hello and welcome. friday, september 23rd. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in ukraine. voting begins today in the four occupied regions on whether to become a part of the russian federation. the areas make up about 50% of ukraine s territory. if they join russia many believe that will provide vladimir putin the pretexts to claim russian territory is under attack and escalate the war. it s prompting people to flee the country in all directions. a long line of cars backed up at russia s border with finland. the government in helsinki is thinking of new restrictions to keep russians from entering. they re crossing into armenia and turkey. according to one witness, traffic at one checkpoint stretched 5 to 6 kilometers. it was a similar scene along the border with kazakhstan. trucks lined up as far as the eye could see. ticket prices are soaring for flights out of moscow. most of which is sold out for the next few days. the kremlin calls reports exaggeration and fake news. the mobi
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. ukraine s president will be appealing for more international aid this week when the ukraine recovery conference gets under way in lugano, switzerland. on saturday he urged his fellow ukrainians to stay optimistic. here he is. translator: no matter how difficult it is for us today, we must remember that there will be tomorrow. and tomorrow should bring maximum benefit to ukraine. everyone should do absolutely everything possible for this. relentless rampage in ukraine is now most heavily focused on the key city of lucy hansk, one of the few places under ukrainian control in the donbas. russia denies claims by pro-russian separatists that the city is surrounded. meanwhile, days after russian forces abandoned snake island in the black sea, ukraine s military is claiming it destroyed some of the quip the russians left behind. russian spirit does not stink there anymore. cnn s scott mcclain joins us live fr
Im fredricka whitfield. And we begin this hour with Tropical Storm ophelia. Just hours after making land fall in north carolina, heavy rain, coastal flooding, and high winds, are hitting much of the Eastern Seaboard today. North carolina, maryland, and var are all under a State Of Emergency right now. And the storm is already knocked out power to more than 50,000 homes. And businesses. With those outages expected to grow. Allison chinchar is Tracking Ophelia from the cnn Weather Center and Polo Sandoval is in pelican island, new jersey, watching the impact and feeling it there. Lets begin with you, allison. The National Hurricane center issued a new advisory moments ago. The biggest change that we noted is the sustained winds have calmed down ever so slightly, dropping down now to 50 miles an hour. Still gusting up to 65. Look at the scope of this storm. You have so many of these Outer Rain Bands far away from that center point. And the center is still over north carolina, and you have
searched july 7. thanks for watching the whole story. i ll see you next sunday. man: oh, my god. man: this is in our backyard, and it is happening right now. you can hear the wind just howling. man 1: whoa! man 2: whoa! man 1: whoa! man: this is hundred-mile-an-hour-plus winds that we were experiencing for hours. we re seeing fort myers beach getting inundated. we re seeing all of these places that we love now underwater. welcome to violent earth. i m liev schreiber. in the field of meteorology, there is no season more anticipated or feared than the atlantic hurricane season. every year, from june 1 to the end of november, millions find themselves in the crosshairs of these massive and often deadly storms. their strength and their direction hinge on complex ocean and atmospheric interactions. according to nasa, because of rising sea temperatures, we re seeing more hurricanes in the atlantic growing to category 3, category 4, or category 5 than compared to 40 years ago. in 202
learn more about these fascinating creatures students is shark week on discovery, which is also owned by cnn s parent company, wbd. it searched july seventh. thanks for watching the whole story. i ll see you next sunday you can hear the wind just howling. man 1: whoa! man 2: whoa! man 1: whoa! man: this is hundred-mile-an-hour-plus winds that we were experiencing for hours. we re seeing fort myers beach getting inundated. we re seeing all of these places that we love now underwater. welcome to violent earth. i m liev schreiber. in the field of meteorology, there is no season more anticipated or feared than the atlantic hurricane season. every year, from june 1 to the end of november, millions find themselves in the crosshairs of these massive and often deadly storms. their strength and their direction hinge on complex ocean and atmospheric interactions. according to nasa, because of rising sea temperatures, we re seeing more hurricanes in the atlantic growing to category 3,