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Business. it has been my privilege to be lead thomas cook. it is deeply distressing to me that it has not been possible to save one of the most loved brands in travel. >> reporter: of course an immediate apology he said to the 21,000 employees of the company who suddenly found themselves without a job, alisyn, overnight, it was just after midnight british time that the first planes began being impounded in airports like this one. then there is the question of the 600,000 customers that are curre...

Allegatio allegations in a phone call with the president of the ukraine over or face, quote, a whole new stage of investigation. >> the white house is trying to shift the discussion to biden though theres no evidence of wrong doing by the former vice president or his son. biden accuses president trump of conducting a smear campaign against him. one prominent republican is calling on the administration to disclose the details of mr. trumps ukraine phone call. president trump also says he hopes th...

Hes going against multinational companies who are profiting off the violence and instability in south sudan. he talked about the campaign to stop the looting of this central african nation. we are joined live from london. what did you learn? >> well, for those of us who covered south sudans independence, watching it ascend into the chaos it did was heart breaking. but unfortunately, it disappeared like so many of these conflicts do off the news agenda. and now george clooney and john pendergast ...

Texas from deadly floods gripping that state. ed lavandera is live in beaumont, texas, with more. what are you seeing? >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. here in southeast texas today it will be about cleanup. hundreds of cars stranded along roadways. interstate 10 where truckers are still trying to figure out how far they can go. one here described this storm as delivering a sucker punch. southeast texas under water. >> theres been a lot of water that has fallen on this city. >> reporter: still...

Something else. people are quite sick and as you mentioned now an eighth person has died. started vaping in may. hospitalized in august. transferred to another hospital in september and we know died shortly thereafter. these are all the states. we know this eighth gentleman was someone in his mid-40s. had started vaping for pain. that was something that an important clue because it also is quite likely that he was not vaping just nicotine. if youre doing it for pain, this concern about these bla...

One family spotted an alligator in the floodwaters near their home. that county has received more than 40 inches of rain. >> the most wild thing i have ever seen. like, this is so much worse than harvey. >> reporter: and john and alisyn, this is exactly the thing weve heard over and over here in southeast texas. just two years after hurricane harvey, the flashbacks caused by this storm are real. >> very same images we saw two years ago seeing again this morning. ed, thank you so much for your re...

Thank you for explaining what you heard and experienced yesterday behind closed doors. obviously we are continuing to follow it. >> thank you, alisyn. all right. breaking news on the 2020 front. new york city mayor bill de blasio just announced he is ending his presidential run. de blasio did not make the last presidential debate stage and he had been struggling in the polls. in fact in his home state in new york we just noted moments ago he was at zero in the preference poll most recently. >>...

Quick. incredible amounts of flooding in texas yesterday. heart breaking amounts of flooding. over 40 inches of rainfall. it is the 7th wettest tropical cyclone in u.s. history the remnants of imel do. the good news is the storm is moving out and weakening. we are going to see heavy rain in the arc la techs. see flood advisories for all of these areas that dont need to see any more rain, unfortunately. lots of prayers for our folks in texas. additional rainfall 1 to 3 inches. we still have a lot...

Is that promising an explanation or insight into how the united states gets some of its most precious secrets? it has to be something troubling enough that it not only triggers this complaint but then prompts the inspector general regarded as so urgent and concerning that congress needs to know about it. >> thats right. a trump appointee deems it of such urgent concern. greg miller, thank you for helping us understand this reporting. terrific work. >> joining us now is cnn national security anal...

He offered this advice. >> increasing in goodness and kindness toward one another, all walks of life. that increases in goodness and helps to. because a little light elevates and illuminates all darkness. >> those we talked to say what is needed is a greater police presence in orthodox communities. in new york city, the mayor has opened a hate crime prevention office. that is something that certainly could help as well. john, alisyn? >> words matter. they absolutely matter. thank you to our in...