has been declared in florida as a tropical storm heads straight for the coast. live from the cnn weather center on the latest. and a look at russia s referendums across the russia-occupied ukraine in the way of annexing which president biden is calling a sham. node. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin in the north atlantic, where a deadly storm that caused massive destruction across several caribbean islands just made landfall in eastern nova scotia. damaging winds and heavy rain are pounding the region as the storm races northward. residents from all across atlantic canada did what they could before the sun went down to prepare including in nova scotia where people waited in long lines to stock up on supplies like food and propane. as you can see, it s not too bad. but we ll know for a week for, i m fine, because i have a trailer that i m staying into. so hopefully, it doesn t get blown away. this is completely useless. we
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
if it s high tide, it will be even higher. so this storm coming in could not be any worse. and again, the other thing we want to stress, even though right now the track is a little further west, which may help miami, we re still a couple of days out. and there could be a wobble either way. so everybody has to be on their guard and cannot take this any less seriously. and don t be fooled by the numbers. category 4, category 5, this is a very dangerous storm. and it couldn t hit a worse place, al. florida is low lying. it is flat. there s already a water table problem out there. it floods even when there are no stornls. al roker of the today show. thank you so much. nbc ace gabe gutierrez is in miami at the airport for us. take us there. what s it been like? as you can see behind me, it s a bit of good news to report. the chaotic scenes that we saw earlier have cleared out.
normally the storm surge could be modern ten feet above. are there any residents who are deciding not to listen to these warnings and deciding to stay at home in the keys? yeah. we estimate maybe 20%, 25% of key west residents 25%. seriously? is that many people are deciding to ignore this and just stay where they are? yeah. unfortunately, yes. we don t have exact count. we were today trying to estimate it. but most of them have been through a lot of storms, and they understand and hopefully they understand that they ve got to get in a secure place. they can t come out, you know, in the storm. yeah. but a lot of people won t leave, especially with so much trouble evacuating with all of south florida evacuating. this is an unprecedented this hurricane. they may have been through stornls, mayor, but this is not a storm like anyone has ever seen. the closest comparison right now
the politics lead. lying is practically a language of its own here in the nation s capital, but it s rare to hear political enemies accuse one another of it. a top republican accused the white house s answer man of being a paid liar and the obama team hit back, bringing up a republican congressman s arrest in 1972. we ll begin with the national lead and the search becoming more desperate by the hour for six people still missing after an outbreak of tornadoes in oklahoma. within just the last few moments the death toll in that state alone has risen to 17 from the rash of violent stornls this weekend. this has been a punishing stretch of bad weather for oklahoma. just two weeks ago an ef-5 tornado practically wiped the town of moore off the map. this time a seasoned team of storm chasers are among the dead. they made their living driving toward some of the most terrifying sights imaginable, but their considerable experience could not save them from the production. tornado is five mil