i'm brooke baldwin. we're going to send it to "the lead" a little early today. jake tapper is up. arts now. >>> thanks, brooke. president trump today blaming the press for making him look uncivil, presumably because we quote him and air video of him talking. "the lead" starts right now. >>> president trump taking what looks like a victory lap, calling the russia dossier fake and accusing the obama administration of a watergate-like scandal. the president's personal lawyer back on the hill right now after sources say things got contentious between him and lawmakers. what are things getting contentious about specifically? >>> plus, the strongest threat about the deadliest bomb. north korea telling cnn to take its latest threat to detonate an h-bomb above ground literally. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we're going to start with the politics lead today. any moment now, we're expecting president trump to arrive in dallas, texas. after getting a lot off his comet before he departed washington, he address the remarkable one-two purchase yesterday of

i'm brook baldwin.have new information tonight on a single note left in the las vegas shooters hotel room. and we'll show it to you right here. i know it's tough to see. it's under what appears to be a roll of tape next to a pen. police say the only thing written on this piece of paper is numbers. and investigators now think they know what those numbers mean. let's go to stephanie eleem. so what do the numbers mean, stephanie? >> reporter: well, brook, this is the newest development that we have on this, that investigators believe that the numbers were actually calculations. this news first being reported by cbs. what they believe is this was calculations rett calculations related to the distance and trajectory from his 32nd floor window to the concert venue. that's what they believe now was on that note. of course, this does not help make it any clearer what his motive was. still unclear about that, why he would do this. and that is very frustrating for investigators at this point. usually within a cou

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i'm brooke baldwin. any moment now president trump will welcome the champions pittsburgh penguins to the white house. comes across the war with athletes including nfl players that have taken a knee during the anthem. also the president is downplaying the spat with secretary of state rex tillerson. the two met for lunch and said he called him a moron this summer. so this interview with forbes magazine boasted he's smarter and challenged him to an i.q. test. asking if he's under cutting the secretary of state. here's what he said. >> did you under cut the secretary of state with the i.q. comment? >> no. i didn't under cut anybody. i don't believe in under cutting people. thank you very much everybody. >> do you still have confidence in secretary tillerson? >> yes. >> let's go to caitlyn, she's our white house reporter in the white house, anticipating the big hockey team. but before we see the penguins here, what can you tell me about this lunch today between the president and his secretary of state? >> yea

>>> hi, there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me on this saturday night this is special coverage on this hurricane season, a season that doesn't seem to want to end. we're talking about hurricane nate. we're talking about concern number one being storm surge. this storm has triggered watches and warnings all the way from louisiana to the manhandle. thousands of people tonight without power. rain, winds, storm surge, wourt spouts, possible tornados all part of this fast moving storm. this is the third hurricane to hit the u.s. mainland in the last six week. so cnn's martin savidge is live for us tonight in biloxi near where nate is expected to make its landfall very soon. ed lavandera is there in mobile, alabama. but, martin, let's start with you. what a difference. look at that. >> reporter: you took the words out of my mouth, brooke. it is very close. let me show you the problem that is now readily evident right here. this is the storm surge. you can see it. this is highway 90 right here. and the problem

i'm brooke baldwin. accused of obstructing justice to theat the fbinuclear war, and of violating the constitution by taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the truth. if that isn't a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president, then what has our government become? i'm tom steyer, and like you, i'm a citizen who knows it's up to us to do something. it's why i'm funding this effort to raise our voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment. a republican congress once impeached a president for far less. yet today people in congress and his own administration know that this president is a clear and present danger who's mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. and they do nothing. join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing what's political and start doing what's right. our country depends on it. i kept looking for ways to manage my symptoms. i thought

i'm brooke baldwin. actress rose mcdo you en, one of the first woman spoke out publicly for the very first time. here she was this morning, and let me tell you she is not holding back at all, although she did not call harvey weinstein out by name, rose said she spoke up to give a voice to the voiceless. >> i have been silenced for 20 years. i have been shamed. i have been harassed. i have been ma lined. and you know what, i'm just like you. because what happened to me behind the scenes happens to all of us in this society. and that cannot stand and it will not stand. [ applause ] >> in the face of unspeakable actions from one monster, we look away to another, the head monster of all right now. and they are the same. i came to be a voice for all of us who have been told we are nothing. for all of us who have been looked down on, for all of us who have been grabbed by the mother [ bleep ]. no more. name it. shame it. call it out. >> there she was. two wonderful ladies with me now, maf rest on, and national

i'm brooke baldwin. good to be back. thank you for being here with me on this tuesday and watching cnn. to capitol hill where president trump is pitching his tax cut plan. this looked like russian flags and someone was tossing it to the president as he was walking with mitch mcconnell and as president trump tries to stave republican senators, he's coming out swinging against one senator in particular, bob corker. the two should be having lunch together right now with other fellow republican senators but if you've missed this back and forth, let me fill you in. president trump tweeted, "bob corker, who helped president o give us the bad iran deal is now fighting tax cuts." he goes on to say, "corker dropped out on the race in tennessee when i refused to endorse him and now only negative on what i'm doing." this is exactly the kind of misinformation that senator corker has been slamming the president for all morning, which sparked the president's ire on twitter. after the tweet, senator corker issued an especially sharp co

>>> you are watching cnn i'm brooke baldwin. lits get straight to california breaking news. raging wildfires are turning increasingly deadly and more destructive. flames moving fast devouring areas the size of football fields every seconds. the winds hurricane forecast. at least 17 dead and 600 people reported missing. the devastation taking grim toll on people's lives and property. so far 2,000 homes and buildings destroyed. more than 100,000 acres burned. and more than 17 fires still burning. and this couple, charles and sara rippey, married for 75 years, mr. rippey a world war ii veteran, they were killed inside their napa home while trying to escape. charles was 100. his wife 98. and their son says his father died trying to save the love of his life. >> we often talk among each other about, you know, how either one of them would deal with life without the other. and we always -- we were definitely not looking forward to the day when the first one died and the other one had to go on alone, especially my father. he loved my mother and called her the queen right up until th

i'm brooke baldwin. we're talking about hurricane nate miles away from making its second landfall in the united states. let's go to tom sator in the cnn weather center whereas you have been hammering home, the storm surge concern number one. >> i think so without a doubt. it's not so much the winds although it's moving at 20 miles per hour and sustained winds are at 85, you couple them together and there will be some power outages. but here's the radar image. and that sets stage here for what's going to happen now. you can now see the eye, all right. this is a larger eye, it's about 35 miles in diameter. it's those tighter eyes that make stronger storms. but all of the precipitation is in the north and eastern quadrant here, there's almost nothing underneath. at 6:55 it made its first landfall, extreme section of plaquer man's paris. that was landfall number one and we're only 20 miles away from a second landfall. again, if it moves at 20 miles per hour and it's 20 miles away we're talking about an hour.

i'm brooke baldwin, thanks for being with me. jake tapper starts now. >>> thanks, brooke.hey have found even more weapons. but still no motive. "the lead" starts right now. breaking news, we are just now getting our first look at the las vegas killers hotel room. as investigators try to find out what possibly could have dprif ina high rolling retiree to become a mass murder. a man thought using a semi automatic weapon would not kill enough people. and rapid fire, just how was the las vegas killer able to turn arrive el into essentially ha automatic weapon. turns out all he needed was online access and 40 bucks. >>> plus trumpoe

i'm brooke baldwin. the press conference from the white house will be taking place in a little while. first time to comment after president did the attack against papadopoulos. i've only said it 20,000 times now. the former trump campaign adviser pleaded guilty to an act that hits at the russian investigation. he admitted he lied after communications with russians after the presidential campaign. news of his plea agreement was released on the same day that the president's form tear campaign chief paul manafort and his associate rick gates were indicted for conspiracy and money laundering. and today president trump tweeted this. the fake news is working overtime as paul manafort's lawyer said there was no collusion. and events mentioned took place long before he came to the campaign. few people knew the young low level volunteer named george who has already proven to be a liar, check the dems. so let's start at the white house. an ahead of the briefing with our correspondent sara murray there live. the pr

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i'm brooke baldwin, thank you so very much for being with me. we're going to washington, the lead with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks brooke. chief of staff kelly describing a president trump that you might not be familiar with. the lead starts right now. >>> it was a rare moment the white house chief of staff candid in front of the cameras, what he said about the charge that he was hired to control his boss. >>> after five years as terror hostages an american woman and husband and three kids they had in captivity are finally safe, but what really happened during the critical mission that gave them back their freedom? >>> plus, tax payer tap. cnn obtained documents that show you are paying top dollar for the president's trips to mar-a-lago and he might be making quite

i'm brooke baldwin. live pictures inside that white house briefing room.e'll take the briefing as soon as it starts. a surprising turn today in the whole gun control debate days after this las vegas massacre. we're told that a republican-led bill may be introduced today to ban bump stocks, a device used in the massacre that increases the rate at which you can pull the trigger. so let's start with chris sal lizza, cnn politics reporter and editor at large. it is florida republican carlos kur bellow who is introducing the legislation. he said i think we're on the verge of a breakthrough when it comes to sensible gown policy. we have been through mass shootings many, many times. do you think this is a real possibility? >> i think it is a possibility, brooke. i'm skeptical only because of the past. but again, this is not the assault weapons ban which sunsetted in 2004 which would be a huge measure of restricting guns, a particular kind of gun in the country. this is saying let's ban this thing that allows you, something you can purchase legally and turn into a

i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn. thank you for being with me. my colleague chris cuomo is standing by in las vegas on the scene of the deadliest shooting in u.s. history. we begin with the latest in las vegas, the motive is still a mystery, what drove a retired accountant with no criminal history to stockpile 42 guns. bring 23 of the guns into the hotel room here in las vegas to commit murder. and police are also finding hammers, perhaps to smash out the windows on the 32nd floor. and they are finding material to make explosives in his car. plus, the fbi is looking into why he wired $100,000 to the philippines. we're also learning more today about the 59 people who lost their lives. and these are just some of their faces. mothers, fathers, children, a kindergarten teacher, a special-ed teacher, war veterans, police officers, a mom described as the glue to her family, a husband who saved his wife's life, a wife who died in her husband's arms. this senseless attack like so many before it reignitin

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you very much for being with me here in new york. send it to washington now. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. president trump saying today, quote, it's frankly disgusting the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write and people should look into it. well, i have looked into it and you might want to start looking into it, too, mr. president. "the lead" starts right now. >>> breaking news. north korea making a direct threat to the u.s., saying an insane president trump, quote, lit the wick of war, and now the world brace for the next tweet. >>> how do powerful accused sexual predators such as harvey weinstein keep getting away with their despicable acts? the author of the possibly culture changing "new yorker" expo

i'm brooke baldwin. moments ago we saw the press briefing. sarah huckabee sanders said the president was pushing for transparency to lift the gag order. this informant may shed new light on influence clintons in 2010 as u.s. was approving the sale of a uranium agency. and keep in mind it was hillary clinton that signed off on this deal along with reported eight other federal agencies. watch dogs, including the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee feared the president may have crossed a line here when he directed, according to sources, his white house counsel to tell the justice department to, quote, facilitate the lifting of the gag order. congressman adam schiff tweeted this, if the president personally got involved, it is disturbing. this is how the white house responded. >> if dealing with congress, i know that's probably something new for a president to actually push for transparency, but that's what he's done. and that was the purpose of what he was trying to do in that process. >> let's get some analysis. cnn and legal s

. >>> hi there i'm brooke baldwin watching cnn. thank you for being with me. right now president trump is flying to texas for hurricane up date and campaign events. but right before he left the white house he was talking to reporters about texas, interactions with soldier's widow, and two republican senators who ex-core rated his leadership. you saw right here live during the show arizona senator flake making his comments from the floor. after corker criticized the president. but as president's party division seems deep as other, but the silence from others is speaking volu speaking volumes. and president trump not talking about civil war, labeling it re-election. let me read you a tweet. they had zero chance of being re-elected. and then moments ago he added this. >> i don't think so. i think it's fine the way it is. we have great unity in the republican party. >> [ inaudible question ] >> that's okay. if you look yesterday at what happened at the meeting we had i guess virtually every senator, including john mccain, we had a great conversation yesterday, abo

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i'm breanna kieler in for brooke baldwin. cnn is learning two bipartisan senators, one democrat, one republican, say they have reached a deal in principle on health care. now this time patty murray, a democrat, and senator lamar alexander, a republican, are reaching across the aisle. and their goal is to stabilize obamacare rather than, as the president has requested, just let it implode. during a news conference a short time ago, president trump said he endorses this deal in the short-term. listen. >> apparently, lamar alexander said he made a deal with patty murray to stabilize obamacare. has the white house been involved in those negotiations? and will you support that deal? >> yes, we have been involved. and this is a short-term deal, because we think ultimately block grants going to the states is going to be the answer. that's a very good solution. we think it's going to not only save money, but give people much better health care with a very, very much smaller premium spike. and you look at what has gone on with that. a

>>> hi there i'm brooke baldwin you are watching cnn thanks for being with me. live pictures at the white house. watching and waiting to see the president of the united states expected to declare america's opioid epidemic public health emergency. also hearing as well from first lady melania trump so stay with us. >>> moments ago police released new video showing who they dubbed this person of interest, this person is seen running on camera. here you go near seconds after a 22-year-old was shot and killed in front of his home. he's one of three people murdered in the seminal heights neighborhood over the past two weeks. in tampa is at police headquarters. so we see the video and see him running. how important is this video in figuring out who this is and catching him? >> reporter: well, brooke, as police chief brian dugan explained to us this video shows us why they are so interested in speaking with the beern who was in the video previously released on october 12th. now these videos taken on october 9th the night of benjamin mitchell murder where you first saw t

a woman who was on that carrier who was standing right where james mattis was this morning is brook baldwin. you spent a week on the peninsula, incredible access, got a lot of pieces. >> yes. >> this is the first. >> talk about the first one. i -- honor of the lifetime for the u.s. navy to say would you like to have this rare embark on this massive ship this aircraft carrier, the journey from the air base on the south korean peninsula, zigzag through the air, didn't know where we were going. i know arriving on this c 2, on board the "ronald reagan" and i wanted to go twofold. mission for me and also morale in the wake of the stories about the seventh fleet which we address in the piece how these soldiers are doing. do they have all the tools necessary in case that call comes in at any moment will they be ready? and you'll hear from them. they say they are. >> for a few hours in an undisclosed location, the u.s. navy invited cnn on a rare embark aboard the "uss ronald reagan somewhere off the korean peninsula. this aircraft carrier serves as the front lines to any escalation with north korea

. >>> hi there i'm brooke baldwin you are watching cnn thanks for being with me. live pictures at the white house. watching and waiting to see the president of the united states expected to declare america's opioid epidemic public health emergency. also hearing as well from first lady melania trump so stay with us. >>> moments ago police released new video showing who they dubbed this person of interest, this person is seen running on

. >>> hi there i'm brooke baldwin watching cnn.ith a statement from hillary clinton now given in to mounting pressure and finally condemning a man who gave a significant amount of money to her campaign. a man who now stands accused of rape and sexual abuse. mega producer hollywood heavy weight harvey weinstein. here's a statement from hillary clinton. i was shocked and appalled by revelations by harvey weinstein. behavior described by women coming forward cannot be

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. >>> i'm brooke baldwin, thank you for being with me here as we continue our coverage of this mass murdervegas. we still don't know why this twice-divorced, high-betting retiree decided to commit these horrific crimes, but we now know he originally wanted to survive it. police say he actually had an escape plan and the letter they found inside his hotel room wasn't a suicide note. police say the gunman stockpiled his arsenals for months and months. 50 pounds of

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" starts now. >>> thank you, brooke.hen players take a knee, the protest doesn't cost taxpayers a quarter of a million dollars. "the lead" starts right now. >>> senator bob corker helped get donald trump elected. he was almost his vice president. now the powerful republican says president trump's behavior could be setting the nation on the path to world war iii. >>> nuclear watch. after the president teased war with north korea like it's sweeps week, kim jong-un could be minutes away from testing another nuke. how will president trump respond this time? >>> plus flames moving

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin thanks for being with me on this friday afternoon.ery shortly the white house is set to hold daily briefing. and once again face questions about the president's possible improper influence over the justice department. five and a half months after he fired the fbi director james comey rgs the subject of multiple probes, watch dogs, including a member of the house intelligence committee, now have concerns that the president may have crossed yet another line. this line involves the fbi and specifically the fbi informant in a case that could ask questions about hillary clinton's role here. so the president apparently directed senior staff quoting a staff to facilitate the j

. >>> hello there, i'm briana keilar in for brooke baldwin. the white house briefing is set to begin. it's set that officials will be put to task about what is the most serious and painful part of being a president. consoling the families of those killed in action. president trump is now embroiled in a new controversy about what he said to the widow of sargeant la david johnson, one of four soldiers killed in that a.m. bish in niger. and the other big story that we're following, nfl commissioner roger goodell expected

i'm brooke baldwin, thanks for being with me. the "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> thanks, brook. welcome to the "the lead" i'm jake tapper. we are continuing with the coverage on this horrific massacre in las vegas. this is the second time you've heard me over this, this is 58 people have died. and that's worse than the previous record, 49 people slaughtered there. that was an even higher body count than the 2012 at sandy hook 27 innocent people including 20 small children. and on and on. i wish i can tell you this is the last time i'll report to you about this, but i cannot tell you that. i wish i could report that lawmakers are huddling right now to try to figure out what they can do to keep these weapons of mass murder out of the hands of violently insane individuals who will use them to harm innocent people. but they are not doing that. again, at least 58 people have been killed. and 515 more are wounded after a shooting in las vegas. we must warn you some of the videos we are about to show you are graphic and goin

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i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" starts now. >>> thank you, brooke. at least when players take a knee, the protest doesn't cost taxpayers a quarter of a million dollars. "the lead" starts right now. >>> senator bob corker helped get donald trump elected. he was almost his vice president. now the powerful republican says president trump's behavior could be setting the nation on the path to world war iii. >>> nuclear watch. after the president teased war with north korea like it's sweeps week, kim jong-un could be minutes away from testing another nuke. how will president trump respond this time? >>> plus flames moving so quickly firefighters can simply not get out in front of them. 1,000 homes, hotels, businesses reduced to ashes as wildfires devour california's wine country. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jim sciutto in for jake tapper today. we begin with the politics lead. a prominent republican senator sounding the alarm about the president's very fitness for the office. senator bob corker, the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, sa

cnn's brooke baldwin spoke about this group this gathering, with professor mark lamont hill. he said the rally was notably different from august's rally there in several ways. watch. >> reading about this, you know, 20 minutes, much smaller crowd, seemed like not violent, but still they were back. >> they were back. they are very committed to the idea of saying that this statue removal is a problem. they also decry the loss of white rights. the republican politicians are defending white rights, white interests, this is a white nation, needs to be protected. typical white nationalist rant you heard there, but the crowd was much smaller, response was a little bit different, the mayor said all the right things. this is different from a few weeks ago. we don't want to also diminish how significant it is particularly when they scream we'll be back. you talk about terrorism, this is domestic terrorism, that's a kind of threat, when the klan says we're coming back, that's always been a threat. this is no different. >> they said they would be back the last time. when we covered in au

brooke baldwin. "the lead" starts now. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead."ake tapper. we begin with seismic breaking news in our politics lead. it's a landmark day. the united states of america versus three trump campaign associates. a dramatic new phase of special counsel robert mueller's investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion by members of the trump team. today, two senior members of the trump campaign including former campaign chair paul manafort surrendered themselves to federal authorities while we also learned of a third member of the cam t

i'm brianna keilar in for brooke baldwin. tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brianna. steve bannon says he is looking for a brutus to take on mcconnell's julius caesar. someone who presumably has not read to the end of the play. >>> all smiles. president trump presents a united front with mitch mcconnell as his former right-hand man steve bannon declares war on the establishment that mcconnell represents. president trump not only doesn't criticize bannon, he says he understands where he's coming from. >>> no talk. north korea rejecting diplomacy with the united states for now as secretary of state rex tillerson tells me that the u.s. is ready to talk, quote, until the first bomb drops. >>>

>>> here we go, top of the hour, i'm brooke baldwin. a major development in the republican civil war. we can now report that arizona senator jeff flake says he will not seek re-election. mark preston is up live with me now. mark preston, why? >> well, when it came to the issue of immigration, senator flake represents a state along the border and him and as well as senator john mccain did not agree with donald trump's vision of building a wall and others that he was trying to crack down when it came to immigration. now, we should say this about jeff flake. a long-time member of the house, first elected back in 2000, this was his first term. he was elected to the senate in 2012, somebody who was a conservative conscience of the senate, in many ways, tried to stay true to his conservative beliefs but you have to wonder at this point, brooke, has he had enough? and we've seen that with bob corker, that he was going to step down after two terms. and could there be a door opening where they decide to leave the chamber or even across the capit

i'm brooke baldwin. good to be back.hank you for being here with me on this tuesday and watching cnn. to capitol hill where president trump is pitching his tax cut plan. this looked like russian flags and someone was tossing it to the president as he was

i'm brooke baldwin, thanks for being with me. " with jake tapper starts now. >>> thanks, brook. welcome to the "the lead" i'm jake tapper. we are continuing with the coverage on this horrific massacre in las vegas. this is the second time you've heard me over this, this is 58 people have died. and that's worse than the previous record, 49 people slaughtered there. that was an even higher body count than the 2012 at sandy hook 27 innocent

i'm brooke baldwin, thank you so very much for being with me. we're going to washington, the lead with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks brooke. chief of staff kelly describing a president trump that you might not be familiar with. the lead starts right now. >>> it was a rare moment the white house chief of staff candid in front of the cameras, what he said about the charge that he was hired to control his boss. >>> after five years as terror hostages an american woman and husband and three kids they had in captivity are finally safe, but what really happened during the critical mission that gave them back their freedom? >>> plus, tax payer tap. cnn obtained documents that show you are paying top dollar for the president's trips to mar-a-lago and he might be making quite a profit. good afternoon, everyone, welcome to the lead, i'm jake tapper, we're going to begin with the politics lead, a rare opportunity to hear from the white house chief of staff. retired marine general john kelly who faced reporters presumably to tell them he is not on

i'm brooke baldwin here in new york. thank you so much for being with me. we'll go to washington now. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. more a-list celebrities telling their horrific hollywood horror stories. "the lead" starts right now. >>> a new shocking report in "the new yorker" claims that the once big-time hollywood producer harvey weinstein used his power and position to sexual assault and rape women. as hillary clinton five days later issues a statement about her big-time supporter. >>> after challenging the secretary of state to an iq test, president trump meets with his top diplomat. did rex tillerson bring his number 2 pencil? and was his possible replacement spotted at the white house today? >>> plus, red alert. thousands trying to outrun some of the worst wildfires in the history of the state of california. some burning through an area the size of a football field every three seconds. more than a dozen people already killed. >>> good afternoon. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we're going to start with brea

i'm brooke baldwin, thanks for being with me. jake tapper starts now. >>> thanks, brooke. they have found even more weapons. but still no motive. "the lead" starts right now. breaking news, we are just now getting our first look at the las vegas killers hotel room. as investigators try to find out what possibly could have dprif ina high rolling retiree to become a mass murder. a man thought using a semi automatic weapon would not kill enough people. and rapid fire, just how was the las vegas killer able to turn arrive el into essentially ha automatic weapon. turns out all he needed was online access and 40 bucks. >>> plus trump goes to puerto rico and gives his administration a plus for relief efforts. is the president seeing the real story of the misery there. >>> good afternoon everyone, welcome to the "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we'll start with the national lead. any moment we'll see from las vegas that will brief the nation about the horrific massacre that left so many dead and injured. we are just now getting our first look into the assailants hotel suite at mandala

. >>> you are watching cnn i'm brooke baldwin. lits get straight to california breaking news.ires are turning increasingly deadly and more destructive. flames moving fast devouring areas the size of football fields every seconds. the winds hurricane forecast. at least 17 dead and 600 people reported missing. the devastation taking grim toll on people's lives and property. so far 2,000 homes and buildings destroyed. more than 100,000 acres burned. and more than 17 fires still

i'm brianna keilar in for brooke baldwin and "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brianna. president trump now says he is a okay with the lifeline for fwau obamacare. "the lead" starts right now. >>> senators come together to reach a potential deal on health care. what could it mean for your plans, your premiums and your well-being? >>> except for falsely accusing president obama of not phoning the families of fallen soldiers, president trump has not had much to say substantively about the u.s. forces killed this month in africa. but now the pentagon wants to find out more and why specifically these four men walk flood a terrorist ambush. >>> plus, the cycle of power of predators and of their protecters, as harvey weinstein faces off against the company he founded, i'll talk to gretchen carlson, herself a victim of this kind of misogynist culture about how women can take the power back. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. president trump believes that he is his own best messager and he is out spreading that message this week. he w

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me on this monday afternoon here on cnn. an outgoing republican senator is laying into president trump and senator bob corker's extraordinary rebuke just doesn't just cut down the president, he's also raising concerns about national security. senator corker not seeking re-election tells "the new york times," the president treats the office like a reality show that could set the path to world war iii. senator corker saying he knows for a fact every single day at the white house it is a situation of trying to contain him, him being president trump. what's more here, the senator from tennessee sent out this tweet calling the trump white house a, quote, adult day care center where someone obviously missed their shift this morning. that message was in response to a series of tweets from the president saying among other things that senator corker begged for his endorsement, and wanted to be secretary of state and the powerful foreign relations committee didn't have the guts to run. caitlin collins is live at the white house. let's

i'm brooke baldwin.ead" starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. breaking news out of new york city. the nypd confirms they're responding to reports of shots fired in lower manhattan. it's a chaotic scene not far from the world trade center right now. what appears to be victims on a bike path along the west side highway. police say one person is in custody. this is a developing new situation. it's breaking right now. we're trying to get all the details as well get them. let's get right to cnn's jason carroll in new york. jason, what more can you tell us about

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me on this monday afternoon here on cnn.ing into president trump and senator bob corker's extraordinary rebuke just doesn't just cut down the president, he's also raising concerns about national security. senator corker not seeking re-election tells "the new york times," the president

i'm brooke baldwin, thank you so much for being with me here in new york. we're going to go to jake tapper. the lead starts right now. >>> thanks brooke. we're more music festivals in the las vegas killers cross hairs? the lead starts right now. >>> chilling new details and the las vegas gunman and the other rooms he may have booked and why this may not have been the first giant outdoor event that he wanted to terrorize. >>> and, in the wake of the vegas massacre, a new gun control proposal picking up steam in congress, and it's republicans leading this new effort. >>> plus, deadly ambush. three of america's elite warriors killed in the african in addition of niger. what were u.s. troops doing there and who might be behind this attack? >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> good afternoon everyone, welcome to the lead, i'm jake tapp tapper. we have breaking news just in. president trump planning to decertify president obama's iran nuclear deal next week. declaring the obama era pact as not in the interest of the united states and launching a congressional review

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you very much for being with me here in new york. we're going to send it to washington now. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. president trump saying today, quote, it's frankly disgusting the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write and people should look into it. well, i have looked into it and you might want to start looking into it, too, mr. president. "the lead" starts right now. >>> breaking news. north korea making a direct threat to the u.s., saying an insane president trump, quote, lit the wick of war, and now the world brace for the next tweet. >>> how do powerful accused sexual predators such as harvey weinstein keep getting away with their despicable acts? the author of the possibly culture changing "new yorker" expo expose -- >>> wildfires that have now killed 21 people across the state of california as families frantically search for the hundreds reported missing. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin this afternoon with the world le

. >>> hello, i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn. thank you for being with me.is cuomo is standing by in las vegas on the scene of the deadliest shooting in u.s. history. we begin with the latest in las vegas, the motive is still a mystery, whatro