hurricane over the caribbean. we re live at the scene and with the forecast. we begin in ukraine where, for the second time within days, the city of zaporizhzhia is taking a deadly pounding from russian rockets. these are scenes of chaos after multiple rockets slammed into residential areas on saturday, reportedly killing at least 17 people. while further south, moscow is scrambling to get the bridge linking the occupied crimea with russia back up and running. a part of the bridge collapsed after a huge explosion and fire on saturday. now russia says repair work will be under way around the clock. some train and road traffic has already resumed, but drivers will go into the water divers, rather, will go into the water later today to see if the structure can still support trucks. scott mclean is keeping an eye on developments in ukraine including the deadly strike on zaporizhzhia. he joins us from london, scott? reporter: yeah, we don t have a ton of information about th
u.s. midterm elections and each of the last three u.s. presidents is on the campaign trail to rally voters in hopes of winning power in congress. record heat across the u.s., over 70 high-temperature records are expected to be broken across the country on monday. a surprising admission by iran, how they ve helped russia with the war in ukraine, after weeks of denial. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harak. they may potentially shift the balance of power in congress after voting. this tuesday, every single seat in the house will be at play while in the senate, 35 positions are up for grabs. right now, democrats controlled both chambers by a thin margin and if republicans take control of either one, they could restrict president joe biden s agenda for the next two years. the outcome could be decided in any one of these six states. five of them are battlegrounds that mr. biden flipped in 2020, including georgia where early voting numbers have been
u.s. midterm elections and each of the last three u.s. presidents is on the campaign trail to rally voters in hopes of winning power in congress. record heat across the u.s., over 70 high-temperature records are expected to be broken across the country on monday. a surprising admission by iran, how they ve helped russia with the war in ukraine, after weeks of denial. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harak. they may potentially shift the balance of power in congress after voting. this tuesday, every single seat in the house will be at play while in the senate, 35 positions are up for grabs. right now, democrats controlled both chambers by a thin margin
partially control all four of those regions after the referenda that the west announced as a sham. attacks like this seem to indicate the russians are looking to take more territory. the difficulty is that they are lacking manpower. even one pro-russian military correspondent said earlier this week, look, it could be two months before the russians actually have the manpower at the front lines in order to push the front lines forward. for now it seems they are content to lob missiles deeper into ukrainian territory, laila. scott mclean recording, thank you. people in crimea are already feeling the pain from that bridge explosion. specifically, a long traffic jam that clogged the working section of the bridge. the structure is not only a key traffic artery for the peninsula but also, it s a logistical lifeline for russian troops in southern ukraine. for russian president vladimir putin, it s a pet project, a
jeanne moos, cnn, new york. it s the most wonderful time of the year. fat bear week. every year the katenai national park in alaska puts 12 fat bears against each other in a contest to highlight and celebrate how bears prepare for winter hibernation. the favorite is 480 otis, who s already racked up four wins over the years. he once ate 42 salmon in one sitting just waiting for the fish to swim by. 435 holly is proving stiff competition. the mama bear was the fat bear week champion in 2019. there are four other contestants still in the running. vote for your favorite chunky bear at fatbearweek.org. the winner will be announced tuesday when one of these will be crowned the champion. that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. i m laila harak.