it is 57 after the top of the hour. fears amid a bombshell report that the administration failed to stop hundreds of americans from traveling overseas to join isis. tropical storm joaquin is gaining strength as it churns towards the bahamas. it could threaten the east coast this weekend. a government shutdown is set to be avoided thanks to a bill. to keep it operating through december 11th. time for the good, the bad and the ugly. up first, the good. the airplane angel going viral. a michigan mom praising a passenger on a plane. instead of getting annoyed when her daughter cried on the plane, the woman held her in her arms all the way from chicago to atlanta. and the bad. battered and bruised after this.
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front runner. how far is she willing to go at her swipes at trump and jokes about his hair. restrained as the u.s. takes part in war games near the north korean border. kim jong-un is dismissing top generals which is likely code word for brutal executions. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. breaking news this hour, we re just getting in a new forecast far deadly tropical storm that s prompted a state of emergency in florida right now. erika is moving into the dominican republic with heavy rains and gusty winds. as it churns through the caribbean toward the united states, the storm already has killed at least 12 people and flooding and much likes. 20 million florida residents are bracing for the storm to hit by
news. florida s under a state of emergency right now. 20 million people are bracing for what s so far been a very deadly storm. as it churns across the caribbean, tropical storm erika has already killed at least 12 people on the island of dominica, more than 20 others are missing. it slammed puerto rico with heavy rains and strong winds. florida residents are being warned to take this storm very seriously. hillary clinton goes after donald trump and his hair. she says hers is real except for the color. she wonders if the same is true for trump. the gop front-runner posts about his wealth and calls for transparency when it comes to money and politics but he may be opening himself up to a little bit of a new wave of criticism by allowing his allies to raise funds from secret donors. i ll speak with the florida governor, rick scott. our correspondents, analysts and guests are standing by with full coverage of the day s top stories. we ll have much more on that
second landfall in that country there s great concern at this hour about the potential for storm surges, flooding and mudslides. right now the storm is pounding the islands with relentless torrential rain as it churns slowly across the nation. many people in the philippines had evacuated in preparation for the typhoon. tens of thousands are being allowed to return home. we were talking early about the sheer force of that wind and that, of course, is pushing the water into the coastline there. there are fears of a storm surge. what your seeing there now? reporter: yeah. hi. i m hearing you intermittently. this is the time that we re expecting that storm surge to hit us. it s high tide and i can t tell you how strong the wind is just before you came to me i was