i know me and i know what the hell i m doing. i put this country back on its feet. in watching the supreme court, i thought it was a very beautiful process. we win this state, we easily win the election in november. we have to win the election. conduct of the response in the gaza strip has been over the top. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo. max has the day off. it is february 9, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where concerns about whether the u.s. president is too old for office are getting new life from an unexpected source. a searing report on joe biden s mishandling of classified documents. the special counsel did not recommend criminal charges which is a win of course for the president, but the prosecutor said that was partly because a jury could potentially see him as a, quote, well meaning elderly
considerable damage in parts of south carolina. you see it in this video. that storm ripping through a pier causing part of it to collapse. now, it also submerged this neighborhood with a strong storm surge that, in fact, was several feet high. it was so bad this man it was so bad this man had to wade through knee-deep water inside his own home. thankfully the water there is starting to recede, and some areas in the state have been spared the worst. but in florida the damage has been severe. at least 45 people have now lost their lives and hundreds of homes have been turned, well, you see there just piles of debris. the coast guard is trying to rescue survivors. president joe biden said more help is on the way. it s just a crisis for florida. it s an american crisis. we re all in this together. i ve spoken to governor desantis on multiple occasions as well as this morning as well as mayors and county officials both republican and democrat from places most affected. now,
buendias. the defiant response from gop governors and how this could factor into the november midterms. plus, sticker shock. mortgage rates jumping to the highest level in a decade. what that means for buyers and what it says about the market. tropical storm fiona closes in. when conditions will start to deteriorate and the potential impacts to the island. plus, procrastinators take note. was this headline written for me? travel experts say this is the time to book holiday flights . good morning and welcome to your new day . it s saturday, september 17th. whitney, do you feel that? it s the weekend. it is the weekend. it s almost the end of summer. it is. we re grateful to have you here with us this morning. we re grateful you re making us part of your saturday. up first, a lot to get to. but we start with the political battle over immigration heating up. florida s governor doubling down on his plan to relocate migrants from the southern border. he arranged f
to get out. the red on this map shows the mandatory evacuations as of one hour ago. basically the low lying areas near the water. ian is getting strzokker. florida governor said it is 500 miles wide at the moment and he adds that the storm surge and heavy rains will impact the entire state. we will see on the gulf coast of florida heavy rains, strong winds, flash flooding, storm surge and perhaps isolated tornado activity and that is true regardless of the precise track that this takes. don t think because the eye may not be in your area you won t see impacts. you will see significant impacts. these counties expected to see a lot of water and a lot of flooding. the governor activated 5,000 members of the florida national guard and another 2,000 from other states. cnn meteorologist tom sater is here with the latest on ian s path. where will it make landfall? in cuba within 200 miles of that. still a category 1. it is over the warmest waters of the atlantic. we had rapid
down survivors. this as the remnants of the brutal storm cause dangerous high tides and flooding right now in virginia. also tonight, we ll bring you a cnn exclusive report from a key city just recaptured by ukrainian forces. ukraine s ambassador to the united states joins me this hour to discuss all the latest news from the war zone. and we re tracking very dramatic developments in the oath keepers seditious trial now underway after both sides deliver opening statements and witnesses begin testifying. prosecutors accusing the group of concocting an armed rebellion against american democracy. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with a rapidly growing death toll from hurricane ian. autho authorities now say at least 104 people were kill ed in the catastrophic storm and now officials in one county are under fire over the timing of evacuation orders. ca