could be called catastrophic conditions there. we ve never seen storm surge like the kind that is predicted in this area of florida. they re expecting surges up to 15 feet, the height in the past was four feet. so they re trying to shut it all down right now. that s what you re looking at on the right-hand side. airports closing, schools closing, waterways. ever battening down the hatches ahead of what is termed a 100-year storm. so most people by far have not witnessed anything like this who are living in florida right now, this is the stunning space image for you the space station. gives you a sense of how mammoth this area that is affected is, that is ready to lit florida. max gordon is live in st. petersburg on the ground in one of those areas that is expected to see some of this devastation. i can see just a little wind picking up there now as you get ready for this. hi, max. hey, good afternoon. mandatory evacuations are in place in pinellas county. folks in evaluatio
walker paid for her abortion. it comes as walker doubles down on his defense. and what a dramatic cut in it oil production overseas could mean for the price we pay at the pump here at home. good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, october 6th. thank you for starting your day with us. one week after hurricane ian made land fall in florida, president biden is warning the more is coming. the president visited the battered state yesterday, just days after surveying storm damage in puerto rico. in florida, the president and governor ron desantis put politics aside as they met with residents in the ft. myers area. we were very fortunate to have good coordination with white house and with fema. i think one thing that you re seeing in this response, we are cutting through the bureaucracy. we re cutting through the red tape. and that s from local government, state government, all the way up to the president. so we appreciate the team effort. i think he s done a
here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, it is monday, october 24th. i m christine romans. we begin with the midterm elections now just 15 days away. early voting already under way with more than 5.8 million ballots cast in 39 states. right now polls and political spending suggests republicans are surging and stand a good chance of retaking the house of representatives with a solid majority. recent surveys show the reason for that surge, the economy. inflation and to a lesser degree crime. early this summer looked like the anger at the supreme court ruling overturning roe versus wade would give democrats a chance to hold back the red tide and keep control of the house. now it looks like that abortion-fueled momentum may have peaked too soon. they have to split their messaging between abortion and the economy are the democrats. nobody said we re doing abortion rather than economy. but it s about both. i can tell you that that issue is ver
disaster. good morning. welcome to way too early on this tuesday, september 27th. thank you for starting your day with us. we ll begin with new reporting on what to expect from tomorrow s hearing. according to the washington post, the committee plans to show footage of roger stone, the trump ally recorded in the weeks before the capitol attack by danish documentary filmmakers. they focus ond six hours of material and selected about 10 minutes worth of footage. cnn obtained several clips and one clip recorded a day before the election after a rally in georgia stone can be heard calling for violence. excellent. let s get right to the violence. shoot to kill. cnn-tifa. shoot to kill. gone this. [ beep ] f the voting, get right to the violence stone said the day before the election. he reportedly followed up that remark claiming he was kidding. here are two more clips of stone explaining how the trump campaign planned all along to reject the election results if he lost.
bill: border security another big issue. if you missed the news over the weekend top democrats want you to believe the border is secure. new numbers prove that s far from reality. we ll bring those to you in a moment here. dana: despite the disconnect president biden and house speaker nancy pelosi say they re op at the mystic on election day. back and forth, us ahead, back and forth. the polls are all over the place. i think that we re going to see one more shift back to our side in the closing days. i don t have any time to dwell on our not winning the house. so that is so scary, i agree with you. there is reason to be scared when you hear that. but the fact is that we full eye intend to win. was i not clear? we are going to win this election. bill: peter doocy kicks off a new week from the north lawn. good morning. the president speaks at the democratic national committee in a few hours. what is his message? at this point, bill, president biden is use hoping tha