wolfe. >> barbara britton is in the middle.as able to learn about david, he would have never gone to that hotel room to meet harry britton. he would have never gone to that hotel room to meet michael wolfe. he agreed to come meet barbara. >> the woman who wept tears of love for her long-loved david, who professed to have held a torch all of those years, was the very same woman who called david on the phone and enticed him to go to that hotel room to be killed. >> they needed to use barbara as the lure, because david still had feelings for barbara. >> evidence? david had a roommate, reported journalist stefan kamp and that roommate heard david take a phone call just before he went out that night. >> he was pretty sure it was a woman who was on the phone. david takes the phone, goes into his room, comes out a little while later, he's all spruced up, ready to go out, he's got a smile on his face, he's combing his hair, he's putting on his cologne and david jackson left the apartment at that point. that was the last that any of his

they were sleeping in their tent when a wolf attacked. mom alisa writing on facebook, matt literally threw his body in front of me and the boys and fought the wolf as it ripped apart our tent and his arms and hands. we were screaming for help as he was fighting it and trying to save us for what felt like an eternity. the wolf started to drag matt from the tent but help was nearby. >> i just kicked it in the back half. >> reporter: alisa on facebook thanking their guardian angel, russ fee, who was in the campsite next to them. >> i was able to pick up a rock and we were able to sort of lob rocks at it for a while. that seemed to push it back quite a bit. >> reporter: the wolf let go of matt but kept following him as the family ran to russ' van. >> i was trying to assess how much trouble i was in. i wasn't too sure if it was going to come at me or not. it wasn't snarling, it wasn't growling at me at all. >> reporter: matt was rushed to a hospital with puncture wounds and scratches. park officials evacuated the campground, found the wolf, an

i'm wolf fwlirts the situation room.s right now. >>> outfront tonight, clashing behind closed doors. new details tonight about president trump's fight with world leaders over vladimir putin. plus, a major bank appearing to reveal it has donald trump's tax returns. are democrats about to get their hands on them? and attorney general bill barr reportedly pays $30,000 to host his holiday party at president trump's d.c. hotel. a conflict of interest? let's go outfront. >>> good evening, to you i'm jim sciutto in new york in for erin burnett. and president trump clashing bit

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. president trump is firing off new attacks against two democratic congresswomen while praising israel's stunning decision to ban the lawmakers from entering the country. top democrats are rallying behind representatives ilhan omar and rashida tlaib. members of the so-called freshman squad calling the move underneath the dignity of israel. >>> also, the judiciary committee serving former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski as well as a former white house official subpoenas. sources tell cnn that administration officials are considering invoking executive privilege to block lewandowski's testimony, even though he never worked in the white house. i'll get reaction from democratic congressman ted lieu. he's on the judiciary and the foreign affairs committees. >>> and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let's go to our chief white house correspondent, jim

i don't think he has a plan, wolf. i think that he has an attitude which is belligerence and i think he had a hope which is that people around the world will give into his bullying and i don't think he has the comprehension or the attention span to do the kind of work necessary to work with other countries who often don't have our best interests at heart, but who we need to work with in a granular and -- and intense way to get -- to give them an incentive for them to do the right thing by us but also to give them a chance to do well. his attitude is i will beat you up until you submit. that is not a plan. and it is obviously not working. it is hurting americans. >> you're right now on a political -- one poll away from qualifying for the september democratic presidential debate. you've already met the donor threshold. one of your rivals for the nomination, governor steel bullock said the dnc rules mean in his words billionaires can buy their way on to the debate stage. how do you respond to the governor? >> look, the go

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news tonight, the fbi just revealed that the dayton gunman had a history of exploring very specific violent ideologies. that's why the bureau is now taking a central role in the investigation. authorities say they haven't found any evidence that the gunman had a racial motivation or that he was influenced by the el paso shooting massacre just hours before he opened fire. also breaking, new details on how the el paso shooting suspect surrendered. a police sergeant telling cnn the gunman turned himself in to a motorcycle police officer putting his hands up and identifying him seven as the shooter. after one of the worst attacks on latinos in u.s. history. some el paso democrats are asking president trump to cancel his visit tomorrow. but he's sticking with his plans to travel to texas and ohio. i'll get reaction from el paso council martinez hernandez and our correspondents and and a li li analysts are standing

>> reporter: that is right, wolf. speaking to the aunt and uncle of jordan and her husband andre on chobdo killed saving their child and they have two other children and trying to figure out the extended family to figure out just how to tell these children that their parents are completely gone. the oldest child is five years old. she just turned five on the day of the shooting. they have no idea how to break the news to their children. >> heartbreaking story. there are so many unfortunate stories like this. brian todd on the scene. thank you. we'll get back to you. i want to go to cnn's ryan young in dayton where a gunman killed nine people and including hisone sister in less than a minute before police shot and killed him. police have released surveillance that contains graphic images. what are investigators learning? >> reporter: this is still very disturbing, wolf. in fact it was 24 seconds when the gunman opened fire. now people are trying to figure out the motive. i just walked to the memorial across the street

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> we are standing by for a news conference by police in el paso, texas, as we cover all the breaking news on the back-to-back gun massacres in texas and ohio. the loss of innocent life is even more staggering tonight as two more victims in el paso have died, raising the death toll from the two shootings to 31. police tell cnn the el paso gunman had a stone cold look that was nothing short of evil when he was arrested and accused of a domestic terror attack fuelled by hatred of immigrants. in ohio, authorities still are investigating the dayton shooter's motives. they say he may have had up to 250 rounds of ammunition when he slaughtered nine people in 30 seconds before he was killed by police. tonight, president trump is trying to blame these horrific mass shootings on mental illness, violent video games, and the culture of the internet. he isn't proposing any new gun restrictions. he's refusing to address his o

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news on the hurricane emergency now in effect for the entire state of florida. a just-released forecast shows dorian is intensifying and is expected to be a major hurricane tomorrow as it ploughs closer and closer to the southeastern coast. it's likely to strike somewhere in florida on monday during the unusually busy labor day holiday. it's a final path that is right now uncertain. in southeast georgia also is at serious risk tonight. more than 20 million people in both states are being warned to stock up and stay alert for potential evacuation orders. tonight president trump is acknowledging the threat of a huge disaster on his watch. he just announced he's canceling a trip to poland this weekend so he can stay in the united states to monitor the storm. this hour i'll talk with republican congressman jim banks. he's a key member of the house armed services committee and our correspondents and

>> wolf, thank you so much. watching and hearing the shots fired as a veteran, it's a tragedy that this is happening in our country and in my community. we do know that 19 people have been shot. multiple folks are injured and filling in our level one trauma center. it's a saturday. parents and children are in our shopping malls as well as walmart preparing for back to school. so there's a lot of traffic in these areas. my district office is right down the street from it and it's unfortunate that this has happened. i have been in touch with governor greg abbott who is in el paso to provide support and his leadership and i have been in communication with our chief of state police colonel mccraw here at dps who has confirmed that there have been multiple people shot north of 19 people and there is a suspect in custody. it is a male, and it no longer is an active shooting situation. it is a homicide scene situation according to the el paso police department, but really a tragedy for one of the safest cities in the w

out. >> reporter: camper russ fee ran over to help, instinct leading him to kick the wolf >> the wolf popped out a little curious, i think i wasn't too sure if it was going to come at me or not >> reporter: already attacking matthew rispoli, the animal was trying to drag him away. elisa rispoli writes it was like something out of a horror movie. matt threw his body in front of me and the boys and fought the wolf we were screaming for help as he was fighting it and trying to save us. >> i was able to pick up a rock and sort of lob rocks at it for a while. >> reporter: after scaring the animal away, rispoli was treated and released by doctors. the wolf tracked and killed. a rare attack and now a harrowing story of survival. miguel almaguer, nbc news. >>> > it seemed like a sweet disqualifiedry at the finish we'll tell you why >>> for a moment today it looked like two british triathletes were the winners of a qualifying event in tokyo for next year's olympics that is until jessica learmonth and georgia taylor-brown were disqualified for holding hands across the finish line so, the third

wolf?ed, thanks for that report. >>> just ahead, an exclusive new eyewitness account for the massacre in dayton, ohio, where victims became first responders right after the attack. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." >>> authorities say the gunman that slaughtered nine people in dayton, ohio, was exploring violent ideologies before the massacre. police brought down the shooter before he was able to continue the killing inside a very crowded bar. a manager at the bar tells our brooke baldwin that victims of the attack quickly became first responders. >> he immediately went out front and started assisting the two people that are directly in front of our business with cpr, calling out that he needs tourniquets, taking off t-shirts, bar t-shirts that we have and making tourniquets out of them. >> reporter: and you're running and helping grab bar t-shirts and towels. >> and towels, yes. >> reporter: to give to him to apply pressure. >> literally every towel that we had, every t-shirt t

>> yes, wolf. i'm the sponsor of the assault weapons ban legislation which currently has 196 co-sponsors, includes a ban on magazines. these are weapons of war that don't belong in neighborhoods of communities. they ought to be banned, period. >> is there bipartisan agreement on this? a lot of democrats are with you, what about republicans? >> we don't have republican support. the important thing to remember, wolf, we passed two important pieces of gun safety legislation in february. some of the first legislation we passed. universal background checks and closing the charleston loophole. background checks work. since they're put in place, 3 million gun sales denied to people that are disqualified from possessing a firearm because they have a criminal conviction or other disqualifying information. we know they work. one in five guns is purchased without background check. that's where legislation would fix. it is sitting on mitch mcconnell's desk since february. the senate should pass those bills, th

wolf? >> very dangerous moment indeed. all right, paula, thank you, paula hancocks in hong kong. >>> now to president trump, he's monitoring china's response to the hong kong protest while taking a step back from his own trade war with beijing. cnn's chief white house correspondent is with the president in new jersey. he publicly disclosed information from his private intelligence briefings. give us the latest. >> that's right. president trump is adding more drama to the unfolding volatile situation in china. at one point tweeting that u.s. intelligence has information that the chinese are moving troops toward hong kong. the president is also temporarily backing down in his trade war with china, delaying a new round of tariffs on chinese products coming into the u.s. revealing what may be sensitive, national security information in a tweet president trump inserted himself into the growing crisis in hong kong. as the protests there were becoming more violent the president hinted china may be about to take action, tweeting o

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>>> i'm wolf blitzer in washington with breaking news. this very sad, very horrific weekend here in the united states. two american cities, two deadly shooting ram ages, and the heartbreaking human toll. 29 people who lost their lives to this purely senseless violence. in both of these attacks, solo gun men suddenly opening fire on crowds of people. in one, a walmart store packed with shoppers. the other, a busy bar and nightclub area. today the people of el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio, they are still processing the brutality of these horrific shootings in their cities. just 13 hours apart. 20 people killed in el paso. 26 others wounded. 9 people kills in dayton. 27 others wounded. this is how people in the oregon district of dayton reacted when shots rang out a little after 1:00 in the morning today. witnesses say the gunman, who has been identified, fired into groups of people for less than a minute before police officers shot him dead. the alleged gunman's own sister is among the nine people he killed. >> there was that horrific scen

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>> three things, wolf.irst, i like california wine better than french line, so i disagree with the president there. second, that set of clips that you played was just sort of a random sampling of the president doing what he does well, which is just spitballing, throwing things against the wall and seeing what sticks. but it adds up to him not having a coherent vision of the world's top leaders. specifically at the g-7 was his comments about blaming president obama for crimea being annexed by russia. and i thought that was really an abdication of leadership. presidents blame their predecessors for stuff. but this was a situation where, yes, president trump inherited a problem, but, no, it was not a problem of president obama's creation. russia annexed crimea. president obama had the choice of arming the ukrainians, not doing anything, or doing what he did, which was getting european leaders together, those same leaders that were in the room, and sanctioning the russias. that's what he did. president trump ne

wolf? >> you're right. jim akcostaacosta, thanks very . >>> the democratic 2020 hopefuls are back on the trail after this week's cnn debates. they turned on one another on the debate stage, but some of them also turned against former president barack obama. let's turn in cnn's jessica dean. joe biden, he's hitting back today, specifically on that. >> that's exactly right, wolf. the former vice president expressing surprise today, fellow democrats attacked barack obama's record. and he's once again making his argument that his views, not the more leftward policy proposals from his opponents represent the majority of democratic voters. tonight, former vice president joe biden and california senator kamala harris back on the trail, hours after sparring at the cnn debate in detroit. biden saying the level of criticism directed at parts of former president barack obama's record last night was unexpected. >> i must tell you, i was a little surprised at how much incoming there was about barack, about the president

went down and we will hear from the dad who jumped in front of his family to save them from a wild wolf while they were sleeping in a camp out and president trump is reportedly considering brianing greenland, the busfray to be wi. >> and one of the biggest names of nascar survived the firry crash. dale earnhardt, jr.'s private plane crashed in eastern tennessee. the flames and black smoke pouring out. >> reporter: the faa said that the five people aboard survived with no injuries incredible, considering the wre wreckage. >> you could hear the comotion it was metal and screech, like it was sliding >> reporter: dale earnhardt, jr., his wife and daughter. >> the first person i came in contact with was mr. earnhardt, he was on his back and conscious and alert. >> they had just landed in the airport, and the national transportation safety board is investigating what caused the crash that left smoke, bill owing in to the air. >> luckily we dodged a bullet today that everyone got away unharmed. >> 18 years ago, earnhardt jr.'s father died in a crash in the daytona 500. he was just 49 >> racing

>> reporter: wolf, this is so surreal. it is 5:00 a.m. here and passengers and airport workers are filing in. almost as if the incredible scenes that we saw five or six hours ago hadn't happened when there were thousands of demon -- demonstrators and eruptions of violence. the kind of violence that we've seen playing out in the streets of this city, increasingly for two months now erupting here in this important international transit hub. overnight confrontations in hong kong turning violent. as thousands of pro-democracy protesters flooded the country's busy international airport peril izi -- peril izing it for a second day. as the growing tension played out on live television, police moved in carrying shields and wearing body armor to push the crowd back. at times it is hard to tell who sided with whom. we were there when protesters turned on a man they suspected of being a chinese agent. some tried to protect him and others kicked him. medics succeeded in taking it injured man away. he's since been identified as a reporter for the news

i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. follow me on twitter and instagram at wolf blitzer.utfront" starts right now. >>> outfront next, the president abandon a pick to be the the top intelligence official as bipartisan urj after another republican in congress calls it quits. plus a baltimore pastor praised by the president mass a message for trump amp the standpoint called the city rodent infested and the threat against china as american consumers pay the price. let's go outfront. >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnett, going down in flames, president trump's nominee to lead the u.s. intelligence community is pick for director of national intelligence is done. congressman

>> i sure can, wolf. it's 13 patients have been -- have been transferred to our hospital. >> 13 patients, and can you tell us their status? how are they doing? >> well, we're the region's only level one trauma center. so when situations like this occur they -- these patients do come to us. again, we've had citizen. we have had one fatality among those 13, but for the most part, our surgeons and staff are doing the very best they can to help. are you there? >> yes, i'm here. >> go ahead. sorry for interrupting. i lost you for a second. >> what was the last part you heard? >> you were telling us that of the 13 who were taken to your hospital the university medical center of el paso, one person, unfortunately, has passed, is that right? >> that is correct. we did have two children with non-life-threatening injuries. they have been transferred to el paso children's hospital. they have the very best in child care here in the region and those children are, of course, receiving the best of care. >> so of the 13,

wolf. >> layla, thank you.i. >>> president trump will be monitoring his administration's response to the hurricane from camp david. the storm is hitting just after one of the president's top assistants is forced to quit because she shared some intimate details, as they are being described, about the first family with reporters. ♪ ing ] what about him? let's do it. ♪ come on. this summer, add a new member to the family. hurry in and lease the glc 300 suv for just $419 a month with credit toward your first month's payment at the mercedes-benz summer event. going on now. billions of problems. morning breath? garlic breath? stinky breath? there's a therabreath for you. therabreath fresh breath oral rinse instantly fights all types of bad breath and works for 24 hours. so you can... breathe easy. there's therabreath at walmart. only marco's can deliver. america's most loved pizza. hot and fresh, and right to your door. every day at marco's, get two medium, one-topping pizzas for just $6.99 each. hello to the italian

>> reporter: hi, there, wolf.he people in southern greenland seem to be mocking president trump's idea to possibly buy or acquire greenland. this country's government has said, quote, that greenland is not for sale. and folks that we've been speaking to have said, look, this is something the u.s. tried in the past, they talked about 1867 and the period after world war ii and one resident said it simply is not going to happen. now on the face of it, it might not be such a crazy idea for the united states to want greenland. this place is apparently very rich in natural resources. and what has been going on in the past couple of years is that chinese companies have been trying to move in and exploit those resources and that is something that the u.s. is not very fond of. this place is also strategically extremely important. america has a big military base here and even early warning system for ballistic missiles so it is something on the face of it would make sense but of course if greenland does have all of the natu

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news on the house impeachment probe. former trump campaign manager cory lewandowski is signaling he's willing to testify after being subpoenaed by the judiciary committee. also tonight, new controversy after israel banned the entry of two democratic congress women targeted by president trump. one of the lawmakers, rashida tlaib, is rejecting israel's new offer to let her visit her family on the west bank following israel's conditions. >>> more evidence that mr. trump is stressing about a potential recession just ahead of the 2020 election. he told crowds in new hampshire they have no choice but to vote for him to avoid economic consequences. this hour i'll talk with senator and democratic candidate cory booker and house judiciary candidate cedric richmond. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, let's go to manu raju. manu, cory lewandowski is speaking out about the house subpoe

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> we're following breaking news on a hurricane endangering millions of americans. a just released forecast shows dorian's winds intensifying as it thrashes the u.s. virgin islands and threatens puerto rico with heavy rain and potentially deadly flooding. dorian is expect to grow more powerful as it heads toward the u.s. mainland. likely hitting florida as a major return over the labor day weekend. as the storm bears down, president trump has been very busy insulting puerto rico which is a part of united states, quoting him now, calling it one of the most corrupt places on earth. >>> also breaking, officials confirm to cnn that mr. trump is so desperate for victories ahead of the election, he told aides he would pardon them if they broke the law while trying to meet his demand to build his border wall by 2020. our correspondents and reporters are standing by. first in puerto rico, dorian clearly gaining strength and posing a significant threat to america

welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max keyser time out of turn to wolf rector of a wolf street dot com all flocking back thanks for having me back max compass demanding the fed cut interest rates by 100 basis points and restart quantitative easing your thoughts wolf rector and that's interesting because also trump is saying that this is the best economy ever so why cut interest rates by a 100 basis points on the already low when this economy is red hot and. you know we're sort of tony between the 2 and the economy is probably in the middle yes not the best economy ever but it's pretty good shape except for manufacturing is not good shape that services. you know consumer spending it's growing retailers doing ok you know in this sense economy is doing in the middle of the range of the last many years and and so there's really no no reason to cut interest rates from the already low levels and of course to market has already. had those yields down away by about a large amount and and so the stimulus in terms of lower rates it's already arrived in the markets i mean barring mortgage rat

wolf? >> polo sandoval, be careful over there, in puerto rico for us. omar is on the eastern side of the island. right in the path of the storm. omar, the area was hit hard by hurricane maria nearly two years ago. what is the biggest concern right now where you are? >> reporter: nearly two years ago, but people still have hurricane maria very much top of mind, as hurricane dorian threatens this portion of the island. and rainfall was really the major concern here. in fact, from the beginning, they said it was not a hurricane maria wind event, but the flooding and the rain that would come with it was a major concern. now, on the other side of the day, now, it seems that we have gotten past some of the more serious bands of dorian, for this spot in particular, but that's because it was just, it is now moving just east of us, particularly over the virgin islands which were hit and have been hit, and i should say are currently being hit, very, very hard, with the brunt of this storm, in fact, i

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wolf? >>> jim acosta is in manchester, new hampshire, the president on his way there for a big political rally. >>> joining us madeline dean. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me, wolf. >>> let me get your reaction from what we just heard. first of all, he bitterly went after these two congresswomen, and he applauded this decision what's your reaction? >> imagine what the president said of these women, that they hate israel and all jewish people. that's an extraordinary lie. the president should be ashamed and should take it back. i happen to have just come from eight days in israel. it's a country and a people that could not be more welcoming, and i would hope that the president would be embarrassed and apologize for his urging of prime minister netanyahu to bar the women from coming. these are equal members of congress. they are part of our congressional del grace. recall is one of our most important allies in the world, a democracy, a partner, a friend. it's extraordinary

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. >>> wolf attack. a camping trip turns terrifying for an american family in canada and the stranger that came to the rescue. >> i wasn't sure if it was coming at me or not. >>> ready for takeoff. a look at the launch pad deep in the new mexico desert set to send first tourists into space. >>> marvelous maddie. >> i heard them say, it is a girl. >> making history at the little league world series. today friday, august 16, 2019. ♪ >>> from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to "today". nice to have you with us on a friday morning. when you look at the images of that private plane on the runway in flames and you think about those moments, how terrifying it must have been. >> dale earnhardt jr., of course a colleague of ours at nbc sports and a racing icon, amazing he and his family got out of the thing unscathed. >> we will start there. it is our top story. he, of course, is one of the most storied nam

wolf? >> they're wonderful people there in el paso as you have discovered over these past several hours. jim sciutto, we'll get back to you. thank you very much. >>> i want to go to dayton, ohio, right now and i want our viewers to take a closer look at this. a pile of shoes left behind as people simply left for their lives. testament to the absolute panic that broke out when the gunfire began there in that nightclub district of dayton. a weekend night out turned into a life and death drama. sherrod brown is now demanding action from mitch mccconnell. >> i hope senator mcconnell will bring the senate back tomorrow, pass the background check bill and the president sign it, period. >> ryan, what's the latest information you're getting? >> reporter: wolf, we've been talking to police officers here. they really showed details of what happened here. there's one young man out here who's talking about how his family is impacted. he lost two cousins. listen to this emotional sound that we just hear

i am wolf blitzer in washington. we are following very sad breaking news, a deadly mass shooting at a very crowded walmart store in el paso, texas. there are many casualties. many were taken to local hospitals. several people are dead. the exact number of fatalities hasn't been made public. we are about to show you very disturbing video. disturbing because it shows victims of the shooting lying on the ground in a walmart parking lot in the terrifying first moments of the mass shooting rampage. help. help. >>> that was outside the walmart store. we are told there may have been as many as 3,000 shoppers inside, 1,000 to 3,000 and 100 employees. that was outside the walmart. watch what was going on inside. that was ten gunshots in only a few seconds. there were many, many more gunshots. at least 23 people were taken to area hospitals. all of their conditions are not known yet. there are fatalities. unfortunately multiple fatalities. officials are not saying exactly how many were killed. we expect to find out fairly soon

that is a huge, huge indicator, wolf. the shooter in norway several years ago surrendered after killing many, many people. when they asked why did you just surrender, he said, because i want my day in court, i want everybody to hear what i have to say. i don't know if this suspect is thinking the same thing, but if he's posting on social media for everyone to see, if he's writing a manifesto, and if he willingly drops his weapon and surrender to police, look gilroy last week, even after officers shot the suspect, the suspect took his own life. that's more the norm, not simply giving up. maybe the suspect, and we'll find out in weeks and months to come, he's trying to get a message across, a hateful, deadly message that started with the carnage today. >> he obviously left allen, texas and drove all the way to el paso, 600 miles, to send some sort of very sick and destructive message. we'll learn a lot more about that i assume in the coming hours and days. everybody stick around, we'll have a lot more special coverage on al

>> wolf, thank you. the first thing everybody speaks about is the wind and the wind fields are potentially damaging. this is true. and could cause some serious injury potentially. but really what we found in all of the storms that we've responded to through our federal task force is that water is the greatest hazard that we see. that could be water due to storm surge. it could be water due to rain. but it could also be impacted by what we're experiencing now in miami which is a ting tide which is higher than normal water level. >> what sort of preparations are you taking right now? >> preparation for us in miami is actually a year long event. we prepare throughout all seasons. the reason we do that is because we know the importance or recognize the importance of being extremely capable when that storm does come. so some examples would be high water vehicles. recognizing the potential for flooding, we have a number of vehicles capable of traversing high waters to get to residents and citizens anywhere in

the last 30 cards last year compensation is only given if it can be proven that a wolf is to blame it's tricky when the calf's just disappears or if it's still born because the mother was under stress farmers a supposed to use fencing but that's expensive. the state authorities in brandenburg have responded to the farmer's plight they have authorized hunters to shoot wolves if as on friends as farm they have repeatedly attacked livestock or a human being your animal conservationists are concerned stefan who has been observing a pack of wolves in his area for years and is convinced the situation isn't that dramatic as long as the wolf isn't lewd him with food it will avoid humans zoom of course it was here that you see these fresh wolf tracks only a few hours old in 9 years i've only seen 15 or 6 times they're usually very shy way just observer magine. moves a most commonly cited with the help of camera traps. of the does the owner of the thing turn because he had the camera with it's a black flash so he can't see it he's where it. says walls should be allowed to live in brandenburg ther

of wolves in his area for years and is convinced the situation isn't that traumatic as long as the wolf isn't loued him with food it will avoid humans zoom of course or words for that if you see these fresh wolf tracks only a few hours old in 9 years i've only seen $15.00 or 6 times they're usually very shy they just observe us i imagine. wolves a most commonly cited with the help of camera traps. of their does the owner of the can turn because he heard the camera it's a black flash so he can't see it he's wary poyser says wolves should be allowed to live in brandenburg there is no need to authorize shooting them it's just scaremongering. the stray wonder this is an endangered species the few walls we have are going to wildly multiply up to 30 percent a year i can't listen to this argument anymore we barely have $1000.00 wolves in germany. the brunt of the hunting association says that is still too many it says such a large predator has no place in an area where there are lots of farms it wants to see shooting quotas and more freedom to decide when a wolf is to be shot some hunters say

. >>> new jersey family sharing their story after surviving an extremely rare wolf attack. the family of four were on a camping trip in canada when a vicious wolf tour right through their tent. the father matthew threw himself in front of his family while the wolf clamped onto his arm. the animal started dragging him away in a nearby camper jumped in to help. >>> they managed to scare the wolf away. the father was treated for lacerations. the rest of the family was uninjured. >>> a potential link between teen the vaping and severe lung disease. tom hansen with the recent findings. >> reporter: about two dozen cases of suspected severe lung injury linked to vaping have been reported in three states and the past month.>>> the symptoms look like common infections. they don't get better.>> reporter: children's minnesota is treating for teenagers. the patients did not respond to antibiotics and doctors say the patient's lungs sustained some type of injury and in the lungs began to fail. some patients required ventilators. >>> pediatric pulmonologist said the vaping epidemic coul

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