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Please stay safe. the human crisis is overwhelming, but you can help. check out our website, cnn.com/impact to find out how you can help lend a hand to those suffering after this storm. youve heard the super typhoon described as possibly the biggest storm in recorded history. that is no exaggeration. at the time of landfall, the winds were clocked at 195 miles per hour with gusts reaching as high as 235 miles per hour. i want to bring in meteorologist chad myers in the cnn severe weather cen...

A gun comfortable there. do you think this will resonate with voters, elise? you think it will turn them off? a good strategy? >> i definitely think its good. a picture is worth a thousand words in this case. that photo went all around the internet when it was released. its gone viral. i think people enjoy seeing her as this feisty campaign that shes running thats making waves. mitch mcconnell doesnt necessarily come off as the most feisty personality. i think her trying to introduce that into t...

Thanks for chad watching out for hawaii where it is still evening. diana nyad making waves at herald square for a two-day marathon swim. the goal raising money for victims of superstorm sandy. thats her, i guess, live -- no, is she there? can you see her? >> shes live. >> shes in the pink cap on the left side. various celebrities and others have been hopping in the pool for a chance to swim alongside her. you notice no shark cage here either. >> she said after her win she said she was going to...

Is a government shutdown, and is it possible? i asked the cnn chief national correspondent, john king, the question. >> yeah, its remotely possible. in the path of mashes, can they do it? no. can they shut down the government? possibly. traveling around the country to see how obama care signup is really going and what problems are starting to crop up. we will answer your questions and make sure you understand what is going on with your health care. going under the microscope now, theres a new ...

>> good for shae. >> the next hour of "new day" starts right now. if this legislation is not enacted and we embark on a government shutdown, the consequences are severe. >> closed for business. that will be the message from washington if congress doesnt pass a budget in the next nine days. well explain exactly how this is going to affect you. if uncle sam came in while you were getting a sensitive medical exam, would you find it kind of creepy? well opponents of obama care hope so. superma...

The suv smack dab runs into him. the twist here, the man driving that suv is houstons police chief. the chief admits he is at fault. here it is again. his punishment, a one-day suspension without pay and he will take a defensive driving course. the man who was hit, hes okay. >> this was just very much a lack of judgment on my part, and i should not have said it, and i knew that in my gut. >> that is miss south carolina regretting something she said during the miss america pageant. she said she i...

The sport for the 2020 tokyo games. the bore has cut wrestling in february. it dates back to greece ancient olympics. now back to "media buzz." for all the headlines log on to foxnews.com. >> this is a fox buzz art. this is a buzz alert, a new media critic is making waves, the fire breathing liberal that has had messy divorces and now he is still after the press but now it is about sports, here he is slacking that he is sympathetic to football players his view is that his job depends on the nfl....

Issue. the civil rights challenge of this generation. >> common ground. common ground here, sean. common ground. >> you guys are ruining the show. >> you know that, but come on. >> coming up, ahead of tomorrow, the 50th anniversary, republicans are doing their part to help honor the dream of martin luther king, jr. what theyre doing to reach out to black voters in american. and how one republican is making waves with controversial remarks of his own. you can still vote for todays video of the ...

Issue. the civil rights challenge of this generation. >> common ground. common ground here, sean. common ground. >> you guys are ruining the show. >> you know that, but come on. >> coming up, ahead of tomorrow, the 50th anniversary, republicans are doing their part to help honor the dream of martin luther king, jr. what theyre doing to reach out to black voters in american. and how one republican is making waves with controversial remarks of his own. you can still vote for todays video of the ...

Laverne cox joins me now. we will talk about the show in a second. the transgender community saw history made this week when jerry brown signed a new law ensuring that transgender -- explain what it means to you and the work youve done. youre wildly don in the lgbt community but youre becoming a mainstream household name now. >> i think its great for kids to be be able to be themselves. i think at the end of the day its about children having access to be the young boys and the young girls that t...