world. it is thursday, october 13th. i m christine romans. donald trump remains a clear and present danger to democracy. that s the case the january 6th committee plans to make in this afternoon s final hearing before the november mid terms. sources tell cnn we ll hear new testimony and recently uncovered evidence. the political coup and all of the events surrounding the attempt to overthrow joe biden s majority electoral college, the insurrection nair ray violence, the mobilization of the mob, all of it flowed out of the will and determination of one man to seize the presidency and that s donald trump. danielle diaz joins us live from washington. what else can we expect this afternoon? it s really important to emphasize this will be the last time we ll publicly hear in this kind of format from the committee. of course, the last time that they will have some sort of hearing to present to the american people publicly what they found in this investigation of donald trump
place for 24 counties in the storm s path, and is urging people across the state to start getting ready. we have team coverage tracking tropical storm ian. cnn s carlos suarez is covering storm preparations and meteorologist allison chinchar is in the weather center. you have a new update from the national weather center? we did. a good look now, sunlight for several hours, what this storm looks like on visible satellite. it s starting to come together. you see signs that the storm is beginning to strengthen even though the winds haven t jumped all that much. sustained winds 45 miles per hour, gusting up to 60 miles per hour. we have tropical storm watches in effect for jamaica, but hurricane watches for the cayman islands and the reason for that is we anticipate this storm is expected to strengthen to at least a category 1, possibly even a category 2 hurricane by the time it crosses over the cayman islands. then it will strengthen even more as it is making its way towards
we look very much forward to an appeal in this case. reporter: even as a verdict came down alex jones on his show mocking the verdict saying he has no money. his attorney says they will fight this to the very end. they have been awarded punitive damages. brynn gingras, cnn, in waterbury, connecticut. surging inflation is about to have an effect on millions of people s social security checks and the biden administration will plan to offer thousands of migrants a legal path to enter the u.s. coverage.5g only from t-mobile for busineness. think wearing less makeup means no need for a wiwipe? think again. neutrogena® makeup remover wipes remove the 30% of makeup ordinaryleansers can leave behind. remove the 30% of makeup your skin will thank you.
objection. you re going to objection. objection. argumentative. won t apologize to you. well, it s hard for me to get a word in edgewise. reporter: after that happened, the judge warned jones and both attorneys that they could be held in contempt of court if this kind of manner continues. now, it s the ending to a very emotional week where we heard from a number of victims family members who talked about their loved ones who died in 2012 and how their lives continue to be impacted by not only jones, infowars and his followers and the lies they continue to spread. court picks back up next week. however, we do know that the defense attorney said he does reserve the right to call alex jones back to the stand, so that is very possible to happen sometime next week. i m brinn gingras in waterbury, connecticut, cnn. hello again, everyone.
absences on a daily basis right now between 260/270. and we have 140 teaching vacancies on top of that we had to readjust. we had to call off school, reassess with our teachers and administrators and say we will go to this new hybrid model. we seen some success since we implemented it. reporter: it seems to be work, it s a day-to-day thing. you don t know how many teachers, staff, bus drivers, other support staff you are going to have on any given day. across connect, teachers are also concerned about some of those things that kelly was talking about from the white house about masks, about tests. there have been some teachers complaining and the head of the union, especially, that the conditions in the schools aren t as safe as they should be for teachers and students and everyone. so there is that concern here as well. andrea. ron allen in waterbury, connecticut. thank you very much. and vice president harris