brianna: my name is brianna sacks. i am a reporter with busby news zzeed news on our breaking news team. we are in los angeles, but i am headquartered in new york. kyle: i do want to start off with this question for all of you. what makes for a good story? olivia: when i am looking for a good story, i think, what i read this? what is something that interests me? just like buying someone a gift, what would you get yourself? one of my favorite ways of finding stories is just talking to people. some of the best stories i have is just talking to people on an airplane, and i am someone who doesn't really enjoy talking to people on airplanes, but i do it because it leads to good stories. just getting out there and seeing what other people are interested in. following trends, may be something that isn't a trend yet but could be. i think you just get that from experience. fernando: i second all of that. especially with trends. i think it is really exciting to ofon the beginning side trends, like the face app with people postin

>>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. under way right now, for the last few hours a violent and chaotic scene has been playing out at the hong kong international airport. this is one of the busiest hubs in the world. tensions between pro-democracy demonstrators and riot police reached a fevered pitch at one point. you can see here protesters had grabbed an officer's baton and then they hit him repeatedly. all of this happening as passengers continue to arrive at the airport and all of this is having a knock-on effect on the city, prompting hong kong's chief executive to warn that the situation is, quote, on the brink of no return. cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson is there at the hong kong airport. ivan, tell us about the situation there on the ground now. >> reporter: well, brianna, it's calmed down considerably, but about an hour ago, this area here right by the japan airlines ticketing desk in the departures terminal was mobbed with a very tense crowd of hundreds of protesters who had encancircledo i

brianeannianne brianne -- brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keel are live from cnn's washington headquarters. under way right now, he was one of the most high-profile inmates in america, so how could jeffrey epstein die by suicide behind bars, and what happens to his sex trafficking case now? >>> president trump's former attack dog now the latest loyalist to make a public break from the commander in chief, saying republicans should replace him on the 2020 picket. >>> plus, it's being called one of the worst nuclear accidents since chernobyl. did it happen during a nuclear missile test by russia designed to evade american defenses? >>> in the wake of two mass shootings, a 2020 candidate is brought to tears and another makes a sweeping proposal to combat gun violence. >>> right now new revelations and a flurry of questions about the night leading up to jeffrey epstein's apparent suicide in his jail cell. cnn has learned that the convicted sex offender who was awaiting trial on multiple charges of sex trafficking underage girls was not monitored regularly by prison staff the night

i'm brianna keilar. you are in "the situation room." >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news on president trump's scramble to ease growing fears of a recession. he just confirmed he's looking at a possible payroll tax cut hours after the white house denied that was under discussion. and he's once again picking on a favorite target, pressuring the federal reserve to cut interest rates. the president suggesting something needs to be done to boost the economy while insisting the u.s. is very far from a recession. >> also breaking, the president takes his feud with a democratic congresswoman who has been critical of israel to a stunning new level. he says any jewish voters who vote democratic show either, quote, a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty. i'll get reaction from democratic congressman ted deutch on the foreign affairs and judiciary committees and our correspondents and analysts also are standing by for us. >> first, the cnn chief white house correspondent, jim acosta

>> reporter: no, brianna. his schedule was virtually clear save for a lunch midday that he had with the secretary of state before he leaves tonight at around 10:00 p.m. for the g-7 where he is going to be in france. so the president had a completely open schedule today and there was no indication even as we speak right now, there is no indication from the white house about what form the president's comments might take. will he actually speak to reporters. will he be in a venue where he might take questions or will they release some kind of paper statement. i think there's a really big distinction between those two things. if president trump is the one using his own platform to say something about this, will he be on script? will he go off script? and can the white house really expect that whatever he says will not make matters worse, as alison has been just been describing. investors clearly have been hanging on every word president trump is saying. will he actually appear before cameras today is very much an

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. under way right now, hurricane dorian poised to hit florida as a category 4 storm and everything from disney world to mar-a-lago is in its path. the president considers yet another move that would please vladimir putin. >>> plus, why the trump administration wants to add automatic citizenship for the children of some members of the military and civilians serving the u.s. overseas. >>> and the former defense secretary says the president's actions left him no choice but to quit, and james mattis didn't stop there. >>> we begin with our breaking news. hurricane dorian intensifying as it heads towards the u.s. mainland. florida is bracing for a direct hit. the storm now forecasted to make landfall as a category 4 hurricane and this could strengthen even more through the holiday weekend. chad myers is in the cnn weather center. what are you seeing there, chad? >> looks like 130 miles per hour is now where the national hurricane center has kind of settled on. we were 70, 80, 100, 110 and no

brianna: my name is breanna -- brianna sacks. i work for buzz feed news on our breaking news team. i am headquartered in new york. kyle: i do want to start off with this question for all of you. what makes for a good story? fernando: i just go with -- olivia: i just go with what i read this? just like a gift, by what you would get for yourself. the best stories have been from talking to people. i am someone who does not really enjoy talking to people on airplanes but they may further good stories. just getting out there and see my other people are interested in. it is actually just following trends. maybe something that isn't a trend yet but could be. i think you just get that from experience. fernando: i second all of that. especially with trends. it is really fun to be on the beginning side of trends, big, exciting trends. i think all of us have developed a not of spotting that before it gets really bible. on another note, i love talking to nonprofits throughout los angeles and the u.s.. those people are really intend with constituents and what they're doing with the rest of thei

i'm brianna keilar. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news. president trump retaliates in his trade war with china. he just announced new tariffs on billions of dollars of chinese goods, hours after beijing hit the u.s. with new tariffs. this caps a day of turmoil that sent the dow jones industrials plunging more than 600 points. the president has been fanning the flames saying he, quote, hereby orders u.s. companies to start looking for an alternative to doing business in china. as recession fears rise, mr. trump again attacked his federal reserve chairman, suggesting that jerome powell may be a bigger enemy of the u.s. than the president of communist china. also breaking, the supreme court's liberal icon, ruth bader ginsburg, treated for pancreatic cancer. the 86-year-old justice just completed radiation therapy. the court says her malignant tumor was treated definitively with no evidence that the disease had spread. i'll get reaction from democratic c

brianna: i started on their news at team -- app team. then i moved to social media because we were the driving force of twitter, instagram. i wanted to be a reporter. i think the cool thing about buzz feed is i do not have a lot of reporting experience. they said you should come by, do it. andd, they gave me the job one of my first assignment is if you could get yourself to the u.s. virgin islands, you can cover the aftermath. i said ok. militaryyself on flight. i went by myself. they give you these opportunities. they test you. i learned from the young reporter that was already there, it was a collaborative environment. they give you a lot of autonomy. one of the coolest experiences i have had at busby it is we have the pulse of the internet. organizationthe that brought fake news, that term -- kyle: we will get to that later. brianna: we have been just watching a lot of these trends like let's get shared. where is this coming from? it is interesting to see the effect that it has on people in small communities and internationally. to an

brianna? >> abby philip, thank you. >>> now to the announcement about justice ginsburg's latest bout with cancer. i want to turn to cnn supreme court reporter ariane devogue. >> supreme court announced today she has just completed a three-week radiation therapy for a treatment that began august 5th for a tumor in her pancreas. it was first detected july 31st, and it's called a localized malignant tumor. here is what's interesting. she canceled her annual vacation to santa fe but will appear monday night at a long planned speaking engagement in buffalo, and we learned that during this treatment, she actually went on broadway and she saw kate mckinnon, who plays her, the actress who plays her in "saturday night live," and on top of that, last night, she was on broadway taking in a production of "moulin rouge." she's tough. >> this is the fourth time that she has had cancer. i mean, she is someone, she's a fighter. she defies odds. >> yes, she's 86 years old, 1999 she had surgery for colon cancer

i'm brianna keilar.ate of lies and nastiness, we lost a man who tried to embody the opposite of those impulses. jake tapper said those words one year ago on this show. it's hard to believe it's been that long since the senate lost senator john mccain and it's also hard to believe what little has changed since then. what would be his message to washington now? joining us now on the one-year anniversary of senator john mccain's death is his wife cindy mccain. cindy, thank you so much for talking to us. >> thank you for having me, brianna. i appreciate it. >> as i said, it's been a year since your husband died, which is unimaginable that it's been a year at this point in time. can you just give us a sense of what you miss most about him? >> oh, there are so many things i miss about him. i think most of all was his voice of reason and common sense. he exhibited that not only in his daily work life but at hoax. those are the qualities -- so many >> one of the things i noticed when i lost a parent was just sor

i'm brianna keeler, you're in "the situation room". >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> five years after he was accused of fatally chokingash garner, new york police officer daniel pantaleo has been fired and will not receive his pension after a disciplinary hearing which he was found guilty of using a chokehold on garner. garner's final words, i can't breathe, were a rallying cry for the black lives matter movement and with recession fears mounting president trump blaming the media, democrats and his own fed chairman for economic concerns and he has you some conspiracy targets falsely accusing google of manipulating millions of votes for hillary clinton. >>> and turning against his favorite fox news for a poll showing him losing to four different 2020 democrats. i'll be speaking with congressman steve cohen of the judiciary committee and our constituents and analysts have full coverage of the day's top stories. >>> we do begin with the firing of the police officer accused of fatally choking aaron garner. i want to go straight to new york and cnn crime and justice reporter sh

>> we need friends in the world, brianna. today, if there was to be an attack on america or one of the america's interesting, i'm not sure we would have the same friends across the world lining up to go to conflict or to help defend the united states. the danish, for example, they went with us into the last two conflicts. whether you agreed with the conflicts or not, in iraq and afghanistan, they served side by side with american soldiers. we continue to alienate our friends. also, as you look at the programs in europe, where they take care of people through health care, education, access to skills, they don't spend as much on defense. i think it's an opportunity for us to realize we can have strength through partnerships, spend less on defense at home. but if he's going to alienate us, we'll have to spend more on our national defense, and that's at the cost of education and health care. >> congressman swalwell, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, brianna. >>> president trump is his erratic behavior a sign he's worried? >

brianna keilar is up right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. under way right now, we are starting with our breaking news. hurricane dorian bearing down on the southeastern united states. the category 2 storm is slowing down and building strength. this is expected to become a category 4 storm with winds of at least 130 miles per hour by the time this slams into the florida coast. president trump has now declared a federal state of emergency in florida, and we are positioned throughout the state to bring you the latest as residents are bracing for the worst. let's start in the cnn severe weather center where allison chinchar is tracking the storm. allison, you're watching the storm slow down right now, which is concerning. >> it is a little bit, especially for florida, because the slower it moves, especially after it's made landfall and just sits there, the more time it has to dump rain. so we look at what the storm is doing right now. here you can kind of see that forward movement northwest at 10 miles per hour. the sustained winds are 110 miles

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. under way right now, the president openly calling on israel to ban two american democratic lawmakers he has previously lobbed racist attacks against and israel complies. first, he blinked on tariffs. now the president appears to be softening his rhetoric toward china as the markets warn a recession could be near. >>> plus, what jeffrey epstein's autopsy results reveal about his death behind bars. >>> and police under siege. we're now learning the, quote, outlandish demands the suspect was making as he opened fire on officers. >>> we start with israel's move to ban two american congresswomen from their planned visit to the country. minnesota's ilhan omar and michigan's rasheedida tlaib wil not be able to visit the holy land because of their belief with regards to the bds plan. tlaib has family in the west bank she will not be able to visit. here's the timeline of how this went down this morning. at

don't go anywhere, brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. under way right now, thanks, but no thanks. israel lifted its ban of a democratic congresswoman in exchange for conditions on her trip. now the muslim congresswoman says she won't go after all. >>> as the economy gets a bit shaky, the president spreads fear in the name of getting re-elected. >>> plus, you can take the man out of real estate, but you can't take the real estate out of the man. why the president wants the u.s. to buy greenland. >>> and a mystery deepens after disturbing video surfaces of a truck driving into a crowd of i.c.e. protesters. we do start with this reversal by israel and michigan congresswoman rashida tlaib. shortly after israel approved a visit by tlaib on humanitarian rather than official congressional grounds with certain conditions in place, she announced that she won't be going after all. this all comes a day after israel banned tlaib and fellow democratic congresswoman ilhan omar, both of them muslim lawmakers, from making an official trip

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. ♪ >> i'm brianna keilar live from washington headquarters. under way right now, as the president grows more erratic, white house officials are reportedly growing more concerned about his behavior. >>> meanwhile, the deficit growing faster than expected. the bond market just inverted again and manufacturing is weak which means the president may not be able to dismiss the economic red flags for much longer. >>> plus, more arrests for mass shooting threats including a hotel cook plotting to gun down this co-workers and guests. >>> and the amazon is burning toward a report rate careening towards eye an environmental disaster. >>> we begin with the president. at this hour, "the new york times" reports that those who know president trump are growing increasingly concerned with heir erratic behavior. some trump officials in recent days said they were increasingly worried about the president's behavior, suggesting that is it stems from rising pressure on mr. trump as t

brianna, it's possible he could face additional charges.rse, he will go before a judge to see if he remains locked up on friday. >> jessica schneider, thank you. we'll continue to follow that story. >>> presidential candidate kamala harris is releasing her new plan today on combating gun violence. extremism and domestic terrorism. she would permit law enforcement to temporarily take someone's guns if they, quote, exhibit clear evidence of dangerousness. close the background check loophole for online gun sales, commit $2 billion over the next ten years to combat hate crime and domestic terrorism. david chalian, cnn political director here, to work all of this out for us. the nra is singling her out, tweeted about her, saying this plan is ridiculous. that's a good place for a democrat to be. how does she shape up with other candidates? >> that's a badge of honor for them to take to the democratic base, that the nra is singling them out. where kamala harris is different than others, brianna, she's leaning heavily into executive action instead

and that is exactly the work voting rights advocates michelle and brianna brown from the texas organizing project are doing. what is the texas organizing project? >> so we found 3 million people of color who currently sit out elections who could be voting. >> in 2018, we turned out over 270,000 unlikely voters. >> that's a big number. >> we run a highly intensive program. we do a minimum of three knocks on the door. usually, at least three phone calls. >> and on election day -- >> and on election -- >> no, during early vote and election day. >> so, yes, if you made a commitment to vote, we will continue to call you and knock on your door. >> basically you ask people -- >> um -- >> inspire people. >> we inspire people.

i'm brianna keilar. you are in "the situation room."

brianna keilar starts right now. have a great one. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. under way right now, joe biden making an extremely blunt argument for the 2020 election, essentially telling democrats on the fence to settle for her husband because he's the only one who can beat trump. isis is back just five months after the president declared the terrorist group 100% defeated. hear where and why the militants are resurging. >>> plus, the white house juices the economy that would balloon the deficit and yet again, another group of american high school students seen giving a nazi salute to a nazi marching song. >>> and we start with a new look at the democratic presidential race, a look at where the candidates stand as we get closer to the third debate. as he has in previous polls, former vice president joe biden is leading the way, but his lead had be shrinking since the first debate. where does this stand right now? mark preston is here with all the numbers. break this down for us. >>

i'm brianna keilar. this morning, president trump announcing a new trade deal with japan, saying, quote, the deal is done in principle and calling it tremendous for farmers and infrastructure. this as the president and his top economic advisers are defending his escalating trade war with china. joining me now is presidential candidate senator bernie sanders. senator, thank you so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> i want to start on the g7 where one of the major topics is the u.s. trade war with china. president trump escalated his tariffs on friday after china promised new retaliatory tariffs. you have made clear that china is treating the u.s. unfairly when it comes to trade. i understand that you don't agree with the president's tactics or his style. but if you were president, would you use tariffs to negotiate a deal with china? >> that is one tool that you have. what the president is doing is totally irrational and destabilizing the entire world economy. you do not make trade policy by announci

for more, i'm joined by evan smith and brianna brown, deputy director of the texas organizing projecta grassroots racial justice organization. evan, let me start with you because we've had this conversation before. >> yep. >> you were someone who for a long time -- you know texas politics about as well as anyone. when there were liberals saying, oh, look at the demographics it's going to go blow saying whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. where are you now as you watch what's happening with these retirements, particularly in these suburban districts? >> i'm still not buying it. i think if you've seen one congressional district, you've seen one congressional district. i think it would be a mistake -- look, i'll accept the fact that the optics are terrible for texas republicans right now. by the way, we think there may be as many as two additional retirements coming any day now, republican-held seats. the optics are terrible. but every one of these districts is different. not every single one of these retirements has produced a winnable seat for democrats. i still don't think democrats are nec

>> i'm brianna keilar and i want to bring in john king, the anchor of "inside politics." that was a really interesting moment or series of moments there with joe biden. he said he expected these attacks, john. he said that he thought the attacks basically on the obama administration were bizarre and he also said he's looking forward to a debate instead of one-minute assertions, although he understood with so many candidates that's just the name of the game right now. >> interesting on many fronts. number one, the vice president was in the fight last night but it was not a commanding debate performance. it was much better than his first debate performance. round two had its moments. he had some fights over health care, immigration and defending the obama record and legacy, but he also had some uneven moments. what team biden thinks is number one, they did a pretty good job, number two, how do you build on that today. that's why you see him doing an event in detroit, coming out with passion. that's a big point, we can talk about the specifics, obama, veterans, health care,

you know we as africa's a continent brianna very unique position in that we feel like we did not create. a unique position we find ourselves in is that region actually create a new energy revolution which it is in compas is you know to just transition so what i'm trying to say basically is that because we did not create the problem does not mean the problem will not affect us. like you said it will probably affect us the most the best thing to do for us is africans and our african leaders is to actually show leadership you know transitioning from this fossil fuel. fossil fuel is the systems that we find ourselves internally and start looking at just transition into the nuclear energy fusion right i mean talking about fossil fuels versus renewable energy on paper it looks like the obvious right why not invest in renewable energy sources especially out of content that africa where we have you know the sun and all these other natural enemies that help us why is it so difficult to convince african governments to instead go the route offering you about energy versus building a coal power pla

as ashton and brianna remember their mother telling them. >> we happened to be laying on the bed with her. she just started talking. she was like, i am just -- i'm so happy that i have you girls and dad. >> it was one of those conversations that you don't have every day. >> still, there was work to be done. it was not a new house. it could use some remodeling. particularly the bathroom. courtney was still living with her parents as the work began. >> they're going to be doing the tile work and stuff. so we wouldn't have a shower for that day. >> so, shower out of commission, they decided to wake up early, put on their bathing suits and rinse off in the outdoor spa before the contractor arrived at 6:45 a.m. it was june 7th, 2007. chris got up first, turned on the spa to warm it up, then called brianna at her college dorm in san diego. >> here's your wake-up call, babe. get out and go on that run. >> back at the house, courtney dozed through her first wake-up. while chris and cristi made their way outside to the spa. just after 6:30, chris looked in on courtney again. second call. then

newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. >>> brianna, thank so much. brooke baldwin, thank you for being with me. just in the last 24 hours, the president of the united states snubs an ally, because they won't sell greenland, he praises an adversary, calling for russia to return to the g-8. he blames the media and the feds for trying to create a recession, despite all the warnings and all the while admitting he's concerned enough to consider another tax cut. he makes a move to keep migrant families and kids detained for even longer, while

brianna keilar starts right now.eat afternoon. ♪ >> i'm brianna keilar live from washington headquarters. under way right now, as the president grows more erratic, white house officials are reportedly growing more concerned about his behavior. >>> meanwhile, the deficit growing faster than expected. the bond market just inverted again and manufacturing is weak which means the president may not be able to dismiss the economic red flags for much longer. >>> plus, more arrests for mass shooting threats including a hotel cook plotting to gun down this co-workers and guests. >>> and the amazon is burning toward a report rate

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. under way right now, joe biden making an extremely blunt argument for the 2020 election, essentially telling democrats on the fence to settle for her husband because he's the only one who can beat trump. isis is back just five months after the president declared the terrorist group 100% defeated. hear where and why the militants are resurging. >>> plus, the white house juices the economy that would balloon the deficit and yet again, another group of american high school students seen

have a great day. >>> i'm pamela brown in for brianna keilar. under way right now, the president may be gambling with the economy at a precarious time as ominous new signs emerge. >>> fears of a new arms race grow as the u.s. pulls out of a nuclear treaty with russia. >>> kim jong-un keeps launching missiles, but president trump says everything is fine, that his friend won't let him down. >>> plus, the only black republican in the house becomes the eighth republican to head for the exits. >>> and another tragedy for the kennedy's. rfk's granddaughter found dead at the family's compound. >>> we begin with braeeaking ne about the police officer at the center of the eric garner case. he has now been suspended from duty. this move follows the recommendation of a new york police department administrative judge who called for the firing of officer daniel pantaleo for garner's death. he's alleged for putting garner in a choeke hold. let's turn to shimon prokupecz. tell me about what's unfolding right now. >> the first step in this process of daniel pan

i'm brianna keilar, you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news, president trump goes off on an extraordinary rant, at times taking on a messy onic tone after re tweeting a conspiracy theorist who chosen one to take on china over its trade practices and attacks jewish democrats and slammed former president obama and using a choice insult for women the president called denmark's prime minister nasty for calling his interest in buying greenland absurd. the president zigzagged on guns and background checks and flip flopped on the economy saying he's not looking a tax cut the day after suggesting he was. i'll be speaking with congressman mike quigley who is on the intelligence committee and our correspondents and analysts have full coverage of the day's top stories. let's begin with cnn chief white house correspondent jim acosta. and jim, the president seems to have anointed himself today. >> reporter: that is certainly right. the president sounded as though he had something of a god complex at times today. declaring himself the chosen one and ac

>> brianna tells us he had planned to propose to her on their upcoming trip to canada but he couldn'told it. he jumps down to one knee, i love you, girl. >> please don't fly away from me again. >> she has to finish school, and she will be flying away, but not without this rock. >> is that a question? >> yes. are you craze she y? >> crazy in love for you, baby. >> she says he's the sweetest, kindest person she's ever met, and now she's going to spend the rest of her life with him. ♪ >>> a little one is in trouble in india. there you see a well, and you see an elephant gap. as they're digging a ramp, they're taking down one of the walls to the well so the elephant calf can walk out. mama is not happy about it. >> oh, careful. wow. >> yeah. oh, wow, just stop moving the thing, she's obviously scared. just kind of stop. pause for a second. >> she probably thinks it's going to harm her baby instead of help. >> yeah, but. >> she's looking at that thinking what kind of weird truck is that going after my baby, but they keep digging. they're trying to get that little baby out. but what everybo

alex marquardt is in for brianna. he starts right now. >> i'm alex marquardt in for brianna kielar. under way right now, dorian heading toward puerto rico. >>> the president under water on the economy. >>> plus, he is reportedly so frantic about building his border wall that president trump is telling his aides he will pardon them if they break the law to get it done. >>> and the president's former defense secretary breaking his silence and issuing a warning about the u.s. being at risk. >>> first, we begin with that breaking news out of puerto rico, islands getting ready to take a direct hit from tropical storm dorian and florida could be next. the storm is forecast to strengthen into a category 3 hurricane in the coming days and could make landfall in florida by this labor day weekend. our meteorologist chad myers is here with the latest. chad, dorian's track has significantly changed shall from what i understand, in a short period of time. what can you tell us about the latest? >> boy, it sure has, alex. this time yesterday, the forecast was just to the west of ponce. now the cen

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters.ouble brews as the president prepares to depart for the g-7 summit. first the chinese sense weakness, slapping new tariffs on the u.s. as economic fears grow. then an angry vladimir putin vows a military response to a u.s. missile test. this as russia appears to cover up the nuclear accident involving its own missile test, one of the worst accidents since chernobyl. russian officials now reportedly saying the radioactive material found in human tissue after that mystery explosion is due to,

brianna keilar starts right now.'m brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. under way right now, the president openly calling on israel to ban two american democratic lawmakers he has previously lobbed racist attacks against and israel complies. first, he blinked on tariffs. now the president appears to be softening his rhetoric toward china as the markets warn a recession could be near. >>> plus, what jeffrey epstein's autopsy results reveal about his death behind bars. >>> and police under siege. we're now learning the, quote, outlandish demands the suspect was making as he opened fire on officers.

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alex marquardt is in for brianna keilar and he starts right now. >>> i'm alex marquardt in for briannar. on alert, a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch issued for puerto rico as dorian strengthens with florida potentially in its path. >>> any moment the president's banks will be forced to reveal whether they have his tax returns. >>> a judge rules that a pharmaceutical giant is to blame for one state's opioid crisis. who's next? >>> plus, is brazil saying no thanks to over $20 million to fight the amazon fires? a curious statement from brazil's president. >>> and as president trump attacks his predecessor on foreign soil while praisin

alex marquardt is in for brianna. he starts right now. >> i'm alex marquardt in for brianna kielar.ng toward puerto rico. >>> the president under water on the economy. >>> plus, he is reportedly so frantic about building his border wall that president trump is telling his aides he will pardon them if they break the

brianna keilar is up right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters.right now, we are starting with our breaking news. hurricane dorian bearing down on the southeastern united states. the category 2 storm is slowing down and building strength. this is expected to become a category 4 storm with winds of at least 130 miles per hour by the time this slams into the florida coast. president trump has now declared a federal state of emergency in florida, and we are positioned throughout the state to bring you the latest as residents are bracing for the worst. let's start in the cnn severe weather center where allison chinchar is tracking the storm. allison, y'r

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm pamela brown in for brianna keel areilarkeilar. >>> under way right now his mother called police and told them she was worried about her son. but in the wake of two mass shootings, the white house rebuffs attempts to make domestic terror and white supremacy a priority. the question is why? >>> plus, what happens to the children? heartbreaking images of children left alone. >>> we begin at the white house. president trump is back in washington today after visiting the grieving cities of dayton, ohio, and el paso, texas. it was a moment for the president to focus on the victims, the survivors, the families, but new behind-the-scenes video shows it still comes back to him. the video from the president's visit to el paso where 22 people are dead and more than two dozen injured, eight still in the hospital. cnn white house correspondent kaitlin collins is live for us at the white house. if you would, tell bus this new video and what it shows. >> reporter: if you remember the white house didn't let cameras into the hospital because they didn't want it

have a great day. >>> i'm pamela brown in for brianna keilar.ow, the president may be gambling with the economy at a precarious time as ominous new signs emerge. >>> fears of a new arms race grow as the u.s. pulls out of a nuclear treaty with russia. >>> kim jong-un keeps launching missiles, but president trump says everything is fine, that his friend won't let him down. >>> plus, the only black republican in the house becomes the eighth republican to head for the exits. >>> and another tragedy for the

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm pamela brown in for brianna keel areilarkeilar. >>> under wayalled police and told them she was worried about her son. but in the wake of two mass shootings, the white house rebuffs attempts to make domestic terror and white supremacy a priority. the question is why? >>> plus, what happens to the children? heartbreaking images of children left alone. >>> we begin at the white house. president trump is back in washington today after visiting the grieving cities of da

brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. hurricane dorian poised to hit florida as a category 4 storm and everything from disney world to mar-a-lago is in its path. the president considers yet another move that would please vladimir putin. >>> plus, why the trump administration wants to add automatic citizenship for the children of some members of the military and civilians serving the u.s. overseas. >>> and the former defense secretary says the president's actions left him no choice but to quit, and james mattis didn't stop there. >>> we begin with o

alex marquardt is in for brianna keilar and he starts right now. >>> i'm alex marquardt in for brianna keilar. on alert, a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch issued for puerto rico as dorian strengthens with florida potentially in its path. >>> any moment the president's banks will be forced to reveal whether they have his tax returns. >>> a judge rules that a pharmaceutical giant is to blame for one state's opioid crisis. who's next? >>> plus, is brazil saying no thanks to over $20 million to fight the amazon fires? a curious statement from brazil's president. >>> and as president trump attacks his predecessor on foreign soil while praising a former kgb agent, the question remains why is the american president so differential to vladimir putin? >>> right now all of puerto rico is under a hurricane watch. tropical storm dorian is speeding towards the u.s. territory, gathering strength as it gets closer. residents are stocking up on food, water and gas. as they prepare for this potentially dangerous storm, they are still dealing with the destruction left behind by hurricane mari

in for brianna keilar. right now, he's increasingly isolated on the world stage, but the president defending his trade war, wanting russia back into the g-7 and the possibility of hosting next year's summit at his golf club. one picture completely disproves the white house's excuse about why president trump didn't show up for a meeting on the climate crisis. plus, why the president's purported idea of dropping a nuclear bomb into a hurricane isn't a good one. and just in, a new poll shows the 2020 race tightening and becoming more volatile as two rise and the front-runner falls. >>> president trump is wrapping up his time at the g-7 summit in the south of france. we just

don't go anywhere, brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washingtonbut no thanks. israel lifted its ban of a democratic congresswoman in exchange for conditions on her trip. now the muslim congresswoman says she won't go after all. >>> as the economy gets a bit shaky, the president spreads fear in the name of getting re-elected. >>> plus, you can take the man out of real estate, but you can't take the real estate out of the man. why the president wants the u.s. to buy greenland. >>> and a mystery deepens after disturbing video surfaces of a truck driving into

brianeannianne brianne -- brianna keilar starts right now. >>> i'm brianna keel are live from cnn's washingtonne of the most high-profile inmates in america, so how could jeffrey epstein die by suicide behind bars, and what happens to his sex trafficking case now? >>> president trump's former attack dog now the latest loyalist to make a public break from the commander in chief, saying republicans should replace him on the 2020 picket. >>> plus, it's being called one of the worst nuclear accidents since chernobyl. did it happen during a nuclear missile test by russia designed to evade american defenses? >>> in the wake of two mass shootings, a