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massive bridge linking russia to the annexed territory of crimea. why this is a big deal both strategically and symbolically and how ukrainian and russian officials are now reacting. also, a major shakeup in uvalde, texas. the school district suspends its entire police force and puts two officials on leave. how if families are reacting. plus hurricane ian blasted its way through florida, knocking out electricity to millions. one community in the storms path never lost power. how th...

attempt to claim crimea from ukraine. russia claims at least three people were killed. a russian investigative committee arrived this morning to inspect the damage and so far no one has claimed responsibility for the blast. cnns fred pleitgen is live for us from kyiv with the very latest on this. fred, russian officials are now saying traffic has resumed on the bridge? how is that happening? >> reporter: well, they are saying that the traffic is in reverse on that bridge. they are tryi...

ballistic missile, most short range but one was an intermediate range ballistic missile that overflew japan. the u.s. will not be deterred in its exercises, the firing and testing of long-range missiles as long as trilaterals with the u.s. and japan that was conducted yesterday and will continue today. the u.s. will not be deterred from the region even as the u.s. warns north korea may be getting ready for another nuclear test. its possible theyre ready to go since may. if kim jong un ...

its highest level since the 1962 cuban missile crisis. biden saying about putin, quote, hes not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapon as he continues to lose ground in ukraine. we also have an important snapshot of the u.s. economy that we must discuss. u.s. employers have added 263,000 jobs this september. a modest slowdown from august. a slowdown that could actually be good news, though. the federal reserve looking for t...

Miles from ft. myers, which is 100% solar powered. >> i even held on to my generator, not knowing what was really going to happen, so my wife was like get rid of it? i said im not doing it. we go through the test. and this was the test. >> reporter: this was the test. >> this was the big test. >> reporter: now you can let go of the generator. >> i did. i gave it to a friend. >> reporter: jennifer was nervous because with a ph.d. in civil engineering she helped design this place. >> i literally g...

No, im not getting rid of it until we go through the test. and this was the test. >> reporter: this was the test? >> this was the test. >> reporter: and you could get rid of the generator. >> i did, i gave it to a friend. >> reporter: and jennifer with a phd in civil engineering she helped design this place. >> i looked at the house and the finished road elevation and i mentally was crunching numbers because i was like, this is going to be bad. >> reporter: and it was. but theyre interconnected ...

And while this happened, anthony was sitting at home watching tv. >> i said to my wife, i dont have any fear right now. >> reporter: anthony and the families around him did not lose power and did not flood because they live in babcock ranch, a community about 15 miles from fort myers, which is 100% solar powered. >> i even held on to my generator because i didnt know what was going to happen. my wife was like "get rid of it" and i said, no. this was the test. >> reporter: now you can get rid of ...