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welcome to all of you watching here in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead, the two candidates who want to represent georgia in the u.s. senate took to the stage last night. you will hear some of key moments from the debate just ahead. president biden gives his support to protesters in iran as this video sparks fresh outrage. and later massive flooding is causing thousands in southeast australia to evacuate their homes. we ll bring you the latest on the search and rescue operations. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin with one of the most closely watched senate races in the country as control of the u.s. senate hangs in the balance. the one and only debate between current georgia senator warnock and former football star herschel walker was held friday night with plenty of dodging and deflection. one bone of contention was someone who wasn t even on the stage, president biden. listen to th ....
battleground georgia. and cnn senior data reporter harry hinton is here with us. he is awake. he is alive. he is at the magic wall. he is fired up and ready to go, as we can see. harry, we love having you here. tell us what is happening in the georgia senate race. look. look how close this is. herschel walker with 49%. raphael warnock with 49%. normally went we don t include libertarian candidates. but i have chase oliver at 2%. why? because the rules in georgia basically stipulate that if the leading candidate does not get a majority of the vote on election day in november, there in fact will be a runoff come december. and right now the forecast suggests that neither herschel walker nor raphael warnock will reach that majority of the vote. but i just want to point out how important georgia is in terms of winning control of the united states senate. if herschel walker wins the democrats chance of controlling the senate 26%. if raphael warnock wins, it jumps up to 6%. ....
unclear exactly where ian could hit the rest. forecasters say if tampa takes a direct hit, it could be like nothing seen in this lifetime. in neighboring st. petersburg, the mayor there says it could be the storm they hoped would never come. across the state, people are gassing up, emptying shelves and filling sandbags. we have live team coverage. let s get right to our meteorologist tom saider for the latest timing impacts. tom. we have a lot to talk about and it s going to continue to change in the next couple of days, and it very slightly, 20 mile an hour shift in the eye means everything in florida. typically we have an icon over the center, but we took it away so we can start to see the bright colors of purple. so that convective activity is showing near the center. we re about 100 miles to the west of the cayman islands, south of the western tip of cuba. i want to show you the radar. this is the cayman islands. you can seat the pin wheel effect starting to see t ....
worked to restore power and rescue teams combed through the wreckage, hospitals face challenges of their own. we will discuss how healthcare facilities are managing in the wake of hurricane ian. segment north korea test fire is a ballistic missile of japan sparking international condemnation. we are live in tokyo with the latest. as russia s parliament meets to rubber-stamp the kremlin s annexation move, ukraine s forces advanced on the ground turning back russian troops in the south. thanks for joining us. more than 100 people are now confirmed that in florida after hurricane ian slammed into the state and crushed everything in its path. many communities are nowhere near close to recovery. residents lack basic resources, neighborhoods remain flooded, and rescue efforts are on the way. so far, authorities have managed to save almost 2000 people. many of them were stranded on hard-to-reach islands. they have also restored electricity to more than 2 million customers. ....
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