caribbean, forecasters warning it could become a serious hurricane. we ll show you exactly where it s headed. and president biden takes aim at the republican midterm election and focuses on the abortion fights right. can he turn it into a winning strategy, and can he capitalize on recent political wins. plus, international outrage. rub has been accused of holding a sham referendum, attempting to annex parts of ukraine as the u.s. is threatening horrendous war crimes. we re going to take you to the front lines. welcome to the weekend. saturday, september 24th. we re grateful that you are starting it with us. good morning, amara. good morning to you, boris. it is dark, and it is early, but it is very nice to be with you. this morning we re watching two major storms. first to hurricane fiona, which is now a post-tropical cyclone making its way to canada. damaging winds and heavy rain are pounding the region. in nova scotia, more than 300,000 customers are without power
a grand jury from getting information from his inner circle. what the high-stakes legal dispute could mean for trump s legal troubles. and the countdown is on, 45 days to go until midterms. house republicans rallying around kevin mccarthy as he lays out his blueprint for a political win. the latest on the gop s strategy next. good morning, everyone. welcome to your new day. it is saturday, september 24th, a little more than 30 days away from halloween. i m so excited, boris, you have no idea. that s right do. you have a costume picked out? i do. i ll be mia belle from inconto. do you know it? oh, yes. i m just getting started. i love that holiday. i do too. we ll chat about that more during the breaks, but we ve got no shortage of news and no shortage of storms apparently either. watching two major storms. first hurricane fiona a post-tropical cyclone that s making landfall in eastern canada as we speak, and then hurricane warnings are in place as damaging
hurricane. meantime, hundreds of thousands of people now without power in canada, as fiona makes landfall there. this powerful storm is not letting up after you may recall it left a wave of destruction in puerto rico. we re going to have the latest on that storm s track. and it sounds like something out of a sci-fi thriller. nasa gets ready to slam a refri refrigerator-size spacecraft into an asteroid. we ll tell you why and give you the latest details on this fascinating mission. it is finally here. the weekend. thank you so much for sharing part of it with us. saturday, september 24th. great to be with you, amara. great to be with you. and yes, everyone, thank you so much for waking up with us. we ve got a lot of news to get to. and a lot of storm coverage. two major storms to talk about this morning. first, hurricane fiona now a post-tropical cyclone making landfall in eastern canada. and we re seeing our first images of the storm as it make the landfall this m
russian men being wrenched away to fight. terrified. loved ones being sent to kill or be killed in ukraine. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom. well, what had been a sleepy atlantic hurricane season is now roaring to life and millions of americans are right in the path. this is tropical storm ian churning across the warm energizing waters of the caribbean. it s expected to strengthen to a hurricane before slamming into florida next week and if forecast models are accurate, it will be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. floridians are heeding the warnings and talking up on water, fuel and supplies and this afternoon florida s governor expanded a state of emergency to blanket the entire state. he says conditions are, quote, projected to constitute a major disaster. just minutes ago the national hurricane center issued its latest update. let s go straight to the cnn weather center where we are tracking it. what have we le
the classified all those documents, with his mind. the january six committee is back. investigators ramping up for what will be a blockbuster hearing, four days away, while we wait for the big event there releasing video evidence every day. right to the middle of that legal parallel. laetitia james with a lawsuit that former trump lawyer, michael cohen, says could and trump s businesses. and he should know. he s the one who blew the whistle that got this whole investigation going. i will talk to michael cohen himself this morning. plus, senator tim kaine is here to talk about the highest stakes midterms in memory. the danger of this vladimir putin and more. also, it s banned book week. we will have a special edition of the banned book club today, with someone who works squarely at the rights of human rights democracy, and literature, velshi starts now. good morning i m ali velshi, and it is saturday the 24th. it is day 213 of russia s brutal and barbaric war on ukraine whic