crippled by a mass explosion. what that could mean for putin s next move and strategy. with less than a month to go for election day, we ll tell you who is hitting the campaign trail and look at some key races to watch. and nearly two weeks after hurricane ian ripped through florida, residents from fort myers beach will finally being allowed to go back to home. and what does it mean for companies getting ready for hire for the holidays. happy sunday, everyone. it is october 9th. thank you so much for waking up with us. hello, boris. good morning, amara. good to be with you. your first full weekend as the official new anchor of new day. it s been wonderful. thank you for making me feel so welcomed, boris. we begin with a deadly rocket attack in ukraine. and dozens more were killed in zaporizhzhia last night. authorities actually revised the death toll down. earlier they said 17 had been killed. ukraine s air force says the city was hit by six russian cruise mis
pounds, it s the largest one grown in the entire state of illinois this year. joe atkins, the man behind the giant gourd said it grew at a rate of 40 pounds per day, needed 150 gallons of water every 24 hours for three months. his labor of love paid off and his front yard has turned into quite the fall attraction. thinking of my home state of california, that way you could grow a pup kin like that with the drought there. i m not a huge pumpkin person. i take some thing tropical. what do you think? more saab bore, yeah. i ll eat the seeds and carve it. that s about it. thanks for starting your morning with us. inside poll sunday with abby phillip is up next. here is a preview of stanley tucci searching for italy. don t miss it.
members of congress may be resisting conversations, we do know that there are members of trump s inner circle that have been willing to talk to the committee. today, kayleigh macenany, forme white house press secretary, someone very close with president trump right through the end of his presidency, also served as spokesperson for his campaign. she talked to the committee today. we don t have a readout of that meeting but we know that she did it willingly after the subpoena was issued to her. so, the committee may not be getting answers from members of congress but they are getting it from other people close to the former president. erin. all right. thank you very much, ryan, and i want to go now to shan wu, former-federal prosecutor. abby phillip, senior political correspondent and anchor of inside poll sticks sunday. thanks to all. so, shan, let me start with you. the committee goes through in this letter, right, lays out mccarthy s interactions with trump in great detail. right? a