putin and his policpolicies. i m more convinced today than i was then that we did the right thing. finally, september always means back-to-school for kids. this year, though, a special group was amongst them. the children of ukraine went back to class last week for the first time since war broke out. gps had the great privilege of speaking to some of them when we visited kyiv last week. my dad can get injured or my home can get destroyed. it s not something that only affects ukrainians, but will sooner or later affect the whole world. but first, here s my take. at first glance, kyiv looked strangely normal. there were a few barricades here and there, but mostly the streets were busy, traffic was moving, shops were open, and restaurants were full. you could buy french wines, american energy drinks, and candy from around the world at the local grocery store. the city looked much as it had on my last visit a year ago, though get thing this time was far more complicat
september means going back to school. this was special this year. the children of uscience went back to class since war broke out. finally, september always means back-to-school for kids. this year, though, a special group was amongst them. the children of ukraine went back to class last week for the first time since war broke out. gps had the great privilege of speaking to some of them when we visited kyiv last week. my dad can get injured or my home can get destroyed. it s not something that only affects ukrainians, but will sooner or later affect the whole world. but first, here s my take. at first glance, kyiv looked strangely normal. there were a few barricades here and there, but mostly the streets were busy, traffic was moving, shops were open, and restaurants were full. you could buy french wines, american energy drinks, and candy from around the world at the local grocery store. the city looked much as it had on my last visit a year ago, though get thing th
pictures of and the storm is still going strong. chad meyers is standing by with the latest on the track but we begin with laila santd ysantiag on the scene for us. reporter: on the southwest part of the island hurricane fiona made landfall. we are dealing with rains and wind gusts and flash flooding right now on the ground. but the big story in terms of impacts to the u.s. citizens on the island is there is an island wide power outage going on for an hour and they don t expect that power as this natural disaster comes in. the timing here is part of the story. remember nearly five years ago to the day i stood here as hurricane maria left the island without power for months. the video is dark because there s no power but listen to the exchange. [ speaking nonenglish ] she says when the power goes out she gets real anxious and tense and worried. she is worried what she will find at her house. reporter: the governor saying that mud slides are part of the concern and urging
our hearts go out to you. i think it is such a beautiful way for it to be sent off with people around and people here for days and days. that is exactly what she wanted. and this is a humanitarian crisis created by human hands. it is an all hands on deck moment. they re coming into southern states. what is a governor supposed to do. they re trying to send a message to the rest of the country. to make sure that no one is homeless and hungry and that we always continue to treat people like human beings. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. and we begin hurricane fiona is punishing puerto rico the entire island now completely without power. the category 1 storm made landfall this afternoon and is wreaking havoc with heavy winds an rainment and look at this video showing what some of the flash flooding has already done in some areas. we have layla santiago in san juan and first to you, what is the situation there on the ground? well we
in pakistan now topping 1,300 as never before seen flooding leaves one-third of the country under water. clarissa ward is live on the ground. four people are dead this morning, three others hurt after a gunman went on a shooting spree in memphis, tennessee. a spree that all but shut down that city. police say the shootings took place across multiple crime scenes. it began around 1:00 yesterday morning and continued through the late evening hours last night. a shelter in place order was issued as police srchearched fo the suspect. police arrested 19-year-old ezekiel kelly after a high-speed chase. the mayor jim strickland called it a senseless murder rampage. i m angry for our citizens who had to shelter in place for their own safety until this suspect was caught. this is no way for us to live. and it is not acceptable. mayor strickland says that the suspect was previously charged with criminal attempted first-degree murder but pled guilty to the lesser charge of aggra