Is Cnn Newsroom. We begin with Breaking News as we track Hurricane Helene, its now the strongest storm to ever make landfall in floridas Big Bend, sweeping across the coast hours ago as an extremely dangerous category four hurricane with winds of 140 miles per hour. Now the effects have been felt far from the center of the storm. The mayor of clearwater told me his community has been inundated despite being 100 miles from the center now, helene is weakening now but has knocked out power to more than 1,000,000. 5 homes and businesses in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. At least three people have been killed as the storm continues to pummel the southeast to end georgia. And one in florida we have had a report of a fatality on the roadway. Car driving on i4 near your Ybor City and tampa, was hit when a sign fell onto onto the highway. So that just shows you that its very dangerous. Chris conditions out there you need to be right now. Just hunkering down nows not the time to be going o
bakhmut if the russians are not there to take over his position. so i am not sure what exactly he means by pulling out of bakhmut, but he clearly does have his own political agenda, and he s got ambitions the challenge putin. and ultimately put himself into a position of power. and i think that would be very dangerous for the world because, we all worry about putin and his intentions in regard to escalation, i think he would be a more dangerous actor, if he was in a position of power. that would be interesting to see what putin does if he is concerned that is a possibility. but the big picture, how would you assess this war so far, where you see it going from here, do you see an endgame at this point? we know we are near an endgame, this war continues, through this year, into the next. depending on how the ukrainian counteroffensive goes. whatever it last, through 2024, into 2025, and i think no one
eye on me get news on those court proceedings in china. let s get some of the day s other news. the imf has announced a financing arrangement for ukraine, worth $15.6 billion over the next four years. the loan offer, yet to be ratified, is to help support ukraine s recovery after the devastation of the russian invasion. the arrangement includes an assumption that ukraine works towardsjoining the european union. the us semi conductor firm nvidia, hit last year by export restrictions to china, says it has modified its flagship product into a version that is legal to export to china. us regulators had put in place the restrictions due to concerns about national security. richard branson s virgin orbit has contacted staff to say that a small group will be recalled from a widespread furlough to work on rocket upgrades. the company s been struggling with cashflow and furloughed nearly all its staff last week, but it s back to the desk for a few of them.
so i don t know what he was thinking. i have absolutely no idea at all. charles ramsey and joey jackson, appreciate your insight. thank you, both. a somber day on capitol hill. as we remember the events of january 6. the investigation into that deadly insurrection reaching a new stage. just ahead we ll speak with elaine luria who was part of the house select committee and talk about where things stand now two years later. your pain and your doubt. heat m makes it last. so you ll nenever sit this one out. icy hot pro with 2 max-strengngth pain relievers. you didn t live this strong, this long to get put on the shelf like a porcelain doll. but one out of two women over 50 will suffer a fracture from osteoporosis.
before today he had not scored in 25 games, and like him, callum hudson odoi came through the youth ranks, and this clinical start had been made in chelsea. the blues scored a third before half time and for norwich their top flight dream is a miserable reality. they have two points and no wins, while chelsea now were going clear at the top. now it was a case of how many more to cheer. mason mount would make sure the score would be remembered. first with a penalty and then a tap in. it made it 7 0, chelsea s biggest victory in nine years, and a day that showed the mountain between the bottom of the top. joe lynskey, bbc news. we are definitely versatile, and a lot of the boys have scored this season. i said lot of the boys have scored this season. isaid it last lot of the boys have scored this season. i said it last week, mid weight, actually, it s about time i scored one and got on the