and a special sunday edition of the velshi banned book club brings us a beautiful, lyrical story of love and identity, a novel about mexican born texas raised gay teens that we ll feel universal when you read it. my conversation with the author, who will discover the secrets of the universe, it s one that you will not want to miss. velshi starts next. good morning to you, i am ali velshi, sunday, october 2nd. we have reached a new phase in the ever winding investigation into the insurrection of the u.s. capitol. tomorrow, marks the high profile trial seven from the january six so far. it s a rare case in u.s. history, or something called seditious conspiracy is charged, meaning the defendants are not discharged violent crimes but an effect on our country. opening arguments in the seditious conspiracy trial, this man, you oath keepers founder, stewart rhodes and four other individuals with the far-right booker said to begin tomorrow, hundreds of alleged interactions are bein
the situation room. tonight, president volodymyr zelenskyy is vowing ukraine will not be intimidated by russian air strikes. our senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is on the scene for us in kyiv. sfw reporter: it was in the middle of morning rush hour that they hit the ukrainian capital and other cities sending people scampering for their lives. my hands are trembling as i ve just seen how the missile was flying overhead and i heard that sound. reporter: ukraine said the russians launched more than 80 missiles an more than 20 atrack drones. while the air defenses took many out, they couldn t stop them all. ukraine s president quick to condemn the attacks. translator: we are dealing with terrorists. they want panic and chaos. reporter: ukraine cities reported power outages after russia s attacks. the head of the presidential administration telling me they are working to get the electricity grid back up and running. of course critically for us it is
the dark without electricity as some communities are now unrecognizable. we also have the very latest on the rescue and recovery efforts . we re also following a developing story overseas. more than 100 people are deld after violence erupts at a soccer stadium in indonesia. mayhem on the pitch after what we re learning started that deadly chaos. ukrainian forces making major gains recapturing a critical city a day after russia tried to claim the tear tar for itselfment mortgage rates climbing to their highest level in 15 years. what that means for home buyers and what all of us should be doing right now amid soaring inflation. new day starts right now. good morning to you. it is sunday, october 2nd. thank you for waking up with us. boris sanchez will be joining us in just a few moments from ft. myers, florida. we have a lot of news to get to. we ll begin with cleanup efforts in florida where hurricane ian left a path of destruction across the state. at least 66 people h
southwest florida, where nearly five days after hurricane ian made landfall, the death toll continue it is climb. hundreds of thousands of people remain in the dark without electricity as some communities are now essentially unrecognizable. this morning we have the very latest on rescue and recovery efforts taking place as president biden prepares to tour the damage here firsthand. good to be with you, boris. and i m amara walker. overseas more than 100 people are dead after violence erupts at a soccer stadium in indonesia. we re learning about what started the deadly chaos. plus ukrainian forces make critical gains. and mortgage rates climbing to their highest level in 15 years. what that means for home buyers should be doing amid soaring inflation. new day starts right now. good morning, everyone. it is sunday, october 2nd. thank you so much for spending a part of your morning with us. boris, i know you have had quite an event full morning already. yeah, amara. it h
good morning to you. it is sunday, october 2nd. thank you for waking up with us. boris sanchez will be joining us in just a few moments from ft. myers, florida. we have a lot of news to get to. we ll begin with cleanup efforts in florida where hurricane ian left a path of destruction across the state. at least 66 people have died. that number is expected to rise as rescue workers gain more access to coastal communities and those cut off from the mainland. many of the deaths have been reported in lee county which includes ft. myers and cape coral. meanwhile, nearly 900,000 people are still without power and it could be weeks for it is restored. ian is expected to be the most expensive storm in florida s history. it destroyed part of the