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i'm jessica dean in for christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell.good to be with you on a saturday morning. house democrats are pushing forward on impeachment. they're not really using that word, per se. i mean, they're starting this process of a lawsuit and not opening an official inquiry just yet. watch. >> we are continuing an investigation of the president's malfeasances, and we will do what we feel -- we will consider what we have to consider, including whether we should recommend articles of impeachment to the p.o.w.s. that's the job of our -- to the house. that's the job of our committee. we may decide on articles of impeachment, we may not it remains to be seen. >> the house judiciary committee filed a lawsuit yesterday to get grand jury information from the mueller report. >> meanwhile, the list of democrats calling for a formal impeachment inquiry is growing. take a look at this. more than 101 house democrats and one independent are now on board with that. yet, house leader nancy pelosi not budging. we want to discuss all of this and bring

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. tropical storm barry could be a hurricane by the time it makes landfall in the next few hours. the rain is already there ahead of the storm. over a foot is possible in some areas with winds holding at 65 miles per hour, and storm surge rising as high as six feet. some highways were already swamped, and nearly 50,000 customers, that's a new number, have already lost power. >> louisiana obviously preparing, they're closing all of their floodgates as the mayor of new orleans calls for voluntary evacuations, federal emergency preparedness officials warning of possible tornadoes as the storm passes. and mississippi's governor has joined louisiana's in declaring a state of emergency. want to begin our live coverage on the gulf coast. we've got people all over the place there. cnn anchor and national correspondent erica hill first live in lafayette, louisiana. you said you were starting, you thought, to feel some of the bands of this coming through? >> reporter: we definitely are. the rain h

victor blackwell delivered the facts on his home down, again. >> reporter: this morning, the president attacked another member of congress on twitter. this time, it's elijah cummings. he wrote this -- summings convict is a disgusting, rat baltimored mess. no human being would want to live there. infe infested. that's usually referred to references to the rodents and incircuits. we've seen lawmakers for two weeks before. you see the pattern here? why don't they go back to the crime- crime- crime-inquested places. three of them were born. invested. january 2017, congressm maman j lewis, spent more time in fixing his district. not to mention, crime invested. president trump has tweeted 43,000 times. he's insulted people, it's about black and brown people. september 2014, why are we sending ill-trained soldiers to bring them back to africa. bring the plane to the u.s. obama is so stupid. infested, he says. so many people are crime-infested and bleeding concept. the president says about cummins, district. that no human would want to live there. you know who did, mr. president, i did. from t

brianna keilar, victor blackwell and ana cabrera. let's go to brianna to explain what happens next. >> wolf, cnn is televising the draw tonight because we believe that this process should be as transparent as possible. so in that spirit we are keeping things simple and low tech. so here's what victor, ana and i will be doing. we all have name cards like these ones. one for each candidate in our group. we have the same number of date cards, half for the first night july 30th, half for the second night, july 31st. so we'll be putting the candidate cards into one box titled "presidential candidates." we'll put the date cards in this other box titled "debate night." and then randomly we'll draw a name and a date to determine which night each candidate will appear. and, wolf, you will be keeping tabs on all of the results and they'll be constantly updated on the bottom of the screen as well. >> and just minutes from now, brianna, we're all going to learn the final debate lineups for both nights at the same time as the candidates. meantime

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you. a second earthquake has rocked southern california. this one hit near ridgecrest last night. 7.1 magnitude. that is 11 times stronger than the one that hit the day before. >> it knocked out power and rattled items on store shelves. watch what it was like to be right in the middle of it. >> the table -- no [ bleep ]. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god, oh [ bleep ]. >> the front door came open. >> that's okay. just hold on. hold on. oh, my god, this is bad, brian. oh, oh my god. >> very scary. but thankfully, there have been no reports of deaths or serious injuries. the epicenter of that quake missed the major cities in the region. but still, thousands are waiting for the return of power and water services. and the usgs said this will likely be a billion dollar disaster. >> so, we're getting video in throughout the night. and we just got this in from a grocery store in ridgecrest. one of the employees recorded this just seconds after that 7.1 quake hit. watch. >> evacuate the store. >> everybody okay? >> we got to go out. >> di

this is my colleague victor blackwell earlier today. >> the president says about congressman cummingso human would want to live there. you know who did mr. president? i did. from the day i was brought home from the hospital to the day i left for college. a lot of people that i care about still do. there are challenges, no doubt. but people are proud of their community. i don't want to -- people get up and go to work there, care for their families there. they love their children who pledge allegiance to the flag. just like districts of people that support you. they are americans too. victor, that was so powerful. it has resonated with so many people. tell me what was going through your mind. >> when i read the president's tweets this morning, i was disappointed. not only because i am from the seventh district in maryland, west baltimore and baltimore county and the president used the term infested. he used it in 2017 about congressman lewis. i was living in congressman lewis' district here at that time. i thought back to two weeks ago. i found out what you just shared about the commona

i'm victor blackwell. >> hi, everyone, i'm jessica dean in for christi paul this morning. >>> southern california is cleaning up after back-to-back earthquakes and the more than 500 aftershocks that have followed into this morning. >> last night's earthquake struck ridgecrest at a 7.1 magnitude. that's 11 times stronger than the one before. it shook store shelves and stadiums. take a look what it was like to be in the middle of it. >> table -- oh, my god, [ bleep ], oh, my god. >> i got it on video, dude. oh, my god. >> it's our center field camera. >> yeah. >> and it's a little hop right now. >> everyone stay calm. a little afterno shock there. >> it continues to rattle here. >> 8:21 here on the air. we're experiencing very strong shaking. i think we need to get under the desk. >> all right. we're going to break. we'll be back after this. wow. >> need to evacuate the store. >> everybody okay? >> all of the pictures on the walls and everything turned over on us. we live on the top floor in an apartment complex, so, we was all trying to come out the home. we were shaking down the stairs

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. good saturday to you.dent trump is attacking again today after denouncing racist rally chants. he's walking back the walk-back. follow us here. investing again in this original attack on four democratic congresswomen. >> yeah, the president now calling his audience at that north carolina rally, quote, incredible patriots. refusing to apologize for his tweet really at the end of the day prompted all of this. i want to get to cnn white house reporter sarah westwood this morning. sarah, what are you hearing from the president this morning? he's been quite active already, let's say, on twitter. >> reporter: that's right, gorng, chrisgornod morning, president trump is not backs down ton the four congressional democrats known as the squad. but he is trying to distance himself from the racist channels that broke out at his north carolina rally tweeting as you can see, i did nothing to lead people on, nor was i particularly happy with their chant, but a big and patriot crowd. they love the usa. i want you to hear

good morning to you, i'm victor blackwell. >> good morning, everyone, i'm jessica dean in for christi paul this morning. >>> we are counting down to that highly anticipated cnn democratic debate next week. we're learning some of the candidates are taking a more aggressive approach this time around. >> former vice president joe biden pushing to take the top spot, telling reporters he was overly polite during the last debate. cnn's kyung lah has more. >>> he tells them to go back to where they came from? what do we say? we're not going back. we're not going back. and in fact, i'll tell you all where we're going -- we're going to the white house. >> kamala harris on the attack against president trump just days before the second democratic debate. she did not swipe at joe biden or mention their much-anticipated rematch on the stage. asked if she'll be polite at that faceoff, harris told one reporter, "i was raised to be polite," after biden said this about his approach at the first debate -- >> i was probably overly polite. >> reporter: ahead of next week's debate, biden has previewed a m

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell.od to be with you. >> so president trump is walking back the walk-back. doubling down on his only racist attack on four democratic congresswomen. >> i don't know if it's good or bad politically. i don't care. but when people are speaking so badly, when they call our country garbage, think of that -- that's worse than deplorable. when they call our country garbage, i don't care about politics. i don't care if it's good or bad about politics. >> one day after distancing himself from a chant at his north carolina rally, the president is now calling his audience incredible patriots, refusing to apologize for his tweet which prorchlt eprompted this. >> we've seen this before. it's a pattern. the president will say something, he'll walk it back a day or so later, and shortly after he'll flip back to be what got him there in the first place. >> joining us, errol lewis, cnn political commentator, anchor for spectrum news. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> the president says that he does

. >> i'm victor blackwell and you are in the cnn newsroom. >> of course, we want to begin with what is sadly the latest death of the blistering heat wave that is affecting so much of the u.s. this morning. this death in arizona. an ac technician appears to have died from excessive heat while he was working in an attic. >> this is obviously dangerous and uncomfortable for a lot of people. 150 million people across 30 states are under heat alerts with the temperatures feeling like they are above 110 degrees in some cities. consider this in michigan, more than 200,000 people there don't have power. let's go to cnn's polo sandoval live from new york. we have seen your reporting on the heat, and people are doing some creative things to try to stay cool. >> you know, even for south texan standing in front of you, it is getting warm here. standing in the shad doow of th unisfeers here, people are trying to get some much needed relief from this heat, and some of the most vuler in rbl the children and elderly. >> it is incredible. >> reporter: much of the united states is sweltering. >> this ye

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you. a second earthquake has rocked southern california. this one hit ridgecrest last night at 7.1 magnitude. that's 11 times stronger than the one the day before. >> it started house fires, rattled apartments, and rocked swimming pools. this is what it was like to go through it. >> the table's -- [ bleep ] oh, my god. oh, my god. >> oh, my god. [ beep ] this is so bad. >> the front door came open. >> it's okay. just hold on. hold on. oh, my god. >> this is a big one. >> this is bad, brian. oh. oh, my god. >> [ bleep ]. >> oh, my god. holy [ bleep ]. holy. >> listen, you can understand some of the profanity when your house is shaking like that. the glass breaking. we're going to have more of that video of the 7.1 when it hit, but there have been significant aftershocks in the hours since. the mayor of ridgecrest says that some people, they just don't trust the strength of the integrity of their own four walls. so instead they're sleeping in their address, on the sidewalk. thankfully there have been no reports of deaths or serious injuries.

i have to give a shout-out to our colleague, victor blackwell. i'm very proud to work with him. up. it was very personal for him and emotional. and i think that was important because it's very personal and emotional for people who live there and if you have family members on there. good on you, victor blackwell for doing what you did. >> there's a pattern of watching this president pick fights he should not pick and avoid fights that he should take up. >> but then there are -- rarely does he suffer consequences from his base. but also rarely does he suffer consequences from people who may be independent, right, or may be democrats who voted for barack obama and voted for clinton or whatever because they are allowing him to get away with that -- with horrible language. and, again, just imagine someone speaking about your family member that way. it has been made on this network and others and all sorts of media, that there are poor elements of almost every single city -- every place in the country. >> oh, sure. i think 8 of the 9 -- correct me in the control room if i'm wrong, but

>> i understand victor blackwell being very emotional as a baltimore native about that.t's really gone viral but he is a news anchor on a network that has a lot of anti-trump commentary and i just question whether that is the role of a news anchor, that wasn't even legal commentary and he's been made into the uriel because many people in the media agree with his portrayal of the president as being racially insensitive. >> bret: we are not robots. everybody has emotions and thoughts about things but we are supposed to cover it fairly and he put his emotions out there, susan. your thoughts on that? >> it's true. it seemed sincere. do you think it was sincere? >> absolutely sincere but he is not a commentary or pain in person and i wouldn't not blink. >> i guess i think the question would be if it had been labeled as personal commentary as opposed to a new show. we are supposed to cover the news and sometimes that's a struggle. if that's a struggle every time there's a mass shooting. that's a struggle from times when you're covering politics as well, although the stakes are

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. tropical storm barry spinning off the gulf coast as it makes landfall, it could well be a hurricane. over a foot of rain is possible in some areas with winds holding at 65 miles per hour and a storm surge rising as high as six feet. some highways are already swamped, and tens of thousands of customers are already lost power. >> louisiana is really getting ready here. they're closing all of the floodgates, all of them as the mayor of new orleans calls for voluntary evacuations, federal emergency preparedness officials are warning there are possible tornadoes as this storm passes. mississippi's governor has joined louisiana's in declaring a state of emergency already. we have cnn meteorologist allison chinchar with us now who has just gotten an update. what are you learning this hour, allison? >> right, the latest update still shows what we've been seeing the last 24 to 48 hours, that the storm is still continuing to intensify. albeit slowly, but that in and of itself presents a concern

thinks all communities of color are infested and the cnn anchor that got emotional -- >> victor blackwelltward emotion, anchors on air, i think you know that it's a deep issue. >> what's really deafening is the republican leadership's silence. >> yes. >> that is the deafening silent sound that we're hearing right now. i want to show something because during the michael cohen hearings last february, rashida tlaib part of the squad, she implied that mark meadows is racist because he trotted out the one black person that was working for trump and she made this remark. >> which i think was inappropriate at the time. >> she made this remark that implied that mark meadows was racist. >> so you want to show it? >> elijah cummings stood up for mark meadows. watch this. >> she said she was not calling you a racist, and i thought that we could clarify that. you are one of my best friends. i know that shocks a lot of people. >> and likewise. >> yeah. but you are, and i would -- and i could see and feel your pain. i feel it, and so -- and i don't think miss tlaib intended to cause you that. >> people

seemingly reserved only for people of color the president attacks, i understand how my colleague, victor blackwell felt as he delivered the facts straight down the line, but the attacks hurt. listen. >> infested, he says. the president says about congressman cummings' district. that no human would want to live there, you know who did, mr. president? i did. there are challenges, no doubt. when people get up and go to work there, they care for their families there. they love their children. who pledge allegiance to the flag, just like people who live in districts of congress men who support you, sir. they are americans, too. >> sometimes it's not about right and left. sometimes it's just about right and wrong. so to reiterate victor's point, mr. president, these are americans too. >> well said. it will, we'll see if this issue shows up in the next debate. democrats are just days away from the second round, and we'll talk about how they will struggle to set themselves apart. that's coming up. >>> also, two americans are sitting in an italian jail. police say they stabbed a police officer there. we go

and cnn anchor victor blackwell, who was raised in cumming's district, breaking down on the air. >> that no human would want to live there. you know who did, mr. president? i did. people are proud of their community. >> reporter: cummings defended his record tweeting "mr. president, i go home to my district daily. each morning, i wake up and i go and fight for my neighbors." >> tara palmeri joins us now from the white house. tara, we heard in your report the hearing that angered the president was more than a week ago. do we know what prompted this rant today? >> tom, while we can't be sure. the president's tweet came after a fox news segment showing video of piles of trash and abandoned buildings in west baltimore. it also showed people saying that they believe that they are living in worse living conditions than the people on the border. tom? >> tara palmeri at the white house tonight. thank you. >>> now to the other major headline involving the white house. the supreme court ruling in a 5-4 decision that $2.5 billion in pentagon funds may be used to build the southern border wall. the

also from the brain as a present of the european commission and now all the commissioners also mr blackwell who will be probably the high representative they will have to go to a hearing in the parliament if you will grill them we will ask them all the questions we have and if they are not up for the top they will not find a majority so wait for the parliament to do its job i think we will check that very well what these people that are presented to us has have as a happy you're happy about his nomination that you know about every nomination line but the parliament will check these player standards so low that a man who was fined 30000 euros for insider trading is the best person europe europe can put forward for its top diplomat really i think tell me what tell me that should tell me and show him i mean you're asking in one direction i have to of course i'm not saying one direction's i have to sell your point has been the president of european parliament here is an outstanding experience in that area and the fact that you're referring to we will also ask about questions in the hearing of t

. >> now, i understand why blackwell is emotional, he's news anchor and accusing the president of targetingple, is that the role of news anchor? >> you're not to become the news and report the news sometimes there's a mountian to -- mountain to die on. look, i'm a white woman, i don't know what it's like to walk in the skin of an individual such as vÍctor who is an african-american male all too often to have words like this at them and their community, i don't know that pain and i think the pain overcame the title and i don't think it takes away from his ability to be a journalist and have journalistic integrity going forward. >> okay. >> i just think -- i thought it was touching, i thought it was real. >> not disputing that, i think if fox news anchor had emotional attack on nancy pelosi it would be a lot of media criticism. by the way now fox news poll says that trump's tweets about the four congresswoman crossed the line 63%, 27% says acceptable political attack. let me tell you briefly to mueller hearings, now in the wake of the hearings, nadler, judiciary chairman says he's conducting

always good to see you, my friend, ken blackwell. >> always good to see you.l: i don't know if you were one of the 100 million caught up in the capital one hacking campaign, there are things you can do to make sure you're not dragged into the credit mess. after this. obviously, for auto insurance, we've got the wheel route. obviously. retirement, we're going with a long-term play. makes sense. pet insurance, wait, let me guess... flea flicker. yes! how'd you know? studying my playbook? yeah, actually. neil: capitol one's stock getting crushed right now after this data breach and now the first lawsuit filed. you can expect many, many more. fox business's grady trimble on steps you can take if you're one of the 100 million affected. hey, grade did i. reporter: it's a only matter of time. they are seeking class-action status. could be the first of many federal investigators say this woman, paige thompson, from seattle single-handedly hacked into a cloud storage system. and got access to all that data. capital one says the breach affected 100 million people in the

. ♪ >>> good morning you, i'm victor blackwell. >> hi, everyone i'm jessica dean in for christi paul.>> we're starting with the arrest of billionaire and convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. >> epstein is in a new york jail this morning after being arrested on new charges related to sex trafficking crimes committed between 2002 and 2007. he served 13 months in jail after pleading guilty to state charges in florida. in exchange, more serious federal charges were not brought against him. >> joining us now, cnn chief media correspondent and anchor of reliable sources brian stelter. this story line has been resurrected in the last several months by good reporting out of south florida. what do we know about what is happening now? >> that's right. "the miami herald" broke this story wide open with months of investigative reporting including on the record interviews with some of the accusers of jeffrey epstein. that story, that series of stories in the harold changed a lot. this is now a federal matter in the southern district of new york where we know that epstein was taken into custody

one of those people is my colleague, right here at cnn, victor blackwell, he's from there. and i could never tell you how wrong the president's attack is as well as victor did earlier today. >> this morning the president attacked another member of congress on twitter. this time it's house oversight committee chairman elijah summings, he wrote this, cummings district is a rat-infested mess. if he spent for time in baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this place. that's usually reserved to references to rodents and insects, but we've seen the president invoke infestation to criticize lawmakers before. just two weeks ago, president trump attacked four minority congresswomen. why don't they go back to the crime-infested places from which they came. infested he says. a week before his inauguration, january 2017, congressman john lewis should spend more time on fixing his district which is in horrible shape, not to mention crime infested. he's tweeted more than 43,000 times. he's insulted thousands of people. many different types of people. but when he tweets about infestation

. >>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> glad to be with you this sundaydeadly heat wave is gripping much of the country from the great plains to the east coast, people are being warned to take this dangerous heat seriously. at least one person has died because of the heat. >> more than 500 cooling centers up and running this morning in new york. a new record high temperature was set at jfk airport, 99 degrees. >> and thousands, hundreds of thousands of people are waking up in michigan without power after the thunderstorms downed some trees and power lines across the state. >> the heat is so intense in iowa, asphalt roads are literally exploding. allison chinchar is with us. i know a lot of people are saying, this is day two, day three for some people. when does it stop? >> for some, today will be the last day. for others, you'll have to wait at least two more days before you finally see some relief. we're talking about afternoon high temperatures that are incredibly hot across the northeast. boston being one of to those cities. it's not just the afternoon

. >>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> no wraek from the heat todaya dangerous heat wave scorches two-thirds of the u.s. >>> and we have this video showing iranian forces rappelling from a helicopter to capture a british flight tanker. we just received the radio traffic from the moment that seizure went down. >>> bones are dug up as investigators try to find out what happened to a teenage girl that went missing 30 years ago. >>> good morning to you. we begin this morning with president trump's international diplomatic efforts to free an imprisoned american. ♪ i take i saw i saw i came ♪ ♪ i take what's mine >> after being tipped off, he says, by the first lady, president trump has been negotiating with the swedish prime minister and plans another phone call soon. >> the grammy-nominated rapper has been imprisoned for a week. we understand president trump had this call with sweden's prime minister. we understand another is planned. is there any indication that his efforts are working? >> reporter: none yet, victor and christi. the swedish prime ministe

i'm victor blackwell. >> hi, i'm jessica dean in for christi paul this morning. >>> we are now just amocratic presidential debates, and we're seeing the first hints of a more aggressive vice president, former vice president joe biden, he's taking on rivals kamala harris and cory booker. the biden campaign has promised a shift in strategy after he took a hit in the polls for his performance in the first democratic debate. joining me to discuss, politico's daniel litman. good morning to

people like my colleague here at cnn, victor blackwell. >> this morning the president attacked anotheron twitter. this time it's house oversight committee chairman elijah cummings. he wrote this. cummings' district is a disgusting rat and rodent infested mess. if he spent more time in baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this dangerous and facilitate place filthy place. we've seen the president invoke infestation to criticize lawmakers before. do you see a pattern here? just two weeks ago president trump told four minority congresswomen, why don't they go back to the crime infested places from which they came. three of them were born here. all four are american. infested, he says. a week before his inauguration, january 2017, congressman john lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district which is in horrible shape and falling apart not to mention crime infested. donald trump has tweeted more than 43,000 times. he's insulted thousands of people. many different types of people. but when he tweets about infestation, it's about black and brown people. september 2014, a

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> our top stories, tropical storm barry.ght now, more than 11 million

if you have not watched my colleague victor blackwell talking about this and what it means to peopletimore, you should. with me now not only someone from baltimore out correspondent for american radio. april, thank you for being here. as a baltimore native -- >> we call ourselves baltimoreans. >> you got the hashtag we are baltimore. you're someone who knows the white house, you've been in the press briefing room. >> i've been there 22 years. >> there you go. is this a play to the base or a pure election strategy or is this a president lashing out because he didn't like cummings' questioning of kevin mcaleenan? >> all of the above. we have a president who is limited in his approach when it comes to people. he believes in scaffoldings and concrete, things without a heart. this is heartless, this is not politics. it's about humanity. he can change the dynamic instead of throwing the ball to someone else to catch. he is the president of the president of the united states who would declare a state of emergency. if it's that bad, do something about it. but yes, he is playing to his base.

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm jessica dean in for christi paul and you're in the cnn newsroom. >> southerncalifornia has now gone through two major earthquakes in two days, and they are hoping for some relief now, but the after shocks they keep coming, more than 600 so far. >> so the west coast is now waking up to survey the damage in the morning light. last night's 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near ridge jb crest. it was 11 times stronger than the one that struck the day before, and for those on the east coast, take a lack at hook terrifying it was to be caught in the middle of this. >> get under the table, get under the table! oh, my god, oh, my god! >> oh, the front door came open. >> that's okay. it's okay. just hold on. hold on, oh, my god. >> this is a big one. >> this is bad, brian. oh, my god. >> so here's the good news, no reports of deaths. no reports of serious injuries, and the epicenter of the quake missed the major cities in the region. >> but still, thousands are waiting for the return of power and water, and the usgs says this will likely be a billion dollars disaster. >> w

. >> i'm victor blackwell and you are in the cnn newsroom. >> of course, we want to begin with what isstering heat wave that is affecting so much of the u.s. this morning. this death in arizona. an ac technician appears to have died from excessive heat while he was working in an attic. >> this is obviously dangerous and uncomfortable for a lot of people. 150 million people across 30 states are under heat alerts with the temperatures feeling like they are above 110 degrees in some cities. consider

i'm victor blackwell. >> hi, i'm jessica dean in for christie paul. >>> a second earthquake has rocked southern california. this hit near ridgecrest last night at 7.1 magnitude. that is 11 times stronger than the one the day before. >> it rocked pools and rattled items off store shelves. watch what it was like to be in the middle of it as it happened. >> get under the table. get under the table. oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> that was a bad one. [ beep ] still a bad one -- >> the front door came open. >> it's okay. just hold on. hold on. oh, my god. this is bad, brian. oh. oh, my god. >> get under the table, get under the table. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> thankfully there have been no reports of deaths or serious injuries. the epicenter of the quake missed the major cities nearby. still, as you can imagine, thousands have lost power and water services. and the usgs now says this will likely be a billion-dollar disaster. >> yeah. a lot of work to do. this morning, the ridgecrest fire chief said that there were so many 911 calls that there was a backlog to get help to

i'm victor blackwell. >> hif, everyone. i'm jessica dean in for christi paul this morning.head of the presidential debates next week -- >> we are seeing the first hints of a more aggressive biden campaign as he takes on rival senator kamala harris and senator cory booker. meanwhile, senator warren is staying out of the fray and announcing her 1 millionth donation as she tries to make the case she can run a successful campaign without high-dollar fund-raising. but can she do it in a race against fellow progressive bernie sanders? joining us, rebecca buck. good morning to you. this announcement, an important moment, this 1 millionth donation, it's interesting she and bernie sanders were the top earning thresholds. >> reporter: that's right. they've ruled out pretty much these high-dollar donations, closed-door fund-raisers with extremely wealthy consisten y c. there's no question elizabeth warren has quite a bit of momentum. the question going into the debates next week is can she continue that momentum and build on it? of course the other can'ts jockeying for position as wel

good on you, victor blackwell for doing what you did. >> there's a pattern of watching the presidenthould not pick and avoid fights that he should not pick up. >> but then there are -- rarely does he suffer consequences from his base. but also rarely does he suffer consequences from people who may be independent, right, or may be democrats who voted for barack obama and voted for clinton or whatever, because they are allowing him to get away with that -- with horrible language. and, again, just imagine someone speaking about your family member that way. it has been made on this network and others and all sorts of media, that there are poor elements of almost every single city -- every place in the country. >> correct me if i'm wrong, nine out of ten of the hardest places to be in this country are run by republicans. i think the democrats have done you wrong, african-americans should leave you, what that is is insulting to what's happened to the federal level that local politicians have not been able to defeat. >> when you say, a lot of people agree with me, that doesn't make it right

. >> i'm victor blackwell. you are in the cnn newsroom.cnn democratic presidential debates, we are already seeing a more aggressive former vice president joe biden as he takes on rivals senator kamala harris and senator cory book booker. >> a new poll out of south carolina shows he's still dominating the field with harris coming in a distant second. >> senator elizabeth warren is staying out of the fray and announcing her 1 million donation as she's trying to make the case she could run a successful campaign without the high dollar fund-raising.

>> i think the words of our colleague victor blackwell this past weekend spoke loudly about individualsrom baltimore who grew up in baltimore who were hard-working american citizens. just because they live in elijah cummings' district doesn't mean they're any less american. the president of the united states is racist. i knew for a period of time we were saying he uses racism as a political currency or to divide people. i think it's fair to say now that the president of the united states is racist, period. now, what we have to ask ourselves is when is the rest of the republican party, when are individuals going to stand up and call this for what it is? baltimore has challenges like many cities in the united states of america. but to only look at black and brown communities -- what if barack obama found a all why community and called this this is an opioid filled this that. this is for everyone to call out. this is for the white republicans to stand up and say enough is enough. >> where are they? where are those people this morning? >> they're afraid of trump, so they're not going to say

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. storm barry spinning off the gulf coast as it makes landfall, it could well be a hurricane. over a foot of rain is possible in some areas with winds holding at 65 miles per hour and a storm surge rising as high as six feet. some highways are already swamped, and tens of thousands of customers are already lost power. >> louisiana is really getting ready here. they're closing all of the floodgates, all of them as the mayor of new orleans calls for voluntar

. >> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> good saturday to you. there are now international calls for iran to release a british tanker it seized in the strait of hormuz. iran's state-run news agency says the tanker collided with an iranian fishing bo ining boat at respond to calls from the smaller festival. >> one day after distancing himself from his supporters who chanted "send her back" at a campaign rally, president trump speaking out this morning about that very thing. >>> plus, millions of americans preparing for a scorcher this saturday. allison? >> yeah. that's right. we're talking 30 states from new mexico all the way to maine. we'll talk about why this shaif different from most -- they have is different from most traditional ones. >>> we begin with donald trump on the attack again. just a day after denouncing racist rally chants. >> the president doubling down on his original attack on four democratic congresswomen. he's refusing to apologize for his tweet that prompted all of it. here's cnn's abby phillip. >>> do you take that tweet bac

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you. a second earthquake has rocked southern california.at 7.1 magnitude. that's 11 times stronger than the one the day before. >> it started house fires, rattled apartments, and rocked swimming pools. this is what it was like to go through it. >> the table's -- [ bleep ] oh, my god. oh, my god. >> oh, my god. [ beep ] this is so bad. >> the front door came open. >> it's

>>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> good morning to you. president trump is fortifying his attacks on baltimore. neglecting the backlash to his saturday rant on the city and congressman elijah cumming. >> a late night tweet from the president said this, so sad ee lay gentleman cumming has been able to do so little for the city of baltimore. now, thousands have weighed in on the president's remarks, including baltimore mayor, bernard young. listen to this. >> we're not going to ignore anyone degrading baltimore city and its elected leadership. no one. i won't consider it fueling the fire. i look at it as defending baltimore city, the city where i live. >> cnn's sarah westwood is following the latest. anything this morning from the white house? >> reporter: good morning, christi. as you mentioned, president trump was doubling down yesterday and throughout the night on that vicious attack on elij elijah cummings that from was "fox & friends" that aired yesterday and they seemed to be focusing on cummings because of cummings' grilling at a bord

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. delta has canceled all of its flights to the south as tropical storm could come ashore as a hurricane in the next few hours. the rain is already coming down. over a foot could fall in some areas with storm surge rising as high as 60, the winds holding at 65 miles per hour. some highways are already swamped, and near- 50,000 customers have already lost power. expect the number to rise. >> louisiana is getting ready here. they're closing all of their floodgates as the mayor of new orleans calls for voluntary evacuations, federal emergency preparedness officials warning of possible tornadoes as the storm passes. mississippi's governor has joined louisiana in declaring a state of emergency. we want to begin our coverage, we have live coverage all over the area. but we want to begin with national correspondent erica hill, live in lafayette, louisiana. i understand the trajectory of this puts it just south of where you are. is that right now? >> reporter: yeah it could be. that's one of the

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> our top stories, tropical storm barry.till slowly moving through louisiana. right now, more than 11 million people in potential flash flood zones. >> and this morning the lights are back on in new york city after a massive blackout. large part of manhattan was in darkness. >> and i.c.e. agents are set to go door to door today to arrest and deport as many as 2,000 undocumented migrant families. >>> right now, there are life-threatening flooding concerns as heavy rainfall is just downpouring onto louisiana. >> tropical storm barry slowly crawling north, leaving more than 11 million people under flash flood watches this morning. the national hurricane center is warning that tornadoes could pop up across louisiana, mississippi and eastern arkansas. >> last night hundreds of people slept at local shelters, we know and there are more than 154,000 people who do not have power at the moment. erica hill is in baton rouge this morning. and i think one of the things that the national weather service and officials want us to get out t

our colleague victor blackwell counted over the weekend the number of times the president has used theord infested. so he believes this is language that comes naturally to donald j. trump but now he's president donald trump and that is why it carries so much more magnitude and we'll see if it works or not. certainly among his base he knows this is a way to fire them up and the question is the exhaustion factor among voters of all stripes. what does that do? do people tune out of politics overall and that could be a win for the president as well. so buckle up. this is largely what is going to be happening over the next 16 months or so. we'll see if it works. we don't know if it will or not. >> david axelrod, you wrote if the president loses next year in 2020, this will be why. why do you say that. >> it goes to the point jeff was making. i think there is a limit to what people are willing to tolerate. even if they like some of the things that he's done, there is a recognition that this is -- to live at a ten all of the time with the president of the united states issuing these divisive,

. >> i'm victor blackwell. you are in the cnn newsroom. days before the cnn democratic presidential debates, we are already seeing a more aggressive former vice president joe biden as he takes on rivals senator kamala harris and senator cory book booker. >> a new poll out of south carolina shows he's still dominating the field with harris coming in a distant second. >> senator elizabeth warren is staying out of the fray and announcing her 1 million donation as she's trying to make the case she could run a successful campaign without the high dollar fund-raising. can she do it in a race against fellow progressive bernie sanders? >> joining us now from new hampshire, cnn political reporter rebecca buck, and just a lot of story lines as we head into next week's cnn debates. >> reporter: that's right. i mean, you mentioned senator elizabeth warren. we're following her here in new hampshire today as she is on the campaign trail. she just hit that milestone of 1 million donors to her campaign, and just as a reminder, she hasn't been holding thes

i think victor blackwell, the anchor yesterday on cnn just nailed it with an honest heartfelt, movingponse to the president. and i'm glad you held up the front page. i'm not being a homie here. i'm glad you held up the front page of the "baltimore sun" bus because that apiece went out to baltimore and it went out to sparks, which is an upscale area, horse country. >> rural area. part of the district, yeah. >> exactly. and abwealthy, a lot of money out there. somebody a ba ris tas at a coffee stand said, we don't have a lot of rats. we don't see a lot of rats but we have some very cute country mice. even that kind of quote from a real person knocks down the president and the ridiculous -- brian, he didn't have to do actual research. all he had to do was look at the wiki map of the district to see what was going on. and so -- and then we had an editorial and the sun had me and then reporters and columnists and photographers from around the country got together on twitter and politicians and tweeted truths about baltimore. you know, i saw you on with ana cabrera yesterday afternoon. you