i'm brianna keeler in for jake tapper. we're going to begin with breaking news in the national lead. president trump arriving in texas. he is about to get a tour of the operations center there after stopping in corpus christi today. today there are new warnings to residents. get out now as a levee is pushed to its limit in houston and harvey continues to relentlessly pour down on the gulf coast. just moments ago we learned that a houston police officer, sergeant steve perez, was killed in this storm drowning on his way to work on sunday. his police chief overcome with emotion as he was explaining the decision to not go in after him. >> it was too treacherous to go under and look for him, so we made a decision to leave officers there waiting until the morning, because as much as we wanted to recover him last night, we could not put more officers at risk. in our hearts it was going to be a recovery mission. >> harvey has set a rainfall record in the continental u.s. and another foot and a half of rain could fall. now the sto

>> reporter: brianna, we are at a gas station in dallas. and i want to show you the line that has formed over the past few hours. it is dozens of cars deep. you see this happening all over the city. we've been to several gas stations that are just out of gas completely. i talked to one owner who said he's seen in two hours 1,000 cars come through his gas station. usually in two hours he would see 100 cars. look up here, the gas stations up here, but the hope is at this point is that when these cars get to the pump, that this gas station won't run out of gas. all of this happening at news broke that the colonial pipeline which is a main pipeline that brings gasoline and other products from houston to the east had to be shut down because the company doesn't feel like it's safe enough to get their people to refineries and to where they can be to bring that product to the pipelines. so that pipeline is shut down at least for today. and at this point, gas stations don't know when their next delivery is going to be, and that's why you're seeing o

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i could share story after story of our precious brianna. when christopher and christie returned from iraq in december of 2011 we were very thankful for their safe return. the families reunited and moves back to clarksville, tennessee, where they were stationed. it was on july 10th five years ago that we received the horrible news that our granddaughter brianna had been strangled to death by a blind cord in the upstairs den. it was a simple thing. matter of fact, our kids had installed these heavy duty blinds from a big box store and they had specifically cut the cords because it was recommend don't have those really long cords that are ten feet long. they had done that. unfortunately about a year later they had redone the furniture in the upstairs den and they pushed the couch up against the wall with the blinds behind, not even realizing that was a deadly danger. so on that debriay brianna had on her little bride outfit and coaxed mommy to marry her. later that day christie was cooking dinner and brianna was upstairs watching a program in

>> good morning, brianna.t is troubling to see so many constituents asking me at town halls this weekend and asking me over direct messages on twitter or text message, you know, what's going to happen, are we prepared for this. i tell them, you know, fortunately around the president are experienced foreign policy hands, generals who know that the options militarily are not good ones and we just have to hope that they are asserting themselves for the sake of our future and the sake of our country. >> so when we look at what north korea has said this morning, the official word saying trump is driving the situation on the korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war, donald trump has said this morning on twitter, military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded. he does say should north korea act unwisely. so he is saying essentially this would be a reaction to something north korea does. does that give you any comfort in what you expect about how this will play out? >> no, no, i have no comfort in

>> that's right, brianna.out an e-mail that a top aide turned over to the hill that showed him reviewing a message from an individual from west virginia who wanted to set up a meeting with the trump campaign and vladimir putin. the man is a 54-year-old contractor who also informed gop center shelley moore capito. he wanted to talk to the russian campaign about contacts. trump said he was simply trying to relay his own message from a friend who owned christian organizations who wanted to discuss, quote, shared christian values with the campaign. dearborn, we're told, rejected the request and said it should go through the state department. but intelligence officials say, brianna, this is a growing practice between officials to try to grow alliances between conservative groups to try to grow the political perception. >> we have eyes on the east room where we are awaiting president trump at the press conference with the finnish president. actually, here he is. let's listen in. >> thank you. thank you very much. it

and it's almost like brianna has a new birthday. >> thank goodness he was there. i love seeing when stories have an ending like this. >> he said he just happened to take a wrong turn, he was sent that way for a reason >> people are not the only ones who need rescuing from the rising flood waters in texas, we'll show you how people right here in the dc area are helping pets stranded in harvey's after math. >>> terry mcauliffe made another pitch to have the burgundy and gold play in virginia. we'll explain when we come back. whoop . >>> thousands of people have been fleeing flood waters or rescued by crews, what about pets? >> animal owners have an incredible bond with their friends and those friendships have been on full display as victims get he their cats and dogs, unfortunately there's no room or time to get their pets. that's where animal loving volunteers are stepping in. >> we got a lot of cats and dogs that were left behind. and we're going in to rescue these baby. >> we got two more dogs at least >> we're preparing for a lot of animals this is just phase on

. >> meet brianna and her mom awd ra. >> thank you. i'm trying to lead right before. for what you've done it was very courageous of every day i as pirtd to be that way. so i really admire that in you. and i just thank you. >> i don't know what made me go that way. because actually i was coming here i happened to take a wrong turn. you were laying like flat your feet up by the dashboard and head was by head rest but you were wrapped in the seat belt and help your head aspineer extended back. once you released treasure you it's every parent's worse nightmare. when i heard how pre an awas rescued and burst into tears and everything single day i'm thankful and it's almost like brianna has a new birthday. >> it really did. >> it was meant to go that way. >> people are looking for miracles and amazing miracle. it's little things like that. little things like that. >> small miracles. >> today's weather was beautiful here. >> we'll take that. >> yes we will. absolutely, guys, yeah it was beautiful day. we really went tuesday and then turned things around 100% and georgous sun

brianna and chris? >> i want to bring back john avlon and karoun demirjian.and also gordon chang, author of "nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world." he's also a daily beast columnist. with these new abilities we're seeing if north korea, there's this increase worry about the reach and the potential conflict with north korea and something we heard from the npt's national security adviser h.r. mcmaster. here is what he said. >> how concerned should america be that we are on the brink of a war with north korea? >> i think it's impossible to overstate the danger associated with this. i think it's impossible to overstate the danger associated with a rogue brutal regime. >> gordon, how worried should americans be? >> i think we should be worried because what mcmaster is saying is the united states can't be assured of deterring north korea. we lived with the soviet union, we live with china now. they both were big powers when it came to nukes, but with regard to north korea, the issue is the regime stable enough, can we come to some equilibrium. what mcma

joe. >> reporter: good morning, brianna. the president took 31 questions during two off the cuff sessions with reporters. more questions than he's taken over the last several months combined. beyond north korea, he had plenty to say about a number of topics including his ongoing feud with the senate majority lead, the man he needs to help push his agenda through on capitol hill. >> i'm very disappointed in mitch. but if he gets these bills passed, i'll be very happy with him. >> president trump ramping up his criticism of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell suggesting he may want a top republican to step aside if he doesn't deliver to the president's agenda. the stunning public spat escalating after the two leaders exchanged jabs in recent days over the failure of the gop effort to repeal and replace obamacare. >> our new president had of course not been in this line of work before and i think had excessive expectations. >> he should have had this last one done. they lost by one vote. for a thing like that to happen is a

douglas, an as you see brianna's story, president trump has a troubling past when it comes to of raceven that history, were you surprised that his original statements over the weekend that they were so weak? >> i wasn't surprised. i mean, we've talked a lot, don, over the past year how he's one part you know george wallace, donald trump. he's got joe mccarthy in him, gerald k. smith, father coughlin. he beats a fascist drum often and annever wants to criticize anybody on the alt-right. he sees them as his food soldiers. he does it only reluctantly and he tried to my mouth it over the weekend and it didn't work. the public's outraged. august 12th is going to be marked as a time when the name donald trump is forever kind of associated with indifference towards hate crimes, towards neo-nazi. so it's a real low ebb and a president that's had miserable months but this means that people i think many republican senators don't really even want to be in a photo op with hip at this point. >> mr. higen both that many, what do you think? >> i think he's absolutely right. the president, you know,

brianna keilar, cnn washington. >> briana, thank you so much for that. want to bring in michael higgenbotham from the university of baltimore and the author of "ghosts of jim crow, ending racism in post racial america," and cnn presidential historian douglas brinkley, the author of "rightful heritage, franklin d. roosevelt and the land of america." so glad to have you on to get perspective about this. douglas, let's start with you. you saw brianna keilar's story. president trump has a troubling past when it comes to race. given that history, were you surprised that his original statements over the weekend that they were so weak? >> i wasn't surprised. i mean, we've talked a lot, don, over the past year how he's one part you know george wallace, donald trump. he's got joe mccarthy in him, gerald k. smith, father coughlin. he beats a fascist drum often and annever wants to criticize anybody on the alt-right. he sees them as his foot soldiers. he does it only reluctantly and he tried to my mouth it over the weekend and it didn't work. the public's outraged.

things have been going so great with brianna, i thought -- well, i thought maybe we add a baby to the didn't mean to drop a bomb on you like that. i -- i'm just really enjoying having a family. so am i. but it's gonna have to wait. i'm going to ranger school. ranger school? next month. there's an open spot. i'm gonna tell them i'm coming. uh, it doesn't really work like that, drew. you've got to apply, get accepted. i was, last month. ♪ and i'm taking it. and you're just telling me this now? yeah. "yeah"? that's all you have to say about that? ford would have died on that table without you, and that kid would have died in the elevator without drew. and the one thing the two of you have in common is that you're both battle-tested. so are you, jordan. yeah, look. [ sighs ] i've paid my dues, sure, but you guys have this -- this extra, under-fire experience that most doctors don't have. [ sighs ] you're bad-ass, veteran doctors. jordan, what are you talking about? what if sam became a combat medical training center, and not just for the military, but for first responders, as well, with y

she's special. >> reporter: brianna lives with her grandmother. she becomes instructor. >> i teach them what i learn here. >> reporter: how good are they? every day the camp begins and ends with affirmations. what are some of the things that you find, that means a lot to me in your affirmations. >> i am a winner, because kids should always think of themselves as a winner. >> i would not use can't to define my possibilities. >> you are a winner, my friend. you're a winner. extraordinary kids and an extraordinary program. if you're interested in finding out more, i'll have information on my twitter feed right after this broadcast. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. lester holt will be back in tomorrow. i'm jose diaz belart reporting from new york. thank you for the privilege of your time and good night. ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. this august visit your local volvo dealer to receive sommar savings of up to $4,500. this august visit yo

. >> meet brianna and her mom audrey >> the only think i can think to say is thank you. i'm i ternally grateful, every day i inspire to be that way, admire that in you and i thank you >> i don't know what made me go that way. actually, i was coming here. i you don't have the happened to take a wrong turn >> you were laying like your feet were up by the dashboard. your head was by the headrest, but you were wrapped in the seatbelt, you had your head hyper extended all the way back. once i released pressure, you were small enough that you slipped through the seatbelt and when you hit the ground on the other side, started breathing again. >> every mother's worst nightmare to think that a child will not make it home but when we heard the story of how brianna was rescued, i burst into tears and every single day i'm thankful and it's almost like brianna has a new birthday. >> you heard it. the officer saying he happened to take a wrong turn, so he was just in the right place at the right time. >>> president trump unveil his tax plan >> ronica cleary on this story >> we haven't

i'd say 90s now. >> brianna, very good report.thank you very much. >>> coming up we're going to get back to the breaking news. we're following a very dramatic escalation in the crisis with north korea today. kim jong-un now believed to have a nuclear weapon that can fit on a missile prompting an unprecedented warning from president trump. >> they will be met with fire, fury and frankly power. the likes of which this world has never seen before. people would stare. psoriasis does that. it was tough getting out there on stage. i wanted to be clear. i wanted it to last. so i kept on fighting. i found something that worked. and keeps on working. now? they see me. see me. see if cosentyx could make a difference for you- cosentyx is proven to help people with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...find clear skin that can last. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting cosentyx, you should be checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you

courtney, a teacher, brianna, a personal trainer, and ashton, the youngest, he had just returned from playing professional volleyball in europe and all of them, of course, have heard scores of time the story of how their parents met. it was 1978. christy had gone to see a relative in nearby san bernardino and while she was there encountered a security guard who, to her at least, looked just like elvis. it was chris. >> apparently she was a little flirty. >> reporter: in short order, chris and christy got married cht she was 17. he, 20. and as they grew up, they never doubted the powerful bond of love, the parents with them and with each other. >> i would venture to say we're probably closer with our parents than most children. >> they are the parents that i hoped to one day be. >> christy, the vif vash jous blue of the family, chris, her perfect mirror. >> our dad is a little more kicked back and relaxed. but they are a perfect balance i think. >> for years, he was a police officer in san bernardino until he was shot in the line of duty. and then he went off to become police chief in

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brianna is here.t up with a whole bunch of folks. >> so many folks were there, the new breakout star from hbo, she also yarra >>> this morning on world news now, clashes and division at the president's rally. >> as supporters and protesters faced off outside the arena. inside, the president defended his handling of charlottesville, recounting portions of his responses to the violence and criticizing the media's coverage. >>> and secretary of state rex tillerson is now trying to clarify america's position on afghanistan and north korea. with the president seemingly doubling down in phoenix that he should have used harsher words for kim jong un. >>> and major downpours triggered deadly floods in the center of the country. a family taking to the

brianna is joining me with more on this.s jeff flake taking a stand and how are folks reacting? >> we are going to see how they are reacting as senators come to the policy lunches. he's reacting to this because he's never been a fan of donald trump to begin with. it's pretty mutual, right? president trump, the white house, threatened to primary jeff flake. he is vulnerable politically, a vulnerable senate seat. he didn't endorse donald trump before. he hasn't been a fan of him. he has been critical. this takes it to a new level. he's going to keep going out on that limb that he's been going out on. it's not just donald trump that he's taking on here. he takes aim at mitch mcconnell and paul ryan and accuses leaders of party before country. a stunning thing where he talks about dealing with what has gone on in the spring of 2017. he's had a determined suspension of faculties and tremendous powers of denial. what's striking to me here, kate, some of this reflects what you know republicans, as you know, on the hill feel private

>> reporter: good morning, brianna. presidents often refer to their time off as working vacations, but this time the white house is undergoing some renovations. it comes at a time while the administration and the white house are trying to repair their policy prescriptions also at a time the president and the white house is trying to knock down questions about mr. trump's political future. president trump waking up on his 200th day in office at his golf club in new jersey where he'll be spending the next two weeks on a, quote, working vacation, as the white house undergoes renovations, the president stressing on witter he will still be taking meetings and calls while spending time at his resort, while touting the successes of his first six months in office. this as vice president mike pence pushes back against a "new york times" report that some republicans have begun building 2020 shadow campaigns with pence advisers allegedly signaling to party donors that he would plan to hundred if trump did not. pence contesting the

brianna keilar, cnn, washington. >> joining us now is my panel.some new reporting about the status of steve bannon in the white house. >> right. so there have been questions about what was going to happen with him. john kelly has set in place a very clear chain of command and most people appear to be following it. bannon has become increasingly isolated and diminished in terms of his role. if you had said yesterday, i would have said he may be gone, but today it seems to be teetering in the other direction. this president likes nothing less than being pushed by the media, as we've seen repeatedly today. so that may help him in terms of staying. but it's a bumpy and uncomfortable road. the president has grown very frustrated with him on a number of issues and appeared to be repeatedly unwillingly to pull the trigger on steve bannon. he had a dinner with rupert murdoch two weeks ago. that included jared kushner and john kelly. murdoch made the case bannon sne needs to go. >> so the head of fox news and the head of "the wall street journal" is giving

cnn's brianna keilar is live in washington with more.e crunched the numbers, bria numbers,berry numbers, brianna what have you covered? >> what is confounding he said he never would play golf. donald trump not golfing is like donald trump not tweeting, it's just never going to happen. for president trump golf is more than just a game. it's a way of life. it seems he'd rather entertain world leaders like japanese prime minister shinzo abe on the links than in the white house, and trump casual, it's not jeans and sneakers, it's khaki pants and golf shoes, even for a visit to tour the u.s./mexico border as a candidate. in march the president held a meeting with several cabinet secretaries in his course near washington and he's spending a 17-day working vacation at his bedminister, new jersey, golf club, though he tweeted "this is not a vacation. meetings and calls," but also -- >> is my star doing a good job? >> reporter: trump golf greeted guests of a wedding saturday at bedminister's clubhouse, all this time on the course -- >> president

brianna joins us this morning. if you haven't tuned in yet, she's thrown me under the bus once. >> maybe twice. >> let's see how it goes this hour. we do begin with breaking news. north korea's state news agency releasing a statement saying president trump is driving the situation on the korean peninsula to the, quote, brink of nuclear war. this comes hours after president trump doubled down on his warning to north korea saying the threat to unleash fire and fury may not have been tough enough. >> defense secretary james m mattis says despite the effort the effort on north korea is diplomatically lead. the global resources of cnn have all of this covered for you. we want to start with will ripley live for us in beijing with the latest. will. >> reporter: brianna, i want to get right to this brand new statement that has been released by north korea just within the last few minutes. the title of this statement on the north korean news agency is u.s. nuclear war fanatic. trump is driving the situation on the korean pe

i think the other thing that's strange here is, as brianna was -- as brianna was talking about, we hadome success at the u.n. recently getting this 15-0 vote on sanctions. most analysts think the way to solve this problem is not to allow it to be a personal one-on-one thing between the united states and the regime. to make this a collective problem that the world needs to solve. that china and russia need to help with. by doing what he did today, he's personalized this, without making any reference to the other countries that are affected by this. and that plays into north korea's hands. >> and john kirby, it seems to be, such contrast to what we heard the other day from secretary of state rex tillerson, who said this. he said, we do not seek an excuse to send our military north of the 38th parallel. we are trying to convey to the north koreans, we are not your enemy. we're not your threat. well, that certainly was not conveyed by the president today. >> no, he's undermining his secretary of state and ambassador hailey, who are trying to work a diplomatic and economic solution to this.

brianna is live for us.rrespondent on the hill and you have what senator alexander is up to. this is a far cry from the message that they have been seeing from the president of the united states. >> reporter: that's right. this idea to just continue with repeal and replace, obviously, brooke, that would take only republicans because democrats aren't going to go along with it, and talking to congressional leadership aides, especially in the senate, they say we did everything we could. we couldn't get there. we tried and we tried and we tried and we couldn't, and clearly, the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell wants to move on to other things like tax reform and to the debt ceiling but you mentioned, brooke, that hearing that's scheduled by senator lamar alexander in the health committee on the senate side and that's going to be a bipartisan hearing, but it's just one hearing. and then on the other side of the capitol on the house, you have democrats, some of them, and republicans getting together talking

finance minister brianna math told the french parliament that a joint franco german proposal on taxing multinationals like airbnb google and facebook. we put to an eu summit in september. goal he says is to ensure that those firms pay a fair contribution in tax. on the business of the major difference. another top priority for the mclean government after the summer holiday break will be performing in the complicated labor code. including unemployment benefits. rather than the cuts that might have been expected president manual my client wants to expand them. extending benefits to people who've quit their jobs. the major turnaround from existing policy and has already sparked concern with the independent agency which sets benefits levels. the trigger has more. if you choose to live full time work just to end up at the job center but perhaps what potential employment reform could mean. particularly with benefits that could still be paid to at least offer he decides to quit for any reason. french president emmanuel macro that was getting resistance from unemployment agencies. the fairest

brianna segal waitress at bar in woodbridge township waited on young couple actuals, she said the coupleger and drinks, then they handed her an envelope. inside that envelope was a 1,200-dollar check. >> i didn't know if it was real. i didn't know if it was a scam the girl turned around, there is something in it, but just don't open it until you foully like leave the parking lot. >> all right, how about this? also inside that envelope was was a note that red in part, whenever it gets hard, know god's got you. the couple does remain anonymous, and god told them to give the money to someone who touched their hearts. she plans to put the money toward nursing school. she made yearly quite an impact on that family. >> talk about a generous couple. paying it forward. >> absolutely. >> time 4:45. >> matt's here with another check of the forecast. i don't know if you have a 1,200-dollar check but we'll take a good forecast. >> the forecast so nice, maybe you guys should be paying off the meat comegys here at cbs-3 , just saying. it has been just fantastic, storm scan3 does show couple of showers

brianna was waiting tables in wood bridge township when she waited on a couple who was in their 20s.y handed her an envelope and told her not to open it until the end of her shift. she thought it was going fob a prayer card because they seemed religious. when she opened it she found a check for $1,200 that she use for nursing school. >>> dave sylvester from philadelphia is going around the country to offer up high fives to everyone he meets. he said he needed a reason to smile when his close friend was killed in the september 11 attacks. he said he hugged and high five 200,000 people in 49 states and 36 countries. we just moved in about four months ago, but the living room's pretty blank. it's really nice when clients come in and have done some of their own research. working with a bassett designer was really easy. just kind of ties in very well. we love it! just kind of ties in very well. masked gunmen burst into a home demanding money. a female resident tried to make a run for it and was shot in the back. she is in critical condition. >>> a police chase in chester county ended with

brianna, we're certainly thinking of your family and friends there.ry is personal there, so we're thinking of you and the other houston residents facing this right now. >>> still ahead, the latest from the flood floed neighborhoods id around houston. the darkness comes and the people trying to rescue them. >>> kim jong-un and his cronies after a brazen launch of a missile right over japan. we're live in the nation's capital city of pyongyang. blan ♪ when heartburn hits fight back fast with tums chewy bites. fast relief in every bite. crunchy outside. chewy inside. tum tum tum tum tums chewy bites. custom t-shirts and other great products for all of life's events. get free shipping and on-time delivery guaranteed. [ all shouting, cheering ] ♪ start today at customink.com. . >>> we have much more ahead on the texas flooding, and look here, this kind of scene playing out across texas now, a car inundated by the floodwaters there trying to get to safety. we're seeing this happen across the city as rescuers struggle to get people to shelters, to get them a

. >>> chris brown is opening up about his relationship with ex-girlfriend brianna.ils the infamous incident when he was arrested for physically things became violent after she found text massages from another woman on the phone he said he felt like a monster and his behavior will haunt him forever. >>> today we remember the king of rock and roll. elvis presley fan started gathering outside his estate to honor the legendry singer on the 40th anniversary of his death. elvis passed away in 1977 at the age of 42. officials say this year they had to amp up the event security. >> some elvis fans were ticked off when they learn they would have to pay to visit the late singer's grave. those who made the trip to grace land for this year's annual vigil had to purchase an elvis week property pass for about 30 bucks. in the past it had been free. >>> sue, what's going on >> jim feels like day off because it's so much more quiet. >> and tomorrow may be another day, that we have to watch tropical downpours, but he said real humid and this is our first 90 degree day since august 4

brianna keilar is taking a closer look at all this.g he wouldn't be playing golf? >> reporter: confounding, kate, he really ever said that. donald trump not playing golf is like donald trump not tweeting. it's just not going to happen. for president trump, golf is more than just a game. it's a way of life. it seems he'd rather entertain world leaders like the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, on the links than in the white house, and trump casual, it's not jeans and sneakers. it's khaki pants and golf shoes, even for a visit to tour the u.s.-mexico border as a candidate. in march the president held a meeting with several cabinet secretaries that is, of course, near washington, and spending a 17-day working vacation at his bedminster, new jersey goal cgo. this is not a vacation. meetings. and also, golf. trump in a clear state of play greeted guests of a wedding saturday at bedminster's clubhouse. all this time on the course -- >> president trump for the birdie. >> reporter: head-scratching considering trump constantly hammered presi

. >> brianna mcfall has come up with her own way to meet another feminine need. >> we don't have tamponsn here, we're not allowed. this is how we make a tampon. in here we cut off the end like this. >> don't try this at home. >> take the whole pad off. then get this right here. we roll it like that. this is going to be a small one. i put it in here. roll it, roll it, roll it, and there is a tampon. you use it. this is contraband. we'll get in trouble for doing this. we get caught with this, making tampons, or if we have a tampon in our bed, that is a write-up. >> many of the other women spend time on what could be best described as the jailhouse version of online dating. they use the inmate-to-inmate mail system to write to male pen pals. >> how they meet each other is mutual friends from the outside, they know each other, they got arrested together, whatever. but you'll be surprised with the love connections, the presumed love that goes on here. >> i'm writing like six letters at a time. i was writing drone. where is his letter? i love to write drone, he's so sweet. >> this is for my pe

going, 4:22, road work, shut up and drive and outside we go to a foggy look at ocean city new jersey, brianna got the traffic jam, subie got the forecast when we come back. ♪ . ♪. welcome back. you can see for miles right now. a clear night in many areas looking out at wilmington. but we may have our visibility lessened as we have clouds moving through as well >> and there are showers on it's way for some of us as well. certainly not a wash-out but we're watching the area of heroin rain getting ready to move all the way up i95 toward wilmington delaware and eventually toward philadelphia. so we'll keep an eye on that throughout the rest of the morning could have a pop-up thunderstorm like the one we see just off the delmarva peninsula. as we zoom in to a couple of areas, looks like reading might be getting rain and other places berk county not too far from reading moving down to new castle in delaware, avalon, there's an avalon there as well. one of those developments that are down in new castle county. west deptford, ashland and new jersey, a couple of light showers but heavy rain is possibl

my colleague brianna keiler is sitting in for jake tapper "the lead" starts right now. >> thanks, brookeorm that just won't end. "the lead" starts right now. >>> no mercy. the life-threatening, record-breaking, landscape-altering floodwaters of former hurricane harvey dumping a record amount of rain all over again as moms, dads, pets and babies are pulled from the floodwaters. president trump already promising to go back to the disaster zone in texas. but what will he do now that kim jong-un seemingly called his bl bluff and is once again threatening to attack a u.s. territory. >>> plus, pivoting a short time ago, making a pitch for

i'm brianna keeler in for jake tapper. going to begin with breaking news in the national lead. president trump arriving in texas. he is about to get a tour of the operations center there after stopping in corpus christi today. today there are new warnings to residents. get out now as a levee is pushed to its limit in houston and harvey continues to relentlessly pour down on the gulf coast. just moments ago we learned that

brianna joins me once again. good to have you. >> good to be here. >> here's the starting line.hat's president trump doubling down on his warning to north korea responding to pyongyang's reported plan to attack guam. the president says they would face retaliation the likes of which nobody has seen before. so while the president is stepping up the war of words, his defense secretary

. >> reporter: good morning, brianna. time with control of both houses of congress, a new president would expect to be fully in control of his own agenda. but at this time there are a lot of legislative challenges for president trump, and there are even a few questions about whether he'll be on the ballot in the next election. president trump waking up on his 200th day in office at his golf club in new jersey where he'll be spending his next two weeks on a, quote, working vacation, as the white house undergoes renovations. the president expressing on twitter that he'll still be taking meetings and calls while spending time at his resort, while touting the successes of his first six months in office. this as vice president mike pence pushes back against a "new york times" report that some republicans have begun 2020 shadow campaigns, some says he would plan to run if trump did not. pence calling the report, quote, disgraceful and offensive and dismissing as laughable

brianna keilar is tracking this. where are we right now?right now, i would say where the senate and house is is in a different place where the white house is. you are hearing this push from the white house to repeal the whole thing. or to let obamacare implode. there's a lot of frustration from senate republicans who feel like we tried, we tried, we tried, we lost by one vote, we cannot repeal and replace obamacare at this point. mitch mcconnell wants to move on. he wants to move on to other things, tax reform, dealing with the debt ceiling. they're looking at this threat from the white house about getting rid of subsidies. if you are a lower income american and you require a subsidy to pay for health insurance and the federal government doesn't pay that, you can see how that throws it into turmoil. i was talking to an aide. they said if that happens, republicans and president trump are going to own the failure of obamacare. there's talk about working with democrats to do something in the house and the senate. at this point, we're looking a

i'm brianna keeler in for jake tapper today.ith breaking news in the national lead. president trump about to hold a news conference, this coming jst days after hurricane harvey slammed into the texas coast and began unloading a staggering amount of rain on the state. 11 trillion with a t, gallons of rain and counting. at least 7 people have died on the flood plain, and this is nowhere near over. this is when the preside w

so let's talk about this with cnn senior washington correspondent brianna and bran with us from our phoenixhere he hosts a political program called "sunday kwsquareoff." let me begin with you, how this is playing t who, the whole republicans in denial line among republicans on capitol hill. >> reporter: especially because jeff flake had some choice words for his leaders. he basically accused them of not being a proper check and balance against president trump. the senate republicans and senate democrats just had their lunches so i asked the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, about this and he said, you know, he hasn't read the book so he's not going to comment on it but he doesn't want to comment on it after what's been a rough week, commenting on the criticism isn't something that he wants to do but then senator john thune, said this is a party with a lot of opinions, but i also think there's a little bit of frustration with some republicans, brooke, because they feel like, yes, there was some criticism but he's kind of burning the house down with the criticism. >> well, yes, and we

eye brianna keilar in for jake tapper. "the situation room" with wolf blitzer starts right now. >>> happening now, breaking news. in the deluge, tropical storm harvey hammers communities near the texas-louisiana border. the port arthur mayor says his entire city is under water. an emergency shelter and a nursing home are flooded and officials are pleading for more rescue boats. >>> rescue mission. emergency workers and volunteers take their boats door to door, evacuating people trapped by the flooding. our crews are out on the water with live coverage. >>> death toll rising. as the sun finally breaks through over parts of the disaster zone and some waters recede, rescuers find more bodies. the storm's death toll now up to 28 and is expected to rise. >>> pushing tax cuts. as the debate begins on how to pay for the recovery in texas and louisiana, president trump hits the road, calling for sweeping stacks cutax cuts. right now he's only offering an outline. does anybody have the actual numbers? we want to welcome our viewers

brianna keeler sitting in for jake tapper, the lead starts right now. >>> waters recede, rescuers worry about what they will find. the lead starts right now. >>> plucked to safety, dramatic and risky rescue missions picking up across the texas coast as one county near the texas/louisiana line warns people, get out or die. >>> show of force. nuclear capable american jets drop bombs near the border as the u.s. answers the latest north korean missile tests. >>> plus if they can get along, two governors, two parties, two potential 2020

brianna is here. there were lots of stars on the red carpet.e there, the new breakout star from hbo, she was honored. also yara shahidi. of course she is harvard bound. she has a new show coming >>> this morning on world news now, clashes and division at the president's rally. >> as supporters and protesters faced off outside the arena. inside, the president defended his handling of charlottesville, recounting portions of his responses to the violence and criticizing the media's coverage. we'll go live to arizona for the latest. >>> and secretary of state rex tillerson is now trying to clarify america's position on afghanistan and north korea. with the president seemingly doubling down in phoenix that he should have used harsher words for kim jong un. while tillerson is now praising kim. >>> and major downpours triggered deadly floods in the center of the country. a family taking to the roof, as a neighbor rolls up to bring them to safety when the police could not. >>> and rock on, brother. it's time to honor all your dexterity-challenged disci

. >> the rest of the week dana is taking care of her family, daughters brianna and amanda, son charlieoing for the rest of the day. >> she does everything. >> dana works full time at pre, job she took after 25 years as a police officer. >> the epitome of a community officer is what i would say she is. she always puts her kids first and tries to put other people first. you kind of lose a little bit of yourself on tuesdays and sometimes on saturdays, she gets to define herself as just dana. >> a lifelong volleyballer dane nay always had a dream. >> i'd play in the olympics and i'd be skinny and i would be in one of those volleyball bikini things. >> we didn't have any of those bikini things, but decided to bring dana to the beach in california to give her other wish a try. dana has no idea what i have planned or that i'm even here. >> hello, dana. >> oh, my god. oh, wow. hi. >> how are you? >> i'm good. al, how are you? >> good. >> i feel like you're my friend. >> well, i am your friend. >> you're here. >> me, neither. we wanted to bring you here because we know you love volleyball. >> i