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reporting from the campaign, the caucus site and john king at the magic wall and of course, stay with cnn tonight a special edition of "ac 360" begins now. ♪ ♪ tonight on "360" new endorsements, fresh polling, final pitches and sub-zero cold. were indoors and out with candidates all across iowa with the opening contest of primary 24 just hours away. the role evangelical voters are expected to play in iowa and beyond, joined by bob van der plat. since hamas attacked and took hosta...

im kate bolduan. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. were following the devastating impact of hurricane ian right now and some of the first pictures of the devastation and destruction left behind, heres a look in fort myers of the destruction there. new aerials just in here of the catastrophic damage across southwest florida, which took a direct hit from this storm. the storm surge and relentless rain really causing widespread damage that officials are...

utter devastation. there really is no other way to describe whats left of northern japan. the prime minister calls it the worst crisis since world war ii. half the people in one town are missing. now japans bracing for what could be the next disaster. meltdown fears as two squak-damaged reactors. there is some hope amid this catastrophe. separated families are being reunited. rescue teams from around the world are arriving in full force. from cnns world headquarters in atlanta, its...

protesters demanding change and ignited a new fury and determination. >> you ready to die, you say? >> absolutely, for freedom. >> for liberty? >> a million person. million person ready to die for freedom. >> protesters are challenging all egyptians to pour into the streets today. hundreds of thousands are answering that call. but the decisive power may rest with the army and its loyalties. tahrir square is overflowing with people right now. the protesters are branching out in other ...

Critical moment in the gulf of mexico, day 85 of the bp spill. right now preparing to test the containment cap it placed on its broken well pipe yesterday. that step apparently went smoothly. now bp needs to test the cap to see if it can, in fact, completely seal the well. randi kai joins me. whats the latest on the capping procedure tonight? >> reporter: anderson, they were supposed to start testing that cap earlier this evening but we just got late word a few moments ago, a few minutes ago, th...

Family whenever we went to new york, the boys, to sean. he was just -- he -- i tell you, theres two sides to him. he could fire someone in a second. we prevented him from firing someone. there was a security guard, wouldnt letmy two boys on the field. of course, they didnt have passes -- >> larry, thank you. >> larry: he went up -- >> were out of time. larrys back tomorrow. time for anderson cooper and "ac 360." were live in port-au-prince keeping them honest. thousands of people are spending ye...

>> reporter: no. in fact, its still really hard to get answers. i will give it to them that they hold two briefings a day, two conference calls, 7:30 in the morning, 2:30 in the afternoon to update people. when it comes to 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, at night, we want to keep our viewers up to date, i called bp again, they said, we cant tell you whether or not that integrity test, as theyre calling it, has started. at 9:30 before air we get an e-mail saying it hasnt started. between all those hours betwee...

Critical moment in the gulf of mexico, day 85 of the bp spill. right now preparing to test the containment cap it placed on its broken well pipe yesterday. that step apparently went smoothly. now bp needs to test the cap to see if it can, in fact, completely seal the well. randi kai joins me. whats the latest on the capping procedure tonight? >> reporter: anderson, they were supposed to start testing that cap earlier this evening but we just got late word a few moments ago, a few minutes ago, th...

>> reporter: no. in fact, its still really hard to get answers. i will give it to them that they hold two briefings a day, two conference calls, 7:30 in the morning, 2:30 in the afternoon to update people. when it comes to 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, at night, we want to keep our viewers up to date, i called bp again, they said, we cant tell you whether or not that integrity test, as theyre calling it, has started. at 9:30 before air we get an e-mail saying it hasnt started. between all those hours betwee...

promised to. were following the money tonight. $5.3 billion promised by countries around the world for rebuilding. just $89 million received to far. were trying to figure out where things are working, where theyre not, and even the slightest hint of organization or xon sense doesnt seem to exist. keeping them honest tonight. according to the u.n., 24% of the buildings high ere in ha destroyed in the quake. by some estimates it would take 3,000 trucks three years to collect it all. le...