Blakes father telling cnn he believes the Police Officer who shot his son should be charged. Also tonight here in washington, d. C. , theres shock in congress as the director of National Intelligence says hes cutting off briefings on Election Security issues. Only wring updates goingforward. Saying just this month that china, russia and iran are looking to interfere in the u. S. Election. Only 66 days away. The cases of coronavirus nearing 6 million in this country. 1,000 yesterday alone. The reported death toll so far this saturday already well over 250. Lets begin with the breaking news this hour. President interrupt will go to kenosha, wisconsin this week, site of the Police Shooting of jacob blake. Jeremy diamond and sara sidner join us with more. Tell our viewers about what you learned about the president s decision to go ahead in a sensitive time and visit keno a kenosha. The president just spent the day touring hurricane damage in louisiana and texas. 9 press secretary confirmed
Well, if i might to make sure we are not making a mistake senator coops. It is my hope that if you are confirmed and we do make progress on bipartisan criminal Justice Reform that as Attorney General you will carry out whatever legislative decisions might be made by this body. Last let me say in my six years here in addition to not working on a number of bipartisan proposals on criminal Justice Reform you have repeatedly voted against congressional attempts to prohibit torture in the military on text or the interrogation context and to defend enhanced interrogation practices. Are you clear now that our statutes prohibit torture and if the president were to rover yid that clear Legal Authority what actions would you take . On your previous question i would note the federal prison population has already dropped 10 or more percent and will drop
another 10,000 this year. What is happening now is reducing the federal population. This law only dealt with the federal prison population. And th
Paragraphs talking about written by nice reporter, now i dont remember, he goes i done remember. Maybe thats what i said. This was 14 years ago. They didnt do a retraction. Special guest, someone active in politics and concerned about the Direction Politics is heading right fou. What did you think and feel when you watched meryl streep talk about a man going o be our president mocking someones disability . I thought she said what she said beautifully. Its easy enough to see the video online of trump mocking i agree with meryl it was heartbreaking moment and so beneath the dignity of the
presidency let alone any pt respectful person. What we need more is kindness and common decency. And what he did how he reacted how he needs he has the need to talk back and insult anybody who doesnt agree with him, thats pretty disgraceful. What do you make of the critique that meryl streep made last night you can push this and it becomes norm. You define deantsy. This kind of behavior become the norm.
Into coming home. Chinas outrage. A conflict between washington and beijing issest ka lath after a u. S. Spy plane make what is china calls a provocative flight. Show the Chinese Military retaliating. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following the breaking news. The Flood Disaster unfold in the southwest. At least nine people are dead in texas and oklahoma. And a desperate search is underway right now for a dozen people missing. Houston is the latest city innone dated with almost a foot of rain paralyzing parts of the region. Were covering all angles of the breaking news this hour with our correspondents. We begin our coverage in houston. What are you seeing . Reporter well, wolf, what you see behind me here in hugh son is one of the bayous and the tributaries that wind through many parts of this city. And in flash flooding situations this is what of major concern. The water levels here the two bridges that you see behind me the water levels went over those bridges in
Out of yemen that the leader of aqap has been killed reportedly by a u. S. Drone strike. Stand by for new details on that. Also breaking a new Court Appearance by the prison worker accused of helping two coldblooded killers escape. A local prosecutor is warning that more possible accomplices may be arrested. Tonight, those very dangerous fugitives are on the loose for a tenth day. Despite a Massive International manhunt and 1,000 leads. We have correspondents analysts and newsmakers standing by as we cover all the news breaking right now. We go first to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. She has more on that Al Qaeda Leaders reported death. Barbara, whats going on . Good evening, briana. At this hour a u. S. Intelligence official tells cnn, and let me quote specifically we are looking to confirm the death of nasser al wahashi, the leader of al qaeda in yemen. The most dangerous affiliate of al qaeda by u. S. Intelligence estimates. The affiliate that has tried to put explosives