hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m kristie lu rescue crews strangling to rescue those stranded the national hurricane center says that the category one storm has regained some strength and is now expected to make landfall near myrtle beach in the coming hours. in florida, the hurricane has killed at least 19 people with that is an early figure. the u.s. president has warned that the loss of life could be substantial. hundreds of people have already been rescued, millions are without power. some of the damage was almost indescribable to see a house just sitting in the middle of a sterile bay. literally must have gotten picked up, flown because of the massive wind speed, the storm surge, and deposited in a body of water. there were cars floating in the middle of the water. some of the homes were total losses. the governor has called the storm surge and santa belle biblical. it s america s emergency cr
deadliest russian attacks since the invasion. at least 40 people killed in a cruise missile strike on an apartment building right in the center of the ukrainian city of dnipro. dozens more are injured or still missing and officials warn the death toll could climb. new developments in the classified document scandal looming over the white house. sources tell cnn that additional searches are possible and locations connected to president biden, who sources say is growing increasingly frustrated with the saga. we re also following the disaster right now in california, as another round of storms lashes the state. officials now bracing for more flooding and mudslides, as weeks of violent weather take a deadly toll. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. this is the situation room, special report. our top story tonight, ukraine counting bodies as it clears the rubble from one of the deadliest russian attacks since the invasio
no person, having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. so, they voted again. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. so, the third time was not the charm. and this lasted for almost five hours. we re talking about three consecutive ballots. and they could not elect a speaker of the house. and this was frankly a once in a century occurrence. this hasn t happened in the last 100 years, not to be able to finalize who was going to be your speaker in that first round, let alone after three rounds and there s still no conclusion. a tough day, everyone can say, for kevin mccarthy. after all of this time, his dream of being speaker was within his reach. and he believes it still is. but so far, it has succeeded his grasp. so, the question tonight is where are we now? so, there s still no speaker of the house. and they re going to do the wh
constant contact with russia to try to secure griner s release. and donald trump is firing back as author bob woodward is sharing his recorded phone calls with the former president. woodward joins us to break down the trump tapes and take us behind the scenes of their extraordinary conversations. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. this hour, we re counting down to the pivol u.s. senate debate in pennsylvania as well as the bigger midterm battle playing out across the country over the next 14 days. cnn correspondents are out in force in critical swing states. and here in washington covering the fight for control of congress. first, let s go to jeff zeleny in harrisburg, pennsylvania. the senate debate begins two hours or so from now. what do we expect? reporter: wolf, this is the marquee senate debate. when they go head-to-head for just an hour this evening. the first time they ve ev
mar-a-lago. clemency requests, irs forms and entryingly paperwork that appears to be related to the 2020 election, even an email accepting trump s resignation from the screen actors guild, or sag as they call it in the business, according to a justice department list that was apparently inadvertently posted publicly and reported by bloomberg news. that as we have more secretly recorded awedudio from an alleg 2020 oath keepers meeting played in the trial of the far right militia group on seditious conspiracy charges. watch this. if the fight comes, let the fight come. if they go kinetic on us, we ll go kinetic back on them. i m willing to sacrifice myself for that. other defendants discussing what weapons are legal to bring into washington, d.c. that according to prosecutors. tasers are legal. stun guns are legal. it doesn t hurt to have a lead pipe with a flag on it. no weapons, right, according to only people? right. the secret recordings are the first major piece of