welcome to cnn newsroom. and i m bianna golodryga. nearly 12 million americans have already voted across 43 states in the midterm elections. inflation, crime and abortion were the topics that dominated fiery debates last night. in pennsylvania senate s race the most high profile of the midterms another factor came into play and that is the health of one of the candidates. the performance democrat john getter han who survived a stroke has put a new intensity into the matchup. some fetterman voters are saying after seeing him struggle they re now worried about on the fence people like independents and undecided voters. another cold cnn, this is the quote, it was tough to watch fetterman, it s kind of like looking at a car accident, you want to look but you don t want to look. however, the fetterman campaign says he raised more than a million dollars in the hours after that debate. fetterman s republican rival mehmet oz is getting negative feedback for his response to a qu
secured from europe. u.s. troops packed it up for a flight to the united states using a military plane to transport formula. just one of the latest and extreme and unusual measures by the white house in response to this crisis, which critics say the u.s. government should have seen coming much sooner. the fda is coming under fire for the four-month lag after a whistle-blower complaint of problems at a plant of formula maker abbott. those are extraordinary image. the shutdown of that facility exacerbated the shortage, and just this morning while in asia president biden signed a new bill into law to help deal with the lack of supply. last week 45% of formula products nationwide were out of stock, nearly half. the new law allows a waver of some requirements in the federal nutrition program to help expand access to formula. cnn s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen at ramstein air base in germany tracking the supply headed to the u.s. i m asking the questions to parent
Too. I have to say this is a big night. Let me start right here. This is who is going to be our guest tonight, and this is from page 184 of the book. On the evening of december 18, mark meadows, my because, Chief Of Staff, returned from a meeting of the oval office and abruptly asked if i wanted the detail i could go home. His detail quickly prepared the limo and left campus without explanation. Shortly after marks departure i walked down with molly to get a sense of the president s evening plans. Usually if the president went home i would stay at my desk but since mark had left early with such confidence i thought perhaps the president was wrapping up for the evening and i would get to go home early, too. When i walked into the outer oval i saw the president was meeting with general mike flynn, the former National Security advisor who had pled guilty to lying to the fbi about his involvement with russian officials, cutting a Cooperation Deal in special counsel Robert Muellers inquiry
Prospect of flynn entering a plea is not unexpected and, quote no one should draw the conclusion that this means anything about general flynn cooperating against the president. Instead, they believe any charges against flynn will likely be related to his lobbying work on behalf of turkey and have nothing to do with the president or russia. Some legal experts are also suggesting that even if Michael Flynn had damaging evidence against the president , there are real questions about his credibility. Given the potential charges against flynn including false statements, you know, his credibility is suspect. And im not trying to run down a guy who served his country for years. But ultimately, when you have to look at as a prosecutor to put him on the witness stand against those charges, theyre going to need some corroborating evidence to support his testimony Going Forward if he agrees to cooperate. Reporter and the fact that flynns attorneys have ended their informationsharing agreement wit
less than six months, if they have underlying respiratory conditions or premies. these are things to keep in mind. we don t want to alarm apartments but we want them to be aware. have your pediatrician on speed dial. yes. dr. narula, thank you. hurricane ian ripped a deadly path across florida s west coast four weeks ago but the people who live there they are still struggling with the storm s aftermath. living conditions remain challenging for so many there, so many still don t have power or running water. others are battling with insurance companies and fema for assistance. cnn s carlos suarez is in fort myers beach. what are people telling you about their road to recovery? reporter: well, bianna and victor, the folks that we have talked to for the better part of the last three days tell us that this recovery effort, the progress out here has been slow. there is a great deal of frustration when talking about the degree of debris, the garbage that covers the neighborhood