Ill be with you for the next two hours. Thanks for joining us. This is cnn newsroom. And we begin with some developing news this hour. North korea is expelling a bbc correspondent. Rupert Wingfield Hayes had been in pyongyang reporting ahead of the Workers Party congress, but authorities took issue with what they call disrespectful reporting, especially on leader kim jongun. The bbc says that Wingfield Hayes and two other employees were detained and questioned for eight hours. The company is now trying to get them all out of the country. Now, within the past hour, cnns will ripley spoke to us live from pyongyang about the circumstances surrounding the reporters expulsion. Reporter he actually wasnt here to cover the Workers Party congress specifically, but he was invited in with a group of Nobel Laureates who came here to have discussions with north korean officials and they made various stops touring around the country last week and over the weekend. They say that his reporting was di
Reporter were being hit by a pretty significant band from harvey. Reporter my gosh what a fix well be in here in parts of texas for days to come. Almost like getting blasted back to the stone ages. Reporter its going to rain and rain and rain. Its not going to stop and it may be days before it ends up finally stopping. Reporter the wind is still blowing, as you can see. The gusts sometimes upwards of 100 miles an hour. Today is just the first of many difficult days ahead. Hurricane harvey made landfall almost 12 hours ago. It is still a hurricane, after dumping heavy rain in texas, as a powerful category 4 storm. Now, as day breaks this morning, First Responders are getting their look at the damage but the storm threat isnt over. Live look at corpus crist ear, the city along with Million People in Southeast Texas are under flash flood watches, a warning expected to be in place for days. Some areas could see an entire years worth of rain. The National Hurricane center issued its first e
Bush and president clinton together. But first Mariana Atencio at the po portin puerto rico. Theres been so much concern about getting the supplies where theyre needed. Give us an update. Reporter its incredibly frustrating. Throughout the island you see people begging for needs, for food, for fuel, for medicine. In this port alone, 3,000 containers, over my shoulder, 400 containers that just aliefd but arrived but no one is able to deliver them to the peopl who need them. Its incredibly needed i just spoke to the Vice President of crowley, the company that operates 40 of the port on the island. I asked him what he needs from the federal government and if President Trumps visit here on tuesday is too little too late. Lets listen. We hope that things starts moving now. Not tuesday when he shows up. People are dying. People are in need today, not tuesday. So i just hope this is not a media show. Reporter this is a lifeanddeath situation. Weve seen it ourselves here on the island, chris.
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. An it is 4 00 a. M. In singapore where in just hours President Trump and kim jongun will meet in an unprecedented moment in history. No matter the outcome. Never before has a sitting u. S. President met with the dictator of north korea. We now know President Trump and kim jongun will first meet oneonone with only translators in the room. That hased se officials, allies and experts given President Trumps impulsive style and declaration that he will not need to prepare ch for the summit. His aversion to details and insistence the success is about instinct than any spesive strategy. Despite the gravity of the stakes with the denuclearization and regardless of the barberism marking the regime of kim jongun and his family the dictator was applauded as he arrived at the marina base sands hotel in singapore. Kim jongun toured local sights and poised in a selfie adding to the other worldly dimensions, also arriving on the island today, former basketball sta
I think i brought awareness to a lot of things around the world. President trump sits down with his longtime enemy. He is hurling insults at some of americas closest allies. There is a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in badfaith diplomacy with president donald j. Trump. An Orlando Police officer shot and four children are held hostage. The standoff still going on. A wildfire in colorado. Doubles in size. Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate. Glor good evening from singapore. The this is Tuesday Morning here, and this island nation in Southeast Asia is at the center of the worlds attention. The summit is just minutes away. This is President Trump heading to the Capella Hotel in singapores island for the historic twice face meeting with north Koreas Kim Jongun. This is kims motorcade heading to the hotel as well, the first meeting ever between a sitting president of the United States and a leader of north korea. The states, stakes could not be higher