we re here. we re prepared to get out if we need to. right. you can get out if you need to. you may not be able to get in. and of course the problem is you re seeing refrigerators. you re seeing trees down. you don t know what else that holds and what kind of power lines and things like that are down. so bottom line is, your decision is going to be to stay there unless something changed and you absolutely have to get out. correct. since this morning, the water has receded. it was up ten feet. it has since receded. it s back down to, i would estimate, 4 feet. we ve got, like, 6 foot swells coming in on a regular on a very consistent basis. but it has receded. with the rain coming and the recession of the water, we re fine. we have a second floor that we can evacuate to. we re equipped with paddle boards and flotation devices. that is our exit strategy. for now, we ve got a roof over our head. it s windy.
strategy. john king, cnn. tonight, former presidents obama, bush, and clinton will pay tribute to senator john mccain in a special documentary. john mccain: for whom the bell tolls, airs tonight at 9:00 eastern right here on cnn. senator mccain was also known for his wicked sense of humor. one memorable moment, the time that he sent some lighthearted railery in the direction of his 2008 presidential opponent, president barack obama. this was before the election. we ll hear that exchange, coming up.
that don mcgahn has been planning this for some time. looking to the end of the kavanaugh confirmation as his exit strategy. he and the president have not been getting along necessarily. it was a surprise when the president tweeted his departure date which hadn t been formally set. it wasn t a surprise he was on his way out. the point about the judges cannot be understated. you saw chuck grassley and mitch mcconnell express dismay that mcgahn could be leaving. grassley is the chairman of the judicial committee and mcconnell is the majority leader. they confirmed a number of judges. it is a strategy to pick the judges young to get the most of the lifetime appointments. that can be transformative in the court system beyond the supreme court nomination. that achievement in their eyes cannot be understated. the question is what were the 30 hours that don mcgahn spent
to escape. i reached my phone, tried to call him and i see this message on my screen saying, i m out. i m safe. please come out. but abdul didn t come out. despite the gruesome scene, the blood, the bodies, the smell of smoke and constant gunfire, he decided to stay and help. abdul searched through the mall lacking for victims and then made a discovery that shocked him. i looked down and i see somebody hiding behind a table. it was a lady. she looked very scared. and i m thinking, she was right in the middle of a cross fire. catherine spotted abdul, too, but sensed he wasn t a threat. how did you know they weren t terrorists? they weren t carrying the large guns we had seen that the terrorists had. with just a few words between them, catherine and abdul quickly coordinated an exit strategy.
nebraska, soybeans. a lot of pain we re going through. reporter: third generation family farmer doug hopes the president will end the trade war. every day the tariffs are going on it s costing farmers millions of dollars. reporter: producers wait for the exit strategy his chief economic advisers says we re in a stalemate with china. trade negotiations are kind of stalled. reporter: and the president s hand-picked fed chair is warning these tactics to stunt economic growth. countries going into a more protectionist direction has done wart. reporter: we caught up with lawmakers trying to get the administration to pull back. no. the administration doesn t understand. i understand the president s efforts, but we are caught in the cross hairs. there s no a senator who s been over there that can come back and tell you they have any earthly idea where this is going. i can tell you it s catastrophic. reporter: and senators in both parties are pressing for legislation