Has been darkened by the shadow of war. An illegal war. Like every nation in the world, the United States wants this war to end. No nation wants this war to end more than ukraine. Thats President Joe Biden during his United Nations speech yesterday urging the world to stand with ukraine. Well break down his Call To Action for the u. S. Allies and president zelenskyys warning to World Leaders on how russian aggression could expand beyond the borders of ukraine. Plus, we take a live look at capitol hill as House Republicans are barrelling toward a Government Shutdown as Party Infighting tanks their own spending bills. That stunning defeat is now spending speaker Kevin Mccarthy scrambling while facing fresh challenges to his leadership. And also ahead a Colorado State University Player and his family now hit with Death Threats after he was involved in a play that hospitalized the star player from the rival team. Well tell you the backlash hes receiving and what colorados new head coach, d
Good morning, its wednesday, september 20th. We are following a number of stories. President trump was America First se u. N. And steps up his warnings to north korea meanwhile, republican as far as see daylight on Health Care Reform. Some gop governors arent so sure about that. The Russian Investigation rolls on with new details on whos paying the president s legal bills but first, two Natural Disasters unfolding in real time. Rescue efforts happening right now in mexico after a powerful earthquake ripped through that country yesterday and Hurricane Maria about to slam directly into puerto rico. Well go straight to meteorologist bill karins with a check on the storms latest track. Bill. Power knocked out. Roof damage done, structural damages beginning as the strongest weekends are moving on shore in puerto rico. Overnight, can you see the storm, 124mileperhour winds in st. Croix. Now the storm is about to make
landfall. Lets get into the zoomed in radar. You see san juan to the north
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to you in the united states and around the world. this is your new day. it s wednesday, september 20th. 8:00 in new york. we are following two deadly natural disasters. you have hurricane maria now making landfall in puerto rico. it beat up the u.s. virgin islands. it s now a category 4 storm hammering the island with all of the rain and the wind and the storm surge yet to come. the eye of the storm about to go over san juan. we are getting our first images. take a look at your screen. this is from a storm chaser mike taoeus. just incredible to see the streets turn to rivers. more breaking news at this hour, the death toll soaring to 216 in mexico after a earthquake rocked the mexico city area. dozens of children are reported missing at this hour. the deadliest earthquake to hit
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this so that notifications shut off. you can disable it but you can also activate it too. just a little glance over. thanks for joining us. i m christine romans. two natural disasters this morning. the death toll rising rapidly over a major earthquake in mexico and hurricane maria now hitting welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is your new day. sit is wednesday, september 20th. 6:00 here in new york. and there are two deadly natural disasters causing unimaginable destruction. the death toll soaring to at least 216 lives lost after a powerful 7.1 earthquake rocking