Welcome to the lead. Im jim sciutto in today for jake tapper. We begin today with breaking news in the world lead. Seemingly out of nowhere Hurricane Patricia has exploded. Now the largest hurricane ever recorded. It is just seconds away from slamming a tourist mecca in mexico 200mileperhour sustained winds, 245mileperhour gusts, 20 inches of rain. And with a pulverizing wall of water that could leave the coastline drowned and devastated. The u. S. Not out of danger at all with this monster threatening to team up with another storm that has already flooded parts of texas and sent mobile homes floating away. Cnns Martin Savidge is live inside Puerto Vallarta. Martin, i mean really an incredible storm as we listen to these warnings. What are the conditions there right now . Reporter well, you know whats fascinating, jim, is the fact you look out here and this is looking on the old part of Puerto Vallarta, this is that calm that is before the storm. The air is incredibly still. Light rain
Just seconds ago we saw Rick Santorum arrive here at the Reagan National library. Todays coverage with the man himself mr. Moderator host of this show and cnns chief washington correspondent, jake tapper. Lets check in with jake tapper. Jake, whats your strategy for tonight . Well, as you and i have spoken about, anderson, our goal is to get the candidates to debate each other. I thought the best moment in the first debate was when rand paul, senator rand paul and governor Chris Christie were passionately disagreeing on nsa mass surveillance. I thought that was just illuminating. They both were very, very passionate. Disagreed very strongly. And were going to try to prompt as much of that as possible encouraging the candidates to step up and explain why their view, why their position, why their policy is superior to the rival one on the stage. We dont want this to be about stump speeches or talking points. We want it to be about an actual debate. And how is it going to work . Youre mod
King prepares to abdicate the throne, what mark is he leaving on american politics . And the best Political Team on television will be here with insights from the campaign trail. Hello, im jake tapper in washington, d. C. , where the state of our union is up for debate. Just four days from now, the republican president ial field will have its first chance to engage in facetoface rhetorical combat. The top ten contenders as decided by polls will line up on stage for the first debate. We are still waiting to see who will make the final cut. Then the big question, of course, how will they handle donald trump . Will the leading candidate bring his flair for, shall we call it drama, to the debate stage . No one knows what and how the billionaire, who has never debated, will respond to a challenge such as this. Theres no denying, of course, his growing lead among the republican pack and if the other candidates want the partys nod, trump is now the one they need to take down. First among them
Be sent to Vladimir Putin. Is a u. S. Russia proxy war already underway. Senator john mccain joins us live. Then senator Elizabeth Warren. She will not run for president this time, but that doesnt mean she isnt watching the race. Plus, whats her beef with biden and the best Political Team on television will be here with insights from the campaign trail. Hello im jake tapper in washington with some breaking news out of South Carolina where there ask a flood of catastrophic proportions underway. At least 140 people have already been rescued from streets overcome with rain. And emergency workers are trying to free more people trapped in videos. Roads and highways are closed across the street. Lets get to the cnn Weather Center for the latest on this lifethreatening storm. Were looking at some pretty incredible numbers out here. Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 24 inches of rain. Were talking 2 feet just in the last couple of days from this storm. Columbia picking up 18 inches of rain. And th
Yesterdays dizzying loss. Looks like your nest egg could see a big rebound this hour. Dow futures soaring, up more than 500 points right now. It is a breathtaking reversal of fortune. After yesterdays panicked selling. In just the last few hours two major moves by the Chinese Government to try to lift its stock market off of its knees. China now cutting Interest Rates once again, pumping 23 billion into their economy. There is a lot to get to. Our entire Financial Team is here to break it down. Richard quest here with me in new york. We also speak with the chief economist for moodys and l. Markets real and global selloff. I think today could not be any different, right . Reporter a very different day. You can even feel it on the floor. No anxiety here today. Its more less anxiety, more excitement for whats to come for this big come back back on dow. Ben willis is a trader here on the floor. What has changed from yesterday to today . The fools are out of the market. Yesterdays selling w