tuesday s withdrawal deadline. plus a dangerous hurricane bearing down on the gulf coast expected to slam into louisiana with devastating force. forecasters warning ida could make landfall as a stronger storm than katrina on its 16th anniversary tomorrow. hurricane ida represents a dramatic threat to the people of the city of new orleans. time is not on our side. and tens of thousands of people are expected to march in washington, d.c. and across the country today to denounce voter suppression. and demand that elected officials protect democracy, as many republicans continue to push restrictive voting laws with yet another controversial bill set to become law in texas. good morning, everybody. it s saturday, august 28th. i m lindsey ricer live from washington, d.c. where we cover every angle of the rallies. i m aaron gill chris in for candice gibson pat 30 rock. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest for you. we want to begin overseas. the u.s
russian strikes damage a landmark in odesa. we are following the latest. and texas defies the justice department. governor greg abbott is refuse to go comply with the doj s request to remove floating razor wire buoys. the u.n. command says they re now in talks with north korea to bring him home. we re following these stories, with many more coming into cnn news central. retaliation inside russia. ukraine taking credit for overnight drone attacks on moscow and crimea. the kremlin says that russian defenses shot down at least two drones that hit a pair of buildings in center moscow. this as ukraine is blaming russia for taking out another grain silo at one of its ports, causing another sudden jolt in global wheat prices. in odesa, even centuries-old sites are not off-limits. a cathedral was hit over the weekend. alex marquardt saw the damage firsthand. reporter: we were asked to put the helmets on because of the work and the debris falling. this is where the most dest
bill: it s four key races remaining locked in a dead heat. inflation, crime and border security is driving voters to the polls. voters trust republicans way more to handle all of them. republican senator tim scott details how important your vote is. there s no doubt when you look at the midterms in my lifetime. there s not a more important midterm for america s future than this year. we are just days away from putting america back on the right track. we can change the course of american history starting in georgia, starting with herschel by returning common sense insanity to the u.s. senate. it is that important. bill: saw that from last night. watching the closely raced house in ohio. kevin mccarthy is standing by. alexandra hoff is live this d.c. what did we find? good morning, just as interesting we re seeing in the house week to week. in the senate these four tossups remains. comes down to arizona, nevada, and pennsylvania. republicans need 51 to take the majori
also tonight, the hurricane is forcing the january select committee to postpone the hearing that was scheduled for tomorrow. this as the panel had some big decisions to make and some new questions to answer. plus, russia is claiming victory after the sham annexation votes. what is vladamir putin s next move as russians protest and thousands plea his military draft? welcome to the situation room. i m pamela brown. let s get to the newest forecast for hurricane ian and the damage it will be doing by this time tomorrow. jennifer, what is the latest on ian s power and path? pamela, we are within that 24-hour window where this storm will make landfall as a category 3, winds of 120 miles per hour, but gusts are up to 150 miles per hour now and moving to the north at 10 miles per hour. this storm is going to run parallel to key west within the next hour or so. you can see very close right there, so they are going to get the worst of the weather. but the worst is to come, b
which we ll zoom in on in just a moment. but i want to focus on this. we are learning over and over again this election cycle that nominating strong candidates does matter if a political party wants to quwin an election, it matters a lot. but the rules may have changed. with voters willing perhaps to tolerate things that they just wouldn t put up with in the past. herschel walker is about to test this hypothesis. he is locked in a tight race in georgia against democratic incumbent rafael warnock. walker has openly backed a national ban on abortions with no exceptions, that s rape, incest, the life of the mother, no exceptions, and he has campaigned on an anti-abortion platform. and now he is denying allegations that he paid for a woman he dated to have an abortion more than a decade ago. the claim was reported by the daily beast. we should underscore cnn has not independently verified the allegations. the daily beast report claims that walker paid a woman to terminate a p