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world. it is tuesday, october 18th. i'm christine romans. just three weeks to go until the mid-term elections. today president biden will zero in on abortion rights when he speaks at a speech in washington. the latest cnn poll finds it's the economy, inflation, voting rights, guns all ranked ahead of abortion in the minds of voters. cnn's jasmine wright is live for us bright and early in washington. jasmine, what do you expect the president's message on abortion to be? >> reporter: the president is going to talk about how he believes there is an assault on women's bodies and their ri...

the country's longest serving monarch. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with rosemary church. it is tuesday, september 20th, 4 a.m. here on the east coast of the united states where we are tracking hurricane fiona as the storm gains strength in the atlantic. fiona is now a category 3 hurricane barrelling closer to the turks and caicos islands after tearing through the dominican republic on monday. heavy rains and strong winds ripped through cities destroying buildings and homes. more than 1 million people are without running water in the dominican republic...

countless homes have been destroyed and rain just won't let up. >> it has been catastrophic rain that just won't stop. we've seen that last tail of the storm linger over the island and continue to dump excessive amounts of rain. the first responders, the local responders, the responders of the government of puerto rico are not able to get out and help those that need it or assess the damage. >> parts of puerto rico are still recovering from the damage inflicted, of course, by hurricane maria in 2017 and it appears fiona could be even more destructive. pedram javaheri is tracking the ...

hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states. and around the. world i'm john. vause with the cnn center in atlanta. almost nine hours now since hurricane eta made landfall in southwest florida. and this monster storm continues to cause widespread flooding. and storm surges in 12 feet high in places. tonight, -- statewide. like trustees outed more than 2 million homes and businesses, and the power grid so badly damaged parts there are concerns it may need to be rebuilt. ian arrived at the state went just shy of a category five. it's since been downgraded to a category 1, but...

city -- >> are you okay? >> rescuers, helping guide residents through submerged intersection, since, having been turned into a lake. >> then, there is this. the electricity crisis. the storm, knocking out power lines, in more than 2 million homes, and businesses, which have been plunged into darkness, across the state. meteorologist, pedram javaheri, tracking ian. he joins me. pedram, ian may have weekend, but is unleashing very dangerous conditions. where does it stand right now? >> kristie, we've got the latest update from the national hurricane center. 11 hours overland, since it ...