criticism over how evacuations were carried out. details ahead and the latest on another massive storm. voters in brazil learned the results of the presidential election there and whether they will go back to the polls for another round. and cnn takes you back to the city recaptured by ukraine just a day after the kremlin declared it a part of russia. live from cnn center, this is cnn news room with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. authorities in florida have confirmed 76 deaths from hurricane ian as they continue to search for more survivors. over the weekend, they evacuated hundreds of people from lee county where more than half of the state s deaths have occurred. the situation is so bad in arcadia, people can only move by sailing on boats instead of driving in cars. back in lee county, officials have been criticized for waiting too long to order evacuations. but some are pushing back claiming they did the best they could with the information they had. here is
caught everyone by surprise. most obviously, the russians. and i think that is what we are seeing is the beginning of the end in russia s war in ukraine. the russians will keep falling back, the ukrainians will keep advancings. obviously, the winter will slow things down quite a bit. but in the northern spring, i fully expect that the ukrainian victorys will continue and it really does make an absolute mockery of putin s claims these are a part of russia. clearly they are ukrainian territory and they always will be. that goes for crimea as well. and you mentioned the approach of winter. what s ukraine s likely military strategy in the east then? winter is brutal in ukraine. i think both sides will essentially stabilize both
impacts will be localized to that. very quickly becomes a tropical storm. they are very elevated terrain. impacts are very localized. this area will see some impacts in the coming hours. that is really about it. a couple of disturbances developing but a quiet pattern across the large area of the united states which is excellent news for a lot of folks who have dealt with quite a bit in recent days. very true. many thanks. appreciate it. supporters of brazilian presidential candidate lula celebrated in redejanuary. though there is no winner yet in brasil s high stake s election.
not be enough to erase all of the advantages that the republicans had developed. particularlily around voter dissatisfaction bit has changed the parameters and allowed these democrats in the statewide races for senate or governor where there is more money and more focus to shift the question voters are asking from solely what have democrats done and am i okay with it to what would republicans do? that is what i think above all has dwindled the number of republican opportunities. thank you ron brownstein. thanks for having me. while clean energy remains a devicive political issue in states like texas, sprawling solar and wind farms are increasingly popping up. and the department of energy analysis is suggesting hundreds of thousands of energy jobs will go to red states like
the hurricane are facing a long road to recovery. cnn s leila santiago spoke with residents about their struggles in western florida. reporter: neighbors here in the city of naples say there is a bit of disbelief, shock when they see the damage inside their doors. the reality is really setting in. the reality of what it will be like in the weeks and months ahead. you have homes where there are boats coming into the backyard. debris. boats flipped over. cars that came in with that storm surge. and you even had one house where the dock came up and is now in another neighbor s driveway. so quite a bit of efforts will have to go into the cleanup of all this. i spoke to one woman who still had water in her oven, in her drawers, as we talked to her, here is what she told us.