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The people have spoken. [ cheers and applause ] you've got me for six more years. [ applause ] >> cnn's amra walker is with us. the republican blame game is on already. >> reporter: absolutely, bianna. it is very much under way, and just quickly this one extra seat may not sound like a lot, but it will have a significant impact on president biden's agenda, especially when it comes to the democrats having the majority in the senate. they'll be able to process legislation and nominations much quicker. democrats are celebrating. republicans beginning to fingerpoint. we just heard utah senator mit...

>> the mascot was the pancake. he gets absolutely steam rolled by a giant human powder. >> i hope you guys had a much better game than we did. >> soon we'll get some highlights on. i know you'll put them on. >> the next hour of "new day" starts now. good morning. and welcome to your new day. i'm boris sanchez. >> and i'm amra walker. right now all eyes are on tropical storm ian as it pushes toward fliten it. plus congresswoman liz cheney threatening to leave her

>> good morning, amra. it's all a if a sad. but woo this morning all of florida is watching what's happening in the caribbean as strop. the latest forecast shows it's growing to a category four hurricane over the gulf of mexico before making landfall somewhere in florida. >> you don't know exactly where it's going to hit at this point. yesterday florida governor ron desantis extending an emergency order to include the entire state and president biden declaring an emergency for florida, putting fema and other federal agencies on alert. residents from the florida panhandle to the florida keys ...

Opening statements begin tomorrow in the murder trial of three georgia men accused of killing ahmaud arbery. they were all white. >> arbery's parents say they're devastated by these choices. >> they are racial and now you have a jury like 1955 trying to pick the same cycle. that's why we're fighting. we ain't going for this. we're not going for this. >> i was very shocked that we only had one black african-american man. that was devastating. >> cnn's amra walker.

Protecting the boat. >> shepard: two story waves in a lake. with us now from wfld fox news chicago is amra walker. these are near record waives for lake michigan, right? >> that is right, shepard. the height of the waves reaching a near record. measuring in at nearly 22 feet tall. the highest waves recorded. were last year at about 23 feet. it's quite feasible that we can break a record in the next few hours overnight or in the early morning hours. and that's because the national weather service says we can reach waves as high as 25 feet here on lake michigan. but overall, for us chicagoens, t...