hello and a warm welcome to those joining us. just ahead on cnn newsroom former south carolina governor, former u.n. ambassador formally announcing her ca campaign. she s certainly willing to be the first to go up against the president. both presidents really. now some people here will have to be trdrinking bottled water. this train apparently was not considered a high hazardous material train. children were throwing up, parents were panicking. seemed uncomfortable, nervous and fidgety. so that is why i started getting suspicious. his instinct was correct. these are nine checks and the name on each of them, george santos. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, february 15, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington and south carolina where this just a few hours nikki haley is expected to speak at campaign launch event. haley has formally entered the 2024 race for the white house. and in the months
diaz-balart. the latest of a string of powerful and deadly rainstorms reeking havoc on california forcing thousands of evacuations and leading to rescues. the storms killing as many as 15 people. a 5-year-old is still missing a the this hour. months after the fbi searched donald trump s mar-a-lago home for classified documents, lawyers for president biden say also found classified materials in biden s private office. we ll break down what we know about that. and next how the president will stand alongside justin trudeau along with their joint summit. where the crisis will take center stage. and any minute now on capitol hill, house republicans will hold a press conference ahead of what could be an exlowsive battle within the party over committee assignments over the new congress takes shape. we ll talk to the congressman about that. we begin this morning with the intense rain pounding california leaving more than 34 million people under a flood watch. a series of powerful
they arrivinged at their home. plus an update on mr. pelosi s condition, and new information about the suspect s potential motive. it s the final sprint to the midterm elections and both parties bringing out their closers, and their last-minute concerns in some of the key races. plus new incluclues on where economy stands as we pay more for just about everything and the warning about an economic possible downturn next year. and the flu virus, and why they re urging everyone to get the vaccine now. it s saturday, october 29th. where does the time go? thanks so much for waking up if us. good morning, boris. good morning, amara. always great to be with you. we begin with new details emerging about the violent attack on house speaker nancy pelosi s husband. yeah. sources say the assailant tried to tie up 82-year-old paul pelosi after breaking into the couple s san francisco home and attacking him with a hammer. he underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and o
all of this. i m going to get to it. i ll see you tomorrow night. thanks. this is don lemon tonight, and i m in orlando florida, and being here, what s really amazing is the amount of water. as i said last night, this has been a water storm. it s all about the water. it s not about the wind. this hurricane dumped so much water on the state of florida. what you see behind me, these trees are usually under water behind me, so people would normally be walking behind me on this path. but now, if you go there, you re at your own risk. the destruction it s caused here is amazing inland, and it didn t even see the worst of hurricane ian. their whole neighbors, homes, everything people had in the world under water right now. also, it s important to talk about the bravery of the first responders risking their own lives, rescuing strangers, some of them people who stayed in their homes that were at risk. i went out on a small boat with orange county fire and rescue today. we talked wit
with devastating winds, storm surge and flooding. our correspondents are in the heart of some parts of florida right now. we re tracking ian in the weather center as we bring you live special coverage of this hurricane disaster. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. this hour ian s brutal assault is still very much underway. hurricane force winds. brian todd is on the scene for us in naples, florida. brian, we re just beginning to understand the scope of the damage from ian. reporter: absolutely, wolf. people in this town just beginning to come to grips with this devastation. we are on a gulf shore boulevard here in naples, within 150 feet of the beach. a 12 foot storm surge pushed the water up underneath these apartments. now people are tossing their biggest positions on to the street like this. debris hazards are all over the place. and this comes as rescue