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Billion to $12 billion on many of these sales. so sanctions for sure, reimpo reimposing r & d charges to them and probably a number of other things should take place as well. >> lots going on right now. congresswoman jackie speier, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> coming up, well take you back to the devastation in florida. mexico beach, florida, a town, left in total ruin. stay with us. the same old way. you need a partner that is willing to break free from conventional thinking. w...

Panhandle. what fema is calling ground zero. brian todd is on the scene joining us live. when you were flying over, you said mexico beach had been obliterated. now that you are on the ground, do you feel that way? >> reporter: wolf, we have been trying to get to mexico beach have a land and have not been able to get there. and power lines or by law enforcement. right now we are about 50 miles away from mexico beach and we are still inching forward, but not too hopeful because again, between road...

The carolinas as well. dont want you to get your guard down. of course, the track there still 70 miles per hour. by 2:00 in the morning. and then a 45-mile-an-hour storm by the time we get into tomorrow afternoon. so this is definitely far from over. category 3 entering the state of georgia from the south is something else. of course, we definitely still have that storm surge to contend with. we have had the storm surge across the florida panhandle. the water will continue to rise and then slowl...

Wolf, but we wanted to say hi, were here, were safe and we want want to go back to you while we assess our situation. >> well get back to both of you, diane gallagher, john berman doing amazing reporting for us. were going to take a very, very quick break, resume our special coverage, hurricane michael, making landfall this hour. well be right back. ♪

Director louie cuccalinni is with us. and brian todd, whats the latest where you are? >> reporter: wolf, were able to assess the damage. look at this house where the rough just got completely ripped off. youve got cinder blocks there toppled over. now were going to show you this house over here. this green house. look at that roof, completely torn off there. we had video from earlier showing this actually occurring as the roof got completely torn off. were still getting some pretty strong gusts....

Security adviser, john bolton and secretary of state mike pompeo, who is the presidents right hand guy. were hearing from a senior diplomatic source tonight, too, that lately there has been some tension between haley and pompeo. she hasnt liked things bolton has said. that could have gone into her decision today wolf. >> whoever the president nominates has to be confirmed by the u.s. senate. thank you very much. lets get more on this. democratic congressman joaquin co castro joining us, a member...

There. chief justice roberts welcomed hmm, said we wished you lot of years in your calling. on my way out here today, i ran into justice kennedy and i said are you happy to be retired? he said im happy to be a spectator, i read briefs for more than 40 years. the case inside wasnt a great blockbuster today but kavanaugh asked several questions but coming up, wolf, are several big issues that are currently percolating in the courts below. we should see those here soon, either this term or next. ke...

Best to make a decision. once again, we are all united states senators and have an obligation to do what we think is right. there is a sense that senators arm twist and we really dont do that. we share and are there to talk with one another. we have points of view that we try to share, but you have to respect each others rights to make the decision and allow that to happen. we all want that opportunity ourselves and we all want to protect that for our other members as well. its up to lisa and we...

The only way to tip the balance is to hurt themselves with democrats, not help. >> and they obviously felt differently. heitkamp voted no. shes down 12 points. shes probably sort of making a different calculus than mccaskill is, who is in a very competitive race. donnelly in indiana, in a competitive race as well. i think the senate is one thing, the house is a completely different thing because you have these districts that hillary clinton did really well in, you have suburban white women who a...

The current supreme court justices will be directly impacted by brett kavanaughs expected appointment if he is confirmed tomorrow, but traditionally they refrain from commenting on the nomination process. covering the supreme court for 25 years, share some insight on how the justices are viewing all the drama of the past few weeks. >> thanks, wolf. here you see the last time they had what they call the class picture taken. after neal gorsuch went on and you saw anthony kennedy there. when he lea...