List of problems to solve inside the v. A. Department. I want to bring in correspondent erin mcpike at the white house. Tell us why the president chose mcdonald for this position. Reporter well, randi, if you remember, back from when Eric Shinseki resigned, people were talking about whether or not they had a short list, and there was no short list they were talking about rhode island senator jack reid, others but there was no short list because the white house was looking for someone who had both management experience, with a business as well as veteran. Bob mcdonald, the former ceo of Procter Gamble, theyve gotten both, he graduated from west point in 1975. He was in the army then for five years, received a medal for his service during that time. Then he started at p g in his 20s. Im from cincinnati, i know at p g they hire very young and want people to move through the rangers, and he worked there for 33 years, as you mentioned, tlt at the top and rose to become the ceo. Again, bob m
Who is in Kill Devil Hills, and we know the big concern is rip currents. Yeah, definitely rip currents, but as we mentioned before i think last time you saw me the wind were definitely calmer and i talked about the big switch in the wind direction that was expected to happen. Thats exactly what were seeing right now. Arthur, the first category 2 or stronger hurricane. One of the gusts coming right now to make landfall. The first category two stronger or stronger hurricane to make landfall since 2008. Made landfall again. Look the at east side. First the easterly winds and now weve shift that had direction coming out of north and switching into the west. Can you see that the actual eye of the system is making its way offshore, but as it does so you get on the back side of the system where real some of the stronger winds come in. No, not right next to the eye, not talking about 100mileperhour wind. Were still talking very strong winds. Somewhere could be anywhere from 40 to 50mileperhour
Good afternoon, im ana cabrera. Don lemon hat day off. Thanks for joining me on a holiday marking the birth of the nation of immigrants. Protesters gather to keep undocumented families out. A flight of Illegal Immigrants arrived yesterday in san diego the second from texas this week. Its not clear if any of the passengers were headed to the town of murrieta, but demonstrators were out in that town once again demanding those arriving illegally follow the law. But other protesters were following forcompassion. Came here in droves in 1800s and up to the 1900s and now when we have this crises happening in other place and trying to come through the borders suddenly its different because we have these divisions based on race and language and based we will not stand it. Thousands and millions of people done at the time right way. But for people to come in nhere and ask to fora free handout its my money. Reporter the u. S. Is moving Illegal Immigrants to other areas to help handle the crisis a
Trapped dangling 20 feet in the air on the ninja. What caused this coaster to derail and how the riders had to be rescued. Newsroom starts now. Good morning. Im Brianna Keilar in for carol costello. We begin with the battle over the crisis on the border and a white house offer to meet with Texas Governor rick perry about his concerns over the issue. In a letter, obama advisor Valerie Jarrett writes that the president would quote, welcome the chance to talk to perry. It also invites perry to a meeting with a group of faith leaders in dallas that the president was already partaking in tomorrow. He is going to be, president obama, in texas tomorrow, as i mentioned. He will be there for a series ever fundraisers. Earlier, perry refused to greet the president at the airport, saying it would be in his words, nothing more than a tarmac handshake that doesnt address immigration. President obama still has no plans to visit the u. S. mexico border during his visit and its a decision that has bee
He is headed to texas later this afternoon. This is a live look from the border as we speak. The Rio Grande River, where thousands of immigrants cross illegally from Central America into mexico and into the u. S. , but he wont, the president , be heading anywhere near there. Instead hell meet with one of his most vocal critics, governor perry and faith leaders to talk about how to convert schools to temporary housing facilities for immigrants. The white house is defending the plan but even some democrats are pushing for him to make the trip. I think anyone working on the situation, at some point in the future needs to visit and see these children and families. Sent the Vice President to Central America to deal with the heads of state in the countries from which people are coming. Secretary kerry was in the region, secretary johnson is in the region today, is in Central America today. Secretary johnson traveled to the border five times in the last month. This hour, cnn will cover the bo