updates what's going on. that's in those conversations where president made the offhanded remarks we're told about promising these pardons. but jim you have to look a lot of it has to do with whether or not the president is going to be re-elected in 2020. . that's what he is keeping an eye on when making compensates like this. >> capabilities collins always good to have you at the white house and a brief fact check of the president. it's democrats and republicans in congress who did not vote money for the president's wall. outfront now white house reporter for npr. isha roscoe and cnn president presidential historian doug brinkley. doug, folks at home can be forgiven for shaking heir head

and saying it's just another trump headline but put it in context. the president of the united states telling aides it's okay to break the law to build the wall before the 2020 election. if you do, i'll pardon you. has a u.s. president ever egregiously misused the pardon power like this. >> not the pardon power but i edited ronald reagan diaries at one point he yelled at his national security team i don't care if you end up in leavenworth, prison, i want the hostages out of iran. and that attitude got ronald reagan in a lot of trouble, almost undermined his second term. now you are looking at donald trump telling aides to break the law, i have your back and will pardon you. it immediately demands congressional investigation saying it's a joke is not enough. and this is supposed to be the chief law enforcement officer of the united states. but what you have touched on, what we -- is that this is about

promising unkept. what is a bigger promise than donald trump and the wall? and he has come up with a zero in aid. there is no wall. he will be hammered by the democrats for lying to the american people because there couldn't be a wall due to environmental laws, eminent domain. it's trump trying to get ahead of the news cycle in 2020 by trying to put images of an artificial wall up because there isn't one built during his administration. >> isha, the white house says the president was joking about the pardons. we should note it's not the first time the white house claimed that. here is the response to donald trump asking russia to find hillary clinton's missing emails about telling police officers to be rough with suspects, about calling democrats treasonous for for the standing and applauding during the state of the union speech and about saying he loves wikileaks. what's common about all the answers? have a listen. >> he was joking at the time. we all know that. >> i believe he was making a

joke at the time. >> the president was clearly joking with his comments. >> clearly the president was making a joke during the 2016 campaign. >> you cover this white house. aisha. is that a credible defense. >> i think at this point it's not really credible. he is the president of the united states. so what he says matters. and they want it matter when it's convenient for them. so the white house will say that the president's statements on twitter or what have you -- just last week he imposed tariffs through twitter. on china. and so they say those words matter but when it's something they can't defend or don't really have an answer for, then it's just a joke. at this point, it would seem like it's not wise for a president of the united states to be joking about pardoning people, because that pardon them, because that raises real questions. that's something that congress would look intoen li and could lead to questions with

impeachment, because people could look at it as abuse of power. >> doug, it's not the first time cnn previously reported trump told customs and border protection commissioner kevin mcleanen that he would grant grant him pardon from going to jail if he should defy u.s. law. this is something the president did before and offered before. it seems that corroborates that this is an actual offer to the aides as opposed to a joking offer to them. >> i agree. and, you know, he did dinesh desuza a right-wing commentator. he gave him a pardon. . he says he is bigger than the constitution, big are than the law. do my bidding and i've got your

back. that is something that's almost mind boggling the president of the united states would be off the cuff saying such a thing. and you just wonder when the rooster is going to come home to roost? because, i mean, you can't just keep telling people to break the law and not coming back to haunt you. there is no border wall. we have had a killing -- mass killing in el paso due to right-wing hate rhetoric. it's important i think the american people realize the whole border wall immigration thing has been a figment of the president's imagination that the whole wall was never going to be built and mexico was never going to pay for it and now he is going to score some political points with the base. >> aisha, the president believes he is scoring points with the base. the fact is the republican party's own post mort emof the 2018 midterm elections found gnat president's harsh messaging on the wall at the time about invasion, migrant caravan, et cetera, hurt gop candidates in

the midterm elections. is the white house convinced that this is pennsylvania positive and workable and helpful message for the president. >> i think they're convinced it's a helpful message for the president. and i think they lock at the 2018 election as different when you look at the house and things of that nature versus what the president is trying to do to rile up his base. and i think that they look at in idea of immigration as something that they could get people to go and this is what people at the rallies and what his base wants to hear. they want to hear about immigration. they want to hear that he is building the wall. that's why there is concern. it would seem to me that even with the wall not being built, his base is so for him that they would be able to look past that. but for whatever reason the president seems to like at this as weakness or something that he could be hammered on. i guess if you couple that with weakness in the economy i think that's where he is looking at trouble and why in might matter more to him np aisha, doug good

to have you both on tonight. >> outfront next president trump telling his supporters he is done with fox news. why the sudden outrage and what has been his favorite network. breaking news, a new democrat calling it quits announcing she is no longer running for president. is this just the beginning of an

exodus? ton president trump telling his millions of twitter followers to switch the channel from fox news. president trump going on a tirade tweeting the fox news is letting millions down. we have to look for a new news outline. fox isn't working. former chief of staff at rnc and jennifer granholm, the former governor of michigan. also cnn seener political commentator. why does the president think that fox news should be working for him. >> he dents say working for him. it's for us. i think it's unwest big mistakes of the president's critics. president cease himself leading

a movement. 63 million voted for him. just like of an influencer kim kardashian might say i was mistreated by in company or don't like this airline and we're doing something about it. she tells her followers to enact change, to go forth and do what they're asking them to do as an influencer. they carry an audience. the president i think looks as fox news and says you have an audience but i have an audience. my audience is doing what i'm doing. i'm trying to influence you in saying my supporters saying we are are going a different direction and start our own network or social media channel. >> the president's exact words were fox isn't for us anymore whether that's him on the wlous or him and followers. governor, do you accept the explanation in do you think a president has should have an expectation that fox should cover him in a more friendly manner? >> of course not, i mean they are supposed to be independent news network. and everybody jokes whether it's

the state owned news network or whether the president owns the news network or fox owns the president. it's not clear which. it's sim bit's not clear. the advertises advertisers are superuncomfortable with the direction the president is going. the advertisers are uncomfortable with tuck are carlson tipping his hat to white nationalism. because the revenues are down they feel like well they have to be responsive to donald trump. but the journalists, the true journalists are nervous about appearing to be slavishly devoted to the president rather than reporting news. a example the reason why donald trump meltsed down this morning was because they had a dnc deputy communications directors on talking about a poll, the quinnipiac poll you guys have been covering. ands quinnipiac poll showed

every democrat beats donald trump significantly appear people are starting to believe that the economy is not working for them either. that caused him to flip out. so for fox news viewers i think they should be concerned that fox news is bending the truths in order to serve a president rather than serving the people who are watching them. >> mike what's wrong with the network reporting a polona doesn't look good for the president? >> well, look, i think what's interesting about in is that you can't say one hand that fox news is just the propaganda arm of the white house and at the other hand say they are reporting things the white house doesn't like. i mean those two things don't fit. and i think with all cable news you have a newsroom during the daytime reporting news and opinion shows in the evening and people seem to conflate that all the time. the president is going to push back on every narrative that's how there he disagree was he has the ability to do it directly to the american people. he by passes media often us eyes twieter to do that in a way never done before by an elected

official and he is talking to his supporters rally and kpungts with them the way he wants to. and so that's- that is sort of been his very successful way of communicating past the media. i think i think it's interesting when you talk about the economy one of the reasons that he does that is for instance we just endured three or four straight weeks of people downplaying the economy and almost talking us into recession we there is strong underpinning ou how the is economy doing. why is that because people in the media wants process .the president want to talk straight to them and get the fwakts out on the economy. >> except mike i think his supporters don't believe it's working for them. that's why they see the numbers. even the fox news poll from a week ago that showed that only 22% of americans believe they are getting ahead in the tariffs are having an impact. and you're seeing it throughout the economy. not just in the ag sector with you the auto sector we're seeing a manufacturing recession

starting. manufacturing gdp dropping 1.5 points since december. it's not. >> i saw a report that consumer conceives confidence is at all-time high. tlad is 3.4% compared to 7 oh% of the economy that is services and jobs. and so i think, look, here is did desh mere a what i'll tell but the economy. >> index you can pick the statistics that fit that are. >> positive. >> others go in a negative direction. >> but here is how the media covers this. any will write eight columns or eight appraises of all these people are worried about the economy. and then last one but if you want to look at the other side let's cover the bases and mention the 12 things that are strong at the bottom of the article. bill marie a critic of the president bill marie is a president of the critic of president because i can't stand the president so much i would welcome a recession if it meant getting rid of donald trump. that's where a lot of his critics are they won't admit it

they are talking down the economy almost talking us into a recession. jim kramer said this today as well the underpinnings of the economy are amazingly strong yet the coverage is talking into economy making people scared. >> before we go let's give the governor a chance to respond. >> you can't deny the fact that half of the americans don't own stocks they don't benefit from the stock market when it does well. half of america is not able to invest in a retirement system. only 13% of americans have a pension. people are feeling insecure. yes, the employment numbers look good because the unemployment number is down. but if female have two or three jobs or working minimum wage look at the cover of time magazine this week. bottom line it's not working for everyone and that's why you see it in the polls that's why he is freaking. >> just to say yes the employment numbers look good and act like that's not a big things that matters a lot in the manufacturing sector in the country when people have y'all-time employment. >> if you work two or three jobs

without benefits and 43% of americans can't afford the basics that is a problem. and that's what -- that's what's showing up in up in the polls. >> listen that's part of the conversation in the to o 2020 election. michael shields, governor granholm thanks to both of you. >> hurricane dorian growing in strength as it veers towards the east coast. how much damage oh could it cause there? a hurricane hunter flying threw the storm right now is going to join us. plus, why kamala hair sis more than just a presidential candidate to some of her youngest supporters. >> it's important that we give him a sense of it's okay to be who he is in this community.

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breaking news tonight, the democratic field getting smaller. new york senator kirstin gillibrand announceding she is ending had her campaign for president after he failed to make the stage for the next debate. host of the van jones cmo and the redemption project, van jones, the van, the field has been paired down by half for the debates from the 21 acquaints, 20 to 10 who appear. gillibrand leaving. do you expect more to follow. >> i think more will follow. i think it's a very, very tough -- if you were in front of the american people with audiences of 10 million, 15 million, you got a chance to make your case twice and you

still can't get 2% of the polls, it's hard to imagine how if you are then not on the debate stage how you suddenly have a breakout moment. i think the curtain is closing on a lot of folks. i have to say gillibrand brought a special and important focus to race on women and mother's issues, kind of a different trickle down economics empower women, empower mothers, and that's a boost for the economy. that voice will be missed going forward. but i think she has a future ahead of her in new york state. but she is not the last to drop out. >> okay there is a new poll from quinnipiac showing what's been a consistent factor for all the polls, a strong lead for joe biden there, 32%. 13 points before warren more above sanders. is he the unassailable front runner at this point? particularly with the monmouth poll out earlier looks a outliar. >> he is always right up there.

always near the top. never a poll any place step the top three. there is a relevant crvelcro fa him for older voters and moderates that will be hard to shake off. it's interesting to see andrew yang climbing up in the top five. that's an interesting new development. but biden has a velcro lock on a certain set of voters who are not going anywhere. >> one of knows groups that he has a strong lock on are black voters. he has 46 support, the next closest -- they are way behind warren and sanders with 10%. harris just 7%. interview with black journalists. biden said black voters might prefer him and know him and his character. he did caution in 2008 he had more black support in south carolina. about but once he lost big in iowa it didn't matter. do you think that that support is like velcro as you say as

well. >> listen, i think for older black voters shall it dsh it's interesting, the african-american voter, theland other black voter is a very sophisticated voter politically. it's not just that they are comfortable with him, obama picked him, et cetera. any also field that their white peers are more comfortable with biden. and they want to beat trump. and they believe their white older peers are more comfortable with biden. that adds to the stickiness factor. we'll see -- listen what's amazing is you have an african-american female and african-american male in the race. and he is beating them five times with black voters right now. that's remarkable. that's a big achievement for any politician and joe biden is doing great. >>py wide margins too great to have you on. >> hurricane dorian expected to slam into the the east coast as a major hurricane. how bad could it get? the hurricane hunter flying through the storm as we speak as my guest. jeanne moos on bernie sanders

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the storm is expected to strengthen into a category three hurricane before making landfall in florida over the labor day weekend. outfront now, noaa hurricane flight director richard henning flying through hurricane dorian moments ago. tell us what it looked like on the inside. >> okay. well good evening, jim. yeah, we -- we dropped a pattern. 27 instruments above the storm and around the storm, capturing the environment. it is a -- as everything has been telling you, it's an intensifying hurricane. we're up to 80-mile-per-hour sustained winds. the eye wall is getting better and better defined all the time. and it's -- it's sort of exceeded expectations up to this point, which is not -- not god news for the folks in florida. we are still showing a lot of

dry air trying to wrap into the storm in the mid-and lower levels of the atmosphere. that is what has prevented the storm from intensifying more over the last couple of days. it's still battling the dry air. that's an enemy to hurricane development. but unfortunately all the forecast models indicate that it's moving into a more moist varmt. it's going to be easier for the to intensify the next couple daysfare people watching in florida on the southeast coast how dangerous could it get zbhoo right now forecast to be a major hurricane, 115-mile-per-hour sustained winds. you're talking about anyone that is along the coastline needs to heed all of the evacuation warnings for their area. pretty much anyone from

jacksonville to miami needs to pay very close attention to this storm. people that live further north can't forget about it either. but right now all indications are that it's aiming towards the space coast near the kennedy space center, cities like melbourne and titusville look like they get the brunt of it. and that should unfortunately be a major storm in terms of the entire peninsula, the central florida peninsula, forecast to be a hurricane going inland across the state. >> let me ask you this, you have flown through other hurricanes before. folks at home and myself included have no idea what it feels like on the inside. what is it like and how does it compare to other hurricanes you have flown through. >> this is still in the gathering stages. the bad news is we have been

seeing nothing near the worst it's forecast to be. it was a surprisingly intense storm for the virgin islands and eastern puerto rico. but so far, you know, in the world of hurricanes it's garden variety, but it is forecasted to become much, much more intense over the next couple days. everybody needs to really, really be on guard for this system. >> thanks for much. keep your seat belt on up there. we wish you a safe landing. "outfront" next, bernie sanders taking on a punching bag but who wins? all money managers might seem the same, but some give their clients cookie cutter portfolios. fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals and needs. some only call when they have something to sell. fisher calls regularly so you stay informed. and while some advisors are happy to earn commissions whether you do well or not. fisher investments fees are structured so we do better when you do better.

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president. your daughter asked you to come? >> yes, she's a big fan and big supporter following kamala harris. >> i think it would be special to be the first female president. >> hillary clinton helped pave the way. elizabeth warren shares that message. >> i'm running for president because that's what girls do. >> but 11-year-old skylar tony sees her reflection in harris. >> i think she's pretty brave to try and do that and she's not holding back or anything. >> when they look and see someone who looks like them, a lot of times that kind of lets them visualize their future and see what's possible for them as children even. >> it's something harris knows why she takes the time, especially with children of color. >> win or lose, what does that mean for you? >> it means the world to me. i mean, when i see those little girls in particular, i mean, i see myself and i see the

children and the children and i see the promise. my mother had many signs and one of them is you may be the first to do many things, make sure you're not the last. she said don't you ever -- >> it is my true hope that my career and whatever i do can empower other people. >> investigators investing a manifesto they believe was posted by the shooter just before the massacre. >> in these divided times when children have questions about the news, some parents consider a political rally the nswer. >> he's aware his mom is white and his dad is black. we push to know that's not bad. that's beautiful. that's wonderful. that's what the united states

is. >> kyung law, cnn, davenport, iowa. >> that's what the united states is she says. bernie sanders is prepared to knock out his competition or himself. here is jeanne moos. >> in this corner, 77-year-old bernie the sker ker sanders he on the bag but the bag clobbered him or as one armed chair analyst put it, speed bag tko's bernie sanders seconds after fight began quickest technical knock out in boxing history. >> if you're clueless about hitting a bag, don't do it unless you want to become a punching bag. >> what a doofis, lol, if he keeps that up, maybe he'll knock some sense into himself. someone else took a swing at socialism tweeting when

capitalism claps back, even the president's son don junior weighed in. this wouldn't exactly strike fear in the minds of our adversaries but bernie supporters thought it was cute, float like a butterfly, sting like a bernie. we seen the candidate shadow box before reacting to his doctor saying what great health the senator is in. >> do i get involved in senior boxing? >> in addition to shadow boxing, we seen donald trump perform a fake takedown at a wwe event billed as the battle of the billionaires. >> hey, but at least bernie is punching a bag and not threatening to punch his opponent. >> i wish you were in high school and i could take him behind the gym. >> he said i'd like to take him behind the gym. i dream of that. >> our favorite moment was when retiring senator hatch tried to spar with a piece of bacon, a slice of bacon is great but

don't get any ideas from this guy, don't think of pummelling meat, bernie, even if it would tenderize it. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> thanks so much for joining us tonight. a krr"ac 360" starts right now. it is a hurricane tonight, and it's expected to be a major hurricane when it hits the u.s. mainland. john berman here in for anderson and yes, president trump has indeed tweeted something insensitive and obnoxious about the americans in puerto rico now being side swswiped by hurrican dorian. seconds ago we got an update from the national hurricane center which means brand-new and troubling details about just how big the storm is, how big it will get and just where it's headed. cnn meteorologist