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in the united states and around the world. it is wednesday, september 15th. i m brianna keilar alongside john berman here in washington on this special edition of new day. governor gavin newsom will keep his job, breaking overnight, a blowout victory for the democratic governor of california who crushed a republican-led recall that could have ousted him from office. newsome s restrictive coronavirus policies actually validated by democratic voters in this race. they said, no, to the recall by a nearly two to one margin. the governor thanking his supporters and sounding a warning about republican schemes to undermine democracy. i think about just in the last few days and the former president put out saying this election was rigged. democracy is not a football. you don t throw it around. it s more like, i don t know, antique vase. you can drop it and smash it in a million different pieces. and that s what we re capable of doing if we don t stand up to meet the moment ....
why the president s sweeping agenda is now in peril, and a new tropical storm forms in the gulf of mexico. nicholas on track to hit a battered region with up to a foot of rain . good to have you with us. north korea said it test fired a new strategic weapon in a move that will likely rachet up tensions in the region. the north korean media reported on successful tests of long-range cruise missiles over the weekend which hit targets 1500 kilometers away. the u.s. and korea are looking into the claims. good to see you paula. putting aside the timing of this, coming as it did on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, just how significant is this really? reporter: well, rosemary, it is significant that north korea is testing new weapons if that is the case. this is what statement media said. it is a new strategic develop in development for two years. we have seen the new weapons systems on show. experts were saying at some point north korea will need to test them and t ....
provincial capitals. kandahar is the latest to be captured. the beginning of the end of the u.s.-backed government, the u.s. embassy in kabul isn t taking any chances. staffers are being told to destroy sensitive materials while several thousands of troops will be arriving for personnel. a spokesman says the afghan forces need to step up their response. certainly deeply concerning the speed at which the taliban has been able to move. what has been disconcerting to see, there hasn t been that will and leadership and ability to push back on the taliban as they ve advanced. and what you re seeing right now is pictures of the president speaking live to the nation from kabul. we don t have translation right now, we will tell you once we understand what he is saying to the nation and we ll bring you developments as they warrant. we re just watching as he addresses the nation in these troubled times in afghanistan. now, the u.s. and canada are among countries working to ....
most prestigious competitions. at this hour, million of people in florida and along the southeast are bracing for impact as tropical storm elsa closes right now on florida s gulf coast. also briefly strengthened to a hurricane late tuesday. it has since lost a little bit of its punch. still, 33 counties are under a state of emergency at this hour. the storm is expected to make landfall late wednesday morning. before that though, elsa battered the florida keys with wind and heavy rain. this was the scene in key west on tuesday as the storm skirted west of the lower keys. for more on what we can expect from the storm, we bring in tyler malden. it has been keeping you guys on you are why toes. in terms of where we re at with not just location but wind speed. the wind speed has actually dropped. it is now a 70-mile-per-hour storm but there s not a big difference between 75 miles per hour and 70-miles-per-hour. at the moment, this system is a couple hundred miles to the ....
details about the building structural integrity from a 2018 engineers report that warned of what was described as major structural damage that required immediate repair. despite that, cnn has learned that residents were assured that the tower was in, quote, very good shape. let s begin our special coverage this hour, cnn s rosa florez has the latest on the search efforts. you re not very far away from where all of this is unfolding. update our viewers. reporter: well, according to the fire chief, they are using every single tool in their tool box. very aggressively. canines, cameras, sonar and we ve seen drones over the debris site. they re using a grid pattern to search and rescue, looking for signs of life. the weather today has been a little bit better. it was better yesterday which helped the search efforts. all of this as we re learning more from a 2018, a structural survey that exposed a lot of the deficiencies in this building. it said, quote, that there were s ....