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school libraries and reading lists in more districts and states, according to a new report. welcome to "the lead," i'm 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 can see this bridge, which was rebuilt after hurricane maria, being swept away by the rushing waters...

after a russian missile strikes a second nuclear power plant. cnn is on the ground right now tracking the latest on the war including efforts to exhume hundreds of bodies in newly liberated territory. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. we begin our coverage this evening in the united kingdom where mourners got one final chance to say good-bye to queen elizabeth ii at her state funeral. the emotional tribute to the late monarch filled with music and memories, followed by a private burial service at the fami...

Hurricane fiona. at least two people have now died. hundreds of thousands are without power. the rain continues to cause problems for people still recovering from hurricane maria five years ago. joining us now from san juan, what are you seeing there tonight? >> reporter: we are in the capital, the northeastern part of the island. i have talked to families tonight in the interior as well as the southern part of the island because that was hardest hit. they are in the dark tonight and wondering when will the rain stop? almost the entire island of puerto rico remains in the dark after hurricane ...

The island sunday afternoon. pounding rainfall causing catastrophic mudslides and flooding, to storm coming just as parts of the island were finally recovering from hurricane maria's destruction five years ago. >> it has been rough. who had me and just working to get back in the neighborhood. getting back from maria, where everything was destroyed. restaurants, houses, everything was destroyed. and we just heard all the way back. but we just headway back. a lot of people, more than maria lost their houses. they lost everything on their houses because of it. >> this is where the national guard ...

You said there's a water spot over the chesapeake bay. >> same thing. it was a tornado on land. when it goes over the water, it just turns into a water spout. when it goes back on the other side, it will again be the tornado. it's just a technicality because technically when it goes over water, there's no real damage unless a boat gets in the way. it is a tornado over water. that was the water spot. we were watching it live here on brook baldwin's show. all of a sudden the big condensation funnel was white. it literally looked like a white tornado because there was no dirt to pick up from the ...