next up, greg gutfeld going after cnn's jim acosta during a white house briefing. bring that you exchange. >>> first chief of staff general john kelly firing back at a democrat who called him a disgrace to the uniform? said this to a man who fought for the country and his own son died in battle. we have what general kelly and the democrat said. former florida congressman, retired lieutenant colonel allen west is here to respond after this. don't go away. flammatory substas that cause symptoms. pills block one and 6 is greater than 1. flonase changes everything. (baby crying) (slow jazz music) ♪ fly me to the moon ♪ and let me play (bell ringing) (audience cheering) . liz: white house chief of staff general john kelly firing back at a democrat who called him, quote, a disgrace to the uniform. illinois representative louie gutierrez criticized general kelly saying he has no honor and should be drummed out of the white house for the general support of president trump's decision to end an obama program that shielded young illegal immigrants from deportation. but kelly

how could jim acosta know what president trump means? >> can i answer osmosis on that? you can look at all of president trump's tweets on this topic and it's all out there, race is not broached once. he has also verbally talked about this as well. you don't see race broached anywhere. since we have again, reporters and pundits that last month were playing mental health officials when it comes to analyzing the president's sanity, now apparently we are reading minds as well as far as that goes. just to answer mr. acos that when he said why weren't there any angry tweets at tom brady when he didn't show up at the white house for that celebration, brady's mother has cancer. and tom wanted to spend time with her at that time. that's why he couldn't go and that's why the president didn't respond but jim acosta doesn't report that. >> tucker: by the way, i was at the red skins game last night and watched the raiders kneel for the national anthem and a bunch of them were white. i think the sleeg overwhelmingly like 70% african-american players. is any attack on the nfl a racial

. >> greg: what you saw there is jim acosta is anti-science. at anecdotal evidence instead of large samples of data. scientists do that and they come to conclusions. they're never 100% sure. what he said. he does what we get criticized for. look out the window. look what is happening. weather is changing. that's how it works. you have to look at large samples of data. you look stupid there, jim. landfalling hurricanes have been decreasing as co2 and carbon goes out. it's kind of a contradiction. maybe there is science we need to look at. right there anecdoteal evidence you look dumb. >> juan: it looked like he was trying to force an argument. >> dana: he wanted to -- what was your question? >> juan: i was going to say to you, though, to be respectful of jim acosta the scientists say you have warmer waters, that makes for more intense hurricanes. is there -- can you fairly as a reporter say there is a correlation between the hurricane and climate change? >> dana: i know last week greg spent time going through all the data so we don't have to. wh

jim acosta, let me ask you. the headline where you were asking about "the wall street journal" reporting and now cnn has it now as well, any sort of conversation on the trump legal team involving maybe having his son-in-law/senior adviser jared kushner step down, she told you no such conversation existed. >> right. i think she said, not that i'm aware of. she certainly did seem to knock down the notion that there was this conversation about jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser stepping down earlier this year. obviously "the wall street journal" reported that. cnn has some reporting lending some credence to that as well and sarah sanders is saying, no that didn't happen. now there were other comments she made on the russian probe and i don't want to overlook that. this was plaerly stunning because typically you don't hear this from a white house. a white house would stay out of an investigation, a criminal investigation like the russian probe b tu white house press secretary there during t

this is jim acosta during president trump's first news conference. jim: aren't you concerned that you are undermining people's faith in the first amendment, freedom of the press when you call stories you don't like fake news? why not just say it's a story i don't like? not just undermining it. pres. trump: here's the thing. i understand that you are saying. you're right, except -- i know when i should get good and when i should get bad. sometimes i will say, wow, that is going to be a great story, and i will get killed. i would be a pretty good reporter -- not as good as you. i know what is good. i know what is bad. when they change it and make it really bad, something that should be positive, sometimes something that should be positive, they will make ok, or even negative. because i am there, i know what was said. i know who is saying it. i'm there. it is important -- i want to see honest press. i started off today by saying it is so important to the public to get honest press. the public doesn't believe you people anymore. maybe i had something to

here's jim acosta.>reporter: christine and dave, president trump is expected to use what aids are calling a united nations.alkinge officials describe the speech as philosophical. contrast that with his tweet about north korean leader, describing him as rocket man. the president suggested during the meeting with netanyahu that he's considering scrapping the deal. he told french president he's thinking about staging a military parade in washington on the 4th of july. we should point out it already has one. >> as jim mentioned president trump met with benjamin nett-- there's a good chance he'll achieve mid east peace during his presidency. a good chance for mid east peace. that's been the holy grail for what now? h 50 years? >> reporter: 5 years. president tru 50 years. it was interesting to see the dynamic of that bilateral meeting. netanyahu talking about iran. he's made it clear he wants trump to either cancel or change the deal in some way. we expect a very similar message from netanyahu's speech which

i'm jim acosta. you are in "the situation room." >>> breaking news tonight senator john mccain says he's ready to do decisive vote. he says he can't support it without democrats. and estimate of the bills impact. one or no vote will kill the bill. and susan is expected to join. but tonight the white house says president trump is not ready to give up. earlier he tweeted thatny gop that voted no would be known as republican that saved obamacare. >>> also tonight u.s. is on alert that they may do weapons test as kim jong-un and trump trade bellicose threats. kim jong- . mr. trump is calling him mad man. this after said he would pay dearly. this war of words is raising fears of a real and potentially devastating military conflict with north korea upping the ante by claiming it might test a hydrogen bomb over the pacific. this hour i'll talk about those stories and more. . our correspondents, analysts and specialists standing by. >>> let's talk about breaking news. mccain won't support the latest attempt

jim acosta reports on president trump's first u-n general assembly.esident trump is signaling a big change in course for u-s foreign policy at the united nations this week.he's dropping hints he may scrap the iran (steve) that was jim acosta reporting. president trump is delivering an address to the u-n general assembly tomorrow. (pam) police have tracked down a teenager .... seen in a series of videos - beating people... one of the victims - a homeless man in bakersfield. one of the videos shows a teenager throwing something at a man's head. in another set of videos, police say, it appears to be the same young man, now involved with a group, hitting and kicking another teenager. the victim does not fight back. at least one of the teens has been identified as a student at a bakersfield high school. the school says, it knows about the videos and that police are investigating. as for the homeless man, an executive at a local shelter says, he recognizes the victim...

jim acosta joins me now. jim, what was your reaction when you heard the president make that claim that he has votes that everyone else says he doesn't have? >> reporter: yeah, jim, you said it was an aggressive that the president made when he said he has the votes on graham-cassidy. i guess you can say it was aggressively dishonest comment. the fact is, by our web count, looking at the votes for all this, they don't have the votes to pass graham-cassidy. you heard the president at the top of this event make reference to senator john mccain, senator lisa muck w li lisa murkowski, who said they won't. he also a senator ailing at home, although president pointed out the senator was ailing in the hospital. that's simply not the case. that's in reference to mississippi thaad do mississippi who put out a tweet recuperating at home from a health issue. jim, we should point out that was flat untrue. the president, the republicans, they don't have the votes right now to pass graham-cassidy. in fact, lindsey graham hims

(vicki) as reporter jim acosta explains.... the president claims his remarks were not racist. po-109mo trump's battle with the nfl nats of president trumpcritics threw the penalty flag immediately... for unstatesmanlike conduct. president trump: "wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag to say "get that son of a báááá off the field right now, out, he's fired. he's fired!"but president trump claims the firestorm he ignited... when he slammed nfl quarterback colin kaepernick for kneeling during the national anthem... was not motivated by race. president trump: "this has nothing to do with race. i've never said anything about race. this has nothing to do with race or anything else. this has to do with respect for our country and respect for our flag."yet, this morning.. the president found time to praise nascar fans... tweeting: "so proud of nascar and its supporters and fans. they won't put up with disrespecting our country or our flag - they said it loud and clear!"nothing to see here... the white house insists.jim acosta, cnn: "is he

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i'm jim acosta. you're in "the situation room." >>> we are following multiple breaking stories this hour. hurricane maria regains strength and unleashes more destruction in the caribbean after pulverizing puerto rico leaving millions of americans desperate and in the dark. there is dangerous fooding from 30 inches of torrential rain in just 24 hours. officials are warning that puerto ricans may not get electricity back four to six months with the power grid totally destroyed. >>> also breaking, president trump orders an expansion of sanctions against north korea turning to diplomacy days after threatening to totally destroy the country. he says china is also taking a new step telling its financial institutions to stop dealing with kim jong-un's regime. north korea is undaunted and is likening the tough talk to the sound of a dog barking. >>> and facebook says it is giving information on thousands of ads sold to russian-linked accounts, spots aimed at influencing the 2016 election. the social media gi

i'm jim acosta. you're in the situation room. >>> tonight we're following worldwide anger, threats and frustration over north korea's latest nuclear weapons test. scientists say the weekend blast is the most powerful nuclear explosion north korea ever achieved. and there are new warnings that kim jong-un's nuclear bombs now fit on top of his intercontinental ballistic missile. south korea conducted its own military drills and ordering the deployment of more u.s.-supplied anti nuclear missiles. president trump got on to discuss more options to deal with the north korea threat. president trump is raising eyebrows and questions by threatening to stop u.s. trade with countries helping north korea. his threat could include china. the big question tonight, can the president say or do anything that will make a difference? >>> we're also watching a major hurricane gaining strength in the atlantic. hurricane irma has just become a category 4 storm. there is an increasing chance florida, the peninsula and the

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i can tell students that i was there, and jim acosta popped in to say hi, and it was a copy of, and he was still doing his job. these are not just soundbites. these are real people working really hard to do a job, and there is a difference between what makes headlines and what is actually the story, and we need to, as responsible consumers, separate the news. let's separate the impulse to just label something in a way that is critical or convenient from what is actually being told -- quick or convenient from what is actually being told. everyone in the middle is really trying their best on telling the story, and it might disagree, but they are working hard. i remember how jon stewart used to call his show fake news and that is how it means to me, is on the comedy channel. we will talk about how that can be applied to news on cnn or any other broadcast television. william: you brought of social media earlier, this is one of the limitations. it takes very complex issues and brings it down to 140 characters. you can't really cover the complexity of this. these are human beings working hou

cnn's jim acosta reports. >> reporter: critics threw the penalty flag immediately. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, get that son of a bmitc off the field right now. he's fired. he's fired! >> reporter: but president trump claims the firestorm he ignited when he clammed nfl players, is not about race. >> i said nothing about race. this has to do with respect for our country and flag. >> reporter: yet this morning, president trump tweeted so proud of nascar and supporters. they won't put up with disrespecting our country or flag. they said it loud and clear. nothing to see here, insists the white house. >> is he trying ing ting to wa cultural war? >> the president is not talking about race but pride in our country. what you saw yesterday were players and fans of all races joining together as americans to honor our office members. that's what the president is talking about and his focus is on. >> reporter: one gop adviser to the white house told cnn the president was, in fact, wage agricultural war. trolling today's pro-athlet

i'm jim acosta. you are in the situation room. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> the breaking news tonight, a potential fatal blow to the latest republican effort to repeal obamacare. senator john mccain announced he cannot back the latest deal, score detailing its real world impact. the measure is one vote away from failure. republican senator rand paul announced he opposes the bill. a handful of his colleagues are voicing serious concerns about it. we are following the high stakes world of words with president trump and dictator kim jong-un, they are trading personal insult, kim calling the president mentally deranged after president trump called am mad man. that was one of the latest tweet storm. we are also awaiting the president's arrival in alabama. he will be arriving to speak with senator luther strange, running for the seat vacated by jeff sessions. we will stand by on the decision to vote no on the gop health care bill. we are covering that and more with our guests, our correspond

this is someone talking to white house report jim acosta. trump adviser tells me potus is winning the cultural war. this is after this weekend in which he is fighting the athletes. "just made millionaire sports athletes his new hillary rodham clinton." >> i don't know who would have said that to jim acosta, but i'm sure that's what a big slice of his advisers, both inside the white house and now outside the white house believe. >> right. >> because his whole campaign -- >> but does it work? >> well, it worked well enough to get him the nomination with the help of james comey and the russians. it worked well enough to get him elected as i write in my book, because, yeah, i think that the way he positioned himself and his really outrageous language, his insults and attacks, all of that, you could not take your eyes off of him. i mean nobody could figure out what he would do next, which by definition kind of controlled the audience, right? and so he was able to keep slamming. everything bad that was said about him. everything anything bad said

our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is joining us with the latest. the president insists he is on top of the crisis, eastern while he is feuding with the nfl over players kneeling during the national anthem. >> that's right, wolf, president trump denies he is too obsessed with national athletes and not focused on the devastation in puerto rico. today the president claimed he is receiving quote tremendous reviews to his response to hurricane maria. it's more like tremendous cries for help. president trump appears to be calling a timeout in his fixation on pro-football players with the national anthem and turning his attention to more urgent matters like the unfolding disaster in puerto rico. >> i wasn't pre occupied with the nfl. i was ashamed of what was taking place, because to me that was a very important moment. i don't think you can disrespect our country, our flag, our national anthem. to me the nfl situation is a very important situation. i've heard that before about was i pre-oup to date? not pre occupied? not attal. i have plenty of time on m

i'm jim acosta in for wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 p.m. in the u.s.you're watching from, thanks for joining us. >>> coming for desperate residents who lost they are homes and businesses, help. others are still under water. military on the ground helping rescue people trapped by floodwaters and seeing evacuation of the most fragile people in these communities like these tiny babies. look at this. a hospital neonatal intensive care unit in beaumont, texas, moved to hospitals not affected by the hurricane. the numbers are staggering. at least 47 deaths are blamed on the storm and flooding, more than 72,000

i want to bring in jim acosta, jim, we saw sarah sanders, she sort of cut you off there on the heels of asking whether the president is trying to wage a culture war, and she claims that no, he's not. >>. >> reporter: hi, pam, that's right. what we heard from sarah sand sers this is not about race and you heard repeatedly during the briefing today, the white house trying to say no, that the president wants to honor the american flag and wants to see athletes do the same thing at sporting events. i wasn't given a follow-up question like my other colleagues in the room, but why is it that the president was seeming to go after african-american athletes and he went after colin kaepernick in alabama friday night and went after steph curry of the golden state warriors on saturday saying he was no longer invited to the white house for their championship celebration here when at the same time and i tried to follow up with this question, tom brady did not make it here to the white house and the new england patriots made it and there were no angry tweets from the president directed at tom brady

i'm jim acosta in for wolf blitzer's 1:00 p.m.on and 2:00 on tuesday in seoul and tokyo. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks for joining us. >>> starting with strong condemnation of north korea following their latest and strongest nuclear test over the weekend. new threats from north korea, the security council holds an emergency meeting. some of what we heard from u.n. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley. >>

let me bring in jim acosta, traveling with the president. jim, this is -- this is the third time in three weeks the president is going to a disaster area. as alex noted, his first trip to texas came under quite a bit of criticism. it seems this president has seen a lot and learned a lot in three weeks? >> that's right, kate. and as alex was saying, he's going to be taking an aerial tour of southwest florida looking at some of the devastation. he's also going to visit a mobile home community in naples and you can see some of the damage behind me, there is a piece of one of the mobile homes in a community that we're stationed near that was ripped off and thrown behind me and that's sitting behind me along with all the downed trees. that's just one snapshot of the devastation that you see down here. and alex is right, what the president was saying, governor scott, were saying is absolutely right, getting the power back on is a major concern down here. as we were driving in, most of the stop lights are not working. shopping centers are not really

here's the latest from jim acosta. >> reporter: president trump has wrapped up his first official visitunited nationss, has dropped hints he's considering with drawing the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal. he was asked whether the republican the will succeed in the obamacare. >> we think this has a very good chance but obamacare's only getting worse. it's disfunctional now. at some point, the senate is going to be forced to make a deal. they're just about at that point right now because obamacare is so bad. >> later today, the president returns to his golf resort in new jersey where he's likely to keep tabs on health care negotiations up on capit hill. >>> thanks. the graham/cassidy gives states more control over health care but could leave millions of americans paying more, basically it lets stay states choose how they provide health care. the catch, it shrinks federal fund ng and some states will be harder hit than others, particular those participating in medicaid expansion. 20 states would lose up to 60% of their current funding by 2026 and less money means state the will probably cu

let's begin with jim acosta. jim, the president is shifting his focus today. >> he certainly is. denies he's obsessed with professional athletes and not focused enough with devastation in puerto rico. >> today the president claimed he's receiving quote tremendous reviews for response to hurricane maria but more like tremendous cries for help. >> president trump appears to be calling a time out in fixation with nfl play tears and turning to urgent matters like the disaster in puerto rico. >> i wasn't preoccupied. i was ashamed of what was taking place. because to me that was an important moment. i don't think you can disrespect our country, our flag, our national anthem. to me the nfl situation is a very important situation. i've heard that before about was i preoccupied. not at all. not at all. i have plenty of time on my hands. all i do is work. >> reporter: now the white house is posting photos of the president on the phone and rushing federal officials to the microphones at the white house. >> this is a unique event. >> people of puerto rico. >> reporter: patting himself on th

let's go to our senior white house correspondent jim acosta. a lot of twists and turns today. >> that's right, wolf. president trump tried to clean up the mess left behind after his decision on the dreamers. he insisted to reporters he is not sending mixed signals despite some pretty clear waffling on the subject. perhaps more surprising was the president's sudden embrace on democratic leaders to prevent a government shutdown this month. to do so, the president bucked his own party and we're told even his own treasury secretary. president trump's message one day after terminating the program that shielded young undocumented immigrants from deportation, he would do it again. >> no second thoughts. >> reporter: just hours after igniting an uproar, the president announced he was wavering on the issue, tweeting, congress for six months as leto legalize daca, something the obama administration wasn't able to do. he then indicated he was backing down. >> congress, i really believe, wants to take care of the situation. i could see something where we h

." >> there was a quote from jim acosta an administration official saying we are winning the culture war. we have a bunch of multi million dollar athletes instead of hrc. this is the president of the united states. this is gross. this is a bad person. it's the act of a bad person. to be intentionally divisive knowing more people will engage in the action he claims to want to see less of. kennedy: i love football and i love this country. i marvel at the people who are able to play football for a long long time. it takes such a toll on your body, and it's an incredible acroback it thing to see people do it well. but there is a line drawn, you are either on our side or their side and it sucks to have that chasm. >> i don't like football. and i'm furious i have had so many opinions about it. they are boycotting and protesting and it, ridiculous. i agree with everyone, it was six dudes until the president said this. he knew this would happen. the people who wants to protest should be able to do that. the people who want to protest he they should have a right to do that. why do we all have

c-n-n's jim acosta has details. natsas he was trying to ease the worries of storm victims in florida.. still recovering after hurricane irma...trump: "we are there for you 100 percent..."president trump was creating some category five confusion... over the young undocumented immigrants... known as the dreamers.after dining last night with democratic leaders... nancy pelosi and chuck schumer... in search of a deal to save the dreamer program known as daca... the president insisted top congressional republicans were on the same page. trump:"mitch is on board., paul ryan's on board. we all feel 92% of the people agree on daca. but what we want is very powerful border security." the president also signaled he would delay his demands for a wall on the mexican border.trump: "the wall will come later. we're right now renovating large sections of wall. massive sections. making it brand new." immediately there were cracks in the president's conservative base.breitbart dubbed the president: 'amnesty don...'while far-right commentator ann coulter tweeted: "at this point, who doesn't want trump i

he displayed empathy, something the white house official told jim acosta that president trump failed to do. listen. >> the challenges will be great. but we know that the generosity and the prayers and the faith of the people of texas and the american people will be greater still. you inspired the nation by your resilient and courage. we came to commend you and to encourage and assure you we will be here. >> the vice president also indicated that president trump will visit houston come saturday. the federal emergency management agency better known as fema for international viewers is working around the clock. take a look at this. you get a sense of what's happening. some of the many people are waiting to talk with an agent to get help for them or their families. people to approved assistance for 100,000 people for households. so far in the agency, they dolled out more than $57,000 in aid already. there are a lot of organizations to help people. somebody cares is one of the organizations. it's a global network providing relief to people who have been affected by hurricane harvey and th

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. >> sandra: let me bring in jim acosta, we hear from him a lot in the white house, a reporter who's been challenging of this president, he tweeted on the culture war. >> lisa: americans get confused when players get fined for dancing in the end zone. there does seem to be this double standard. as i pointed out earlier, there seems to be a double standard with what is protected under the first amendment and what isn't. >> harris: look at tim tebow and the criticism. which way is it? are you allowed to kneel and protest, but not in prayer? i'm confused. >> antonio: they're allowed to do whatever they want to do on a daily basis. there is no aftermath. the nfl will lose because this weekend, you watch the readings, they'll go down and they'll keep going down. >> gillian: according to him, this is okay and it's kosher. >> antonio: what's next? if we do this, what's next? we need to stop this before it gets too bad and we are allowing people to make a lot of money to stretch out on the field anytime they want. there's families watching football games, they want to relax and forget about

i'm jake tapper i now turn you over to jim acosta he's in for wolf blitzer but he's still in the "theon room." thanks for watching. i'll see you sunday. >>> happening now breaking news two thumbs down after dooming the last republican health care bill, senator mccain reveals that he's ready to vote no again as the gnaw es gop attempt to repeal obamacare about to go down in flames. >>> gangster versus mad man. president trump hurls a new insult on north korea leader battle with kim jong-un rare statement questioning mr. trump's authority and sanity. >>> nuclear threat as tensions sword that it may test one of the powerful bombs on the planet. is it bluster or deadly serious warning? >>> and call ks

. >> let's go to jim acosta. he is traveling with the president in florida. how are the folks responding to the president's visit? >> reporter: i think they were definitely lifted up by the president's visit. we saw him here at the mobile home community in naples in the last hour. he and the vice president and rick scott were handing out food to the storm victims in the area. you can see the president handing out sandwiches and the vice president handing out bananas to people as they came up to him and the president posing for pictures. really doing what presidents do when these disasters strike. to try to give moral support to people in hard hit areas after something as devastating as hurricane irma. it was interesting, wolf. the president made remarks as he got here on the ground in ft. myers talking about this daca decision. that apparently is coming soon. the "deal or no deal" as it is being described in washington. he caused more confusion, telling reports that this is not amnesty or any path to citizenship. when his own spokes woman earlier in the day o

as jim acosta said earlier, added at the last second of this stage. >> well, he's never been diplomaticit that way. this was a group of diplomats, and he was practicing what he calls his principle realism. >> i think he sounded to a lot of rhetoric today where americans could say -- i think he wasn't so off the reservation kind of thing. this was a more, yes, muscular approach no doubt. but one in being of the dimension and playing with that crowd. >> he's got other hopes for ending the dispute between some of the arab states and qatar. >> in this situation it's all donald trump. he doesn't have to depend on congress. he has full license on foreign affairs. >> people will be studying this speech for a long, long time. >>> coming up, breaking news we're following. deadly magnitude 7.1 earth quake shaking mexico city. the government there mobilizing for an emergency. and hurricane maria is carving a path of destruction across the caribbean with winds now at 165 miles an hour, and it's heading directly for puerto rico. we'll have the new forecast. we are the tv doctors of america, and we m

but as jim acosta reports-- the president does not appear to be ready to share his decision. pres. trump: "thank you very much everybody."listening to president trump talk about the iran nuclear deal... it sounds as if he's setting up another reality t-v style cliffhanger...pres. trump: "i have decided. i'll let you know what the decision is."all week long at the united nations... the president has signaled he may be on the verge of scrapping the obama administration agreement designed to pause iran's nuclear weapons program.nats adding to the rising tensions...iran's president condemned mr. trump's speech to the u-n.hassan rouhani/iranian president translator: "the ignorant, absurd, and hateful rhetoric filled with ridiculously baseless allegations."the president is offering no apologies for his u-n address. pres. trump: "rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime."despite the complaints from democrats... john kerry, former sec of state: "you have to ask yourself, is america safer because of rocket man? did we bring anybody to the table as a consequence of t

i want to go to jim acosta at trump tower. no surprise to hear president trump advocating for his america-first agenda today at the u.n. >> that's right, anderson. keep in mind this is somewhat in contrast with what president trump said during the campaign trail as late as last december. he was saying at one of those thank you rallies that gone are the days in a trump administration of overthrowing governments and toppling regimes. if you listen to the speech today, that was essentially what he was warning not only to north korea but to iran. i spoke to an official saying you can expect a new iran policy from the trump administration next month. when asked whether or not this means they're going to be doing away with the obama era iran deal, they said as such. >> only some junior diplomat was left there, is that right? >> that's right, anderson. and the north korea delegation, the ambassador to the u.n. for north korea said, yes, we boycotted president trump's speech and it was not hard to discern what he was going to come out

i'm jim acosta in for wolf blitzer's 1:00 p.m. in washington and 2:00 on tuesday in seoul and tokyo. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks for joining us. >>> starting with strong condemnation of north korea following their latest and strongest nuclear test over the weekend. new threats from north korea, the security council holds an emergency meeting. some of what we heard from u.n. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley. >> they now have icbm capabilities and claim to have test add hydrogen bomb and this morning reports the regime is preparing for yet another icbm launch. to the members of the security council, i must say enough is enough. nuclear powers understand their responsibilities. kim jong-un shows no such understanding. his abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. >> cnn international correspondent paula hancocks is live in seoul, south korea. paula, just heard from the u.n. ambassador for the u.s., nikki haley. south korea's president spoke on the phone with presiden

applause ) now, he didn't answer any questions there, but later, he was pressed on the issue by cnn's jim acosta: >> stephen: sir-- ( audience reacts ) sir, you see how fast you condemned cnn, right off the top of your head with no script? next time, like that, but with nazis. ( cheers and applause ) and-- that's simple. he can do it. he's very good at it. ( cheers and applause ) and here's another thing-- and here's another thing, and i don't know where i'm finding the courage to say. and here's another thing i don't like about nazis. a lot of these nazis showed up to the rally "wearing their uniform of khakis and white polo shirts." because nothing strikes more fear in the hearts of your enemies than cosplaying as the assistant manager of a pool supply company. ( laughter ) look, look, nazis, you don't get turn khakis and white polo shirts into the official uniform of racism. what's going to happen to guys who actually dress like that? people like me, and jake from state farm? ( laughter ) do i have to throw out all my polo shirts now? well, two can play at that game. if you get to ruin khakis

and on puerto rico, let me get over to jim acosta who is standing by. it was puerto rico from the very beginning, he's been criticized, it sounds like he's saying puerto rico is pleased with the job done so far. >> i should point out we're being asked to leave the rose garden any minute now. you heard the president say, his administration has received tremendous reviews from people on the ground of the if you go listen to what some of those local officials have been saying over the last 12 to 24 hours, there have been crises for help. primarily coming from those officials in puerto rico. not necessarily a whole chorus of reviews. that will be a herculean effort for the president to go to puerto rico. he said he would like to go to the virgin islands as well. so you heard him try to make this pivot over the last few days. we've been focusing a lot more on the president's views when it comes to what the president is saying. not so much his focus puerto rico. you can look at the number of tweets that he's issued since friday night. 24 or so tweets on the n

i'm jim acosta, thank you for watching. erin burnett out front starts now. >>> breaking news. desperate search for survivors. the president of mexico says there are at least ten buildings with people trapped inside. monster storm, maria. puerto rico devastated 100%. the u.s. mainland not out of the woods, yet. >>> more breaking news, kim jong-un in a message calling president trump mentally deranged, promising he will pay dearly. good evening, i'm erin burnett. out front this evening, the breaking news. trapped alive. mexico's president says there may be people trapped and alive in the rubble of at least ten buildings in mexico city. it is a desperate search for survivors. a new urgency, it has been two days since the actual earthquake. it is mexico's deadliest in three decades. the death toll, 273 people, tranlgly, almost certain to rise. they sent a search and rescue team along the dogs to assist in the rescue efforts. the team took 62,000 poupds of special tools, equipment and medical supplies to save those lives as the clock is ticking. a bizarre twist that captivated mexi

. >> jim acosta at the white house. thank you very much. joining us now, republican congressm congressman. >> wolf, it's great to be with you. >> what is your reaction of the president's decision to rescind daca affecting these 800,000 young people? >> obviously i support the president's decision, wolf. one of the things that's perhaps not getting reported a whole lot is the jurisprudence that is out there would suggest this was going away, anyway. the president took a decisive action. he did it in a way that gave congress six months to deal with it. you saw dick durbin and lindsey graham working together already trying to look at some legislative fix. but more importantly, any solution is going to have to start, really, with securing our southern borders. as we look at this, we're getting calls on both sipds. those that said, well, we should have been remember left it just like she was. they need to be sent back now. >> it's cool that congress acts. i think you'll see an expeditious way that we tried to deal with this. >> i want you to hea

many people knew about it in advance that are around trump, and jim acosta is "outfront" at trump towerook, it was a late add to the speech, but nonetheless, it was a formal and planned add. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right, erin. this was something of a tweet storm of a speech aimed at the conservative base. we heard everything but the president referring to raul castro and nicolas maduro as little raul and lying nicolas, but getting back to that one liner from the president describing north korean dictator kim jong-un as rocket man, i'm told by senior administration official that was added as of this morning and the reason why is because it is essentially going back to the president's use of plain language that everybody can clearly understand, and in the words of the senior administration official, it translates clearly into chinese. that's the comment i heard from one senior official. but expect to hear more of this plain language when it comes to the president and his efforts to curb the rogue wregimes around the world. you heard the president talking about iran

our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is in naples, florida, this was the president's third trip to a disaster zone up until a few moments ago, the day seemed to be going pretty well for him. >> reporter: i think that's right, wolf, when it comes to the storm. he did come gays to face with storm victims here. you can see some of the damage behind me that the president visited earlier today. he will not turn his back on them when it comes to recovering from irma. >> we love the people of florida. and they went through something i guess the likes that nobody's ever seen before. they've never seen a category like this coming. because it came in really at a five. all of to do is look what happened in the keys. we love these people and we're going to be back and we're going to help and the job that everybody has done in terms of first responder and everybody has been incredible. >> reporter: now the dpth make some comments about the storms that have been hitting florida and the golf course. as you know in the past he believes air force one earlier today. >> if you take a look, we

jim acosta joins us now. the president addressed this today during his press conference with the prime minister, what did he say? >> he's denied he's obsessed with this issue of the nfl players and patriotism. he's been asked if he was preoccupied with this since friday. the president's tweeted about this some 24 times, compare that with his five tweets on puerto rico since friday. here's more of what president had to say earlier today. >> i wasn't preoccupied with the nfl i was ashamed of what was taking place because to me that was a very important moment. i don't think you can disrespect our country, our flag, our national anthem, the nfl situation is an important situation, i've heard that today about what i preoccupied, not at all. i have plenty of time on my hands, all i do is work. >> we should point out after the president made those remarks the white house became preoccupied with the devastation in puerto rico. not only did the white house issue several pictures of 'president talking to officials on