hurricane-stricken puerto rico and are set to visit florida later this week. in cuba, another wave of protests sweeping the island following a nationwide blackout. cuba is once again demanding freedom. meanwhile in washington, the new supreme court term begins today as the court prepares to take up a number of consequential cases. also this morning, opening arguments are happening right now in the conspiracy trial for five members of the oathkeepers militia group in connection to january 6th. and with 36 days to the midterm elections, the power of latino voters and how they could shape key races. and we begin this very busy hour with our top story. the daunting search and rescue missions happening right now after hurricane ian hit florida. over 1,200 fema personnel are trying to reach survivors and recover remains five days after this storm pummeled the gulf coast in florida. this as the death toll continues to climb. at least 87 people have now lost their lives in
Since neither won 50% plus one, they will advance to a second-round vote on the 30th of this month. with us now on the phone to take a closer look at this is npr international correspondent who is based in rio. thank you for being with us this morning. the opinion polls all got it wrong. they said that lula da silva was going to waltz into the 50%-plus. they got it right and the right in brazil came out in big numbers. the pollsters were just they just didn t get it right at all. they got right for the vote for number for da silva, but they had a hard time gauging right-wing voters in brazil who came out for bolsonaro. some are saying that maybe people switched at the last minute or wouldn t admit to pollsters that they were going to bolsonaro. now the election did already
Tragically 503 civilians including two dozen children have been killed since the war began. joining us now, npr international correspondent aider perralta live in kharkiv, ukraine. it s a pleasure to get to talk to you. we have not heard much from there. so please, you know, take us beyond today and tell us what that city has been through. i mean, look, it s a heartbreaking situation here. if you were to look outside right now, the city is completely dark. it is a ghost city in a lot of ways. before the war this was a vibrant place with lots of technology, lots of universities. and now what you hear even in downtown kharkiv where we are is just constant shelling. i left my recorder out yesterday when we were in a basement, and