she wawas an extra gary wolf and she was particularly beautiful. she was one of the best hunters we had ever seen. she could take down ouout by herself. shshe was taken 15 miles out of the park are a hunter. this is a act that i is used to seeing thousands of people throughout the year and, but quite naÏve to humans and tolelerant of humans being close by. so she was at a disadvantage in a landscape where wolves were being hunted. >> what is happening to yellllowstone wowolves really highghlights what is hapappening throughout the r region. those are the most protected and well-managed wolves in the whole region and they are still getting shot. just imagine what is happening to wolves throughout the rest of the region where they have you to k know protections. you have 20-pound wololf pups being shot in idaho anand wyomg. inin wyoming, yoyou canano to national forest land and trap and starere wolves. you u can kill wolveves howewevu want.. [[gunshot] been signed off by the department of the interior and the state of wyoming. >> a lot of the big fan

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following multiple breaking stories this hour, including the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by north korea. japanese defense officials say it flew for about an hour before plunging into the ocean off japan. president trump responded to the missile launch just a little while ago saying north korea, quote, is a situation we will handle. he was joined by defense secretary james mattis who said that the missile went higher than any previous one launched by the kim jong-un regime, indicating north korea's getting closer to its goal of being able to strike anywhere in the world. >>> and the president is praising the passage of the senate's tax overhaul bill by the budget committee, setting the stage for a full vote on the senate floor. the president was up on capitol hill to pressure republican holdouts. he also slammed democratic leaders nancy pelosi and chuck schumer as, quote, all talk and no action

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wolf? >> all right, sarah, thanks so much. sara sidner reporting. brian, what's the latest in the investigation? >> reporter: well, wolf, i can show you what they're doing here behind me. this is the first baptist church. you can see the small bell tower over to your right, my left. that is a large set of evidence tents right there where officials still processing a lot of evidence from the scene. this still a very active crime scene. we saw fbi technicians and others scouring the grounds looking for shell casings and other evidence. wolf, a short time ago officials put out a very jarring timeline of how the attack unfolded right here behind me. they said the shooter, devin kelley, had dawned an all black outfit with a tactical vest. part of that outfit was a mask with an imprint of a white skull on it. he first shot inside the church and then moved outside. after he shot up inside and killed all those people, he was confronted by two samaritans. one of those gentleman, johnnie langendorff

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news tonight, the final ballots are being cast in an election seen as a test of president trump's popularity and influence amid his plummeting approval rating. polls close right at the top of the next hour, where voters are choosing their next governor. president trump has been tweeting support of republican candidate, ed gillespie, who shares many positions with the president, but has kept his distance from him, as well. tonight, president trump also is in south korea, where he'll deliver a major prime-time address from the country's national spleassembly, just a f dozen miles from the border with north korea. the president has taken a much less fiery tone toward the kim jong-un regime since arriving in south korea and is expected to use his speech tonight to reassure the country he's committed to preventing war. and there are new questions emerging tonight about the trump campaign's relations with r

a wolf looking for a meal. trying to take that moose down and that moose is fighting back. >> but they're in the water. that wolf doesn't stand a chance. >> now we know why that moose was standing in the middle of the lake looking at the drone like, do not bother me right now. >> this wolf is not giving up. the moose going in circles. at one point you lose sight of the wolf because it is underneath biting at the haunches. >> oh, my gosh. i didn't realize the wolf was still attached to the moose. i thought he was hobbled by a bite or something. that wolf is hanging on. >> he has a mouth full of that front right leg, hasn't he? >> how long can wolves hold their breath? >> its head is just above the water so it can still breathe out of its nose but it is trying to get a meal. >> that's when you hope all batteries -- >> yes. >> don't deny me now, battery. >> the moose is able to dislodge the wolf and starts walking away but the wolf gives pursuit. it keeps following and following. finally you can see that this wolf

he did not need to make a plea though, wolf, that will come at a later date, wolf. >> all right, thankse'll have more on the story coming up later. >>> also coming up, family pictures, viral videos and popular u.s. movies. stay with us for a surprising look at what osama bin laden had on his personal computer. (honking) (beeping) we're on to you, diabetes. time's up, insufficient prenatal care. and administrative paperwork, your days of drowning people are numbered. same goes for you, budget overruns. and rising costs, wipe that smile off your face. we're coming for you too. at optum, we're partnering across the health system to tackle its biggest challenges. >>> the cia just released nearly half a million computer failed recovered during the 2011 raid that killed osama bin laden. brian todd is joining us. what was on the al qaeda's personal computer? >> these files were recovered by s.e.a.l. team 6 and his hatred of the u.s. dated back to when he took a trip to britain as a young man. we're seeing pictures of a young man who is now an adult, his son. the physical resemblance to his fat

turning you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks for watching. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> hello. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we're standing by. we're following breaking news. a news conference by the attorney for the campaign of roy moore, the el battled republican senate candidate from alabama, has been accused of sexual abuse and assault by multiple women. the committee of the alabama republican party is also meeting this hour. we're standing by for live coverage. while be hearing from the attorney momentarily. but i want to quickly go to tower senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny. jeff, the president is back from asia. delivered a speech just a little while ago. but he's keeping very, very quiet about the entire roy moore scandal. >> reporter: wolf, he is, indeed. he, of course, is watching all of this very carefully because the balance of power in the senate potentially hangs on this but he has decided not to weigh in today even though some of his republicans in this town would like him to. w

>> that's right, wolf. this just being filed with the court, the southern district of new york, the district attorney there releasing charges. two counts at this point. one has to do with his material support for isis and the second count has to do with the flat-bed truck, the pickup truck using that to hurt people, to kill people. so right now there are two counts that the u.s. attorney has charged him with. we expect a press conference with the u.s. attorney and the fbi at around 5:45, where we will hear more on the charges. >> we'll, of course, have live coverage of that. we expect more charges to be filed at some point, right? this is just very early. >> yeah, perhaps, wolf. what usually happens is that this is enough for law enforcement, for the fbi and the u.s. attorney to hold him though he's in the hospital and likely not going anywhere. these charges means he can't leave the hospital and they really need to sort of charge him with something soon so they can keep him from fleeing. it also tells us t

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news, including a federal court hearing here in washington over who is in charge of the consumer financial protection bureau. two people are claiming to be acting director following the resignation of the former chief richard cordray, who is -- one is leandra english, who served as his deputy. the other is the white house budget director mick mulvaney named by president trump. both showed up at the bureau today. >>> also breaking this hour, the future of the republican tax overhaul plan is increasingly uncertain with another gop senator now voicing deep concerns. steve danes of montana just put out a statement demanding changes to protect small businesses. and another gop senator has already said he's a no vote, and at least half a dozen other republican senators have yet to commit to the bill. republicans can only lose two votes and still pass the measure, which they plan to vote on this week.

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking tonight, cnn has learned that the president's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner has turned over documents to the special counsel robert mueller. this as mueller's team has started asking witnesses about kushner's role in the firing of former fbi director james comey. stand by for details. also, a just released abc news "washington post" poll shows 49% of americans believe president trump likely committed a crime. and more than two-thirds of americans approve of the criminal charges filed against mr. trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort. also breaking, president trump is pressing house republicans to pass their newly unveiled tax cut plan before the end of the year but there's already pushback within the republican party against proposed limits on some popular deductions, including breaks for interest on home loans and on state and local taxes. the republican plan would simplify the tax code, slash rates for corporations

. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news. another woman has now come forward to say she was sexual assaulted by roy moore in his locked car 40 years ago when she was just 16 years old and he was a district attorney. she showed her high school year book with his apparent signature. the alabama senate candidate is accused of past sexual misconduct now against multiple teams, including the abuse of a 14-year-old girl. earlier, senate republican leadership mcconnell said he believes the woman's allegations and that moore should now leave the race. other republican lawmakers are echoing that with one saying if moore doesn't quit the race and actually winds up winning, he should be expelled from the u.s. senate. with the gop in turmoil, president trump is finishing up a five-nation asia trip. most think that he's gotten a red carpet welcome like nobody has ever seen. his words. the president is also boasting about progress on trade, offering no detail

back to you, wolf. >> all right. sara, thanks very much. >>> we're getting stunning new details about the texas church gunman's troubled past and run-ins with authorities. as investigators try to learn more about his catastrophic final act of violence. let's go live to cnn's brian todd. he's in sutherland springs, texas, for us. brian, what are you findin out? >> reporter: wolf, tonight, the more investigators learn about this gunman the more obvious it is becoming signals were missed he was a menace to the community with a history of violence. prior to pleading guilty to assaulting his wife and child in 2012, cnn has learned devin kelley, the gunman who opened fire on this texas church, briefly escaped from a mental health facility in new mexico where he was being held. this 2012 police report shows that while kelley was still in the air force, he was institutionalized after threatening his commanding officers and trying to sneak guns on to holloman air force base where he was stationed. police later found the then

wolf? >> just giving a statement, martin, from senator mike lee, he just issued, he's a republican senator from utah, having read the detailed description of the incidents as well as the response from judge moore and his campaign, i can no longer endorse his candidacy for the u.s. senate. a lot of republican senators saying, if the allegations are true, if the allegations are true, he will, if the allegations are true, they say that he should drop out of the race. but mike lee now saying flatly, flatly, that he should drop out of this race. he cannot endorse him for the senate. john mccain similarly said that earlier. and millionontana senator steve also said that, he should step aside. the numbers are clearly growing in the u.s. senate among republicans. we'll see if that impacts the senate candidate. we'll have much more on this story coming up. >>> i want to get to the new allegations right now involving the fired national security adviser michael flynn. we're joined by our justice corre

wolf. >> all right ryan, thank you. ryan nobles up on capitol hill. let's stay up on capitol hill, get more reaction to this latest sex harassment scandal that's rocking the u.s. senate and the house of representatives. our senior congressional correspondent is on the scene for us. there are now what, bipartisan calls for a full scale senate ethics investigation for senator franken. >> reporter: and the question is where does go after that, wolf? the most extreme case could be expelling al franken from the senate, if the ethics committee does recommend trying to kick him out of the seat. now that is a very, very rare occurrence, but one in which a number of senators would not rule out. even democratic senators when i put that question to them today, they said, let's let the process play out. even if it leads to his expulsion, we have to have this investigation first. here's what they said. >> very disappointed. i support and ethics investigation this kind of conduct should not be tolerated by anyone in any public official. >> do you think this could l

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking tonight, cnn has learned that the white house wanted news reports of the cabinet shakeup to circulate as, quote, a public shaming for secretary of state rex tillerson. multiple government officials now tell cnn that a plan is being considered to replace tillerson with cia director mike pompeo and then tap senator tom cotton to lead the spy agency. long-simmering tensions between tillerson and the president may be even higher tonight after the state department warned that mr. trump's retweet of anti-muslim videos could spark violent protests at embassies in the middle east. >>> also, the white house claims that the president was trying to elevate the conversation about islamic television but a crucial u.s. ally may not buy that. the british prime minister publicly scolding the president today, declaring he was wrong to share the videos by a hate group in the uk. >>> also breaking, republican leaders run into unexpected problems as they try t

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> democratic senator al franken under fire as sexual misconduct allegations surface that could potentially cost him his job. a radio news anchor accusing franken of forcibly kissing her during rehearsal for a 2006 uso show overseas. he also groped her while she slept, posting a photo of the incident. senators in both parties are now calling for a full-scale ethics investigation and franken is promising to cooperate. top democrats say it could possibly leave to franken's expulsion from the senate. >>> the white house says they find the allegations against republican roy moore extremely troubling but press secretary sarah sanders says he believes the people of alabama decide whether he wins or losing the senate election. the president again dodging questions about whether moore should step aside. moore is claiming it's an all-out attempt by republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to steal the election. and after a pep talk from the president,

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> president trump sets off on a crucial 12-day trip to asia, a five-nation swing that comes amid growing concerns and growing rhetoric about a possible war with nuclear-armed north korea. hanging over the president's high-stakes tips, russian meddling and ties to his campaign. before leaving today, the president said he doesn't remember much about a march 2016 campaign meeting with foreign policy advisers, including george papadopoulos, who has pleaded guilty to lying about russia ties and is now cooperating with the fbi. but court documents show that at that meeting, papadopoulos said his connections could help arrange a meeting between then candidate donald trump and russian president vladimir putin. another participant says candidate trump did not rule out a putin meeting. with attorney general sessions also having an apparent bout of amnesia on the subject of russia, the campaign -- indicted former campaign chairman paul manafort now facing a tent

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. break is new tonight, roy moore's campaign is pushing back sense sexual abuse leld against the senate candidate. making a new demand beverly young nelson turn over the year book he allegedly signed before he assaulted her when she was just 16 years old. they're seeking a handwriting analysis. moore and his supporters are increasingly defiant, possibly desperate as republicans are abandoning his candidacy. president trump is refusing to break his silence about moore, avoiding reporters' questions after remarks about his trip to asia. mr. trump would prefer that moore drop out of the race. we're sold that the president is worried if he weighs in on moore, the conversation will turn to the women who have accused mr. trump of sexual misconduct. also breaking, the first republican senator did he chairs his opposition to his party's newly revised tax bill. ron johnson of wisconsin saying he believes the bill unfairly favors big corporations. this as democrats argue the lejs laying would hur

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news. an exclusive new cnn poll on president trump just released. it shows that exactly one year after his stunning upset white house win, many americans are now voicing deep disappointment. 64% say they've lost confidence in the president. 63% say they don't think he deserves to be re-elected in 2020. those numbers helped fuel an election sweep that saw democrats capture governorships in virginia and new jersey. they also won seats in state houses across the country, possibly portending a struggle for republicans in next year's midterm election. >>> and north korea is now demanding the united states oust president trump from office, calling him, quote, a lunatic old man. that follows the president's speech before the south korea assembly in which he took swipes at kim jong-un's grandfather who founded the country. the president said it's not the paradise he envisioned, but, rather, quote, a he

that's highly arguable statement, wolf. >> he's 32 years old.ince of saudi arabia right now. the amazing thing, the billionaire prince who is often seen as the richest man over there is now arrested with others at the ritz carton hotel in riyadh. showing viewers some video of that. you know, he's been someone who is certainly well known to americans. he's invested in some of the biggest companies here in the united states. often likened to the warren buffett of saudi arabia. what do you make of that? >> he's the poster child for the saudi economy. you're right. he hobknobs with the great and near great. investment barnkers and hedge funds. i wonder if arresting him is going to backfire? it will shake investor confidence and even the king can decide which saudi he wants to imprison. it's not an attractive advertisement. i think prince talal was too big and too independent for the wood-be king's liking and trying to make an example of him and he's certainly not the first and won't be the last of anybody who gets in the would-be king's way. >> you

i'm wolf blitzer. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> we're following the breaking news. the suspect in the deadly terror attack in new york city had been planning it for a number of weeks. that's just one of the revelations from new york city police. what really caught our attention, the isis influence on the suspect. >> he appears to have followed almost exactly to a t the instructions that isis has put out in its social media channels before with instructions to their followers on how to carry out such an attack. >> it was less than 24 hours ago that the suspect plowed his truck into bicyclists and pedestrians just blocks away from the world trade center in lower manhattan. police immediately rushed to the scene. >> central, be advised we have multiple people on the ground from chambers all of the way up to halston. multiple people on the ground. we need buses all of the way from halston to chambers. >> we have multiple casualties. this a mass casualt

wolf pack . one thing i reflect on is our role in the media and sometimes these lone wolves want to be heroes and we in the media should have second thoughts aboupublicizing their names. i fear we create an incentive for them to commit some acts and we should maybe keep them anonymous. >> do you think people really remember the names of the folk that's much. >> i don't know but i must say i do have the sense some of these folks are frustrated. they feel though haven't achieved anything. granduer, and whether it's the las vegas attacker or somebody like this, i do think there's this aspiration for something larger than they are. and i wonder if the promise of publicity knowing people will say their name all across the country and world may encourage them. >> i wonder if it's not people saying their name, because i think people have tough time remembering names maybe it's that they are famous among people they are part of. >> there's something to that. that we can't control. i can control whether o

>>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news. alabama republican senate candidate roy moore says the allegations of sexual misconduct against him are completely false and politically motivated. a stunning "washington post" report based on dozens of interviews says moore pursued several relationships with teens when he was in his early 30s. the most disturbing account is from a woman who says moore began a sexual encounter when she was only 14. republican lawmakers say if the allegations are true, moore must step aside and the gop senate campaign arm has now cut ties with moore. >>> there is a stunning new twist in the special counsel's investigation of key trump associates. former white house national security adviser mike flynn and his son were allegedly offered up to $15 million to forcibly remove from the united states a muslim cleric wanted by turkey. that's from "the wall street journal," which adds the fbi questioned at least four people about

wolf? >> very speedy progress. a lot faster than a lot of experts thought. jim sciutto reporting for us. thank you very much. let's go live to the korean peninsula right now. we're joined by cnn's will ripley, who has reported extensively from inside north korea. he's joining us from seoul, south korea, right now. will, what are you learning? >> reporter: i just spoke with a north korean official, wolf, who told me back in october that north korea would be demonstrating their capabilities to the trump administration with a long-range icbm launch, just like this one. and that official also said that the world needs to expect a seventh nuclear test. remember, it was back in september that north korea threatened to detonate a nuclear device above the pacific ocean. a threat that has not come to fruition yet, but when i interviewed a senior diplomat in pyongyang in the last month or so, he said that the world should take that threat literally. and after north korea following through on this par

i'm wolf blitzer. and you're in the situation room. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news tonight, the attorney general jeff sessions says he now remembers a key meeting in the russia investigation that he didn't remember before. but he insists he has not lied to congress. sessions testified under oath that media reports jogged his memory of that 2016 meeting when trump campaign advisor george papadopoulos offered to set up a face-to-face between president trump and vladimir putin. the attorney general general now says he recalls pushing back against that idea. but sessions failed to recollect many other details sought by lawmakers repeating many times that he couldn't recall. he also faced tough times about his department's review of whether a new special counsel is needed to investigate the clinton foundation in connection with the sale of a uranium company to russia. democrats demanding to know if sessions is being demand by the president to retaliate against hillary clinton. th

i'm wolf blitzer in washington. from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> president trump about to be wheels up right now going to the midwest to difficult his message on the republican tax reform plan. but instead of trumpeting the tax plan and the success at rallying republicans in the senate or talking at length about real plans to deal with the latest missile launch from north korea, the president you see him there boarding air force one is inflaming emotions on twitter. forget the repeated attacks on cnn, forget the president taking shots at nbc, seemingly gloating over the firing of maug lawyer. the president of the united states is retweeting very disturbing antibiotic muslim videos from a highly controversial and indefensible source. it's raising all sorts of very serious questions about the president. our senior white house correspondent jim acosta is at the white house. our cnn international correspondent is monitoring all of this in london. phil black is ther

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following breaking news. the white house facing a flurry of questions about president trump's attacks on democratic senator al franken, who apologized after a woman says he kissed and groped her a decade ago. when asked about the differences between the accusations against franken and more than a dozen women who accused the president of misconduct, the white house said the president has, quote, admitted wrongdoing and the president hasn't. >>> also, a source familiar with the special counsel's russia investigation tells cnn that robert mueller and his team are in talks with an attorney for a british publicist who set up that 2016 trump tower meeting between a russian lawyer and donald trump jr. investigators want robert goldstone to come to the united states to talk to mueller's team but no date has been set and goldstone has not been subpoenaed. >>> and new tonight, u.s. military officials are trying to figure o

the question is, how do you counter these kind of lone wolf attacks if thatis these kind of lone wolf” these kind of lone wolf attacks if that is what this one was? i have a lwa ys that is what this one was? i have always thought that there were two kinds of islamic state threats that we are fighting against. there is the islamic state based on its stronghold in iraq and syria. 0ur military does a very good job of crushing those organisations, especially when they have broad—based international support like we have had. however, the more international problem, the sporadic attacks beat directed by islamic state or inspired by them, the reality is we do not have an answer for this problem. i do not anticipate us... it is not as if this guy, you know, drew attention because he was trying to purchase bomb components. apparently he had a clea n bomb components. apparently he had a clean record. in the united states, for a long time. he used a vehicle and accelerated towards soft targets, civilians, tourists, it seems, on a bike path. how do you prevent that? there really is no good answer

>> well, wolf, it's good to be with you. we are already troubled by what's happening at the state department. and we know that career people are leaving. we know that's difficult on recruitment, we know that there is a moral issue. we know the state department hasn't received the resources it needs to carry out it's critical missions of diplomacy around the world, and now, we also know of the rough relationship between the white house and the state department. these are troublesome moments because our country depends upon a strong diplomacy for our national security, and we are worried that that is in fact not taking place. i don't blame rex tillerson, i blame the trump administration. >> well, when you say you're concerned about all of these developments at the state department, why don't you blame rex tillerson? he is the secretary of state? >> well, i am concerned about the reorganization and i've expressed myself on that. this is the 11th month they've been trying to go through a reorganization which looks like it's a so

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i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room.t now. >>> president trump calls eliz berth warren polka hon tass. the navajo nation responds. and president trump reportedly saying the access hollywood take isn't real, not authentic. yes, that tape. showdown at a government agency. two rival bosses saying they're in charge. there's a restraining order in the offing. >> good evening i'm erin burnett.

wolf?"the new york times" is reporting that president trump privately is still embarrassing conspiracy theories, some old, some new, right? >> reporter: no question. "the new york times" is reporting that the president seems consumed and obsessed, indeed, by that "access hollywood" tape given all the news of sexual harassment. he has told several people according to the newspaper that that was not him on the video. we asked sarah sanders, the white house press secretary, about this earlier this week, if he has changed his position. she said he has not changed his position on this, that he sticks with that. of course, he acknowledged that last year, that it was his voice on the video. in fact, he apologized for it. something he rarely does. "the new york times" is reporting he is still sort of consumed by this and talking about it. wolf, also the birther controversy. this is something that he started years ago, some five years ago, questioning where president obama was, indeed, born. it has

wolf, actually your words do count.hen you talk about banning muslims on the campaign trail, then you institute these kind of regulations -- sarah huckabee sanders said earlier, the president is retweeting anti-muslim videos. that's a muslim ban. if i was looking at some allegations from the trump team, i would say, well, he said it again. he wants to ban muslims from the united states and that's illegal. >> he has said, islam hates us. so there is a contrast going on, but what does it do to the united states who is trying to promote leadership with friendly countries? a muslim wleader was here, and what does it say to him with these muslim tweets sent around the nation? >> i think it moves us backward. in 2016, we litigated what people think of when they think of a president? is it someone who is more like a regular person, someone more reserved? no one, though, said they wanted a president who is indiscrimina indiscriminate, but that's what we have here. sort of going indiscriminately top of mind with unresearched ret

good to be with you, wolf. >> all right. so tell me about this atlantic article that donald trump jr. was corresponding with wikileaks during the 2016 presidential campaign. i know you're very familiar with all of this. what can you share with us and our viewers? >> well, this is significant. and, you know, we can operate on the assumption that these direct messages of the attorney didn't seem to contradict their authenticity. if you act on the assumption that they're accurate, it's yet another very high level campaign person, the president's own son, reaching out in private communication, secret communication with wikileaks and they're discussing essentially how to coordinate the disclosure of information. wikileaks asked done jr. to get his father to trump et certain things wikileaks wanted to push out and then within 24 to 48 hours you see president trump pushing that information out. you have wikileaks reaching out to the campaign saying if we can be helpful in confronting information that will give us the appearance of

>> they sure could, wolf.ion is building over this possible meeting between the president and vladimir putin. the u.s. and russia are at odds over syria, over north korea but it's the lingering controversy over russian meddling in american elections which is still going on that puts the charge into this possible meeting and puts more pressure on mr. trump to get tough with putin. >> it's an honor to be with you. thank you. >> reporter: their first meetings this summer in germany were a political fiasco for president trump and vladimir putin's aides are eager for a second act saying that they will meet at the summit on friday. president trump says that meeting is not confirmed but secretary of state rex tillerson was asked by cnn, if they do meet, will trump pressure putin on russian election meddling. >> is that on a list of things to talk about? >> it stays on that list. >> reporter: tonight, some oh observers believe the president is under considerable pressure to hold putin accountable for the interference

this is the entire lone wolf problem -- not lone wolf, known wolf. law enforcement has known about some of these people. if we don't know that in this case to be clear, but there's no question in past cases with known about people who have not beenen surveilled. we have to watch some of these people. >> tucker: let me ask you a law enforcement question. probably not two hours after this happened, the governor of new york said pretty conclusively this was a lone wolf, we don't believe he has ties to any larger group or movement. i don't know if that's true or not, how could he know if that is true or not so soon after the time?oo >> he doesn't know that and that's a nonsense talking pointw there are no more lone wolves. let's throw that term into the dustbin of history. there are no more lone wolves. they have moved now to a franchise model where they understand that individuals can go out and just buy into their ideology on the internet and isis on these other groups will lay claim to it. there's no such thing as a lone wolf. they are just embedded i

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. breaking news tonight, the trump white house facing serious questions about hypocrisy after the president seized on the groping allegation against democratic senator al franken while refusing to speak out about the multiple sexual abuse allegations against gop senate candidate roy moore. mr. trump slamming senator franken in a tweet and mocking the photo released by the senator's accuser. tonight the press secretary sarah huckabee sanders rejecting any comparison between the allegations against franken and accusations made against president trump by multiple women. she says franken has admitted to wrongdoing, but the president has not. also tonight, the moore campaign tells cnn its fund-raising has gone through the roof since the sexual abuse allegations became public. but new polling shows moore now is trailing his democratic opponent by 8 points with the special election in alabama less than a month away. also breaking, cnn has learned that special counsel robert mueller is trying t

i'm wolf blitzer in washington. from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> president trump about to be wheels up right now going to the midwest to difficult his message on the republican tax reform plan. but instead of trumpeting the tax plan and the success at rallying republicans in the senate or talking at length

years later, it is kristy's legacy that has favored in new jersey as we get ready to count the votes, wolfe. >> we have a key race alert, take a look at this cnn from jessica. cnn from projects phil murphy will be elected the new governor. a major win for the democrats. jake and danaing this sms that was anticipated because chris tisty and donald trump in new jersey right now not all that popular. >> it's a blue state. four years ago i was covering governor kristy's re-election. it was a staggering night for his elections, he won 60% of the vote. four years, several life times in politics. right now it is tough for new jersey republicans. i've heard people mejs they think it's going to be tough for several years if part because chris kristy ending his term as popular as he is. >> the person who is his lieutenant governor was the one running. the two of them weren't exactly thick as thieves but she still had to additionally with the fact that the governor, chris kristy was an albatross around her neck. what new jersey has done was gone back to the natural way of things, because it is a blue

forget lone wolf. that's an ideological talking point to make you believe that this is an isolated problem, when it's not. it's a systemic problem and we all know it. that's a political talking point, not a law enforcement one. >> tucker: in a world with internet it doesn't make any sense. thank you for that, as always. terror vehicle attacks like the one we saw in new york city today are increasingly common. what can be done about them, how this immigration play into all of this? this man was here on a diversity visa. what is that? that and more, we will be right back. this lovely lady has a typical airline credit card. so she only earns double miles on purchases she makes from that airline. what'd you earn double miles on, please? ugh. that's unfortunate. there's a better option. the capital one venture card. with venture, you earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, everywhere, every day. not just airline purchases. seems like a no-brainer. what's in your wallet? in the mirror everyday. when i

let's get over to wolf, because wolf, in this breaking election night, we have some vote results. what do you have? >> very, very early. we have a key race alert. extremely early, not eve 1% of the vote in, but right now, the first numbers coming in. ed gillespie, the republican candidate for governor of virginia, he's got 64.4%. he's ahead of ralph northam, the democratic candidate, 34.9%. cliff hyra is the libertarian candidate. you see the numbers changing a little bit. very, very early in this contest. ed gillespie is ahead. ralph northam, the democratic candidate, in second place right now, but it's still extremely, extremely early. we'll get results coming in relatively quickly fairly soon. i'm going to go over and speak with john king at the magic wall. much more of our special election night coverage coming up right after a quick break. ♪ it's a lot easier to make decisions when you know what comes next. if you move your old 401(k) to a fidelity ira, we make sure you're in the loop at every step from the moment you decide to move your money to the instant your new retireme

we heard michelle talking about it being a lone wolf attacker.o believe there is no such thing as a lone wolf attacker, that the person must have been radicalised somewhere and they will be doing their utmost to trace any threads that could lead to other people who may be planning something similar. as we said earlier, jon, donald trump mentioned islamic state in his tweet — we should just remind our viewers that as yet, nobody has claimed responsibility for this attack — but judging by that statement, as we would expect, joint—investigations kicking in straightaway with the fbi. give us an idea, if you can, of what might be happening right now behind the scenes, with your experience. i know you have covered 9/11 and all the many other attacks in the us. what would be the precedure now? just stay on the tweets for a minute. i think there is something very interesting. he talked about "we mustn't allow isis back into the country" but donald trump has steered cleared on some of the rhetoric he has used in previous tweets, after previous terroridty

like you mentioned, despite investigators believing he is a lone wolf, the suspect is a lone wolf, security has been stepped up throughout the city. overnight investigators continue to comb the scene for evidence in the deadly terror attack in lower manhattan. a federal law enforcement source tells cbs that a note referencing isis was found inside the vehicle used to run down several people. >> be advised there are several people on the ground. i've got multiple casualties. >> they say sayfullo saipov, a native who came from kaz beck stan drove down pedestrians. he then collided with a school bus injuring two adults and two children. >> he exited the vehicle brand issuing two handguns. they confronted the suspect and shot him in the abdomen. police say they turned out to be a payment gun and-- paint gun a pellet gun. >> hours after the shooting they converged on a new jersey home depot where he is believed to have rented the truce used in the attack. >> they believe he acted as a lone wolf and not as part of a terror plot. nypd officers have been deployed throughout the city. now we know th

is this a lone wolf attack or something more? the new york police department came out and said they did not think this was part of a wider scheme. they will be holding a press conference at 11 a.m. eastern time here to update people with what they have found an to see whether or not the picture has changed over the hours that followed the incident. it has caused carnage and a terror seemed but we have not really seen something of this ilk in new york since 20 —— 9/11. something of this ilk in new york since 20 -- 9/11. president trump has been referencing the travel ban he has been trying to impose. it would not stop someone coming from florida orfrom would not stop someone coming from florida or from uzbekistan. that is correct. will uzbekistan is not on the list that president trump has drawn to try and impose a travel ban. the other thing we saw him tweet is that he has directed the department of homeland security to step up its extreme vetting programme. this would essentially make it harder for people to come into the united

wolf looks good because the other side looks bad. mean, this is a tale of two -- sort of the mirror flipping itself, and it's in comparison.t right now, a climate. we saw what happened this past election. the democrats, clearly, especially locally, just kicked butt. >> he took the edge off. his first two years, though, partly staff-driven, et cetera. there was an edge, there was an anger, there was all that. he has changed that, pivoted into a softer, kinder, and gentler tom wolf, and compared to the first -->> - >> i still don't think he's done much, though. >> no. >> like, what does he run on? like, there's no -- >>ut. he's notpsetting people. he's kind of mister rogers. >> and he's not gonna run -- if stack were to win --and he vy in a competitive lieutenant governor primary. i mean, fetterman's the flavor of the day, but there's other people running from allegheny county, and they could take each other's votes. >> you don't think fetterman is just so different that people do pay attention? >> they do pay attention, but there's so

>> per i'm wolf blitzer. it's 1:00 here in washington. thanks for joining us. >>> we begin with breaking news. the massacre in a small texas church may have resulted from family problems. the suspect's mother-in-law attended this church and he made threatening texts from him. >> authorities say they recovered three weapons. one at the scene and two from kelly's vehicle. the texas governor said this state had denied him a license to carry a gun. on the scene for us in sutherland springs, texas. you got the latest on the investigation. what more do we know about this domestic trouble with the gunman's mother-in-law and how he got his weapons? >> officials said the gunman expressed anger and there was a domestic situation involved in this entire thing. as you just mentioned, officials told us that he had sent threatening texts to his mother-in-law and one official, a source with knowledge of the investigation told cnn that the mother-in-law received a threatening text from him the morning of the shooting. that's what we can tell you about th

i'm wolf blitzer. in "the situation room."n burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> next, breaking news. president trump's fired national security adviser now worried about his son's fate in the russia investigation. we'll tell you why. plus trump calling himself a big loser. but he is not talk iing about lt night's leeks election and the man who chronicled the most iconic and private moments of barack obama's presidency. the former chief white house photographer "outfront" on why he's now one of trump's toughest critics. let's go "outfront." good evening, tonight, we begin with the breaking news. michael flynn fearing home rfor son. multiple sources telling cnn that president