hurricane florence is bearing down on the united states southwest forcing millions of residents to evacuate north carolina's governor has warned disaster is on the doorstep florence has been downgraded to a category two storm but it's still expected to bring days of torrential rain causing flooding.

hurricane florence is bearing down on the united states southwest forcing millions of residents to evacuate north carolina's governor has warned disaster is on the doorstep florence has been downgraded to a category two storm but is still expected to bring days of torrential rain causing flooding.

cases are expanding most recently in the southeast united states, most recently, southwest, so there's different areas competing for the same pot of funding. >> sounds like there's no relief until congressional seats change and there's a little bit more progressive minded folks occupying in the white house. >> correct. >> okay. so we should -- during our budget process should just plan to set aside -- what exactly would be a fair amount? >> you know, it's fluctuated. we had a really, really big cut about seven years ago, i want to say, when pelosi was unable to secure additional stop loss. i can go back and provide you an exact number, but i think if you annuali annualize it, it 's been about 1.5 to 3% cut each year. >> president cohen: thank you. i'm just looking forward in anticipation. we've always been fortunate to have the resources, whether on reserve -- well, they come from the reserve, is that correct and i'm looking to the budget director. perhaps she can opine a little bit about these particular cuts. i'm grateful we always have the resources to backfill them, but i'm fearful

international situation at the time because there were elections in united states and mccain and he's a team where very close to the southwest really more than sure. this team was trying to assure us is that in case of war russia will be not involved in this war even if russia world ect united states will help them i'm sure mccain and he's team gave such kind of guarantees and he just trusted him and the second surely stay alone with the people who were let's see. for war not for peace. now. mr mckeon was very sad on tearing georgia away from the so-called russian sphere of influence and this is something that president saakashvili also supported but i wonder what exactly he meant by that because i understand that he wanted to be associated with the americans politically but what about the economy did he want to cut all trade ties with russia in the same way that the ukrainians are doing right now you know first of all concerning ukrainians ukrainians are doing right now as a salute to the same mistakes we we did before we took president saakashvili and he steam did and unfortunately government destroyed their country i don'

with israel and the united states against iran well despite iranian foreign minister pointing of the finger at the u.s. the state department has condemned the massacre in southwest iran and expressed solidarity with the country's people. president trump has delayed his own order to be classified documents related to the russian occlusion probe files are expected to shed light on possible conflicts of interest involving the f.b.i. and government officials. i met with the d.o.j. concerning the declassification of various unredacted documents they agreed to release them but stated that doing so may have a perceived negative impact on the russian probe also key allies called to ask not to release therefore the inspector general has been asked to review these documents on an expedited basis i believe he will move quickly on this and hopefully on other things which he is looking at in the end i can always declassify it if it proves necessary speed is very important to me and everyone. on monday the president ordered the declassification of several pages of a surveillance white on former trump campaign aide carter page other documents concerned former f.b.i. director j

-sisters.e the third was the worst, was made to play on a chicago activist of the southwest united states and, therefore, the states have to separate from the rest of the country. obviously russia was trying to create mayhem but not just virtual mayhem real-life mayhem. the page resistors, for example organized a protest against the racist white supremacist rally that took place here in washington in mid-august. most of you remember there were like 18 white supremacists. they were outnumbered vastly by journalists alone, let alone the counter protesters. but what russia did was resistors itself set up a facebook event and set up a counter protest. obviously what it wanted to do was have come to replicate what happened in charlotte last year where we had actual bloodshed when young woman was killed by a white supremacist. now, real groups, cohost of these events that was greeted by actually, well russia because resistors is just the front. according to tech crunch put the event that facebook delete have been taken over by handful of real d.c. area activist groups. included smash bases and

. >> thank you, mandatory evacuations in states directly in the path of hurricane florence. united, delta, american, southwestwaivers. go do that now. they are giving advisories for airports in the storm's trajectory. president trump approving a state of emergency declaration ahead of the landfall. cnn's martin savidge has more. >> reporter: good morning, dave and christine. the mandatory evacuation goes into effect in a short while along the beach here. no real sign of the storm, but when you look at the water. the waves are rolling in here and the locals say that is not how they typically come in. that is suggesting something is lurking over the horizon here. the people enjoying it the most is the surfers as they go out to ride. there was an emergency meeting last night in the community. they were using strong language. saying this storm coming this way and it is expected to come this way is perhaps the strongest they have ever seen here. it certainly is the strongest they felt since 1954 and hurricane hazel. let's show what you they fear may happen. it is the storm surge. everyone knows about that. the wat

united states. we went to hopkins manufacturing, southwest of kansas city.e 350 workers they assemble a number of products that have components coming in from china about 2$200 billion in goods tht will have 10% tariff put in place because of this latest round of tariffs auto parts components a big impact from this latest round. keep in mind the u.s.imports about $10 billion in auto parts from china the ceo of hopkins is worried about how much of an impact this will have on his bottom line >> we are very hopeful that this is a short-term issue that the administration will get what they need to reduce the tariffs or remove them and we can get back to business as normal and not impact jobs. but certainly if demand does go down, it's something that will impact us as well as other employers. >> as you look at shares of the auto parts retailers, o'riley, auto zone, advanced auto parts, keep in mind they will have to raise prices passed on to them by companies like hopkins. to give you a sense of how much prices are going up, this is a car wash brush that right no

southwest iran. at least 29 people were killed. officials blame separatists, but they also say the attackers had support from countries like the united states and saudi arabia. for more, sam kylie is following this from abu dhabi. sam, what do we know about how this played out and who possibly is behind it? >> reporter: well, we know that during this anniversary parade for what we call the end of the iran/iraq war back in the 1980s, several gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons on a crowd of not only members of the iranian revolutionary guard group, but also the civilians and even we reportedly have a child that was caught up many this terrorist attack. now, this attack was spectacular in its nature and the need to generate a lot of international publicity. iran is not a stranger to terrorist attacks. there are a number of organizations and groups, movements, within and out of the country that have used violence in the past against the regime or to embarrass the regime. the difference is the context of when this is occurring. the iranian government has blamed typically the united states, the long-time rivals of saudi arabia, the regiona

southwest corner of the state. state. weather affec% southwest louisiana is the number one explorer for lng for the united states of americake charles someone of those cities where there is enough population where a businessperson can make a living and good living. we're small enough city where one person can still have a huge impact on the future of this city. and i like that. i like that we're still a very personal city and of course i want to see us grow. but i like that the citizens here really care and feel like they can make a difference by getting involved. host: to learn more about lake charles, tune in this weekend to book tv and american history tv. and you can follow and watch all of the cities we visited on our c-span cities tour if you go to c-span.org/citiestour. stephanie in buoy, maryland. what's your story about -- bowie, maryland. what's your story? caller: i do think the government is prepared. when i think back to new orleans and what they are dealt with and still dealing with, the federal government had everything they needed there ready, on the island, or ready to get to the island. i believe it was t

include enforcement action against any alien who is present in the united states in violation of immigration law. since the surge at the southwest border in 2014, there has been a significant increase in the arrival of family units and unaccompanied alien children at the southern border, a trend which continues despite the administration's enhanced enforcement efforts. thus far in 2018, as of the end of the august, approximately 53,000 uacs and 135,000 members of alleged family unitses have been apprehended at the southern border or deemed inadmissible at ports of entry. a marked increase over 2017. most of these family units are nationals of the central american countries of el salvador, guatemala and honduras. pursuant to the traffic victims act of 2008, uacs from countries other than canada and mexico may not be permitted to withdraw their application from admission, burdening the immigration courts. with an immigration court backlog of over 700,000 cases on the nondetained docket alone it takes years for many to work their way through the court system and few who receive final orders are returned to their country of origin.

united states. as part of that. we opened data centers to move high-tech jobs. we are working on important issues now in southwest virginia. we are working on expanding career -- >> i did you vote against coal? >> why do you think the united mine workers support me and not you? i'm not just somebody who runs the mouth. >> they are suddenly shutting it down. >> i'm going to take the privilege here and take the final question. let's be realistic, a lot of people are watching this. what can senators do on each side of the isle, tomorrow, to avoid this national train wreck? >> i think senators need to approach all of the witnesses with respect. i don't think this is just a matter of judge cavanagh and dr. ford. if we are going to be respectf respectful, i thank you have to hear from ms. rainier is. there may be other witnesses as well. the most respectful thing to do is to treat people with respect but bring all of the witnesses in. remember, our children are watching. if an allegation of serious sexual assault gets swept under the rug, you will make it harder for people who are suffering to come out and seek help. l

united states. theteing mechanism is the huge area of high pressure. all it has to do is dive a little to the southwest and it steers itore to south carolina. if it lifts a bit to the northeast, it steers more toward north carolina. this det it is too early to determine the exact track and intensity. either way, the southeast coast should prepare for a major hurricane. sheinelle and hallie. >>> a political storm is brewing after the split screening moment on friday. president trump versus former president obama with the midterms two months away. all of as the white house tries to figure out who wrote the bombshell op-ed. we start this morning wh nbc's geoff bennett. >> reporter: good morning. the hunt continues for the writer of the op-ed in"t new york times" over the president's fitness for office. the president wants to know who wrote it and asking the attorney general to find out. this morning, president trump taking fresh aim at the anonymou administration official behind thes bombshell "new yormes" op-ed. mr. tmp calli on attorney general jeff sessions to get involved. >> i would say jeff should b

united states, when too many people were given mortgages they couldn't afford to repay. our north america correspondent correspondent nick bryant has been to one of the areas affected, in southweste of the american dream. but in 2008, it was dubbed the ground zero of the great recession. affluent, dream suburbs where more than 40% of properties were repossessed. everything in this area was totally in foreclosure. estate agent machoseph witnessed the mystery of the crash, saw the tears of people who not only lost their homes, but also their faith in the economic promise of america. that whole dream of working hard and actually reaping the benefits of working hard, i think, for me, the american dream was that. that wasn't reality. the dream would have been i would have been retired ten years ago. not so many americans own property any more, a child's chance of earning more than their parents has plunged from 90% after the war to just 50%. and as lynn williams and her daughter emma will tell you, the children of the financial crisis are finding it harder to leave home. i have twojobs, plus an internship, and i'm probably getting about four to six hours of sleep. maybe three. maybe

encounter during the course of their duties present in the united states in violation of immigration law. since the initial surge of the southwest border in fy 2014 there has been a significant increase in both the arrival of family units and unaccompanied alien children at the southern border which is a trend that continues despite the ministrations enhanced enforcement efforts thus far and 2018 as of the end of august approximately 53,000 uac's 135,000 members of alleged family units have been abrogated at the southern border for deemed inadmissible ports of entry which is a market increase over 2017. most of these family units and usc's our national to the central american countries of el salvador, guatemala and honduras and pursuant to trafficking victims protection reauthorization act of 2008 uac's from countries other than canada and mexico may not be permitted to withdraw their applications for admission further encumbering the already overburdened immigration court and with an immigration court backlog of over 700,000 cases on the non-detained docket alone it takes many years for these cases to work their way through the

united states postal service. priority: you ♪ >>> tropical storm florence continues bearing down on north carolina. new flash flood warnings in effect for moore and lee counts southwestgh. the national weather service says storm bands are producing 1 to 2 inches of rain per hour. this is one slow moving storm so plenty of time for that rain and water to build up. joining me is the former fema spokesperson. welcome to you. fema, what should be happening right now on fema's behalf for help to the communities that are hit by this storm, because let's say preparation time that has long sense passed. >> that's right, alex. right now fema is supporting the response effort so there's teams that have been deployed to four states and d.c. 50 urban search and rescue teams deployed to the area that support the states and local first responders and the help also extends to other parts of the federal government so there's 4,000 national guard members deployed. the u.s. coast guard is available too to support those efforts as conditions allow. i'll say though the one thing that surprises me is there's not yet been a major disaster declaration from president trump. there has been a

united recently raised bag fees. so far no changes by american. southwest does not charge for checked bags. >>> feel like you're paying too much in state taxes?alifornia lawmaker thinks you are. a revenue report from the state department of finance shows california collected almost $900 million more than projected in july and august. $725 million came from personal income tax revenue. republican senator ted gaines says that money should be returned to taxpayers. >> we had this huge surplus the last budget year and even year-to-date on the current budget. we are talking about billions and billions of dollars that in my view would be better spent by the taxpayer. they're really overpaying for their taxes. >> the state department of finance advises against any major tax decisions based on short-term revenue performance and lawmakers rejected a bill by gaines last session that would have returned the surplus funds to taxpayers. >>> bruised and blemished. doesn't look so hot. but damaged produce can taste just fine. >> next, meet a san francisco chef who is out to prove that. >>> plus, the latest legal developm ♪ ♪ at at&t, we believe in access. t

enforcement action against any alien encounter who is present in the united states in violation of immigration law.the initial surge of the southwest border in fy 2014, there has been a significant increase in both the arrival of family units and unaccompanied alien children . a trend which continues is like the administrations enhanced efforts. thus far fy 2018 as of the end of august 53,000 uhc's and 135 members had been apprehended at the southern border. a marked increase over fy 2017. most of these families are nationals of the central american countries of el salvador, guatemala and honduras. pursuant to the trafficking victims reauthorization act of 2008, uac from countries other than canada and mexico not be permitted to withdraw their applications for admission, further encumbrance and overburdened immigration court. with a backlog of 700,000 cases on the 19th alone, it takes years for many of these cases work their way through immigration and a few of those received orders are ever returned to their country of origin. in fact, approximately three percent of uac from honduras, el salvador or guatemala encountered at the so

united states. i was proud to work on that. we opened data senators in lebanon in russell county, big data centers to move high-tech obs into the county. we're working on important issues now in southwest virginia. we're working on expanding career -- mr. stewart: why did you vote against coal? senate cane: why do you think the united mine workers support me, not you. they know i know what i'm doing when it comes to coal. mr. stewart: you are shutting it down. >> gentlemen, i'll take the privilege here and have the final question. return to where we began which is tomorrow's hearing. be realistic, a lot of us are watching this and worried that it's going to turn into a national train wreck. what can senators do on each side of the aisle tomorrow to avoid this national train wreck? is the biggest mistake the filibuster? senator kaine? senator kaine: i think senators need to approach all the witnesses with respect. and i say all the witnesses. i don't think this is just a matter for judge kavanaugh and dr. ford. if we're going to be respectful of the seriousness of the allegations, i think you have to hear from ms. ramirez and ms. swetnick, you need to subpoena mark judge to come. and th

across the desert southwest here's the projected model, from a category 1, you notice it falls, so it becomes a rain maker, not a big hurricane as it works its way into the united states. it will bring moisture to areas where you typically don't see this much rain. we'll be talking about at least widespread, a couple of inches of rain across southeastern california, stretching into portions of arizona and isolated areas, this won't be widespread buisolated areas get up to 3, 4g within the next couple days. it will be a soggy start to the week in that portion of the country. otherwise, temperatures across the country in some places feeling a little bit like summer as you look at spots in the 80s. there is cooler air, a little bit of a taste of fall across the upper portions of the country. spots there hovering in the 50s for daytime highs, 67 degrees in chicago. we are beginning to see the change of seasons here across the country, a cooling off as we wrap up september. back to you. eboni: fall is certainly here, thank you so much, adam. leland: tesla's ceo, elon musk, is out as chairman of the electric car company's board and he must fork over millions in fines to the

the storm that similarly americans from california and the united states face risk from natural disaster. whether a hurricane in the southwest or a wildfire it is a responsibility our government to help americans country recover and rebuild following natural disasters. to allow victims to pay more with access to retirement funds that casualty lost deduction makes all the difference to families and rebuildes trying to their livelihood. this amendment is so important all americans deserve a helping hand when they needed the most i urge my colleagues to provide permanent natural fast relief for victims of upfederally declared disasters. i yield back. >> does anyone wish to speak on the amendment? i am to the point where i said i would agree. we can always do more and better. but last year within weeks and to address that devastation cost as well as california wildfire. it is the most largest aggressive response and in response my worry about this amendmentl the same as wildfire as drought or wind damage from the hurricane but we have learned that they are very different that requires a tailored approach but i worry if they band

and across the united states face similar ritz, as drought conditions and rising temperatures lead to more damaging and fast-spreading wildfires. whether it's a hurricane in the southwest or a wildfire in the west, it's the responsibility of our government to help americans across the country recover and rebuild following natural disasters. provisions allowing people to keep more of their paycheck, ease access to retirement funds, and the loss deduction can make all the difference to families and businesses trying to rebuild their live lie hoods. that's why this amendment is so important. all americans impacted by natural disasters deserve a helping hand when they need it the most. i rurj my colleagues to support congressman thompson's amendment to provide permanent relief from federally declared disasters. i yield back. >> i would say i agree with mr. reed. we can always do more, we can always do better, advancing good legislation to help americans cope with disasters. last week were weeks, congress the airway extension act to address harvey, irma, maria as well as california wildfires. in fact, it was part of the largest most aggressive response, $146 billion, by con

southwest. rolling in labor day, tropical rains roll into florida. heavy rain there. sunny and dry on the west coast. the flood risk continues in the central part of the united states. that is the weather. back to you at the desk. >>> thank you. we have developments from the late night court filing from the trump adviser. george papadopoulos is pleading for leniency. my colleague at the white house geoff bennett. >> reporter: good morning, kristen. george papadopoulos faces up to six months in jail after pleading guilty last year to lying to the fbi agents connected to the russia investigation. that is why in the court document he is pleading for lien ylie lieniency. papadopoulos is contradicting what attorney general jeff sessions said under both a proposed meeting with russian president vladimir putin. papadopoulos says sessions and donald trump apparently suppo supported his idea that trump meet with putin during the campaign. the white house has dismissed papadopoulos' testimony as disc dishone dishonest. >> the latest twist. geoff, thank you. >>> for the first time, we are hearing from the uber driver in florida who fatally shot another driver after threatened

united states. high winds and heavy rains are already battering parts of the region. the hurricane is currently around 50 miles southwestound 8am local time —— landfall at around 8am local time — that's around 1pm here in the uk. these are pictures from the last couple of hours from the coastal town of wrightsville beach, which is already experiencing turbulent conditions. and these are live cctv pictures from wrightsville beach as the storm intensifies. nearly 1.7m people have been ordered to evacuate the coastline of north carolina, south carolina, and virginia. thousands have taken shelter in emergency centres, while many supermarkets are running short of essential supplies. with me is our weather presenter, chris fawkes. talk us through the sarah latest. the eye wall is starting to make inroads into the coast, so the outer bands of the eye walljust starting to push in now, the eye, because the storm is moving so slowly it will ta ke storm is moving so slowly it will take another few hours before it actually makes landfall itself. now, the winds aren't as fierce as they have been overrecent day, it is now got winds o

keeping bad people, bad tngs ou of the united states, it's reason this comittee was formed in the fist place. and we heard about encouraging followers to cross our southwest bder. we talked about the 9/11 commission, talking about terrorist travel strategies. this is one of the strategies, one of the programs that i believe the 9/11 commission was talking about. why not us the best technology we have and use biometrics to identify known or spected terrorists, ms-13, child predors, opioids, all the bad stuff that can come into this country when borr patrol tells me w only know 50% of what's coming into the country, why would we not want to use the most innovative technology so when someone enters this hemisphere underneame and gets to the mexico border in another name, just like in the llie tibbetts slaying, changed their identity,his stops the changing of identity up the road to the united states. because you know why, biometrics don't lie. you a o you ar we know who they are through the great best technology we so i vailable today believe being opposed to this legislation really puts the american people at harm. i hope i'm wrong in saying ts because i ne

western united states face similar risks from natural disasters as drought conditions in rising temperatures lead to more damaging and fast spreading wildfires. whether it is a hurricane in the southwest or a wild fire in the west, it is the responsibility of our government to help americans across the country recover and rebuild following natural disasters. provisions allowing victims to keep more of their paycheck, ease access to retirement funds, and claim the casualty loss deduction can make all the difference to families and businesses trying to rebuild their livelihoods. that is why this amendment is so important. all americans are impacted by natural disasters in the survey helping hand. i urge my -- to -- i yield back. >> does anyone wish to speak to the women? i agree with mystery. mr. thompson, we can always do more. we can always do better. legislation to help americans cope with disaster. last year within weeks, -- addressed the devastation caused by harvey, army, maria, and the cold front wildfires. it was one of the most aggressive responses in response to these national disasters. my worry about this amendment is that this is a one-size-fits- all. this treats flooding d

western united states face similar risk from natural disaster as drought conditions in rising temperatures lead to more damaging and fast spreading wildfires. whether it is a hurricane and southwest or wildfire in the west. it's a responsibility of our government to help americans across the country recover and rebuild following natural disasters. the casualty loss deduction. to families and businesses trying to rebuild their livelihood. t that's why this amendment is so important. all americans impacted by natural disasters deserve a helping hand when they need it the most. i urge my colleagues to support the amendment to provide permanent national disaster relief for victims of federally declared disasters. i yelled back. >> does anybody wish to speak on the amendment. we can always do more. last year within weeks congress advance that disaster tax relief. it addressed the devastation caused by hurricane harvey, and others. in a as well as california wildfires. it was part of the largest most aggressive response on hundred $46 billion by congress in response to these natural disasters. my worry about this amendment is this is a one size fits all. it treats flooding disasters th

and across the united states face similar ritz, as drought conditions and rising temperatures lead to more damaging and fast-spreading wildfires. whether it's a hurricane in the southwest or a wildfire in the west, it's the responsibility of our government to help americans across the country recover and rebuild following natural disasters. provisions allowing people to keep more of their paycheck, ease access to retirement funds, and the loss deduction can make all the difference to families and businesses trying to rebuild their live lie hoods. that's why this amendment is so important. all americans impacted by natural disasters deserve a helping hand when they need it the most. i rurj my colleagues to support congressman thompson's amendment to provide permanent relief from federally declared disasters. i yield back. >> i would say i agree with mr. reed. we can always do more, we can always do better, advancing good legislation to help americans cope with disasters. last week were weeks, congress the airway extension act to address harvey, irma, maria as well as california wildfires. in fact, it was part of the largest most aggressive response, $146 billion, by con

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