welcome to cnn this morning. it s sunday, november 6th. i m boris sanchez. and i m amara walker. former heavyweights, including three previous presidents, driving the mid term. you ll hear their closing messages. and nobody won the powerball jackpot. it just keeps growing. when you can get a chance for some major money. and a report says this thanksgiving will cost a lot more than years past. we re joined by an expert with tips on how you can make your dollar stretch at the grocery store. plus, champions once again. the houston astros claiming their second world series title in six years. coy wire is standing by with the highlights. good morning, everyone. it is sunday, november 6th, a enough week. it s great to be with you and great to be with you, boris. and i think we re all somewhat optimistic knowing that we can still win the powerball. almost $2 billion up for grabs. we ll give you the details on that. but first, we re just two days away until the high sta
got, less than a thousand power outages, but also just be prepared in case something turns or something happens this afternoon. ainsley: down in florida, desperate search and rescue efforts are underway this morning. at least ten are confirmed dead. but officials warn that number will likely be higher. the damage i saw was on fort myers beach. but they have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and is likely many more than that. ainsley: florida s governor will give a press conference, at 8:45 a.m., with an update on ian. we ll bring you that life. you will see some before-and-after shadows showing the intent of the damage fort myers. a crew is being sent down to prevent all the looting. can you believe that people would actually steal from other people when they are out of state? brian: more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have team coverage this morning. fox weather correspondent robert ray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage.
of staff at the department of homeland security and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. welcome to the programme. it s starting to feel a bit like groundhog day on capitol hill. that s because the house is trying again for a third day to elect a speaker of the house. we ve now had eight votes. and in all eight, the republican kevin mccarthy has failed to receive enough votes. he hasn t even been able to swing the needle in his favour at all. this is the scene live in the house now where a ninth vote is under way. it already appears that he has lost to this vote as well. at least seven republicans have voted for other options. in the last vote, 20 republicans voted for an alternative candidates to mr mccarthy mainly for byron donalds, and there was also a shock vote for donald trump. remember, the speaker of the house doesn t need to be a member of congress. that vote for the former president came from matt gaetz, one of the ring leaders of those refusing t