you are live in the cnn newsroom. we are monitoring two storms this morning. we begin in florida where in 24 counties there is a state of emergency. tropical storm ian is moving through the caribbean and could grow to a category 3 hurricane before it hits florida next week. residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being told to prepare for storm surges, hurricane-force winds and heavy rainfall. meanwhile, hurricane henfiona i moving through eastern canada. you see the driving wind downing trees and breaking power lines. in novema scotia 300,000 customs are without power. residents in four provinces face severe weather as the storm moves north. cnn s allison chinchar and paolo suarez are joining us now. allison, we will get an update on tropical storm ian, which seems to be getting stronger? yes, a first look now that the sun is starting to come up over the visible satellite. we can look at tropical storm ian. it s starting to come together and look a l
as he s always said, labour say he won t commit to anything that cannot be funded in future. so that s, i guess, a sort of clarification from labour there just to kind of calm anyone who might have heard that and had any concerns. of course, there is another huge political race going on over the atlantic and last night we saw the first tv debate between joe atlantic and last night we saw the first tv debate betweenjoe biden and donald trump. let s get some more on that, i am joined by democratic strategist and former presidential campaign strategist to the republican party. thank you both very much for being here on bbc news. laura, ifi very much for being here on bbc news. laura, if i can start with you, we have seen a lot of reaction to joe you, we have seen a lot of reaction tojoe biden s performance described by some as panic. what would you say, what is your response to what you have seen? i say, what is your response to what you have seen? you have seen? i would call i
us presidentjoe biden and his rival donald trump have gone head to head he has been criticised for a week and hesitant performance in the first head to head tv debate. he struggled as his rivalformer president donald trump made repeated claims that weren t true as the two sparred over their respective terms in office. they even swiped at each other about golf are several key topics were not mentioned at all. let s speak tojohn sudworth, who is in atlanta, where the debate took place. this was a bad night for us politics. yes, in normal circumstances the focus might be on those falsehoods that littered donald trump s performance, but in contrast he appeared presidential. this was a terrible night forjoe biden, faltering, at times seeming to be unable to complete his train of thought, and an event that was asked for by the democrats that had the purpose of trying to allay concerns about his age and mental competence has only amplified them and it has pushed those long simmerin
Heavy rains across JMU and the greater Harrisonburg community lead to flooding and property damage; Inner Campus Shuttles (ICS) and Starship Delivery robots temporarily suspended services. TDU was also evacuated