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you are live in the cnn newsroom. 16 days until halloween. 24 days until the midterm elections. and candidates across the map are working hard to court voters. obviously, the balance of power in congress is up for grabs and there are a handful of states which could determine which party takes control. >> in arizona the race for u.s. senate is leaning towards the democratic. mark kelly over republican blake masters. in nevada, the contest for u.s. senate is a toss-up as it is in pennsylvania where we see the race between mehmet oz and lieutenant governor john fetterman. in georgia a h...

and hurricane irma, which veered at the last second. businesses are putting plywood up on windows. this is an ice cream shot trying to inject some levity, "no ice cream for ian." sandbags are on the ground to prevent flooding. that's small potatoes in terms of mandatory evacuations. pinellas county and hillsborough county have about 2.5 million people collectively. the whole tampa bay area is 3.2. 75%, 08% of the people are in two counties that have mandatory evacuations. they're looking to move a million-plus people. that process started last night, 2:00 for hillsborough, 6:00 for p...

This is as rioters had been storming the capitol for hours. the former vice president and the house speaker are focused on certifying the election. that remains the goal. take a listen. >> ft. mcnair, has facilities for the house and senate to meet as a backup plan should anything -- should anything happen that would warrant that. logistically, we want to bring the members here, house and senate, anyway. we're just making a judgment. we'd rather go to the capitol and do it there. but it doesn't seem to be safe. >> so you notice that nancy pelosi was so concerned about the safety -- or the safe...

Concerned with. this is a wall of saltwater that pushes water onto dry land in addition to the rainfall. the fresh water that is falling from the sky. widespread and destructive gulf water inundation. we could see up to ten feet of storm surge from cedar key to ft. myers, especially where you see the pink coloring. tampa is included in that and tampa bay as well. now, what is storm surge? it's when the normal sea level rises and moves over land, that saltwater, and this is where we see the deadliest threat from the hurricane. water is the deadliest threat, the storm surge in addition to those ...

♪ bird bird bird ♪ where the bird bird imagine you're all alone, piloting a small airplane, thinking about being almost home. and then suddenly your windshield explodes. >> wow. that's what happened to a florida man as a camera in the cockpit recorded everything. joe rotes of our abc station in ft. myers, florida, has the story. >> never did see him. all of a sudden the windshield just explodes. >> reporter: heart-stopping moments for pilot rob webber. something he's never seen in more than a decade of flying planes. >> i wasn't sure if the bird was in the plane with me, where he wassing...