this is it. the final big push to the first name right, because the casting of ballots is almost over. the counting of ballots, that s getting ready to start in most places. in some places, they re doing it, but you ve got control of congress, the direction of the country on the line. the five things we have to be watching for over the next hours and days, plural, with our campaign reporters live across the country. we re also live in washington with the mood inside the white house. publicly confident, privately, maybe not so much. also this hour, our team is watching the polls. lawsuits popping up. some precincts reporting issues counting. we ve got our team standing by with that. i m hallie jackson from election headquarters here in new york with our reporters out covering races including in pennsylvania. a lot of talk about there where dasha burns is. guad is in nevada. jesse in youngstown, ohio. there are some question on everybody s minds, right, as we are getting close
carolinas at this hour with high winds, heavy rain and the threat of floods. now, officials say the storm thankfully has been downgraded from a hurricane, but it still poses a threat as it makes its way inland. it has already caused considerable damage in south carolina where it made landfall friday. now, you see that video there. it s the storm ripping through a pier in north myrtle beach causing part of it to collapse. now, it also submerged this neighborhood with a storm surge that was several feet high. so far, thankfully again there have been no reported deaths in south carolina. it s not the case in florida. at least 45 people have lost their lives, and we re getting a clearer picture of the extraordinary damage this storm left behind. entire neighborhoods that were once brimming with life i mean look at it. they re now flattened fields littered with debris. this is footage from fort myers beach where one woman s struggle to survive was captured in a phone call. i a
category 4 storm this week, and we continue to follow ian as it moves into north carolina after making landfall as a hurricane there. it is now moving inland as a post-tropical cyclone, posing all sorts of problems for that part of the country. even though it s been downgraded, officials warn it still threatens the area with herb rain and flooding. in south carolina the storm flooded homes and vehicles along the shoreline, and as high winds pushed the storm surge even higher, two piers, one in pawleys island and another in north myrtle beach you see here partially collapsing. officials are now warning residents to avoid leaving their homes and to steer clear of floodwaters that could pose hidden dangers. the obvious one of the water itself, can isolate people, drown people, but it can also hide downed power lines, obstacles in the water, even contaminants in the water. the waters themselves are the most dangerous. ian slam med into southwest florida as a severe cate
southwest florida as a category 4 hurricane, making it the most powerful storm to ever hit that area of the state. the death toll now standing at 45, but that number could rise as crews reach areas cut off by flooding. people who chose to ride out the storm describe their harrowing experiences. the water was up to my balcony here. it was just you could dive off the balcony. just water everywhere, stuff floating on it. i never stay again. they say evacuate, go. right now the remnants of ian are moving along the country s northeast after the storm hit georgetown county, south carolina, as a category 1 hurricane. let s send it down to boris sanchez anchoring our coverage from fort myers, florida. boris. fred, as the sun rises on another day here in fort myers and southwest florida, the scope of the damage from hurricane ian is becoming more clear. communities are reeling as many folks are getting back to their properties and seeing what was left behind by this near categor
radiant alison camerota. hey laura, hey alison, glorious. this is never going to get old. the stick is never going to get old. [laughs] . we were wondering if you are going to run out of superlatives. but we know that you re not. no, impossible, impossible. they gave him eight as soares. jack eulogy. jocularity, fantastic. i need boost. we re gonna keep the conversation going on cnn tonight. good evening, i m laura coates, and i m alison camerota. with midterms just 21 days, way things are getting hot in florida. tonight in the first and only debate between marco rubio and valdes will play some clips. and now never before heard tapes of then president talking to bob were woodward. you re about to hear his real thoughts on vladimir putin and russia and his own ambition. and we also have brand-new audio from trump s inner circle, meaning his son-in-law, jared. remember we never heard his voice? there s a whole thing. this is how we ve been involving