hurricane maria has strengthened to a category 5 storm. it s taking aim at puerto rico after battering the caribbean island of dominica, packing 160-mile-per-hour winds at this moment. puerto rico s governor fears the impact could be, quote, catastrophic. we are also following several others, several other big stories, including a cnn exclusive. we have learned that the u.s. government wiretapped former trump campaign chair paul manafort, amid concerns he was communicating with russian operatives, trying to influence the election. all this going on as president trump gets set to give his first address to the united nations general assembly. a speech expected to be deeply philosophical. that s what the white house tells us. it will include warnings to north korea and iran. let s start with meteorologist chad myers, tracking hurricane maria. chad? the storm moved right over dominica overnight as a category 5 hurricane. and even the southern tip of guadalupe had the northern eyewall,