the former governor of a big primary state, she s in the presidential race. she s the first one after president trump to throw her hat in the ring. you know what? they came going back to this age topic. they did it again today on the view. whoopi goldberg went after her. she said she s not a new generation. the former ambassador will be here to respond to that. first, the president makes a historic trip to ukraine as russia flexes their nuclear weapons muscle again. at the same time, we re $55 billion in to this war. and the president committed another half billion when he was on the ground today. is delayed timing on all of these weapons keeping the u.s. in this longer than we need to be? russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off of the map. but war conquest is failing. general keith kellogg just returned. he s former national security adviser to mike pence, co-chair for the american securities company and a fox news contributor. great to have you with us. the president sur
is almost 10% of the population of florida. that means over 90% of people in florida to have electrical power. the number of people without electrical power is expected to rise as these slow-moving storm cuts across florida with hurricane-force winds. a major concern right now and overnight would be flash flooding caused by the heavy rains. more than two feet of rain is predicted in some areas, officials are warning residents to shelter in place if they have not evacuated. as many cities today are suspending rescue efforts until the storm passes. we begin with nbc news meteorologist bill for the latest. bill, what is the situation now? we are watching a storm that is weakening overland, but we still have areas that are losing power at this hour. we know we have people who need rescuing, need help from us. what happened during the day today, that is the situation as we go throughout these overnight hours. the center of the storm is over sebring, florida. it is about halfway
southwest florida, where nearly five days after hurricane ian made landfall, the death toll continue it is climb. hundreds of thousands of people remain in the dark without electricity as some communities are now essentially unrecognizable. this morning we have the very latest on rescue and recovery efforts taking place as president biden prepares to tour the damage here firsthand. good to be with you, boris. and i m amara walker. overseas more than 100 people are dead after violence erupts at a soccer stadium in indonesia. we re learning about what started the deadly chaos. plus ukrainian forces make critical gains. and mortgage rates climbing to their highest level in 15 years. what that means for home buyers should be doing amid soaring inflation. new day starts right now. good morning, everyone. it is sunday, october 2nd. thank you so much for spending a part of your morning with us. boris, i know you have had quite an event full morning already. yeah, amara. it h