Cnn breaking news good evening. I m abby phillip in new york. Our special coverage continues tonight of hurricane helene, a monster category four storm that is now moments away from making landfall in florida. At this moment, it was too late now for folks along the coast too evacuate. Officials warned that the winds and the storm surge will be be catastrophic in some areas, the word that they are using is unsurvivable helene could be the strongest storm on record for the big bend region. And we are already starting to see a major surge in these cities. So we have our anchors and our correspondents. They re fanned out as the storm is now hitting and we have chad myers as well with the latest forecast in the cnn weather center. Let s go first to john berman. He s out in tallahassee in the socalled dead on a hit zone, john, what s happening where you are right now? yeah the winds have really started to pick up abby over the last half an hour. The rain really coming down here, you can see
Sign? plus an explosive report suggests two women died under abortion restrictions. And now kamala harris is he s blaming donald trump it s immoral it s a moral also 47 days until the election. The republican nominee he demands his party shut down the government over his election lies politically beyond stupid. And melania trump, emerges to sell a book, but not necessarily her husband why do i stand proudly behind my nude modeling work? live at the table. Jonah goldberg nayyera hop, geoff duncan, and madison, jesse auto. Welcome to a special edition of newsnight date of the race i m abby phillip in new york. Let s get right to what america is talking about. Did kamala harris just get a major economic boost or didn t donald trump just get another reason? to criticize her for the first time since the pandemic in four years, the fed of cut interest rates, it s a big, big move, especially if you re trying to make a big, big purchase. And some economists say it shows a soft landing that the
Officials nationwide. As donald trump threatens to jail, many of them also, we need to get this deal done. Kamala harris avoids policy specifics before black journalists. But is that what liberals want? why, does not have to do it? and one of magas biggest fans is on track to become the world s first trillionaire. What that means for politics? and power live at the table. Scott jennings kara swisher, bryan lanza, and ashley allison welcome to a special special edition of newsnight state of the race phillip in new york. Let s get right to what america is talking about. The rhetoric, about the rhetoric tonight in michigan, after donald trump blamed democrats for the assassination attempts against him, he is making his first public appearance since that frightened thank incident this weekend a little while ago, i got a very nice call from kamala biden, i want to be nice. Yeah, he was so nice to me instead it but, you know, in one way, i sort of wish well, wasn t made because i do feel he
Republicans, in one key Battleground State are pushing forward with a rather controversial Rule Change fueled by trumps disproved, debunked election lies about the 2020 election. And leading this hour, Vice President Kamala Harris may have won the debate, but she could, could still well lose the election today. The Harris Campaign says, despite any momentum from Last Nights performance, they still consider this a 50, 50 race, a Coin Flip than with just 55 days to go so the Harris Campaign says theyre not taking their feet off the gas. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump is claiming he had the best debate of his life. Lets bring in cnns kristen holmes, who covers the Trump Campaign and Priscilla Alvarez who covers the Harris Campaign. Kristen to you first on this day after the debate, trump is claiming victory, although many in the republican party, you have a much more realistic assessment of what happened last time thats right jake, of course is going to depend on what republican
Death is okay. It is something i am. Thanks much to all of you for being with us tonight. Anderson starts now tonight on 360 down to the wire on the debate, how both candidates are preparing for their first ever face to encounter. And the stakes could not be higher. Also tonight on friday, trump said jessica leeds, who accused him of groping her she would not have been the chosen one. Leads joins me tonight to respond later, historian doris kearns goodwin, on the first very first televised debate, the presidential debate inside the inside view she had of it and the lessons that holds for tomorrow good evening. Thanks for joining us. Take a look. This is the first picture just released by abc news from inside the national constitution center in philadelphia, 25 hours from now it happens the first and so far only scheduled debate between vice president harris and former president trump, not just their first debate of the campaign. There ll be the first time they ve ever actually met vice