a grand jury from getting information from his inner circle. what the high-stakes legal dispute could mean for trump s legal troubles. and the countdown is on, 45 days to go until midterms. house republicans rallying around kevin mccarthy as he lays out his blueprint for a political win. the latest on the gop s strategy next. good morning, everyone. welcome to your new day. it is saturday, september 24th, a little more than 30 days away from halloween. i m so excited, boris, you have no idea. that s right do. you have a costume picked out? i do. i ll be mia belle from inconto. do you know it? oh, yes. i m just getting started. i love that holiday. i do too. we ll chat about that more during the breaks, but we ve got no shortage of news and no shortage of storms apparently either. watching two major storms. first hurricane fiona a post-tropical cyclone that s making landfall in eastern canada as we speak, and then hurricane warnings are in place as damaging
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Rico, the dominican republic, as well as turks and caicos. in puerto rico, nearly two-thirds of the island is still without power a week after the storm made landfall there. the governor has come under a great deal of criticism because of his overall optimism. he has been saying he expects the power to get back online relative live fast, and, again, nearly 60% of the island is without power. the governor there says that they re trying to make a good amount of progress on that front, but things have been a lot slower than they expected. at least five people have been five people have died associated with the storm as it makes its way into eastern canada. amara and boris? a frustrating situation for the people of puerto rico. carlos, let s talk tropical storm ian. it s gaining strength, expected to hit florida potentially as a category 3 hurricane. as you, amara, and i well know,
Made its way into that country. as you guys said this morning some 376,000 people are without power in nova scotia. that storm weakened to a category 2 after really having been a category 4 through much of its projection. the forecasters in canada said that they re expecting anywhere between 6 to 8-feet storm surge and they re calling for two months worth of rain making its way across the eastern part of canada. the shelters, there, they opened earlier this week, and the area there was really getting ready for this significant rainfall that was going to come with the storm. again, some of the damage that we re getting a look at from prince edward island shows some homes there without electricity. we looked at a drn there was a gas station also that was pretty that suffered some kind of damage. fiona has not been the drn has not only set its sights on eastern canada. as we know it s battered puerto
oh, yes. i m just getting started. i love that holiday. i do too. we ll chat about that more during the breaks, but we ve got no shortage of news and no shortage of storms apparently either. watching two major storms. first hurricane fiona a post-tropical cyclone that s making landfall in eastern canada as we speak, and then hurricane warnings are in place as damaging winds and heavy rain pound the region. in nova scotia, more than 300,000 customers are without power. the drone video shows the storm s destructive force. you can see it churning, the waves, with heavy winds. this is in the ocean. this could be canada s hurricane sandy. we were making calls until 11:30 last night. we were still making calls to residents trying to tell them you need to be up, be watching what s going on, and be ready to