disastrous holiday weekend continues to come at the expense of their customers. also this hour we ll check on the next storm system as buffalo residents begin to dig out and get back on the road and hopefully avoid tlooding in their communities. and an update from officials as doctors continue around the clock supervision of pope benedict from his bedside in a vatican city monastery. some new developments in the southwest airlines debacle just in the last few minutes. southwest is now announcing plans to, quote, return to normal operations with minimal disruptions by tomorrow. but still today thousands more flights have been cancelled. thousands of fliers still struggling to figure out how they are going to make it to their final destinations. other airlines like american, delta, united have offered to try to help putting a cap on flight prices between certain cities to give customers more options. it s unclear whether that s work ing. let s bring in nala charles. what
line. we re going to have the latest for you from the campaign trail. and it is said to be the largest lottery prize in history, $1.6 billion is up for grabs in tonight s powerball drawing. it is saturday, everyone. thank you so much for waking up with this. good morning, boris. thanks to our producers for that reminder that the powerball drawing is coming up. i ve got to get my lottery tickets. are you playing? i am now. thanks for the reminder. appreciate that. we begin this morning with the final sprint to the midterm election. the candidates and their surrogates are making the final push with just three days to go before election day. and the battle for control of the senate it comes down to a handful of key states including pennsylvania, barack obama, president biden, and president trump also campaigning in the state today. republicans heading into tuesday s elections, though, with a slight edge. but millions of voters have already cast their ballots. every
control. and tropical storm conditions are being felt in puerto rico, as fiona closes in. when we expect it to thenstreng and its impact. an iowa student alleged to pay restitution to the family of a rapist. how complete strangers are now stepping in to help her. it is a new week. sunday, september 18th, we are grateful that you are starting your week with us. we hope you re having a good weekend. i certainly am because i m with amara walker. i m a happy person. it s good to be with you, boris. i m more of a summer important. so the cooler weather, not so much. well, you are from miami. got it. up next, honoring the queen. dozens of world leaders are arriving in london to pay tribute to britain s queen elizabeth ii on the eve of her funeral. immediatelien and the first lady arrived late last night. the somber tribute yesterday followed a similar vigil by king charles and his siblings on friday. and crowds continued to wait in enormous lines to play tribute t
well, it is the top of the hour at cnn newsroom. 15 days now until election day and candidates are out battling for every ballot. in the florida governor s race, democrat charlie crist hopes tonight s debate will help shift the momentum as he tries to unseat ron desantis. in pennsylvania, there s a debate tomorrow in the much tighter senate race there. polls show the democrat john fetterman has a small lead over his republican rival, mehmet oz. nearly 7.3 million americans have already cast a ballot in 39 states with the early vote turnout in the battleground, georgia breaking records. cnn has just released new poll averages showing just how tight the race for senate is in critical swing states of pennsylvania and wisconsin. president biden just made another pitch to voters coming up on november 8th. that s the midterm election day. he just spoke at democratic party headquarters in d.c. to make his closing argument. cnn s senior white house correspondent phil mattin
greenberg is one of democrats most seasoned pollster. he wants president biden and dems to shut the h up. i cleaned it up. they are all potty mouth right now. he wants them to concentrate on their accomplishments because they know that the messaging isn t working. americans are struggling to pay their bills and fill up their cars. quote, i m stunned about how much of the democratic commentary is winging it. this is stan greenberg. we have the self-satisfied message of how much we ve accomplished rather than being focused on what is happening to people. house speaker nancy pelosi here. the fact is that when i hear people talk about inflation as i heard there, we had to change that subject. inflation is a global phenomenon. it is not the fight is not about inflation, it is about the cost of living. if you look at what we ve done to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, to bring down the cost of energy and the rest and our legislation, you will see that there has been