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
hello, again. thank you so much for joining us. i m fredricka whitfield in atlanta, alongside wolf blitzer in tel aviv. we re monitoring breaking news in the middle east, tense moments as families in israel await the release of a second group of hostages, who have been held by hamas for an agonizing 49 days now. and just moments ago, we learned of a diplomatic scramble happening behind the scenes, as officials from qatar, the u.s. and egypt are pushing to sort out the current situation. right now hamas says there is a delay in the handover to the red cross, the handover was expected to happen hours ago. they say there is an ongoing dispute about the amount of aid being delivered into gaza, and the selection of palestinian prisoners set to be released by israel as part of their brief four-day truce. israeli officials had told cnn that they were preparing for 13 more hostages to be released today, but so far that has yet to happen. for more, let s send it over to wolf blitzer i
scary. yeah. and pretty scary closer to home. right now, we re tracking a fire burning in our sky. ranger was overhead. the neighborhood on quimby road in southeast san francisco. you see it right here. you can see it s not far from lake cunningham. it appears multiple homes are on fire. you can see those flames. it s a black smoke still out there. and you can see another location where smoke is billowing from. we are monitoring this and we will have much more for you later on in this newscast. we are also monitoring the weather and the corral fire closely. weather playing a huge role in these things. rob, what s going on weather wise? it was really two hours time there on the southeast side of lawrence livermore lab flying all the way down to 580 near the tracee hills community. right now, as is typically the case mid afternoon to evening, this is when we see the strongest winds rolling out of the altamont pass down into san joaquin county. you ve got temperatures in the upp
and enjoy the memories that southwest florida has to offer, all the wonderful things about this community, so much of it now rubble, just left behind. cnn has team coverage tracking all the developments in the recovery of hurricane ian this morning. jasmine wright is standing by live at the white house to talk about president biden s visit later this week. we want to start with nadia r romero. nadia, you were standing by a highway yesterday in acadia that looked more like a river. vital roads and highways have been cut off by the storm. it looks like the situation is largely the same where you are this morning. reporter: yeah, it really is, boris. and that s what s so unfortunate. the storm hit on wednesday but here we are day four with many not having access because this is highway 70 right here. as you see, it extends and then just stops. we hit what is the remnants of
we re monitoring several shooting investigations right now, including several new mass shootings. we are now nearing 290 mass shootings for the year. in houston, a deputy s apartment was ambushed overnight. that shooting leaving his wife and stepchild wounded. we have team coverage tracking all the latest developments. we ll get to cnkim in a moment. we start with evan watching the violence across the country. what are you seeing this afternoon? we ve been tracking the numbers all weekend. the stories just become staggering. 375, at least, shooting incidents this weekend. that s all we know of so far and data is still coming in. of that 375, seven are called mass shootings, four or more shot, excluding the shooter.