market could be a plus for the fight on inflation. we ll talk about why. but let s start with the president s chilling warning on the increasingly disturbing nublt nuclear threats from vladimir putin. president saying, quote, we have not faced the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. i don t think there is any such thing to use a tactical nuclear weapon and not end up with armageddon. jeremy diamond joins us and alex mar court following all of this. jeremy, let me begin with you. not expected by the white house, i think those around the president that he would say this and he said it as a fundraiser. so not on camera here in new york. but reporters were there and i think stunned to hear what the president said. reporter: yeah, that was a stark warning from the president of the united states. perhaps one of the most stark warnings that we ve heard so far about the elevated risk which is real and there is real concern within the administration
morning. that s how we we just say morning. morning. morning. i always say morn-ting. that s how he comes into the office every morning. good morning, everybody. i m don lemon alongside poppy harlow. i m not going to say her name today we re fighting today. we re fighting because there s a big thing happening, i m not talking about the election. i m talking about lsu versus alabama. did you notice she changed her mug? i noticed. i noticed. how could you not? we have to get to it, though. the candidates and their top surrogates are grinding on the campaign trail with four days left before the midterms. and cnn is with them every step of the way. this morning we ll be joined by new york governor kathy hochul locked with a republican in a tight race, lee zeldin, can you believe that? the justice department is seriously considering the appointment of a special council on multiple investigations if donald trump decides to run for president in 2024. and
announcing a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide freight rail strike. a shutdown that could have had catastrophic consequences for the economy. talks involving the unions, rail companies and labor secretary marty walsh went on for 20 hours. we re told that president biden, who calls himself the most pro-union president ever was instrumental in getting over the finish line. last night was a historic night for rail labor. we re proud of what was accomplished. we wanted to take a few seconds and thank secretary marty walsh, deputy secretary julie sue and definitely president joe biden, everybody pulling together to make sure we could get our members what they deserve. this is the quality of life issue that we have been trying to get to our members. so we re going to hit the ground running. we ll have more information here in the coming hours. some tired looking leaders emerging as the sun was arising there. jeremy diamond is at the white house. what do we know abou
it s being called the mission to save humanity. we ll take you inside nasa s plan to crash into an asteroid . we begin by tracking two dangerous storm systems. first, tropical storm ian churning across the warm, energizing waters of the caribbean right now. the latest forecast shows it strengthening to a category 4 hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slams into florida next week. it could be the first major hurricane to hit the state in four years. president joe biden has declared a federal emergency in the state. florida governor ron desantis declared a state of emergency as well. residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys are being urged to prepare for storm surge, hurricane-force winds, and heavy rain. we want everyone to ensure that their emergency equipment, their hurricane shutters, their battery-operated radios, battery-powered, that they re all in good working order and that sufficient emergency supplies are on hand. seven days of perishable foo
polls in a snap election. we re live in rome with a look at the deepening political divide in the country. and nasa will test out a mission that sounds straight out of a hollywood movie, a spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid s moon. a look at the upcoming mission. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we are expecting an update at any moment from the national hurricane center with the latest forecast track of tropical storm ian which could be the first major hurricane to hit florida in four years. we begin in eastern canada where hundreds of thousand right side still without power. fiona is now a post tropical cyclone and continues to move through the region. hurricane force winds battered the maritimes as the storm made landfall saturday, the strongest storm on record to hit dan da s atlantic coast, huge waves battered the coastline causing severe flooding. police posted photos of destruction saying condition