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already ramping up its assault tonight. plus, a major update to a story we ve been following. the fbi now investigating congressman george santos for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars meant to help a veteran s dying dog. this is the $17,000 that sontose claims he spent in florida reportedly doesn t add up either. hunter biden s attorneys now calling for a criminal investigation into rudy giuliani and others over the laptop found at a delaware computer repair shop. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, half a million more russian fighters. that s what ukraine is bracing for tonight, 500,000 more russians and a major onslaught. here s ukraine s defense minister with the chilling warning. translator: officially, they announced 300,000. but when we see the troops at the borders, according to our estimates, it is much more. we think that they have already mobilized 500,000. 500,000. it sounds huge on an absolute basis, and if it pans out, it is huge. just to ....
it was so bad that this man had to wade through knee-deep water inside of his own home. in florida the storm damage issine worse. 45 people have died and hundreds of homes are destroyed. a woman struggling to survive was captured in a harrowing phone call. in am in water. okay. i am so cold. i am losing you and i can t hear you. i love you. i love you. well, thankfully that woman was rescued along with others in the state along with 600 patients evacuated from health care facilities. more help is on the way. i have directed that every possible action be taken to save live and get survivors. every minute counts. this is not just for florida. it is an american crisis. my message to people in south carolina is simple. listen to the warning and follow the officials instructions. authorities are concerned about the barrier islands near fort meyers which took the brunt of the hurricane. many residents chose not to evacuate and are now cut off from the mainlan ....
world. i m laila harrak. ahead on cnn newsroom, we re in the closing stretch of an extremely consequent midterm election. it s a dead heat for senate races in pennsylvania, arizona, and georgia. we have a preview of what s at stake for both parties. plus, some spanish-speaking communities are being inundated with election disinformation and conspiracy theories. ahead, a look at how it s spreading so easily. and ukraine is bracing for a bitter winter as russian strikes pound the power grid, leaving millions in the cold and dark. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. we re now just one day away from the critical midterm elections in the u.s., and the stakes couldn t be higher. the candidates are now making their final pitch ahead of election day. up for grabs, all 435 house seats and 35 of the 100 senate seats. the outcome of this election will determine who controls congress. and while democrats currently hold a slim majorit ....
destruction. putin appearing today at a meeting with military industry leaders as his lower house of parliament with absolutely no warning approved a new bill cracking down on soldier who s refused to fight. this bill says soldiers who refused to serve or resist orders could face up to 15 years in prison. and this move is causing a widespread expectation that putin may even in the next few hours announce a form of a draft. in fact, there was an expectation he could appear today for national address just as he did right before his mass invasion of ukraine. and our matthew chance reports tonight that this widely expected national address from putin is now expected to happen tomorrow morning russia time, which means overnight here in the u.s. it is an address that could up the ante and change the stakes in this horrific war. the fears of escalation already sending russia s stock market plunging today in its worst drop since the start of the invasion. and if putin is going ....
countless homes have been destroyed and rain just won t let up. it has been catastrophic rain that just won t stop. we ve seen that last tail of the storm linger over the island and continue to dump excessive amounts of rain. the first responders, the local responders, the responders of the government of puerto rico are not able to get out and help those that need it or assess the damage. parts of puerto rico are still recovering from the damage inflicted, of course, by hurricane maria in 2017 and it appears fiona could be even more destructive. pedram javaheri is tracking the storm from the cnn weather center in atlanta. what s the weather update, pedram? reporter: major hurricane, category 3 with 100-mile-an-hour winds. it s not far away from cochran town, capital of turks and caicos. it is passing across the region right now. you ll notice very symmetrical. a wind field that expands 150 miles away from the center where tropical storm forced winds are still goin ....