Following the arrest of seven activists. Were also learning more details about why president trumps longtime assistant is suddenly out of her job. Welcome to our viewers here in the u. S. And around the world, coming to you live from atlanta. Im natalie allen. Im George Howell from cnn world headquarters. Newsroom starts right now. People in florida are preparing for the worst as a monster storm heads their way. In a 24hour period, Hurricane Dorian went from a category 1 to an extremely dangerous category 4 with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles an hour or 220 kilometers. Its still not known exactly where that storm will make landfall. But right now its projected to hit near melbourne, florida. Thats on tuesday. And then go up the coastline. Here is a look at the storm from a Hurricane Hunter aircraft. A hurricane warning is already in effect for the northwestern bahamas. The Prime Minister there has issued evacuation orders for some locations ahead of the storm. Meantime, evacuatio
Cnn newsroom starts right now. The g7 summit is how we start at 5 00 a. M. Eastern time. The u. S. President set to touch down in france at this hour to attend the summit. As he arrives, well bring you that. Its a chance for the wealthiest nations to tackle probably in probl global problems. President trump didnt want to go, considering it a waste of time. Last years event in canada has not been forgotten. The host this year, the french president Emmanuel Macron has played down expectations for this summit. He scrapped things that traditionally concludes each summit saying it was pointless. Mr. Trump left behind the stockmarket reeling the worst in washington and beijing. It came after he said hed hike tariffs on chinese imports after china made a similar move on American Goods and wall street responded the dow jones dropped more than 600 point, but the president brushed it off. He claimed he was only doing what previous president s should have done all along. China has been hurting ou
We start this day with a Massive Development in the fight against americas Opioid Crisis. Yeah. Late sunday night oxycontin maker Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy protection in new york. The company is facing more than 2,000 lawsuits that allege it helped fuel americas deadly Opioid Epidemic thats claimed nearly 400,000 lives in the past decade. In a statement Purdue Pharma says the settlement is estimated to provide more than 10 billion of value to address the crisis. But the companys legal battles are far from over. Reuters points out that two dozen states remain opposed or uncommitted to the proposed settlement. Lawsuits claim the company and the controlling Sackler Family misled doctors and patients about potential addiction and overdose risks. Purdue and the Sackler Family have denied the allegations, and you can say with cnn for developments on this issue in the hours ahead. The other big story were following around the world this weekends attacks on the Saudi Oil Industry send
And we are watching the markets this monday in the asiapacific region. They are taking a tumble. It is the First Response weve seen since friday the u. S. President announced tariffs on china and confusing signals coming from the g7 summit. Yeah, the markets are plummeting. You see the arrows pointing down there. Heres how the asia markets look this hour. Hang seng down nearly 3 there in hong kong. And japans nikkei over 2 loss for them. Foreign leaders blamed the trade war for dragging down the Global Economy. At the g7 summit, President Trump was asked whether he was having any second thoughts on it. Heres what the american leader had to say. Do you have second thoughts on escalating the trade war with china . Yeah, for sure. Why not . Might as well. Do you have second thoughts about escalating i have second thoughts about everything. Well, the u. S. Treasury secretary was quick to emphasize to reporters the president s stand on tariffs remains strong. The president was asked this a
Dorian. A massive storm gaining strength in the atlantic with the path set for florida. Heres the thing. In just 24 hours dorian went from a category 1 to an extremely dangerous category 4 with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles or 220 kilometers per hour. It is still unclear, as you can see from this graphic here, exactly where dorian will make landfall. Right now it is projected to hit near melbourne, florida. Thats in the middle of the state on tuesday. And continue up the coast. And again, lets take a look at this storm from the International Space station. Wow. And keep in mind its still just a day away from the bahamas. Hurricane warnings there and evacuation orders are already in effect. And theyre preparing as best they can for a lot of rain and flash flooding. Karen mcginniss now, shes following the path of the storm, which is still very uncertain. Karen. It is, natalie and george. It is one of the most infuriating things that we have seen over the past 24 hours. Yes, we saw