erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com kate bolduan in for erin burnett. florence now a deadly storm. five people, including a woman and her infant daughter, died after florence roared ashore early this morning. the storm at a near standstill now over the carolinas. governor roy cooper of north carolina calling it a 1,000-year rain event. florence is expected to dump potentially historic amounts of rain, as much as 40 inches in some areas. high winds, a problem as well. some gusting up to 110 miles per hour. here you can see just

good evening, i'm jim sciutto in for erin burnett tonight. "outfront," breaking news. showdown. christine blasey ford, the woman who has accused brett kavanaugh of assault is in a standoff with republicans. ford's attorney releasing a statement slamming republican efforts to hold a hearing on monday, saying it is, quote, not fair or in good faith. adding, quote, the rush to a hearing is unnecessary and contrary to the committee discovering the truth. her attorney also leveling new demands, saying that more witnesses should be included in monday's hearing. however, a spokesman for the republicans on the judiciary committee tells me tonight that they have received no communications from ford or her attorney about that request for more witnesses. it comes just about an hour after republican senator chuck grassley, in a letter to democrats, shut down the idea of delaying the hearing, giving ford until friday, this friday, at 10:00 in the morning to decide whether she is going to testify on monday. even republican senator susan collins, who could be a key vote on kavanaugh, says that

erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good evening, everyone. i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. florence now a deadly storm. five people, including a woman and her infant daughter, died after florence roared ashore early this morning. the storm at a near standstill now over the carolinas. governor roy cooper of north carolina calling it a 1,000-year rain event. florence is expected to dump potentially historic amounts of rain, as much as 40 inches in some areas. high winds, a problem as well. some gusting up to 110 miles per hour. here you can see just ripping the canopy off of a gas station. >>> and the relentless rainfall flooding roads from the coast to miles and miles inland, making many roads impassable for rescuers and first responders. rescuers, though, working through the night and through the day to save hundreds who stayed behind. especially in heart-hit newbern, north carolina, with over 100 swift water rescues in this town alone and forecasters stay worst of the flooding could be still yet to come. we

good evening everyone i'm kate baldwin in for erin burnett. out front. the world laughs before president trump. the president before 193 countries in a major address to the world and leader and how did they respond, by laughing, he started off touting his accomplishments. but wait for the reaction. >> my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america's -- so true. [ laughter ] didn't expect that reaction. but that's okay. >> didn't expect that reaction, maybe not, but it was the reaction, and it did not just stay inside that room. i'm going to show you the headlines from around the world in just the past few hours from russia to canada to england and spain, all noting that world leaders laughed at president trump. so. you must be wondering the same as we all were wondering. what does the president say now? watch. >> how do you feel about that? >> well it was meant to get some laughter but it was great. >> so was a planned punch line all along. he wanted people laughing at him bragging about his

good evening, i'm jim sciutto in for erin burnett tonight.

let's go out front. >> good evening, everyone, i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. president trump spoke out for the first time about the sexual assault allegation facing his supreme court nominee, his remarks dispalestinianed and measured, there was no lashing out, no calling the accuser a liar as he has often in the past the president instead calling on both sides to be heard. >> i have great confidence in the u.s. senate and in their procedures and what they're doing, and i think that's probably what they're going to do. they'll go through a process and hear everybody out, i think it's important, i believe they think it's important. >> a source tells cnn, kavanaugh is flabbergasted to the sexual assault allegations that date back to the 1980s. according to ford, a drunk kavanaugh held her down in a bedroom in a party, tried to pull off her bathing suit and put his hand over her mouth to keep her from yelling for help. ford feared for her life. kavanaugh strongly denies the allegation. susan collins had this warning tonight. >> if judge kavanaugh has lied about wh

i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. "out front" we are following breaking news. strengthening. hurricane florence strengthening and growing in size and intensity. winds up to 105 miles per hour. we're going to show you looking at live pictures right there out of the outer banks in north carolina where the first impact of this dangerous hurricane is being felt. the hurricane bringing with it potentially catastrophic storm surge. forecast to dump record amounts of rain. we could also be talking about 10 trillion gallons of water. that kind of rain. i don't even know how to wrap my mind around that one. and this amount of rainfall could very clearly lead to historic flooding. these are pictures of flood waters already inundating homes and businesses. the ocean overtaking roads for blocks. and as we come on air tonight, tens of thousands are already out of power. 7,000 u.s. troops are now standing by to help, and one big wild card here is how long is this storm going to just sit in one place and hammer the coast. that could mean 100 mile per hour winds lashing the coast for 24 to 3

good evening everyone i'm kate baldwin in for erin burnett. out front. the world

i'm jim sciutto in for erin burnett. the public hearing into the alleged brett kavanaugh sexual assault is in question tonight. mitch mcconnell saying moments ago he and other republicans still have not heard from brett kavanaugh's accuser, christine blasey ford or her attorney on whether she will appear before the senate judiciary committee on monday. republicans quick to point out that monday is ford's chance to be heard. >> we're looking forward to hearing what she said to say on monday. she's going to have an opportunity to be heard monday. >> we hope she will take advantage of that opportunity and we can move forward with the process. >> fb we hope she takes advantage of this opportunity. >> this opportunity. susan collins, a key swing vote calling it puzzling that ford has yet to confirm if she will be there on monday, but democrats want more time. they're pressing for the fbi to reopen kavanaugh's background check before any hearing takes place. >> we should not be rushing to judgment with a sham hearing on monday

erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> breaking news. sources say deputy attorney general roz rosenstein discussed wearing a wire to record conversations with president trump and urged cabinet members to consider invoking the 25th amendment. so now, will trump fire rosenstein? we have new details on the president's thinking. >>> plus, rosenstein says the reports aren't true. is he telling the truth? i'll ask one of his listening-time friends. >>> and ted cruz fighting for his political life tonight. we're live at his first debate with democrat beto rourke. let's go out front. good evening, everyone. "outfront" tonight, breaking news. rosen stanfo rosenstein's job on the line. the bombshell report that rod rosenstein wanted to invoke the 25th amendment to remove trump from office and suggested wearing a wire on more than one occasion to secretly record the president. a source close white house tonight says that could serve as a pretext for firing the deputy attorney general in any administration. this has the president'

i'm kate baldwin in for erin burnett. "outfront," breaking news. president trump senior adviser kellyanne conway saying tonight that the president believes the anonymous writer is somebody on the national security team. listen to what she just told our christiane amanpour. >> do you think that person is inside of the white house? >> most of us don't think that. the president just today said he believes it's somebody in national security. but what i do believe is that who has said that ought to come forward and say it, or ought to resign because the loyalty is not to the president, or at all, it is loyalty to the presidency. it is loyal to the constitution. >> and white house aides to the president say they -- that they have the search narrowed down to a few individuals now. this comes as trump is now demanding his attorney general launch an investigation to uncover the identity of the person behind that opinion piece. >> i would say jeff should be investigating the author of that piece was, because i really believe it's national security. >> but in

let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. welcome to a special edition of "outfront." "outfront" tonight, trump fumes. the president railing against his attorney general, yes, again. this time for apparently not considering politics before the indictments of two republican congressmen, two men who were some of trump's earliest supporters. tweeting, and there's a lot here, so follow me. two long-running obama-era investigations of two very popular republican congressmen were brought to a well-pub sighed charge just ahead of the midterms but the jeff sessions justice department. two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. good job, jeff. a quick refresher for you, those two congressmen, chris collins of new york, charged with insider trading, and duncan hunter of california, charged with using hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds to pay for things like personal trips and personal shopping sprees. those two seats no longer solidly republican. losing those seats would no doubt hurt trump politically

i'm jim sciutto in for erin burnett. the public hearing into the alleged brett k

erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comces say deputy attorney general roz rosenstein discussed wearing a wire to record conversations with president trump and urged cabinet members to consider invoking the 25th amendment. so now, will trump fire rosenstein? we have new details on the president's thinking. >>> plus, rosenstein says the reports aren't true. is he telling the truth? i'll ask one of his listening-time friends. >>> and ted cruz fighting for his political life tonight. we're live at his first debate with democrat beto rourke. let's go out front. good evening, everyone. "outfront" tonight, breaking news.

let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm kate in for erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, hurricane florence on track right now to deliver a devastating blow to the east coast. we are just hours away from the first tropical storm winds to hit the u.s. states of emergency are now in effect in georgia, south carolina, north carolina, virginia, and d.c. some 20 million people are in the storm's path, which as we speak, is kicking up 83-foot waves out in the atlantic. sustained winds are topping out at 120 miles per hour. it's also some 600 miles wide to give you an idea of just how big that is, we'll show you a video from the international space station as it flies over florence. just look at it. the national hurricane center warning of catastrophic flash flooding, wafl totals of up to 40 inches expected in some areas. in south carolina, some 300,000 people have already evacuated. the state's governor saying that number could hit 1 million by tomorrow. officials, though, are taking no chances of course, and here's why. just take a look at the size of flore

i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. you have been listening in to senator carmella harris questioning brett kavanaugh. another day of marathon questioning and another day marked by high drama. this hearing is heading into its tenth hour today. first i do want to get to phil mattingly who has been watching the hearing all day long. phil, let's talk about carmella harris. she is at it again right where she started off with the questioning after she sparked somewhat of a mystery in her questioning over kavanaugh's contacts with a law firm first. what's this all about? >> kate, last night after we were -- just past 12 hours of yesterday's testimony, this is one of the things that made everybody sit up in the chair. what she was asking is had he had any discussions with the personal attorney trump about moller. they were confused. they were trying to identify who worked at the firm. it was a large law firm, one he wasn't aware of. that exchange went viral and did she have some kind of documents or evidence? we haven't gotten

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news, christine blasey ford'stonight. ford says she's willing to testify but not on monday. as kavanaugh says tonight he'll show up. plus, ford scrutinized not for remembering certain details about the alleged incident. one top republican even suggests she's, quote, mixed up. why one prominent psychiatrist says that's not the case. he's my guest. >>> and more breaking news. according to a new report, former trump attorney michael cohen interviewed for hours by the special counsel. what does he have on the president? let's go "outfront."

that's it for me, thanks very much for watching, i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room, erin burnettarts right now. >>> a game of chicken, will the president fire rod rosenstein or could the deputy attorney general quit first. >>> plus, brett kavanaugh fights back, going public with his wife on national tv tonight. would he be doing this if he didn't hthink his nomination wa in serious jeopardy. >>> and family feud. his brothers and sisters are one candidate's new opponents. >>> good evening, i'm kate bowled w baldwin in for erin better net.

i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. "out front" we are following breaking news. strengthening.ricane florence strengthening and growing in size and intensity. winds up to 105 miles per hour. we're going to show you looking at live pictures right there out of the outer banks in north carolina where the first impact of this dangerous hurricane is being felt. the hurricane bringing with it potentially catastrophic storm surge. forecast to dump record amounts of rain. we could also be talking about 10 trillion gallons of water.

much for watching, i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room, erin burnett outfront starts right now. >>> a game of chicken, will the president fire rod rosenstein or could the deputy attorney general quit first. >>> plus, brett kavanaugh fights back, going public with his wife on national tv tonight. would he be doing this if he didn't hthink his nomination wa in serious jeopardy. >>> and family feud. his brothers and sisters are one candidate's new opponents. >>> good evening, i'm kate bowled w baldwin in for erin better net. a convenient foil or something else? this as the president won't give clearances about rosenstein's fate. instead, leaving rosenstein twisting in the wind until they meet face to face. >> my meeting with rod rosenstein on thursday when i get back from all of these meetings, we'll be meeting at the white house, and we'll be determining what's going on. we want to have transparency, openness, and i look forward to meeting with rod at that time. >> recognizen stein's job hanging in the balance since the bombshell report that he discussed invoking the 25th amendment.

"erin burnett outfront" starts now. >>> "outfront" next, president trump slams jeff sessions again.lping him politically. is that how it's supposed to work? >>> plus, the father of murdered college student mollie ripping into donald trump jr. demanding he and others stop using his daughter's death to push what he calls racist views. >>> and democrats searching for a win as they prepare to take on the president's pick for the supreme court. new details on how they hope to score political points. let's go "outfront."

erin burnett out front starts right now. >>> breaking news, a public hearing, brett kavanaugh and hisont of the world and underoath about the sexual assault allegation threatening to deray kavanaugh's appointment. and more on the accuser. >>> the water as long with the death toll rising in the aftermath of hurricane florence, and now a tornado outbreak on the heels of the monster storm. let's go out front.

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> breaking news.rence with 20 million americans in its cross hairs headed straight for the east coast, why the most seasoned forecasters say this storm is unprecedented. >>> and president trump says the response to the deadly hurricane that killed nearly 3,000 people in puerto rico was, quote, an unsung success. really? >>> and

erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> out front next, we have breaking news. the president doing damage control after an explosive new book portraying the white house in chaos, staffers calling the president an idiot and f'ing moron. there are claims the president used vulgar language to describe his attorney general jeff sessions. cnn is learning robert mueller may be one step closer tonight to getting the answers he wants from president trump. let's go "out front." >>> good evening, i'm kate bolduan in for earn burnett out front with breaking news. crazy town, that according to legendary journalist bob woodward is how john kelly describes life inside trump's white house. kelly painting a damning portrait of the west wing and the man occupying the oval office. cnn obtained a copy of the book yet to be released titled "fear." and what is described in the 448 pages, well, i said it last night, i'll say it again, there's a lot. top aides spending their day trying to circumvent the president ignoring orders, hiding information, even swiping documents from the pre

. >>> erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, trump orders a new fbi investigation into brett kavanaugh, approximaputting the supreme court nominee's confirmation on hold. how one republican senator forced trump's hand. >>> plus the confrontation everyone is talking about, two women who say they are sexual assault survivors today, take on senator jeff flake. did they change kavanaugh's fate? >>> and christine blasey ford's family speaks out and what is ford's reaction to the fbi investigation? her sister in law are my guests. i'm kate bolduan. we have breaking news. donald trump orders an fbi investigation, the white house says the president has authorized a new fbi background investigation into his supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, and the allegations of sexual misconduct against him. the investigation, according to the president, will be limited in scope and must be completed in less than a week. that time line now delaying plans for the entire senate to hold a final vote on brett kavanaugh, so why the delay? it started with one republican senator, jeff flak

erin burnett "out front" starts. >>> out front next, breaking news. the trump resistance. an unnamed senior administration official revealing that people close to the president are actively working to undermine him. >>> plus, a real witch hunt in the white house. how the president is on a mission to track down aides who spoke to bob woodward. >>> and another major upset in the democratic party. long time congressman unseated the woman who started the trend. good evening, everyone. i'm kate bolduan in for erin ber net. the resistance. not the resistance from the left but from within. "the new york times" is publishing a shocking anonymous op ed from a senior trump administration official. it is so unusual, it is so biting, it's such ab indictment of the president, the only way to lay out the case this person makes is to read the entire thing to you. so, here it is in full. the opinion piece in "the new york times." president trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern american leader. it's not just the special counsel that looms large or that the c

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> breaking news. hurricane florence with 20 million americans in its cross hairs headed straight for the east coast, why the most seasoned forecasters say this storm is unprecedented. >>> and president trump says the response to the deadly hurricane that killed nearly 3,000 people in puerto rico was, quote, an unsung success. really? >>> and top trump aide stephen miller's former rabbi is speaking out, slamming miller for his hard line immigration policies. the rabbi is my guest. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone, i'm kate bolduan. do not ride out this monster, that order tonight from north carolina's governor as hurricane florence gains strength and sets its sights on the east coast. right now, more than 20 million people are in the path of this category 4 storm. this, we'll show you right here, is the ominous image coming from space. the eye very clearly defined as it churns over the warm waters of the atlantic. wins right now up to 140 miles an hour. the national hurricane center warning

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, breaking news, christine blasey ford's legal team speaking with senators tonight. ford says she's willing to testify but not on monday. as kavanaugh says tonight he'll show up. plus, ford scrutinized not for remembering certain details about the alleged incident. one top republican even suggests she's, quote, mixed up. why one prominent psychiatrist says that's not the case. he's my guest. >>> and more breaking news. according to a new report, former trump attorney michael cohen interviewed for hours by the special counsel. what does he have on the president? let's go "outfront." >>> "outfront" tonight, we are following breaking news. high stakes negotiations tonight, just moments ago, cnn learning that the attorney for brett kavanaugh's accuser was speaking with republican and democratic staffers on the senate judiciary committee, trying, it appears, to hash out an agreement for christine blasey ford to testify in public next week. we're told it was the most substantive interaction those two sides have had in more than a

erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> out front next, we have breaking news.esident doing damage control after an explosive new book portraying the white house in chaos, staffers calling the president an idiot and f'ing moron. there are claims the president used vulgar language to describe his attorney general jeff sessions. cnn is learning robert mueller may be one step closer tonight to getting the answers he wants from president trump. let's go "out front." >>> good evening, i'm kate bolduan in for earn burnett out fron

erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, bracing for impact, the latest crack showson a collision course with the carolinas with the clock ticking, the message to residents is, get out now. >>> plus, mandatory evacuations in place along the east coast, but one mayor is defying the warnings and staying in place. is he sending the wrong message? i'll ask him. >>> and an aerial view of the monster storm tonight. we'll talk to a hurricane hunter calling in live from his plane. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening,

. >>> erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, trump orders a new fbi investigationsupreme court nominee's confirmation on hold. how one republican senator forced trump's hand. >>> plus the confrontation everyone is talking about, two women who say they are sexual assault survivors today, take on senator jeff flake. did they change kavanaugh's fate? >>> and christine blasey ford's family speaks out and what is ford's reaction to the

erin burnett "out front" starts. >>> out front next, breaking news. the trump resistance.nior administration official revealing that people close to the president are actively working to undermine him. >>> plus, a real witch hunt in the white house. how the president is on a mission to track down aides who spoke to bob woodward. >>> and another major upset in the democratic party. long time congressman unseated the woman who started the trend. good evening, everyone. i'm kate bolduan in for erin ber net. the