millions of floridians in this storm s path. those who have not evacuated are urged to shelter in place immediately. almost 800,000 people are already without power. that s according to florida utilities. the director of fema has warned that recovery from hurricane ian will be a very long road. that agency has already begun to pour resources into the state. in an event earlier today, president joe biden said he spoke with florida governor ron desantis and added he already requested aid saying, quote, the federal government is ready to help in every single way possible. ali velshi who has been doing the heroic job of bringing the story to all of us from naples, florida, is our first guest. ali, tell me what you re seeing. i ve been watching all day long. please tell me how you re staying safe. reporter: we always appreciate that. what did we just lose there, peter? something has come off the building that we re in. in fact, we re seeing a lot of that. moments ago we saw a fr
tonight marks two week out from election day. steve kornacki is here at the big board. we re tracking the critical night in pennsylvania, republican dr. oz facing off with fetterman in pennsylvania. pennsylvania is one of the few states that could decide who runs the united states senate. right now over five senate races are basically tide. polling showing no statistical difference between the candidates. democrats attacking the economy in some of their closing arguments they re trying to get ahead of what could be that push back, while republican campaigns seize on crime. the new york times reporting on that. and a lot more that we re watching for you tonight. after roe i ve never lived in this type of era. you re the most anti-business governor i ve ever seen. that s time. his running mate has said this in the past that teaching the united states was built on stolen land. that is inappropriate for our schools. it s not true. everything is so expensive now. guy
in georgia, raphael warnock s lead in the polls over herschel walker, it is a narrow lead and stacey abrams is trying to unseat brian kefrpt in the second head-to-head battle for governor. nearly three quarters of a million georgians have already cast their ballots. in pennsylvania, john fetterman is holding a slim lead in a race with trump backed mehmet oz. and tonight in florida, ron desantis holds his only televised debate with charlie chryst. this morning bernie sanders who caucuses with democrats is warning them to focus more on the economy and less on abortion rights. house speaker nancy pelosi pushing back on that. nobody said we re doing abortion rather than economy. but it s about both. and i can tell you, that that issue is very, very provocative and encouraging people to vote. here now cnn s senior data report harry enton. a laser focus on key senate races here. and in some of them, republicans have gained ground. in some of them, most of them they ve gaine
in georgia, raphael warnock s lead in the polls over herschel walker, it is a narrow lead and stacey abrams is trying to unseat brian kefrpt in the second head-to-head battle for governor. nearly three quarters of a million georgians have already cast their ballots. in pennsylvania, john fetterman is holding a slim lead in a race with trump backed mehmet oz. and tonight in florida, ron desantis holds his only televised debate with charlie chryst. this morning bernie sanders who caucuses with democrats is warning them to focus more on the economy and less on abortion rights. house speaker nancy pelosi pushing back on that. nobody said we re doing abortion rather than economy. but it s about both. and i can tell you, that that issue is very, very provocative
downtown st. petersburg, i live own a canal in st. pete, we lost power earlier, then went out, saw the power lines were down, so, decided to evacuate and get out and get to safety. i hope most of my fellow floridians did the same thing, because this is one heck of a storm. the magnitude of it the intensity is much like hurricane charley in 2004 that s been discussed a lot today, but the size of the storm is so much bigger. it s virtually covering the whole state, except for the western panhandle. and is going to go up to orlando, then up probably through jacksonville and then as bill was just saying, probably go off the coast and head up into south carolina or georgia. it s a massive storm. and i m really concerned about all the damage that we may suffer in florida as a result of this tragic event. charlie, what bill was talking about was the last-minute, you know, change in the path and as