overall, pretty good here. >>> excardinal theodore mccarrick is no longer a priest. en expelled from the roman catholic priesthood. the holy sea coming down with te of mccarrick on saturday. this is after sexual abuse allegations against him were found to be credible. he is the first church lear to be defrocked or removed from the priesthood. david culver will have more on this story in 15 minutes. >>> this morning, a maryland family is heartbroken by the loss of their husband and father. raymond mccarter jr. was hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver this weekend. >>ustin finch has more from mccarter's widow who says this tragedy was preventable. very sad, justin. >> reporter: very sad, ined. early saturday morning, he said they spoke on the phone. he loved her. he could not wait to see their onchildren again and he would be home soon, as ell. and a short timter, he was dead. as you might imagine, the shock is settling for loved ones. raymond mccarter jr., who was heading home from a friend's house. he wasraling on route 22. and police say pickup truck driver goi

. >>> plus, taking a stands against sexual abuse the vat cal dismisses excardinal theodore mccarrickod. we have a live story on this from rome. >>> people find their polls closed across the country after the country's elect tractor-trailer commission delayed the presidential vote. we'll get the latest on what that's about. >> we are live

. >>> plus, taking a stands against sexual abuse the vat cal dismisses excardinal theodore mccarrick from the priesthood. we have a live story on this from rome. >>> people find their polls closed across the country after the country's elect tractor-trailer commission delayed the presidential vote. we'll get the latest on what that's about. >> we are live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. >> i'm natalie alan, "newsroom" starts right now. >> and we begin at the white house declaring a national emergency is a big deal, so when the u.s. president made good on his threat to do that, to fund his wall the lawyers and a lot of other people packed. >> within hours the first lawsuit was filed. it was made by the government watchdog group public citizen. >> mr. trump acknowledged he faces an uphill battle the might not succeed. strangest of all, he may have sabotaged his own case by admitting he didn't really need to do this. we get more from cnn's jim acosta. >> reporter: trying to take a victory lap after a