i want to get back to my colleague, brooke baldwin. brooke is there and covering this from new york. brooke, my heart broke when i heard you get the confirmation live on air about the baby and mom. it is awful. this thing is going to stick around awhile. sadly we're going to be reporting on more people that need a lot of help through the situation. >> i know. i can't stop thinking about them, can't stop thinking of the mother, baby, father who survived in route to the hospital. and think of the first responders that were there, many of them who are parents themselves, who saw this and tried to help and couldn't. don, thank you. stand by. also, we'll talk to someone that is trapped in their home, that's ahead. and a stunning turn of events in the paul manafort case. the former trump campaign chairman cutting a deal, agreeing to cooperate with the special counsel, robert mueller. we have details on whatesq he is being forced to give up and what it could mean for the russian investigation. cnn special coverage continues right after this. (

i am brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me this tuesday afternoon. it could pack the winds of irma and rain of harvey. it is forcing more than a million people to get out of the way. look at me. interstate 26 where there's only one direction in which you can travel and that's far from the coast. texas suffered through harvey, puerto rico survived maria, and florida withstood i remember a. now looks like hurricane florence has its eyes on the carolinas. it is that gargantuan of a storm with that much brute force, and it is forecasted to dump a deluge of rain, possibly 20 inches in some areas. so much water that the risk of flooding extends miles beyond the coast of the carolinas days into next week. and that not only effects what you look at on the screen in places like ohio, maryland, west virginia and georgia. more than 20 million face the threat of the storm and more than 1.5 million are under a mandatory evacuation. plus assuming forecasts are accurate, florence will hit farther north and the eas

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. >>> hi there, i am brooke baldwin. don lemon standing by on the coast in south carolina. you're watching cnn special coverage of hurricane florence and the warnings about it are turning into reality. just some numbers for you. more than 600,000 people without power. more than 20,000 spent the night in shelters, and the prediction everyone feared the most is now happening, high water is trapping hundreds of people that didn't or couldn't evacuate. and remember, florence isn't stopping soon, moving at a speed not much faster than most of us walk, 5 miles per hour. that means it is dumping all kinds of rain coastal and inland. we are all over the story with cnn teams across impacted areas. let's start with you, my friend, don lemon, co-hosting coverage from myrtle beach. don? over to you, my friend. >> reporter: hey, brooke, how are you. listen, it is crazy. you get big spurts of rain and gusts and come through unexpectedly at any moment. sometimes it is still like it is now and a second later, you get a buildup. the concern is flooding, water, rain, of course because it is

i am brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. this could pack winds of irma, harvey, hurricane florence is forcing more than a million people to get out of the way. at this hour, more than a day from expected landfall some evacuation routes are already clogged. >> both lanes of u.s. 5 run northbound will shift left to the reverse southbound lanes and continue for a distance of 23 miles. >> this is from one evacuee, caught in traffic out of north myrtle beach, south carolina. see that traffic there. the carolinas are expected to get the brunt of florence, now a category 4 with 130 miles per hour winds, forecast to dump as much as 20 inches of rain in some areas. so much water that the risk of flooding extends miles and miles beyond the coast of the carolinas, days into next week, and could impact places like ohio, maryland, west virginia, and georgia. more than 20 million people face the threat of the storm. more than 1.5 million are currently under a mandatory evacuation. plus if the forecasts are accurate, florence will hit fart

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i'm brooke baldwin. prepare now while you can.t is the warning that florence is dangerous category 4 hurricane. the suspected strike zone is anywhere from virginia to south carolina. moments ago, south carolina governor henry k many master ordered mandatory evacuations of the state's entire coastline. cnn's martin savidge is live in carolina beach, north carolina, and martin, they're saying this could actually be the strongest hurricane to hit the carolinas in more than 20 years. >> reporter: yeah, the governor was very blunt, brooke, in talking about how people need to prepare and they need to do it now. he's saying that north carolina is readying for what they expect to be a very hard hit from this storm. all right, 200 members of the national guard have been called up. they're pre-placing all the heavy earth-moving equipment they'll need to get the streets and roadways back open, on top of that, the high water rescue vehicles have been brought in and you have the helicopters that will go into the neighborhoods and start pulling

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me.oncongressional source says t christien blasey ford has not closed the door on testifying before the senate judiciary committee monday. and she now has 20 hours left to make that call. committee chairman chuck grassley has set a deadline of 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for blasey ford to inform the committee if she will appear. bl blasey ford wants the fbi to investigate her nomination that supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh pinned her down and groped her when she was in high school, making her fear for her life, at the time. this was more than 30 years ago. senator grassley gave a lengthy explanation why the fbi will not investigate. writing in part, quote, the fbi does not make a credibility assessment of any information it receives with respect to a nominee. we have no power to commandeer an executive branch agency into conducting our due diligence. meantime, blasey ford has yet to officially respond to this friday deadline, which two sources tell us may not be such a strict demand, that

newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. >>> all right. hi, there. i'm brooke baldwin.you so much for being with me. we are minutes away from the first white house briefing in nearly three weeks. it comes as president trump claims the white house is a smooth-running machine, despite the fact that his own vice president has offered to take a lie detector test, it's to prove he did not write that withering "new york times" opinion piece, slamming the president and as administration officials try to figure out which one of their own is not telling the truth, the president is calling bob woodward a liar. the acclaimed journalist, the pulitzer prize-winning journalist of watergate fame debuts his trump tell-all, "fear," the name of his book, tomorrow. and the president is discrediting woodward's account of an administration in an unprecedented crisis. trump tweeted the woodward book is a, quote, scam, and a joke that should not be taken with a grain of salt. and here is what he says about woodward. trump cites savannah guthrie, the host of the "today" show, who interviewed w

rated pg-13. >>> hi there, i am brooke baldwin. by on the coast in south carolina. you're watching cnn special coverage of hurricane florence and the warnings about it are turning into reality. just some numbers for you. more than

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. today has become a pivotal moment in the course of u.s. history. the confirmation of the man who is in line to be the nation's next supreme court justice is now in serious, serious question. rememb remember, this is a lifetime position. these justices decide the law of theland for every single american, male and female. less than 24 hours before brett kavanaugh is scheduled to testify on the allegations he sexually assaulted a female in high school, a third now is making explosive allegations against him. among them, she is accusing brett kavanaugh and others of being present at high school parties where young women were getting gang raped, as she describes according to her words in a side room or bedroom by a train of numerous boys. the allegations are graphic, they are horrific. we'll get to them in just a second. but these new allegations come from julie swetnick in a sworn affidavit. she's a government worker who went to another local high school at the same tight brett kavanaugh

i'm brooke baldwin. any minute now the decision will be in.vorite dad will be sentenced. he was convicted in april of aggravated indecent assault. prosecutors saying

. >>> up next, newsroom with brooke baldwin and that starts right now. >>> i am brooke baldwin.with me this tuesday afternoon. it could pack the winds of irma and rain of harvey. it is forcing more than a million people to get out of the way. look at me. interstate 26 where there's only one direction in which you can travel and that's far from the coast. texas suffered through harvey, puerto rico survived maria, and florida withstood i remember a. now looks like hurricane florence has its eyes on the carolinas. it is that gargantuan of a storm wi

i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching special coverage of the intensifying crises facing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the confirmation of kavanaugh is now in serious, serious question. kavanaugh is vying for a position he will hold for the rest of his life. justices decide of law of the land for every single american, man and woman. less than 24 hours before kavanaugh is set to testify on allegations he sexually assaulted a teen-ager in high school, a third woman is now coming forward making explosive, graphic allegations against him. among them, she is accusing brett kavanaugh and others of being present at parties where young women were getting gang raped, as she describes in a side room or bedroom by a train, her word, a train of numerous boys. the allegations are graphic, they are horrific and we'll get into them in just a second. these new allegations come from a woman named julie swetnick in a sworn affidavit. she is a government worker, went to another local high school at the same time t

i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn on this wednesday afternoon. we begin with this high stakes ultimatum facing the woman accusing the supreme court nominee of physical and sexual assault. christine blasey ford must now decide whether she will speak to the senate judiciary committee on the time line republicans are demanding of her even though her own request is not being met. an fbi investigation of her allegations against judge kavanaugh. a judiciary committee aide tells cnn that chuck glassily will offer to send staffers to northern california to interview professor ford if that makes her feel more comfortable and president trump today said he hopes she testifies. >> i really want to see her, i really would want to see what she has to say. but i want to give it all the time they need if she shows up, that would be wonderful. if she doesn't show up, that would be unfortunate. they have already postponed a major hearing and really they are hurting somebody's life very badly. and it is very unfair

i'm brooke baldwin. any minute now the decision will be in. comedian and actor, once everyone's favorite dad will be sentenced. he was convicted in april of aggravated indecent assault. prosecutors saying he showed no signs of remorse. cosby is 81 and legally blind and his age was a major point of contention during his sentencing. his attorneys want house arrest for him. what's more here, the judge ruled cosby, sexually violent predator, which means cosby must register as as lifetime sex offender and notify people of his status wherever he lives for the rest of his life. andrea constand stood before the court saying her personal shame of what happened to her was overwhelming. let's bring in athena jones. talk to us about what's happening. >> we're waiting anxiously to hear what the judge has to say about what sentence bill cosby will face. his lawyers were arguing he should be sentenced to house arrest. he's legally blind, needs help to get around and isn't a danger to anyone except maybe himself and incarceration would impose an undue burden.

i'm brooke baldwin. we begin with christine blasey ford now must decide whether she will speak on the time line republicans are demanding even though her request is not being met. she is calling for an fbi investigation of her allegations against judge brett kavanaugh. an aide tells cnn that chairman chuck grassley will offer to send staffers out to california to interview professor ford if that makes her feel more contractible. and a key senator is urging ford so show up on monday. susan collins said this in maine, quoting her, i think it is not fair for judge kavanaugh for her not to come ford and testify. it seems to me what we should be doing is bringing these two individuals before the committee. if we need additional help from the fbi, then the committee can ask for it. and president trump speaking out earlier today also says he hopes blasey ford will be there. >> i really want to see her, i really would want to see what she has to say. but i want to give it all the time they need if she shows up,

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. go to washington "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. >>> it is only monday, folks. only monday. "the lead" starts right now. it's a decision that could leave the fate of the russia investigation in question. is deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, who supervises the investigation, staying on the job or is he being fired or is he resigning? it will all come down to a face-to-face with president trump. >>> then there's a second woman accusing brett kavanaugh of inappropriate sexual behavior as the first accuser christine blasey ford agrees to testify thursday. democrats are now saying about that hearing, hey, not so fast. >>> plus, these two major st

you are watching krchbl i'm brooke baldwin. a stunning new court filing in the russia investigation is publicly contradicting attorney general jeff sessions' sworn testimony to congress. george papadopoulos, the convicted former trump campaign adviser says both sessions and the president supported his proposal for this meeting between then candidate trump and russian president vladimir putin during the 2016 presidential campaign. i want you to contrast that with what sessions said under oath. >> i pushed back at that. you made statements that he did in fact at the meeting i pushed back. >> papadopoulos pleaded guilty last october to lying to investigators. he will be sentenced this friday in washington. >>> we are also learning more about the fbi's efforts to flip russian oligarchs into informants. for example, according to the "new york times" between the years 2014 and 2016, the fbi and the justice department worked to recruit russian businessman oleg dairy pass ka, bruce ohr and crit over the steele were reportedly involved

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being me. in 1991, a supreme court nominee faced accusations of sexual harassment. and now in 2018, another supreme court nominee faces accusations of sexual and physical assault. the question is, as the former, currently serves a lifetime appointment, will the latter get to do the same? the fate of president trump's nominee hangs in the balance. brett kavanaugh is forcefully denying these allegations by christine blasey ford, who accuses him of holding her down, covering her mouth, and trying to take off her clothes. she was about 15, he was 17, and stumbling drunk, that is according to her account. and she, at the time, feared for her life, so says her attorney. >> the reason she felt that he might inadvertently kill her is he had his hand over her mouth and she was having a difficult time breathing. and she is larger and he was pressing his weight against her and so inebriated, he was ignoring the fact that she was attempting to scream and having a difficult time breathing. and she believes

book now at choicehotels.com cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. look at all these faces.ng in from trump administration officials over the mystery of who wrote the blistering "new york times" op-ed. thefirst lady has now even issued a statement. kate bennett follows her. she's reporting on this. kate, what has melania trump now said? >> well, it's interesting the times that melania trump choses to weigh in and she doesn't. this is one of those times and we're hearing directly from her. she started off her statement to cnn by saying she appreciates a free press and understands the importance of a free press. in facts, she calls it one of the pillar of our founding fathers is the free press. so interesting opposition there between how her husband feels about the press sometimes. but then she goes on to say that anonymous sources are bad, basically. that people without names are writing the history of this country, as i think the words she used. and then at the of her statement, which again, was sort of rather lengthy for the first lady, she says something about the actual c

first, i would note -- >> i'm brooke baldwin. you have been watching another day of this contentious confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh there. we will discuss everything, but first, the president is taking names, making a list, and checking it twice. it wasn't me refrain being repeated over and over as each minute goes by today. from top officials inside the president's own administration denying among the first was his vice president mike pence. >> i think whoever wrote this anonymous editorial should be ashamed as well. sknn who would write an anonymous editorial smearing this president who has provided extraordinary leadership for this country should not be working for this administration. they ought to do the honorable thing and resign. >> this op-ed caps off what one of our analysts calls a month of, quote, sustained mental assault on president trump. bombshell tell-all bob woodward book. let's start with kaitlan collins. caitlin, we have shown all these men and women who are saying it wasn't me,

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. >>> hello, i'm erica hill in for brooke baldwin today.eaking news from "the new york times." deputy attorney general rod rosenstein reportedly discussed invoking the 25th amendment last year to oust president trump. rosenstein already responding to this, calling the "times" article, quote, inaccurate and factually incorrect. i want to bring in laura jarrett. laura, what more are you hearing about this? >> yeah, we call reports like this bombshell pretty regularly, but this one is quite stunning. it depicts the number two official who was running the mueller investigation, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, just panic stricken just days after former fbi corrector james comey was fired in may of 2017, and according to the reporting from "the new york times," the former deputy director andrew mccabe outlined a series of just incredible conversations with rosenstein during that time, kept contemporaneous notes that are now in the hands of special counsel, including conversations where at least according to this reporting he allegedly rai

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me.is is special coverage here of a second round of just extraordinary, fast-moving developments on capitol hill involving the supreme court nomination of brett kavanaugh. just one day after hours of motional testimony, a republican senator has just called for an

. >>> hi there, i'm brook baldwin. you're watching cnn on this monday afternoon. with critical conditions surrounding the man in charge of overseeing the russia investigation. a source tells cnn that attorney general rod rosenstein expects to be

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being me., a supreme court nominee faced accusations of sexual harassment. and now in 2018, another supreme court nominee faces

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching cnn on this wednesday afternoon.e woman accusing the supreme court nominee of physical and sexual assault. christine blasey ford must now decide whether she will speak to the senate judiciary committee on the time line republicans are demanding of her even though her own request is not being met. an fbi investigation of her allegations against judge kavanaugh. a judiciary committee aide tells cnn that chuck glassily will offer to send staffers to northern california to interview professor ford if that makes her feel more comfortable and president trump today said he hopes she

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me.s set to speak to reporters in a joint news conference with the leader of poland. we are expecting to hear more from him about the turmoil now playing out of course with his supreme court nominee. today the president responded for the very first time to the new extraordinary public reckoning that judge kavanaugh is now facing. kavanaugh who just days ago was on a smooth track for confirmation is now expected to undergo a make or break congressional hearing in six days. at this hour, despite opposition from democrats, just one other witness has been invited to speak. christine blasey ford, the research psychologist who says kavanaugh physically and

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me.has not closed the door on testifying before the senate judiciary committee monday. and she now has 20 hours left to make that call. committee chairman chuck grassley has set a deadline of 10:00 a.m. tomorrow for blasey ford

i'm brooke baldwin. you are watching krchbl thank you for being with me on this labor day monday.oday. the president is keeping it low key this holiday. no public events even as he face as week of high stakes. he will hit the road to campaign with republicans with midterm elections just barely over two months away. tomorrow begins the process to what could turn out to be the president's most enduring legacy, the makeup of the united states supreme court. confirmation hearings begin for brett kavanaugh who could give the right leaning justices the default majority on the highest court in the land. plus, there is a new development on the trump administration restricting tens of thousands of pages on kavanaugh. we will dive into that coming up here. let's begin the hour with our white house reporter sarah westwood who is standing by today. sarah, let's talk about how the president plans to hit the road in the next 60 days or so. what are his plans? >> that's right. president this week will hit three states

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> fema warning us all that the hurricane will pack what they call a mike tyson punch. they are clearly trying to get us to flee. "the lead" starts right now. >>> breaking news. potentially catastrophic. hurricane florence barreling toward the carolinas, 20 million people in the danger zone. and officials are warning, if you don't get out by tonight, well, it might be too late. the hurricane could be like harvey, it could be like irma. rolled up into one big disaster. why scientists say they're not shocked that storms like this one increasingly seem

i'm brooke baldwin.ight now. >>> president trump getting world leaders to lol, but who was the punchline? "the lead" starts right now. >>> president trump launching his strongest attack yet against the women accusing judge brett kavanaugh of inappropriate sexual behavior and sexual assault, calling it a con game by democrats. contradicting his own white house. which said it's open to another accuser testifying. >>> two crises now colliding in washington with the man overseeing the russia probe possibly living on borrowed time. what the white house is saying today about how president trump is feeling about deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. >>> plu

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me again. dana bash in for jake tapper. ent trump's legacy for decades. "the lead" starts right now. a fight for the future begins. president trump's pick for supreme court about to face a buzzsaw in senate hearings. are democrats outnumbered and out of luck? >>> president trump taking a brand new swing at jeff sessions, suggesting the a.g. should have held off charging republicans until after the midterms. >>> plus, maverick or maga. now that john mccain is laid to rest, the focus

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. this is special coverage here of a second round of just extraordinary, fast-moving developments on capitol hill involving the supreme court nomination of brett kavanaugh. just one day after hours of motional testimony, a republican senator has just called for an effort that his republican colleagues had staunchly rejected, this notion of an fbi investigation into christine blasey ford's allegation that judge kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her when they were in high school. republican senator jeff flake made this request just before the senate judiciary committee voted to send kavanaugh's nomination to the full senate floor. >> i have been speaking with a number of people on the other side, we've had conversations ongoing for a while with regard to making sure that we do due diligence here, and i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the fbi continue to do an investigation, limited in time and scope, to the current alleg

i'm brooke baldwin. jake tapper starts now. >>> will professor ford claiming judge kavanaugh sexually assaulted her accept the senate's invitation to testify on monday? "the lead" starts right now. her testimony could change the course of history but now the hearing is in limbo. as president trump goes after the democrats for sitting on the accusation until the 11th hour. >>> putin's hit list? another one of putin's political opponents hospitalized after an alleged poisoning. how many people need to collapse

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" starts right now. >>> we now have an answer from brett kavanaugh's accuser christine blasey ford about whether she's willing to testify next week. "the lead" starts right now. breaking minutes ago professor ford says she will take her story to washington about how supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh allegedly assaulted her in high school if certain conditions are met. what are they? desperation move? president trump's attorney seeming to pedal a conspiracy theory trying to say it seems that the president didn't say what he clearly said on tape. plus, there's a disaster on, guys. a new report says president trump's two top emergency officials are at each other's throats during a hurricane recovery. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. breaking news in the politics lead. professor christine blasey ford wants to testify. in an e-mail to the senate judiciary committee ford's attorney say they want to discuss the conditions under which ford would t

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn.day has become a pivotal moment in the course of u.s. history. the confirmation of the man who is in line to be the nation's next supreme court justice is now in serious, serious question. rememb remember, this is a lifetime position. these justices decide the law of theland for every single american, male and female. less than 24 hours before brett kavanaugh is scheduled to testify on the allegations he sexually assaulted a female in high school, a third now is maki

cnn's brooke baldwin has this very personal take. >> i wrote something about all of this today that iatters. what we witnessed in that hearing was nothing short of extraordinary. put the partisan politics and the insults and spin to one side. i want to mark this pivotal moment in american history when sexual assault, something that doesn't often elicit more than a shameful whisper, is thrust into the open on national television. millions tuned in from home, from your mobile device, the subway, even a dad and a daughter in a chemotherapy session. this matters. yesterday morning the nation watched as christine blasey ford shared her truth. look at her. you can see the struggle, the pain. she didn't want to be there. but she said it was her civic duty. she admitted she was terrified. all of this was all on television and a as it played out, i saw women here at work in tears. i had a young woman in my office wiping her eyes as she felt compelled after listening to the testimony to share her truth with me. i was texting with a dear friend who had been raped in college and is in therapy yea

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. you are ware watching cnn. thanks for being with me.you to keep this in mind. president trump and his predecessor have not spoken a single time since the inauguration. not once. and yet some eight week away from the midterms, today both are publicly making their case for the future of america. in true split screen fashion, former president obama delivering rare political remarks, rebuking the current presidency after months and months of not even uttering trump's name. on the right, live pictures of the campaign rally in north dakota where president trump is about to speak. he is, quote, pissed off we're told about a number of things. so we'll get in to that in a moment. but first, obama speaking on the state of america's democracy in illinois a short while ago. he

. >>> hi there, i'm brook baldwin. you're watching cnn on this monday afternoon. we begin with critical conditions surrounding the man in charge of overseeing the russia investigation. a source tells cnn that attorney general rod rosenstein expects to be fired, but when or will he instead resign? and how dave these conversation happened already already? here's a statement from the white house that reads, in part, at the request of deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, he and president trump had an extended conversation to discuss the recent news stories. they will meet on thursday. thursday's a big day. while the circumstances of a possible exit are unclear, this news comes three days after that explosive report that rosenstein considered wearing a wire to record president trump. and not only that, apparently discussed invoking the 25th amendment to remove him from office. the deputy ag has forcefully denied those claims. we also know rosenstein met with the white house chief of staff, john kelly, at the white house today. rosenstein is now back at the departmen

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me here on this friday afternoon. special coverage continues now with jake tapper. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with breaking news. at least four people have now been killed by hurricane florence as it hits the eastern united states. a mother and her baby died when a tree fell on their house in wilmington, north carolina. just 20 miles away from hempstead, another woman died from cardiac arrest. trees blocked rescuers from being able to reach her in time. and another man was killed while plugging in a generator. this storm has been pounding the east coast for more than a day now. in new burden, north carolina, water was waist high. rescuers spending the day bringing more than 300 people to safety. in other areas of the same state, some who chose to ride out the storm from home, they saw this from their windows. that's leland, north carolina right near wilmington, where winds likely will not drop below 50 miles per hour until tomorrow afternoon. more than

chairman, earlier on today i -- >> you're watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin, you have been listening tohe contentious confirmation hearing of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. he is just half of a massive news day. also happening exclusive new details about the president and his white house in a new book by bob woodward, we have the scoop on that, we will get to that in just a moment, but first let's talk about what we've been listening to for the last little bit. i have had the pleasure you have sitting next to john dean listening to your running commentary. even just jogging back to senator blumenthal and the chairman of the committee chuck grassley back and forth, he had made a motion to adjourn as had several other senators. what do you make of this? >> it's a little bit of pandaemonium, but there's also clearly an effort to get to the core problem the democrats face is the lack of documentation and a thorough vetting of this candidate. i think they're right to push for this. this is being jammed through, trying to get it through before the election because no one can be sure w

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me again. dana bash in for jake tapper. "the lead" starts now. >>> thanks, brooke. it's a decision that could seal president trump's legacy for decades. "the lead" starts right now. a fight for the future begins. president trump's pick for supreme court about to face a buzzsaw in senate hearings. are democrats outnumbered and out of luck? >>> president trump taking a brand new swing at jeff sessions, suggesting the a.g. should have held off charging republicans until after the midterms. >>> plus, maverick or maga. now that john mccain is laid to rest, the focus moved to which kind of republican will fill his seat in the senate. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm dana in for jake today. the confirmation could change the supreme court for a generation and tomorrow brett kavanaugh will begin what will be no doubt intense hearings on the until nation. that's always the case when it comes to the highest court and even more so for this seat. replacing justice kennedy, the swing seat on many decisions. it will be an abrupt return for s

i'm brooke baldwin. let's go to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. ♪ >>> president trump says we're totally prepared for the hurricane. where have we heard that before. "the lead" starts right now. >>> breaking news, president trump addressing this monster storm. what could be one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever hit the east coast, as he then brags at the response in puerto rico to hurricane maria was a, quote, unsung success. that about a disaster with a death toll of nearly 3,000. >>> also today, president trump playing uniter and divider to mark the attacks of 9/11 while also launching a new attack on the fbi. >>> plus, new questions after an off-duty cop shoots and kills a black man in his own apartment. the officer claims it was a tragic mistake, but a new witness might disagree. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> to our viewers here and around the world, whether berlin, new hampshire or berlin, germany. >>> moments ago, president trump spoke from the oval office having receiving a briefing about a

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" starts right now. >>> president trump getting world leaders to lol, but who was the punchline? "the lead" starts right now. >>> president trump launching his strongest attack yet against the women accusing judge brett kavanaugh of inappropriate sexual behavior and sexual assault, calling it a con game by democrats. contradicting his own white house. which said it's open to another accuser testifying. >>> two crises now colliding in washington with the man overseeing the russia probe possibly living on borrowed time. what the white house is saying today about how president trump is feeling about deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. >>> plus from rocket man to why can't we be friends? president trump changing his tune on north korea, setting his sights on iran with tough talk and even a downright threat from the national security adviser. >>> welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. we begin with a politics lead. top senate republicans all on offense, trying to present a un

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> fema warning us all that the hurricane will pack what they call a mike tyson punch. they are clearly trying to get us to flee. "the lead" starts right now. >>> breaking news. potentially catastrophic. hurricane florence barreling toward the carolinas, 20 million people in the danger zone. and officials are warning, if you don't get out by tonight, well, it might be too late. the hurricane could be like harvey, it could be like irma. rolled up into one big disaster. why scientists say they're not shocked that storms like this one increasingly seem to be on steroids. >>> plus, president trump standing his ground after defending his administration's puerto rico response with another disaster on the doorstep. so is the new trump standard for success a death toll that approaches 3,000? ♪ >>> to our viewers in the united states and around the world from bordeaux, south carolina, to bordeaux, france, welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. we

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. the president is set to speak to reporters in a joint news conference with the leader of poland. we are expecting to hear more from him about the turmoil now playing out of course with his supreme court nominee. today the president responded for the very first time to the new extraordinary public reckoning that judge kavanaugh is now facing. kavanaugh who just days ago was on a smooth track for confirmation is now expected to undergo a make or break congressional hearing in six days. at this hour, despite opposition from democrats, just one other witness has been invited to speak. christine blasey ford, the research psychologist who says kavanaugh physically andand -- assaulted her. here is what the president said. >> this is a terrible thing that took place. and it is frankly a terrible thing that this information wasn't given to us a long time ago. months ago men they gwhen they . until waiting until everything is finished and then spring it. but that is what the democrats do. it is

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. let's go to washington "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. >>> it is only monday, folks. only monday. "the lead" starts right now. it's a decision that could leave the fate of the russia investigation in question. is deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, who supervises the investigation, staying on the job or is he being fired or is he resigning? it will all come down to a face-to-face with president trump. >>> then there's a second woman accusing brett kavanaugh of inappropriate sexual behavior as the first accuser christine blasey ford agrees to testify thursday. democrats are now saying about that hearing, hey, not so fast. >>> plus, these two major stories all unfolding while president trump is in new york at the u.n. will he be ready to focus on threats such as north korea, iran and syria, or might he be distracted by all the d.c. drama? >>> welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. we begin with high drama in washington. drama that could have a major impact on the russ

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> there's now a third accuser. "the lead" starts right now. >>> breaking news. new, horrific accusations about brett kavanaugh's alleged behavior with girls in high school. kavanaugh denies it all. he says the charges are from the twilight zone. michael aftvenatti, who represes the woman in question, will be here in minutes. >>> these new serious allegations come just hours before kavanaugh and his first accuser, christine blassy for the are set to testify in front of the world. could they even sink his confirmation? >>> plus, we're just minutes away from president trump taking questions in a very rare, solo news conference. and if his newest comments on kavanaugh are any indication, it might get a little bit nasty. >>> welcome to "the lead." we begin with the politics lead and the ugliest accusation ever made in american history against a potential u.s. supreme court justice, as the nomination of judge brett kavanaugh seems at its most vulner