a difficult but necessary decision as ukraine s stockpiles of weapons run low. earlier today ukraine s defense minister thanked the u.s. for supplying the munitions. the bombs are canisters that carry dozens of mini bombs and this is video of a cluster bomb dropped on ukraine last year. sometimes these bomblets don t explode on impact, like in this attack, and that can pose a threat to civilians. cnn s pricilla alvarez is at rehoboth beach, delaware. some democrats aren t necessarily behind biden s decision. what s the white house s response to that? reporter: well, it s a significant development, but as you mentioned, fred, one that hasn t sat well with members of president biden s own party. in a washington post op-ed, senators markley and former senator leahy put it bluntly and said it s a serious mistake with devastating impact, and they went on to say the last thing we need is to risk a rupture with key allies over a weapon that the united states should be leading th
suspend its entire police force and puts two officials on leave following the school shooting that left 19 children dead. how the families are reacting. and anger and confusion in florida as many left homeless by hurricane ian are stuck waiting in line for hours to get the help they need. we re going to take you there this morning. new day starts right now. amara, we made it. the weekend, saturday, october 8th. we re so grateful that you re with us. before we start, a heartfelt welcome is in order. i hope our viewers will join me in welcoming and congratulating amara walker, the new new day permanent host. i m so excited. truly, there s no one else i would rather be doing this than you especially during these dark and early morning hours, but you and me together, we ve got this. world, watch out. happy to be here. thank you so much, boris. of course. we re following breaking news out of crimea where there s been a breaking escalation in russia s war on ukraine
and i don t think everyone was prepared for anything. my heart is broken for them. how do you recoup? we couldn t cross our fingers and hope for the best. we have listened and have listened. this is a huge defeat for moscow. this is not going well. he s facing an unprecedented amount of criticism from within. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. hello on this tuesday, october 4th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. it s been six days since hurricane ian made landfall. the number of people killed has climbed past 100. authorities are holding out hope they will find survivors. so far the governor says they ve made close to 2,000 rescues including this one here. incredible video shows the u.s. coast guard saving a man and his neighbors from flood waters on sanibel island. that s in heavily damaged lee county where recovery efforts have been very difficult. that region accounts for about half of the state s 450,000 powe
could be cut off from electricity, get this, for another month. also tonight, ukrainian forces are making stunning gains on the battlefield, reclaiming territory illegally annexed by vladimir putin just days ago. we will get an update on the war from white house national security official john kirby. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with new developments in the mar-a-lago investigation. an emergency appeal from former president trump to the u.s. supreme court. trump s attorneys are pleading with the justices to intervene in a dispute over more than 100 documents marked as classified. our senior crime and justice reporter has more on this filing. kaitlyn, what exactly does the former president want from the high court here? reporter: well, pamela, what he is asking for is essentially he wants to turn back time. he wants to go
confirmed dead, and as the survivors sift through the wreckage of their lives, the question is what comes next? this is my mother s house. this is my whole life. my mom was supposed to retire here and spend the rest of her life and be happy, and now we have nothing. do you have insurance? no. no, they don t like to insure mobile homes that close to the water. i will talk with a top dhs official on how to make a difference after disasters like this with so much loss. now nbc news has exclusively scooped when the next hearing will likely be for the january 6th committee. and we have our eyes and ears on the supreme court, where a big case with bigger implications for race and voting rights is playing out. a major story shaking up one of the closest watched races, and nbc news has not independently verified this, and how herschel walker is responding and the shocking response from his own son. first, jesse kirsch is on the ground. let s talk about sanibel. the number e