judge s order that he testify in the probe. laura jarrett will be joining us shortly with her reporting on that. first as we come on the air, we are watching history house speaker kevin mccarthy is meeting right now with taiwan s president ing-wen, the first meeting since 1979 when the u.s. ended diplomatic negotiations with taiwan in a deal to establish a relationship with china. they are expected to deliver a joint address at any moment. we re going to bring that to you as soon as it gets underway. no doubt beijing is also watching very closely as the president is capping off a ten-day diplomatic mission intended to strengthen taiwan s relationships with its foreign partners the announced stopover in the u.s. prompted immediate condemnation and threats of retaliation from china chinese leaders have repeatedly called on the u.s. not to engage with taiwan officials. the people s republic of china claims taiwan as its territory the u.s. government stance is not to take a posit
Out of office, including campaigning with democrats. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Im fredricka whitfield. Welcome to a new 11 00 a. M. Eastern hour here on this sunday of the newsroom. Florida under a State Of Emergency this hour, as Tropical Storm ian gains strength. Ian is expected to become a hurricane today, and may peak as a category 4 storm before weakening and making a direct hit on florida as early as wednesday. Were expecting an update from Governor Ron Desantis minutes from now. Our reporter is in the weather center. Cnns Priscilla Alvarez is traveling with the president in wilmington, delaware, who announced a federal energy for the state. So lets begin with you, alison. You just got an update if the National Hurricane center. Tell us what youre learning. Lets look at the breakdown. The sustained winds are at 50 Miles Per Hour, gusting up to 65. That Forward Movement has increased, up to 14 Miles Per Hour to the westnorthwest. An
this much legislative success. who s talking to chris wallace airs right after newsroom. it s a fundamental choice, a choice between two very different visions for the country. they re using the bully pulpit in a way that is promulgated hating. this is our year, the democrats can t run on anything they ve done. people don t like what they ve done. they re not interested in solving problems. they re interested in making you angry. and they re hoping that that will distract you from the fact that you don t have answers of your own. 1.3 million georgians have participated in the early voting process. look at the opportunity we have now. that could change a whole election, the power and privilege that we have. two americans are among the dead in a crowd surge that killed over 150 people in seoul. there were 4,100 missing persons cases filed. there are about 100,000 people out here last night. i told the crowd, you can t come this way. people are dying. i m p
we ll tell you where he s headed and how he s trying to help democrats keep control of congress. and from long drives to costly care, a growing number of parents are concerned about access to mental health care for their children. we ll ask an expert about what more can be done in. and two weeks after miami quarterback tua had trouble walking but was cleared to go back out on the field, the nfl has rolled out different standards. what the rules mean to players. a new week. we are grateful that you re starting it with us. it is sunday, october 9th. good morning. good morning, everyone. good to see you. we begin with a $ ddeadly rocke attack in ukraine. several were killed and dozens wounded in zaporizhzhia last night. another local official says two kids are among the wounded. fortunately, though, we understand their injuries are not life threatening. images show this smoldering fire and rubble after the attack. this after after the explosion of the bridge linking
civilians. nothing much has changed on that front. reporter: it s an utterly ghastly scene. hundreds of rescuers combing through the damage to the apartment blocks where we now know the death poll to be 13, 80 people injured. bare this in mind, totally innocent civilian block by what appears to have been six cruise missiles and possibly 16 anti-aircraft missiles, fired by a strategic bomber and stealth jet flying into ukraine. the cruise missiles frequently used across ukraine. antiaircraft missiles being deployed because the inventory of other missiles is depleted. this isn t the first time zaporizhzhia has been hit, jim. this week it s one of a number of attacks we ve seen. it forms part of a pattern that ukrainians say is indiscriminate bombing against civilian targets. some wonder if this is retaliation for the attack on the bridge, the vital part of the russian frvgt that feeds the occupation of crimea, the ukrainian peninsula they illegally annexed in 2014. zaporizhzh