and there you see it. a major storm heading for the tampa area that could deliver the first direct hit there in a century then not move for nearly two full days. already people in areas are ordered to leave. the local sheriff is warning anyone who defies the order and stays, you re on your own. we just received a new advisory from the national hurricane center. we re in the weather center with the very latest and new advisory. what does it say, tom? john, we don t have much in the way of changes except the pressure is dropping. and it usually takes a while when that pressure drops, the storm gets stronger. so what we re going to notice here is even though the winds have not changed, still 100 mile per hour sustained winds, they will start to increase now greatly. when that pressure drops, the equivalent to a stronger wind pattern. the they re just heat engines. they feed on that warm water. that warm water then as it rises up changes the energy and goes to wind the we re 13
to yeah. zip it. that does it. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. and good morning, 10:00 a.m., 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart and we are just five days away from the critical midterm elections with many key races neck and neck. president biden and former president trump hit the trail. we are live in two battleground states this morning. plus, the economy is top of mind for many voters as things like mortgages, credit cards, loan payments will soon be even more expensive. we ll talk to president biden s senior adviser public engagement and keisha lance bottoms including biden s warning to the nation about the threat to democracy. also north korea just launched another suspected intercontinental ballistic missile. we ll have a live report from seoul. back here at home, the feds say they busted a nationwide crime ring involving the theft of catalystic converters. we ll break down the details of the operation worth more than half a billion dollars
called a january 6th rioter. plus, what new text messages from mark meadows reveal, and why a former congressman pressed the january 6th committee to press the wife of a supreme court justice. ten straight days of protest in iran for a woman killed over a hijab. now the regime is out with its own crowds pushing a different narrative. welcome to the lead i m kasie hunt in for jake tapper. we start with politics lead, we are less than 48 hours away from the next public january 6th committee hearing. cnn is learning about text messages from then trump chaief of staff mark meadows linking the white house with a pro trump operative who was trying to seize voting machines. we re going to have more on this exchange in just a moment. we re also learning about new links between the white house and a rioter on january 6th. denver riggleman who was an adviser to the january 6th committee is telling cbs 60 minutes. riggleman will join us on the lead in a moment. cnn s sara murr
cnn goes inside the children s hospital in northern gaza. one of the hospitals israel says hamas is using to shield its quote, unquote war machine. what our correspondent sees when he goes in. only three days left until a possible u.s. government shutdown, and the new house speaker is facing the same gop problem that caused the former speaker his job. can speaker mike johnson get the deal done? the fbi investigating the new york city mayor for possible foreign influence. we will hear from the mayor for the first time this morning since new details of the probe have emerged. i m john berman with kate bolduan, fredricka whitfield is in for sara sidner. cnn news central starts now. this morning, only one hospital remains operational and still receiving patients in northern gaza. according to a new report from the united nations, gaza s two largest hospitals are effectively shut down, they say, after saying that they have run out of fuel to power generators, which also, of
josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. and good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart. we re following breaking developments out of israel as it expands its ground operation and pushes its military deeper into gaza. we ll talk to a physician with doctors without borders about why she thinks going to a hospital in gaza could soon mean a death sentence for patients. back at home, new questions surrounding the deadly mass shootings in maine, how authorities issued a statewide alert just last month to be on the lookout for that gunman. and new polling numbers giving us a glimpse of the state of the 2024 race, former president trump still running strong in iowa, but now there s a tie for second place. in acapulco, mexico, chaos and desperation as residents form long lines for water and search for supplies almost a week after hurricane otis slammed into the resort town killing almost 50 people. and we remember actor matthew