Right 6 00, a. M. On the east coast. A live look at clearwater, florida on the West Coast of florida as Hurricane Helene barrels through the gulf of mexico, gaining more and more strength through the day today. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us. The latest update from the national hurricane center, just a short time ago shows helene is getting stronger now with 90 mile an hour winds the storm though, expected to get much stronger than that. Helene is forecast to arrive as a major hurricane along floridas Big Bend later this evening, bringing lifethreatening Storm Surge and catastrophic winds widespread Power Outages are also expected. Recovery teams already mobilizing across the state to get the lights back on once the storm passes many people will lose power depending on where you are in the state. So just prepare, be prepared for that understand that Thats Something that could happen and have a plan in place. So youre able to whether that alrigh
to torrestaurants in italy. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with ken brunhuber. there s a growing sense of urgency among members of congress ahead of monday s second hearing on the january 6 insurrection. they say their investigation paints a tdamning portrait of former president trump. trump and his supporters have been pushing back hard against the narrative. we get more from jessica sh th needer in washington. reporter: they set the stage tor for what s to come. some republicans are working to discredit the findings, while the former president is responding to this. the president responded with this sentiment. maybe our supporters have the right idea. mike pence, quote, deserves it. reporter: today trump responding. i never said or even thought of saying hang mike pence . this is either a made-up story from someone looking to be a star or fake news. we want trump! reporter: and his months-long efforts to discredit the election, leading to what t
desperately-needed crop. details how president biden is responding to this inflation and gas prices hitting a record high. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in the ukrainian city of severodonetsk which is being fought over street by street. ukrainian governor said most of the city is under russian control, but he says ukrainians are still putting up resistance. russian officials say negotiations are under way about hundreds of civilians believed to be sheltering at a local chemical plant. in mariupol, russia isn t trying to give proper burials to civilians killed during its bombardment of the city. russian forces have torn down 1,300 high-rise apartment buildings even though there were dozen of bodies buried understood beneath. and ukraine is condemning what it calls a sham trial of three foreign fighters who fought in its military. they ve been sentenced to death in a pro-russian separatist. in the past hour, ukraini
Freedom as Five Americans released by iran are now on their way home to the United States. Well discuss the terms of the deal that ended their wrongful imprisonment with the Top National Security adviser to President Biden, jonathan finer. Also tonight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is now in the United States for critical meetings over at the United Nations and here in washington. Well preview his plea for more Global Support as ukraines Counter Offensive against russia drags on. And another trump codefendant attempts to move the Georgia Election interference case to Federal Court. This as the former president is taking credit for efforts to try to overturn the 2020 president ial election declaring it was his decision. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. We begin this hour with the release of Five Americans wrongfully imprisoned in iran, and the deal that made it possible. Cnns Becky Anderson is