ahead on cnn newsroom, pulling out all the stops in pennsylvania. president biden teaming up with his former boss, barack obama, to get the pblue vote out, whil trump rallies republicans. it seems he has a new nickname for his most likely challenger to lead the party. we ll have details plus analysis from a former member of congress for the state. and destruction left behind in america s tornado alley. the latest from cnn s world weather center. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. first, we are following a developing story out of eastern africa. a commercial aircraft of an unknown number of passengers has crashed into lake victoria in tanzania. the plane was owned by precision air, which said a rescue operation was now underway for possible survivors. the airline said it went down near their airport located on lake victoria s western shore. the president of tanzania has taken to social media to urge calm while rescuers work at t
midterm election season and an all-out dash to the finish line with many key races coming down to the wire. critical battleground states of georgia, nevada, arizona and pennsylvania could tip the balance of power to either party in washington. many voters have already made up their minds. more than 38 million early ballots have been cast in 47 states. president biden and former president obama and trump alhe of pennsylvania this weekend where a razor close race could hold the key to a senate majority. cnn s jessica dean and jeff zeleny are tracking all the action on the campaign trail. jeff, there you are in georgia, a state that could hold a key for control of the senate. what has been the message today from the candidates? reporter: fredricka, georgia is absolutely essential to democrats holding their senate majority because senator raphael warnock is one of the most vulnerable democrats going down into the final days, the final hours of this election season. you can see
morning. we re probably still another three to four days left in search and rescue and recovery, so that s a rough time frame that could go in either direction. these are not numbers. this is family members, people didn t just lose their homes. we can rebuild a home. we can get another boat, but when you lose a loved one, there s just no words that can describe how we feel for that family. so we hope and pray those numbers stay as low as possible. more than 430,000 people remain without power across florida, and some in places like fort myers beach and sanibel island could be without power for more than a month. crews are already trying to reconnect the hurricane ravaged barrier islands to the mainland, a temporary gravel bridge to pine island could be done by the end of the week. cnn s boris sanchez is there in lee county. boris, we know that it will take months, if not years to put these communities back together. what s the latest on that path that you know now? re
combatting china. president biden will spend the next days in south korea before heading to japan to meet with leaders there. before returning home to d.c. on tuesday, he ll attend a meeting of the quad leaders. which includes japan, india, and australia. and in ukraine, russian forces are stepping up attacks on the eastern donbas region. at least 12 people were killed and 40 injured after russia unleashed new rounds of shelling in a key city in luhansk. one of the few ukrainian strong holds standing in the way of russia seizing full control of the don bass. the attacks could be a precursor to a larger drawn out battle. president volodymyr zelenskyy called the strikes, quote, brutal and completely pointless. willie. meanwhile, the u.k. ministry of defense has released new information reporting the battle for mariupol has left the russian military weakened. the fierce fighting against ukrainian troops who held out inside of that steel plant has depleted russia s ranks and re
Killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers. We have now learned their names. They are in the New York Times oped, The Organizations founder Chef Jose Andres called them the best of humanity. He went on to say, quote in the worst conditions, after the worst Terrorist Attack in its history, it is time for the best of israel to show up. You cannot save the hostages by bombing every building and gaza. You cannot win this war by starving an entire population. President biden personally spoke with Chef Jose Andres and released a statement condemning the strike, saying in part, quote, they were providing food to hungry civilians in the middle of a war. They were brave and selfless. Their deaths are a tragedy. Joining us this morning, nbcs molly hunter, Nbcs Kelly Odonnell at the white house, amna nawaz. Israel says theyre investigating the strike. What have we learned so far . Jose, thats right. They say they will complete a thorough investigation, but i just wanted to bring you up to dat