The triple threat impacting the state of california. And democratic president ial nominee joe biden says that hed take Decisive Action to contain the coronavirus. If the Scientists Say shut it down . I would shut it down, i would listen to the scientists. Were always grateful to see you. Happy saturday morning. August 22nd. I am christi paul. Victor blackwell. Youre in the cnn newsroom. We want to start with action on capitol hill. As you see it there live now, in the next hour, the house of representatives is expected to vote on a rescue bill for the Postal Service. The bill would send 25 billion to stop, democrats say, some changes implemented by the post master general. Cnn sun lynn serfaty joins us. Good morning. The house is in session. Looks like theyll vote in a few hours on the bill that speaker of the house nancy pelosi called all house members back, disrupting summer recess. You outlined the bill which is narrowly focused on the usps, it blocks organizational, operational cha
Right now youve got some Maryland State Police behind me. You can see also some National Guard members as theyre continuing to watch this area. Protests demonstrations planned here in baltimore after the charging of those six officers in the death of freddie gray. Theyre now three on bail. Thats according to court documents. Weve got the mug shots here. The six officers who awe said this morning. Just imagine this they take people to central booking. They were booked themselves this morning. The baltimore state attorney marilyn mosby, is facing some tough criticism for her decision to press criminal charges. But mosby tells cnn that she stands by this decision. Weve been investigating this case from the very beginning. And what we needed was confirmation of our investigation, which was the medical examiners report. And we received it. Now the police union is calling for an independent prosecutor to take over this case. Listen. Were disappointed in the apparent rush to judgment given th
The question i wanted to ask, were you as floored by the rest of the country about those charges having been brought yesterday . Absolutely. Everything about yesterdays announcement was surprising. Theres become an expectation that these kinds of cases that takes months very deliberately gather the evidence and can take up to three months. The Police Department has said in an aggressive timetable, two weeks. Some said it was an artificial timetable. Some of the even the preliminary work wouldnt be done by this if states attorney herself said im not going to be bound by the police timetable and yet on the same day that police said they were going to wrap their investigation, she announced charges against all six officers which in and of itself is something we have not seen before in these type of cases. She did not allege it was a deliberate rough ride. Theres still a lot unknownallegations are. We dont know how mr. Gray died, what caused it. Shes saying that the negligence of the offic
Accusing him of Sexual Assault while in high school. 65 women have written a letter vouching for his character at the time. And Paul Manafort, now a cooperating witness with the mueller investigation. The white house says this has nothing to do with the president or the trump campaign. Ken starr is here to discuss. Plus the fads commissioner says the surge in teen vaping is threating to penalize and shut down makers of ecigarettes. Im wondering if politics is at the root of the timing. But first the death toll has risen to seven, leaving more than a million without power. Its been down graded from hurricane to Tropical Storm. The National Hurricane center says theres more catastrophic flooding to come. We go to cnns nick valenciaing conway, south carolina. Good morning, michael. This is potentially going to be the future as that rain continues to pour down on us. We know the story throughout the week has been north carolina. It was hard hit as Hurricane Florence made land fall as a cat
Enough to make you shift your stance. Nothing as strong as we saw in North Carolina. Now we learned there are two additional deaths attributed to hurricane and now Tropical Storm florence, the two additional deaths we learned in the last few moments in cat rack county southeast of new bern where there have been hundreds of rescues. Some waiting to be pulled out of their homes and there are 4200 homes there damaged or flooded. That coming from the mayor of new bern. In South Carolina, the major concern is water, swelling of creeks and rivers that flooded North Carolina start to pass through some of the estuaries and creeks. Nick valencia is about 20 miles from me in conway in an area prone to flooding. Theyre proving water thats coming through will be a challenge for them. Nick, what are you seeing . Reporter it is challenging now for local officials. They shut down this road. This is probably the worst of it in conway. As you mention, 20 miles from where you are, victor. Check out this