i m jose diaz ballart. with less than three weeks to the mid-term elections president biden is expected to make another major announcement today addressing gas prices. i also spoke with award winning artist lin manuel miranda and the importance of getting younger voters to the polls. it was really inspiring to hear from the young people, their bodies are on the ballot. gun violence is on the ballot. immigration is on the ballot. also breaking this morning, russia s vladimir putin declares martial law in the four regions illegally annexed last month. new explosions rocked ukraine s capital. we are live in kyiv. today former president trump is set to be deposed in a defamation lawsuit from a writer who alleges he raped her in the 1990s. this morning new york city is opening an emergency relief center that will house migrants seeking asylum. controversial effort meant to ease the overwhelmed shelter system. and with 20 days left until the mid-term elections and president b
caribbean, hundreds of thousands of people have no power or running water. it is difficult. the worst does appear far from over as we watch the track here with turks and caicos and bermuda. now in fiona s path. we are keeping a very close eye on that of course. also this morning new details on the 2020 election. surveillance footage showing what happened inside a georgia election office on the same day voting machines were compromised there. a republican county official and associate seen working with an attorney for former president trump spending hours inside of that restricted area. but let s begin in puerto rico where today marks actually five years since hurricane maria s catastrophic landfall on the island and now the same survivors of that crisis say the devastating flooding from this storm could be even worse. our lay low sanity thyago is on the ground in san juan with the latest. reporter: today the majority of people in puerto rico are waking up without power
the former president s attorneys do not like one of the requests. the judge wants to see specifics on what trump claims to have declassified. kaitlan, first, what are we expecting today from his hearing? what we are expecting today is to see how this judge that s now the special master, raymond dearie, how he interacts with the justice department and the trump team. we re listening for tone and also timing. how fast this review process is going to be where dearie works with these parties to go through all of the documents that were seized out of mar-a-lago, and especially those 100 documents marked as classified and could still be classified. judge dearie right now has proposed a plan to both sides and the trump team has indicated they have some concern with that. that s a possibility that could come in court today. they re a little concerned about the timing he s proposing. he wants everyone to move really fast to get through the documents in two weeks or so. he also wan
school libraries and reading lists in more districts and states, according to a new report. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead. hurricane fiona wreaking havoc on several caribbean islands. the storm made landfall as a category 1, but expected to become a major hurricane after it hit puerto rico on sunday, knocking out the entire power grid there. puerto rico, still recoverining from hurricane maria in 2017, is suffering catastrophic flooding. you can see this bridge, which was rebuilt after hurricane maria, being swept away by the rushing waters. another river, rising to 29 feet, surpassing the record set in 2017. we re going to start our coverage with laila santiago, in part rico, where most communities are still struggling without power. reporter: almost the entire island of puerto rico remains in the dark after hurricane fiona slam into the southwestern coast of the island sunday afternoon. pounding rainfall causing catastrophic mud
collision course. tropical storm force winds could hit florida tuesday. in puerto rico, further south, they are still dealing with property damage and washed out roads after hurricane fiona ravaged the island nearly one week ago. and fiona is not done yet. it could become one of the strongest storms canada ever experienced. it made landfall in nova scotia. allison chinchar is in the cnn weather center. it could slam florida in the coming days. right. it is expected to get to major hurricane strength. let s break it down. you have two significant storms to talk about. this is tropical storm ian. sustained winds only at 45 miles per hour, gusting up to 60. but the potential is there as it makes its way to the cayman islands, which is where we forecast this is likely to get up to hurricane strength. category 1, maybe even cat going 2 over the islands. it will make its way over cuba, into the eastern portion of the gulf of mexico from. there that system is expected to make the