after a once this a lifetime blizzard pummelled the city. we ll take you live to buffalo, where the thashl guard is stepping in to help. the severe weather ignite ing a southwest airline meltdown leaving passengers stranded in airport terminals. the chaos stretching into another day with thousands of flights cab selled so far. we ll bring you a live report from the busiest airport in the country. also this hour, fresh fallout surrounding george santos, who admitted to fabricating his resume. we ll take a closer look at why a new york prosecutor is looking into the matter. and an update from the vatican this morning on the condition of pope benedict. we ll bring you the latest reporting on his situation. and the countdown to the new year is on. organizers for saturday s new year s eve celebration in new york city will hold their annual confetti test this morning before releasing 1.5 tons of confetti at midnight on new year s eve. we begin with our top story this morn
very slowly. that s what happened to puerto rico. this storm was moving at 8 miles per hour. that is in the bottom 10% of forward speed of any hurricane ever as we list them out and that s why they picked up so much rain. that s why there was so much flooding. 32 inches. that s just one town on the south shore where you get the word san juan and it was less than 10. that s the north side. still more rain to come but probably less than a couple of inches. the storm now taking aim at the turks and caicos battering that island nation and on up towards bermuda as we work our way into the rest of the week. it s going to get stronger. this is going to be 140 mile per hour storm. right now the storm surge in the turks and caicos. up towards nova scotia. it won t be that strong. 5 to 8 feet in the low lying islands. they re only 10 feet tall. we ll be watching that. chad, thank you. hurricane fiona gathering speed as you heard chad there. it s climbing over the warm atlantic wa
country with herschel walker just taking the stage in georgia. you can see that live shot here, getting some backup from his gop friends. we re going to take you there and to upstate new york where president biden is, officially to talk jobs. unofficially, trying to help democrats keep theirs. we re live with our new reporting on his closing midterms message. spoiler. it s the economy. with the dow right now soaring on news of that better than expected gdp report. you know what else is soaring though? mortgage rates. we ve got the good, the bad and what is next for your money. plus, new reaction for the democrat running for governor in the high profile race in arizona. what katie hobbs said this afternoon after police make an arrest in connection with the break-in at her campaign headquarters. we ll take you live to phoenix. i m hallie jackson in washington. ellison barber is in monroe, georgia and shaquille brewster in new york, and mike memoli traveling with the president.
jake tapper starts now. i interviewed elizabeth alexander a few months ago. she s lovely. interesting you got her to open up. gave the first poetry reading she read a poem aft barack obama s first inaugural. yeah, she s wonderful. i m sure this is an obvious one, but have you i assume you ve reached out to the white house, because president biden losing his son, losing his wife and young daughter back in the 70s, that would be very moving. i once had a very long off the record conversation with him about it, and he s that s one of his that s one of the subjects that he is most human and authentic. yeah, he s obviously experienced incredible loss and speaks on it well. yeah, that would be a good conversation. thanks, jake. all right, anderson. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper in washington. tonight we are just two weeks away from the critically important midterm elections and i have been talking to strategists and pollsters from both parties today to tr
there is, it s a tomorrow morning. all past episodes are available now. you can go to the qr code on your screen for a link. it s a podcast about loss and grief. we have had a series of conversations with stephen colbert and others. this week s episode about the sudden loss of her husband in 2012 and how she and her two young children at the time coped with the grief and still do. that is episode seven of the podcast, comes out tomorrow morning. you can find it on apple caught passed or whatever you get your podcast. the nude continues right now. cnn tonight with jake tapper starts now. i interviewed elizabeth alexander a few months ago. she is lovely. that s cool. yeah she gave the first poetry reading she read a poem apricot hamas and our girl. she s wonderful. i m sure this is an obvious one, but i assume you have reached out to the white house because president biden losing his son, losing his wife and young daughter back in the 70s, that would be very moving. i o