intensefying to a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mile-per-hours. the mayor called it catastrophic. some seeing three feet of rain. look at this. most of the island remains without power and a electrical grid with a checkered past and a bad history. it could be a while before it is restored. two deaths have been reported so far in puerto rico which is still struggling to rebuild after hurricane maria hit five years ago today. crews have rescued more than a thousand people but more could be trapped by the floodwaters. the storm killed at least one person in the dominican republic. cnn meteorologist chad myers is tracking this storm for us. and chad, the latest update just came in from the national hurricane center. what is it showing? it does show one good thing for bermuda. the storm turned a little bit left. you re out of the cone for now. not every storm stays in the cone but one-third could sneak out. that is good news for the people of bermuda.
very good tuesday mornm jim and i m poppy harlow. right now hurricane fiona strengthening as it sets its sights on another batch of islands. but as it moves past puerto rico and the dominican republic, the damage is devastating. look at those images. in puerto rico two people are dead this morning after most of the power on the island is out. it could be days before it is restored. we re looking for gasoline, water, ice. all of the supplies necessary for getting through this. we were hoping it wouldn t be so big. but, well, it was bigger than we expected. and you have to make do with what you have. been through this before. rescuers have saved more than a thousand people from the floodwaters. as much as 30 inches of rain fell on the eiisland. that is like two and a half feet. they try to get to people in more hard to reach areas. this comes five years, to the day after hurricane maria made landfall on the u.s. island. many people who lived through that catastrophe fear
the former president s attorneys do not like one of the requests. the judge wants to see specifics on what trump claims to have declassified. kaitlan, first, what are we expecting today from his hearing? what we are expecting today is to see how this judge that s now the special master, raymond dearie, how he interacts with the justice department and the trump team. we re listening for tone and also timing. how fast this review process is going to be where dearie works with these parties to go through all of the documents that were seized out of mar-a-lago, and especially those 100 documents marked as classified and could still be classified. judge dearie right now has proposed a plan to both sides and the trump team has indicated they have some concern with that. that s a possibility that could come in court today. they re a little concerned about the timing he s proposing. he wants everyone to move really fast to get through the documents in two weeks or so. he also wan
change chang changing day by day. john fetterman and mehmet oz, their first and only debate just got underway. everett sturm pulled out of the race. quoting from his tweet announcing the decision, i am polling 3% which places democracy at risk. it s not clear what pennsylvania voters will make that have notion but it s one more thing for them to consider along with what they see from the two main candidates in race that could decide rcontrol of the senate ad perhaps congress the next two years. it s true that voters nationwide have more factors to weigh than most midterms, not just the economy or all the other domestic and foreign challenges at the moment. but things never seen before like armed civilians in camouflage lurking in polling places in pennsylvania or candidates they will only consider the outcome legitimate if they win. new reporting later on the voter intimidation as well as a conversation with a top arizona republican about the threat he sees to democracy. the
kevin mccarthy does not have 218 votes. kevin mccarthy. and you have 20. i i asked you a very specific question. if by friday you don t have 30 i will not, sean. i will not withdraw. i mean, it s really uncomfortable when mom my and daddy are fighting. they are fighting. the u.s. house is completely frozen right now with a rebellion under way by far right republicans. good morning, everyone. don lemon with poppy harlow. there you see kaitlan has moved back to washington. we had her in new york for a little bit now she s in d.c. didn t last long. was it us? are you holding up there? kevin mccarthy no closer to becoming speaker of the house even as of this morning, congress is still without a leader. so what is mccarthy s new strategy to end the chaos? that s a question this morning. he voted for mccarthy six times. straight ahead, kaitlan is going to speak with ryan zinke. we have new details this morning on a royal feud between prince harry and prince