We start this hour with some breaking news. The death toll from hurricane helene has now risen to 89. 30 of those deaths were in north carolina which has seen a record 30inches of rainfall. Nearly 2 million people are without power. And joining general honore. Good to have you on the show. Let me get your assessment from someone like you who knows the damage you re seeing right now. What do you make of the damage we re seeing across the south. Well i think you clarified the point. This was amongst the storm that attacked florida. Made its way through georgia and into north carolina and tennessee. And even parts of virginia. It s a massive storm. I dropped enormous amount of water. Not measured in inches but by a foot in some places 2foot of water dropped. It overdropped the terrain. And when you do that it s going go into the valleys. A lot of commune tips had not experienced that. And what we have seen, with condolences to everyone who lost their lives the impact of the flash flooding
Behind the numbers as. Mike johnson proposes a new plan to avoid a Government Shutdown but without one of trumps key demands. We will tell you the late developments. Come on, man, j. D. Vance responds to the Robinson Scandal with this Mind Bender with the allegations they are far out there, of course, but they are reality. I am jonathan capehart, this is the Sunday Show. 44 days until Election Day and Vice President harris is building on her lead over Donald Trump since the September 10th debate. A Brandnew Nbc News Poll Shows harris leading trump 4944 . Her 5 Point Advantage is within the margin of error. One Data Point reveals something historic. Harris favorability among registered voters is up 16 points since july. That double Digit Increase in popularity is the biggest for any Politician Nbc News has tracked in more than two decades. The Nbc Poll comes after a rash of new polls of the Battleground States showing growing support for the democratic nominee. Including one from quinni
Today for to 79 at cardiac. Com or amazon. This is cnn the Worlds News Network thank you so much for joining me this saturday. Im fredricka whitfield, and we begin this hour with our breaking news. Vice president then Kamala Harris has accepted an invitation from cnn to debate former President Trump on October 23. This would be their second meeting on a public like Debate Stage and would take place in the final few weeks of the campaign. After initially rejecting a second debate with harris following his September 10 showdown with her in philadelphia, less quick, trumps suggesting he might be open to another debate saying im quoting him. Maybe if i got in the Right mood and quote the Cnn Debate would mirror the June Debate between Biden And Trump with a similar format in which trump and this time harris would field moderators questions for 90 minutes without a live studio audience. And it would take place at the networks studios in atlanta. Weve got a team of correspondents and analyst
Reidout with joy reid. Tonight on the reidout trump and his running mate, they talk about, ooh, yeah, i do believe in the exception to save the mother s life. Okay, all right, let s break that down, shall we? so we re saying that we re going to create public policy that says that a doctor, a health care provider, will only kick in to give the care that somebody needs if they re about to die? a powerful speech on reproductive rights in georgia today from vice president kamala harris, following reports of the horrifying consequences of that state s abortion ban. Also tonight, the maga majority on the georgia election board orders the handcounting of the 5 million or so ballots that will be cast in november s election. Setting the stage for chaos, which they know trump might need to steal a victory in that state. Plus, there republicans north carolina problem. Mark robinson, who allegedly professed to be a black nazi, and who women in the shower, is their candidate for governor. And now
General election will soon be cast. A handful of states are scheduled to mail out Absentee Ballots in the coming days. North carolina was supposed to be the first state to send out Ballots Yesterday, but that was delayed last minute due to a lawsuit filed by Robert F Kennedy junior who dropped out of the president ial race two weeks ago, but now he wants his name removed from the ballot to prevent spoiling the candidacy of Donald Trump. More than 130,000 voters registered in North Carolina have requested Absentee Ballots so far but it is unclear when they will receive them because the state may have to reprint the ballots which is an effort that could add days to the delay. Meanwhile, among the other states scheduled to begin early voting are illinois, minnesota, virginia and pennsylvania. A Swing State that figures heavily into both campaign electoral strategies. All of that is happening against new developments in the president ial campaign, as well as Donald Trumps legal bowels. Bat