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
key debates going on in pennsylvania for the senate race, in colorado for the senate race and in michigan, the battle for who will stay in power or be the next governor and in new york, a race that shouldn t even be a race in this overwhelmingly blue state where the empire state contestants right now will have their one and only debate tonight. what a night. what a day. what a next two weeks. welcome. i m neil cavuto. this is your world. a very political world where front and center is the rush to close the deal. typically this favors the party that is out of power. growing signs that it might really favor the party out of power. way too early to say. two weeks can produce a lot of difference results. let s go to harrisburg pennsylvania. bryan llenas has more from pennsylvania. bryan? neil, good afternoon. for one night only, a political debate in pennsylvania. fetterman and oz debating in person for one hour. no tv audience. it will be live no audience, live audience.
time for a look at the weather. here s susan powell. loveit love it or hate it we finally seeing some proper rain across england and wales this morning and further showers pushing across the uk. here is the satellite picture with this area of cloud bringing the more persistent rain and showers dotted about across scotland, northern ireland and the north of england. a wet afternoon to come but getting brighter behind that system. fresher than yesterday thanks to the presence of the rain. in the sunshine it should still be quite a pleasant afternoon and into the evening eastern areas join pleasant afternoon and into the evening eastern areasjoin in pleasant afternoon and into the evening eastern areas join in with that brighter weather. overnight the wind is quite light with plenty of fine weather. rural areas may be sliding down into single figures. we start thursday with high pressure to the south of the uk. quite a westerly breeze established between these weather systems in
Position, hope springs. Across gaza, bbcjournalists captured the reaction. Of those convinced, perhaps prematurely, that a ceasefire will happen. Translation the feeling is indescribable. Were so happy were going back to our home in gaza city. Were refugees from the north and we fled here, this young man says. Were so happy theres a ceasefire. Israelis are still absorbing the news. It came late on one of this societys most important days, when across the country sirens bring the nation to a halt in memory of the dead of the holocaust. A day of reflection in a country traumatised by the hamas attack last october. Chanting tonight, on the streets of tel aviv, those who believe healing that trauma can begin with a Ceasefire Deal and the release of israels hostages. We expect the Israeli Government to take this deal, to save all the remaining hostages who are still alive. But after seven months of a war in which israels army pledged to destroy hamas, a Ceasefire Deal that fails to accompli