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top of the hour. im allison. >> im victor. more than 1 million puerto ricans are without power. the water washed away this bridge as it made landfall. fiona is a tropical storm and battering the island with heavy winds and catastrophic flash floods. >> hundreds of fema workers are on the ground. the president is assuring puerto rico we stand with you and will get through this together. cnns laila santiago is live in san juan where the rising water is the major concern. laila, what are ...

school libraries and reading lists in more districts and states, according to a new report. welcome to "the lead," im jake tapper. we start with our national lead. hurricane fiona wreaking havoc on several caribbean islands. the storm made landfall as a category 1, but expected to become a major hurricane after it hit puerto rico on sunday, knocking out the entire power grid there. puerto rico, still recoverining from hurricane maria in 2017, is suffering catastrophic flooding. you c...

his reign, as the world watches to see what kind of leader he might be. >> and in the u.s., pressing for answers in uvalde, texas. cnn asking the states top law enforcement officer why did he allegedly say no one is losing their jobs over the massacre at robb elementary? his answer youll only see here. welcome to "the lead." im jake tapper. we start today with our world lead and the first full day on the job for king charles iii, as the world mourns the death of his mother, britains ...

jake tapper starts now. >> i interviewed elizabeth alexander a few months ago. shes lovely. interesting you got her to open up. >> gave the first poetry reading she read a poem aft barack obamas first inaugural. >> yeah, shes wonderful. im sure this is an obvious one, but have you -- i assume youve reached out to the white house, because president biden losing his son, losing his wife and young daughter back in the 70s, that would be very moving. i once had a very long off the record c...

"outfront" next, breaking news. the house about to reconvene as mccarthys bid for speaker looks shakier than ever. six humiliating rounds of votes and we could be looking at a seventh shortly. we have the very latest from capitol hill. plus, who are those 20 republicans waging this war against kevin mccarthy? were going to give you a closer look. new details tonight on buffalo bills star damar hamlins condition. for one former nfl player, hamlins injury brought back members. he was...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com and welcome back to our continuing coverage of the chaos in washington, d.c. it has been quite a day and quite a night. first, kevin mccarthy lost his sixth vote to become house speaker. the house adjourned. members then reconvened briefly, only to adjourn until noon tomorrow, with the speaker more upbeat about his chances. why are things looking more upbeat for mccarthy? >> reporter: hes hearing more positive responses from those opponents, the ...

♪ ♪ ♪ and welcome back to our continuing coverage of the chaos in washington, d.c.. it has been quite a day in quite a night. first, kevin mccarthy lost his 60 vote to become house speaker. the house then adjourned around temps a deal making. consumed members reconvene briefly, only to adjourn again until noon tomorrow. the would-be speaker announcing more upbeat about his chances. cnns manu raju first broke that news for us. he joins us again tonight from the capitol. so, why ar...

pennsylvania, casey, bob casey, wrote after the debate fetterman has a clear record of public service, knows the commonwealth, cares about pennsylvania, will be a great senator. like no comment at all about the debate itself. i thought it was just kind of interesting that the two senators had those reactions. >> clearly a rorschach test. clearly how they want people to view this, through a particular lens. either they know, or only two weeks away from the midterm elections, so these ar...

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heard of that. >> a couple times. >> and so, i watched a lot of the oz fetterman debate. and interesting little tidbit, after the debate, the republican senator whos leaving, pat toomey, he wrote its sad to see john fetterman struggling so much. he should take more time to allow himself to fully recover. a very pointed statement from a republican senator. the democratic senator from pennsylvania, casey, bob casey, wrote after the debate, fetterman has a clear record of public service, ...