Communication lines are still not so great over there. So still evacuees on this island. Those numbers seem to be going down quite a bit as they make their way towards other destinations. Puerto rico not only bracing for another hurricane themselves but still housing some that managed to escape from their home islands destroyed by puerto rico. Thank you, leyla, appreciate that. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. It is 11 00 p. M. On the east coast, and weve got a lot of breaking news for you tonight including a cnn exclusive. Were learning tonight government investigators wiretapped Paul Manafort under secret court orders before and after the election. The New York Times reporting tonight prosecutors told manafort they plan to indict him. And wave got a brand new forecast for extremely dangerous Hurricane Maria. A category 5 storm that made landfall on dominica tonight. You just got a new advisor from the National Hurricane center. What can you tell us . Theyre saying some slight weake
And had the details about why someone was listening to someone so close to the president. Sources tell us that the fbi got perms from the secretive Surveillance Court to monday tar Paul Manafort, the former Trump Campaign chairman before and after the election of the this is an extraordinary step for the fbi to do surveillance on a Highranking Campaign official. And of course, manafort is now at the center of the russia meddling investigation. Were told that there are intercepted communications that raise concern about whether manafort was encouraging russians to help with the campaign. Now, other sources tell us that this intelligence was not conclusive enough. Special counsel Robert Muellers team has been provided all of these communications, anderson. And evan, what do you mean by encouraging . Well, theres a lot we dont know about exactly what was said. But what were told is that the fbi has communications between suspected russian operatives relaying what they claimed were discuss
Senators. Later what keeps 60 minutes ticking . The news magazines executive producer is here weighing in on trump, Investigative Journalism and the future of the franchise. First, americas Conspiracy Theory president is at it again. President trump today trying to discredit the ongoing investigations into russian interference in the election. Moments ago he tweeted this, all of this russia talk right when the republicans are making their big push for historic tax cuts and reform. Is this coincidental . Not. But this is not a laughing matter. These probes have been going on all year long. The goal is to find out what went wrong last year, how the russians interfered in the election last year and to ensure it doesnt happen again. Lets take stock about why the president is on a tweet storm this morning, why he is trying to change the subject. Its become the white house, the Political Press and the nation is on edge. By this time tomorrow, by this time monday, someone could be charged and
Worried about the relationship between the u. S. And russia. So its hard to imagine a worse time for two Trump Lawyers to be overheard in a popular d. C. Steakhouse talking about the russia investigation and documents in a safe. Overheard by a surprise New York Times reporter. Arent lawyers supposed to keep you out of trouble . Plus Hurricane Maria getting stronger. The storm a category 5 with winds 165 miles an hour, making landfall at dominica tonight and taking aim at puerto rico. Were going to have the latest on marias path. I want to get right to cnns exclusive reports. Sources saying u. S. Investigators wiretapped former Trump Campaign chair Paul Manafort under a secret court order before and after the election. Cnns evan perez and pamela brown broke the story of why the government was listening to someone so close to the president. Pamela joins me now. Pamela, good evening to you. What are you learning . Well, don, sources tell our team that the fbi got permission from the secre
Sources. Evan perez joins us. What do you know about the process of a subpoena raised by the special counsel . This happened in at least one meeting of the special counsel, the president s team heard they were considering issuing a subpoena if the two teams could not come to terms on an agreement for the president to grant a voluntary interview to the special counsel robert mueller. So the possibility, at least, was raised for the first time, and so, look, what this means is that things are moving a lot more quickly than i think a lot of us have thought. Theres still been this idea that the two sides are having meetings, theyre having negotiations as to whether or not the president will sit down formally for a voluntary interview. We saw last night the 49 or so questions that the mueller team is prepared to ask. But this appears to be now on the table, the idea that a subpoena could be issued to force the president , if he doesnt sit down for a voluntary interview. What was the ten or