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Forecasters predict Hurricane Melissa could have storm surges up to thirteen feet. Here's what that could look like.

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Zelensky gets emotional talking to Axios' @BarakRavid when talking about the 19 thousand Ukrainian children Russia has kidnapped over the course of this war.  Hear his heartbreaking message:

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President Trump is telling Europe it needs to cut energy ties with Russia in order to force Russia to the negotiating table on the Ukraine war. Why then is the US still buying enriched Uranium from Russia? The Secretary of Energy joined me today on the show.

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CNN Political Commentator @secupp eloquently calls out political rhetoric after the assassination of Charlie Kirk: "If you really want to take the temperature down, the finger has to point back to you and you have to ask yourself, where am I responsible for this?”

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I don't think he's going to be a serious candidate.

@RepJerryNadler weighs in on the idea of Jack Schlossberg, JFK's grandson, running to fill his seat after he leaves Congress.

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BREAKING: FBI searches John Bolton’s home, office over classified info

"It looks political...they don't want people talking about the Epstein files," @CongressmanRaja tells @JohnBerman

The first wave of subpoenaed Epstein files are expected to be sent to Congress today.

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BREAKING: The FBI conducts a search at John Bolton's home

"The timing of this is chilling," Sen. @ChrisCoons tells @KateBolduan

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“I learned in history class that this is how authoritarians operate. They take over the arts, they take over the culture, they take over the museums” - @wkamaubell on President Trump’s move to review the Smithsonian museums. Catch his current nationwide comedy tour, Who’s With Me?, and follow along on his Substack.

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"I believe that his credibility will be damaged if he fails to follow through"

@SenBlumenthal tells @KateBolduan that President Trump must impose secondary sanctions now that his self-imposed deadline has arrived for Russia to end its war in Ukraine.

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"I am confident in the agreement we struck." We worked "on every word."

@Columbia Acting President Claire Shipman says when asked if she's concerned about the school's deal with the Trump admin setting a precedent for others being targeted by Trump.

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"This was a really complex problem." The idea that it was a choice between courage or capitulation, that's "just wrong."

@Columbia Acting President Claire Shipman on criticism she's faced over the deal with the Trump admin over the school's handling of antisemitism on campus.

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"This resolution is really going to allow us to turn a page on a period of deep instability for our institution."

@Columbia University Acting President Claire Shipman tells @KateBolduan in her first TV remarks since the school reached a deal with the Trump administration.

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"It's tough to talk about."

@cheftimlove immediately jumped in to help his community after the deadly Texas floods, all while dealing with the grief of losing several loved ones of his own.

All we can do is figure out how to help people get through it, Love tells @KateBolduan.

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"This is a major shift that hopefully...will put us in a better position to get to peace, to put pressure on Putin to stop this war."

@RepAdamSmith, the top democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, reacts to President Trump's change in tone on Russia.

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Former VP @Mike_Pence: I would have no problem voting for President Trump's "one big, beautiful bill."

Telling @KateBolduan: Trump "has changed aspects of the agenda of the Republican Party. But I don't think he's changed the Republican Party."

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Former VP @Mike_Pence tells @KateBolduan: "My hope is that the President will make it clear that he wants that bill on his desk."

Speaking about the bipartisan bill gaining momentum in the Senate: There is value in "Putin seeing those sanctions...available for signature."

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"My hope is that the President is starting to recognize that Vladimir Putin doesn't want peace."

Former VP @Mike_Pence welcomes President Trump's latest comments about Putin and blasts "isolationists" in his current administration.

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"I could feel my home vibrating."

Ingram, TX local Stuart Gross describes how quickly water flooded through the river below his home.

"I've heard estimates of a trillion gallons of water and it's running at 75, 85 mph. It doesn't stop for anything," he said.

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"I am convinced that the staff cuts...were a contributing factor to the inability of the emergency managers to respond."

Former NOAA Administrator Richard Spinrad explains why one of the open positions at a Texas weather office is critical in getting forecasts out.

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"It was just immeasurably fast."

Amanda Sue Jones describes the moment floodwaters swept through her family's campground in Texas.

"It was a matter of minutes from where it was just quiet...to [cabins and campers] just being washed away," Jones tells @KateBolduan.