everyone for joining us i m eric shawn. the infrastructure in some area of florida have been completely destroyed and washed away. just take a look at that. tens of billions of dollars will be needed to rebuild according to the initial estimates and the storm recovery just one of the top stories we are following for you at this hour. also i had her in foxley in the southern border of the humanitarian crisis continues they are as slow. fox news learning some new details about the jaw-dropping number of got away so far this year as some migrants are pulled from the raging waters to safety. and as the countdown to the midterms is on the balance of power in the u.s. senate expected to come down to just a few states. we will look at that. but first steve harrigan is standing by in northport, florida on the recovery efforts they are in the wake of ian. hey steve. eric, we ve been driving up and down highway 75. stopping along the way, so many communities pretty much flooded out.
crisis overwhelms communities there and is felt nationwide. will his visit really help stop flow? and the nfl plans a league-wide tribute to buffalo bills safety damar hamlin who is recovering as the owner of the new orleans saints and pelicans takes measures in her community to address medical emergencies like damar s. saints owner gayle benson will join us in just a few moments on that. eric: but first, parents who lost their children to fentanyl poisoning are speaking out about the huge amounts of deadly narcotics flooding across the southern border as the toll is continuing to take on families across the country. we have team fox news coverage of the ongoing border crisis. charles watson on how the disaster extends beyond our border, lucas tomlinson on president biden s first vet to the epicenter of the crisis tomorrow, but we given with christina coleman live in los angeles with the new, disturbing details on the fentanyl surge here in our country. reporter: hi,
suspend its entire police force and puts two officials on leave following the school shooting that left 19 children dead. how the families are reacting. and anger and confusion in florida as many left homeless by hurricane ian are stuck waiting in line for hours to get the help they need. we re going to take you there this morning. new day starts right now. amara, we made it. the weekend, saturday, october 8th. we re so grateful that you re with us. before we start, a heartfelt welcome is in order. i hope our viewers will join me in welcoming and congratulating amara walker, the new new day permanent host. i m so excited. truly, there s no one else i would rather be doing this than you especially during these dark and early morning hours, but you and me together, we ve got this. world, watch out. happy to be here. thank you so much, boris. of course. we re following breaking news out of crimea where there s been a breaking escalation in russia s war on ukraine
attempt to claim crimea from ukraine. russia claims at least three people were killed. a russian investigative committee arrived this morning to inspect the damage and so far no one has claimed responsibility for the blast. cnn s fred pleitgen is live for us from kyiv with the very latest on this. fred, russian officials are now saying traffic has resumed on the bridge? how is that happening? reporter: well, they are saying that the traffic is in reverse on that bridge. they are trying to clear the cars off that bridge but trying to get the traffic moving again as fast as possible. essentially, what they are saying is that all of this happened, this explosion happened in the early morning hours of this morning. when the lacey latest that they have is a struck they say exploded, even though it s not exactly clear whether or not that is the case, that a truck blew up. we have some of that video of that explosion taking place, which seems to have been massive. as a result ther
select committee, congresswoman zoe lofgren. and the uvalde texas school board suspends its police force, and it s expected to discuss the superintendent s retirement, all following cnn s exclusive reporting on the school massacre. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with the firestorm over president biden s surprise warning of a potential armageddon following russian president vladimir putin s nuclear threats. let s get straight to our cnn white house correspondent, mj lee. mj, we ve heard the administration say they take the nuclear threat from russia seriously. we have not heard talk of armageddon before. does the white house now think americans have reason to be concerned tonight? well, wolf, anybody who was listening to the president s comments last night may have had good reason to feel concerned, because this was a pretty remarkable warning that we heard directly fro