welcome back to our viewers and united states and around the world. i m john, those cnn center in atlanta. it is now 1 am on the u.s. u.s. east coast. the entire state of florida, embarrassing for the hurricane in. a massive storm stretching 100 miles across, which early made landfall on western cuba. knocking out the islands electricity grid causing a nationwide blackout. 11 million people right now in the dark waiting for more process to damage. as of this hour, no reports of any fatalities. since leaving cuba, it has gone in strength fueled by the warm waters of the gulf of mexico. as it heads to florida, now category three, sustained winds of about 120 miles per hour. along with life-threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding, strong powerful winds, all day long, tuesday, visitors across the state to make landfall, now expected sooner than first forecast, and further to the south. but in some parts, it has always been felt, conditions tore throughout
tonight on the reidout no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. an epic fail and stunning humiliation for kevin mccarthy. who took the knee for donald trump, then gave away the store to the koo-koo fringe of his party but is still not speaker of the house. and we begin tonight with the new congress. the 118th. today was supposed to be swearing-in day, typically a big day for the country, filled with pomp and pageantry and often a feeling of hope and excitement as a new congress kicks off and implements its vision. for some, it serves as bring your kids to congress day, so that children get to see their parents or their grandparents take the oath, and perhaps make history themselves. history was certainly made on this opening day in the house of representatives when house democrats nominated their caucus chair, hakeem jeffries, of new york, to succeed nancy pelosi as speaker. i rise today a
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referendum on the current one? we must change direction before its too late. plus, more details about the classified documents donald trump was hoarding in his florida home. these documents belong to the american people. it s not a good picture for trump. as the mar-a-lago search and its aftermath dimmed trump s 2024 odds. in a race for the senate, can democrats really pull off an upset in a state trump won by eight points. this is about getting back to common sense, about getting back to building the economy, making th things. inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome to inside politics sunday. i m manu raju in for abby phillip. it s labor day in the united states, the unofficial start to the final sprint to election day. in 65 days americans will head to the polls to decide control of congress. president biden wants it to be seen as a choice between democracy and donald trump. there s no question that the republica
still fully engaged. with that as a back drop we begin tonight on the north lawn with rich edson who picks up the story from there. hey, rich, good evening. richard: good evening, bill. job performance to the preferences of democrats and younger voters, a series of tough polling for the president here just a year and a half into his term. this is also a day that the white house held an event on the south lawn to commemorate a rare bipartisan legislative victory. though activists are pushing president biden to be more aggressive. have to do more than that. a gunman murdered manual oliver s son in the park land, florida 2018. this morning he interrupted a presidential speech. as president biden touted the recently passed gun law. this law had been in place years ago, even this last year, lives would have been saved. it matters. this legislation is real progress. more has to be done. with continued mass shootings republican opposition to stricter gun measures and the s