they arrivinged at their home. plus an update on mr. pelosi s condition, and new information about the suspect s potential motive. it s the final sprint to the midterm elections and both parties bringing out their closers, and their last-minute concerns in some of the key races. plus new incluclues on where economy stands as we pay more for just about everything and the warning about an economic possible downturn next year. and the flu virus, and why they re urging everyone to get the vaccine now. it s saturday, october 29th. where does the time go? thanks so much for waking up if us. good morning, boris. good morning, amara. always great to be with you. we begin with new details emerging about the violent attack on house speaker nancy pelosi s husband. yeah. sources say the assailant tried to tie up 82-year-old paul pelosi after breaking into the couple s san francisco home and attacking him with a hammer. he underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and o
all of this. i m going to get to it. i ll see you tomorrow night. thanks. this is don lemon tonight, and i m in orlando florida, and being here, what s really amazing is the amount of water. as i said last night, this has been a water storm. it s all about the water. it s not about the wind. this hurricane dumped so much water on the state of florida. what you see behind me, these trees are usually under water behind me, so people would normally be walking behind me on this path. but now, if you go there, you re at your own risk. the destruction it s caused here is amazing inland, and it didn t even see the worst of hurricane ian. their whole neighbors, homes, everything people had in the world under water right now. also, it s important to talk about the bravery of the first responders risking their own lives, rescuing strangers, some of them people who stayed in their homes that were at risk. i went out on a small boat with orange county fire and rescue today. we talked wit
with devastating winds, storm surge and flooding. our correspondents are in the heart of some parts of florida right now. we re tracking ian in the weather center as we bring you live special coverage of this hurricane disaster. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. this hour ian s brutal assault is still very much underway. hurricane force winds. brian todd is on the scene for us in naples, florida. brian, we re just beginning to understand the scope of the damage from ian. reporter: absolutely, wolf. people in this town just beginning to come to grips with this devastation. we are on a gulf shore boulevard here in naples, within 150 feet of the beach. a 12 foot storm surge pushed the water up underneath these apartments. now people are tossing their biggest positions on to the street like this. debris hazards are all over the place. and this comes as rescue
this could be the storm that we have hoped would never come to our shores. the one thing i hear most common after these disasters is if i had only known it would be this bad. and so i think that s my message to them is we re trying to communicate to you that it can be that bad. okay. many in florida are heeding those warnings with long lines for water, fuel, sand bags and other supplies. schools and parks are closing and tampa s international airport is set to suspend operations entirely tuesday evening. hospitals meantime are transferring patients and putting up these large barriers to protect them from the potential storm surge. now the nags wall weather center has a storm surge in effect for large swathes of florida. they re bracin g for the storm s. people need to heed the warning and get out now especially where the storm-filled waters surge and affect them. we re not going to have the ability to come out and get them. then there are these images from the gran
an investigation after former manchester united footballer paul pogba claims he s the victim of a blackmail plot by an organised gang. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. pakistan will launch a global appeal to help it deal with the flooding catastrophe that s killed more than a thousand people and affected 30 million. un member states will be asked to contribute. pakistan s foreign minister has estimated the financial impact at $4 billion. bilawal bhutto zardari said he hoped the international community would grasp the sheer level of devastation in his country. and it s not over yet water is still surging down the mightly indus river and will flood the low lying sindh province yet further over the next few days. azadeh moshiri reports. a young boy stranded on a rock as raging waters surround him. you can see a rescue worker edging out of the helicopter, lifting him up to safety. it s but one of the countless rescue efforts that are happening