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hello and welcome. friday, september 23rd. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in ukraine. voting begins today in the four occupied regions on whether to become a part of the russian federation. the areas make up about 50% of ukraine's territory. if they join russia many believe that will provide vladimir putin the pretexts to claim russian territory is under attack and escalate the war. it's prompting people to flee the country in all directions. a long line of cars backed up at russia's border with finland. the government in helsinki is thinking of new restrictions to keep russians from entering. they're crossing into armenia and turkey. according to one witness, traffic at one checkpoint stretched 5 to 6 kilometers. it was a similar scene along the border with kazakhstan.

trucks lined up as far as the eye could see. ticket prices are soaring for flights out of moscow. most of which is sold out for the next few days. the kremlin calls reports exaggeration and fake news. the mobilization of russian reservists and military veterans is in full swing. video shows families gathered in russia's far east to say good-bye to their loved ones. the president is urging russians to keep up their protests against the draft. >> translator: russia's decision on mobilization is a frank admission that their regular army, which has been prepared for decades to take over a foreign country, did not withstand and crumbled. >> let's bring in cnn's scott mcclain. clearly this mobilization has sparked panic, widespread panic in russia. there are reports now that putin's initial draft is already going far beyond what he was

threatening, 300,000 military -- those with military experience. >> yeah, that's right. when vladimir putin announced this partial mobilization in his words, he did mention the number 300,000. the number 300,000 comes from the russian defense minister who said this on russian television on wednesday. there has been suggestion the number could be quite higher. it comes from two places. first is from the chief of staff for alexi na val did i. he points out that the officials pointed this out. he mentions the number that there is a secret annex to this which is classified, we don't have any evidence of that. the other place this suggestion is coming from is president zelenskyy who is citing ukrainian intelligence saying the number could be up to 1 million. again, he doesn't share what that intelligence is. what we know about the decree is that it doesn't mention partial

mobilization, it mentions mobilization. depending how you read that there's no cap on the number of people who could actually be called up but the reality, christina, is, look, russia is going to struggle to mobilize even far less than 300,000 let alone 300,000 people. the idea that a million con scripts could be called up if that were to happen, if that were to be true, it could not happen quickly. it's a very, very long process given russia's limitations. >> voting begins in this sort of essentially foehny referendum in four regions in ukraine. as we saw in crimea, this is likely to be a foregone conclusion. talk us through what the conclusion is and what we're seeing is happening. >> this is taking place in two regions in the south. zaporizhzhia and lieu hluhansk. it's difficult to say how weird this is. for the first four days of

voting it's going to be door-to-door balloting. rit raliterally going door to door. only on the last day can people go to a polling station. the ukrainians have called these fake with no consequences. western leaders have said they're a sham. so many people have been displaced within the regions, left the regions aren't there to vote even if they wanted to. you also have international election observers who will be on hand but these aren't exactly impartial. they're all from russia. the most concerning part in all of this is that russian lawmakers have stressed if these regions do actually go and vote to join russia, they will be entitled to the full protection that moscow has to offer. and all of the consequences that it entails, the consequences obviously have taken on a new meaning as of late when you have vladimir putin threatening the

use of nuclear weapons. this has a potential to escalate in a way nobody wants to see. >> very severe consequences. scott, thanks very much. allies at the united nations lashed out at russian's security council thursday. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken sees efforts to seize territory as a repudiation of diplomacy. >> we can expect president putin will do anything to liberate this land as an attack on so-called russian territory. this from a country that in january of this year in this place joined other permanent members of the security council in signing a statement affirming that, and i quote, nuclear war can never be won and must never be fought. yet another example of how russia violates the commitments it's made before this body and yet another reason why nobody

should take russia at its word today. >> but the man who serves as the face of russia at the u.n. wasn't there to hear this. prime minister sergei lavrov left the chamber after delivering his own remarks where he dismissed the world's condemnation after blaming ukraine and the west for the invasion. >> reporter: the key regime owes impunity, germany, france, and the united states. over the past few years the key regime has trampled on the rights of russian speaking people in ukraine. >> as the u.s. slams what it considers a future land grab, some ukrainians are coming back to the area russia used to hold. as ben wedeman reports, they're finding out there's not much left. >> reporter: anatoli is trying to make his demolished house a home again one nail at a time, but without a roof, plastic

sheeting on the windows won't make much of a difference. this is all they can salvage. anatoli is overwhelmed by what he and his wife found when they returned to their village. what can i say, he asks? you can see for yourself. svetlana was born in this house 53 years ago. her reaction -- pain, she says. shock. pain, terrible pain, bitterness. the fruits of a life's labor withered on the vine. this is what happened to many of the towns and villages caught on the front lines of this war. they were totally destroyed. up the road residents unload relief supplies trucked in to the town. mayor is back in his office after months away.

he says these arm bands were handed out to the workers of the local russian installed administration. food provided to collaborators and newspapers. about 100 people were collaborators, he tells me, and the russians left they left with him. olexander from the mayor's office shows us where town residents were brought for interrogation and torture in a basement. as many 350s people to a cell. prisoners, he says, were seated in this chair and subjected to electric shocks. vadeem spent a few days there. he recalls his interrogators beat him first, then asked questions. they beat me on my back, my head, then shoved me on the floor and kicked me, he says. then they gave me a cigarette and started interrogation. they asked me if i was pro ukrainian. i'm ukrainian. of course i'm pro ukrainian.

he was released but his son vladimir was taken by the russians and still missing. vitali draws water from the neighborhood well. he recalls when russian soldiers asked if he and his wife had any nazis at home. this is normal village, he chuckles. we're farmers and workers. this is the last stop on the train line before the russian border. soldiers took over the railway station. these are all letters and pictures printed by school children to the soldiers here at the railway station. there are things like this, pictures and here's a letter from alexander in the fifth grade who says you are heroes. thank you for guaranteeing our safe future. misguided, disguarded messages of support for a disastrous war.

ben wedeman, ukraine. iran's hard line regime is facing one of the largest outbreaks of unrest in years after a young woman died in custody tamed because they didn't like how she was dressed. despite a harsh government crackdown and internet blockages, public hostility towards the government has only spread and intensified. iranian leader, reportedly 17 people have died in the unrest. it began last week when ma masa armini who was only 17 years old was arrested for not conforming with the dress code. her death is igniting protests. these protests have gathered

momentum fast. they're now an open challenge to the government. how are the regime reacting? >> reporter: it's been a week since masa amini's death. that was the spark of these unprecedented protests that the government is really trying to repress, it appears, but we are seeing a generation of iranians, young men and women rising up on the streets demanding freedoms they've never had. but for the family of ma masa amini, they are demanding justice. they want accountability. they are demanding the truth. they want to know what happened to her. they don't believe the government's version of events. we spoke to her cousin who told us a bit more about masa as a person and what they say happened to her. the world knows her as masa. to her family, she was the kind and shy gina. that's her kurd hitch name.

her cousin in norway sharing these photos. >> she was a very happy girl. she came to the country with dreams that i maybe don't know about. very respectful and very kind. good hearted. took care of her mother and bro brother. >> reporter: amini's death has sparked unprecedented protests. calls for accountability for her death have turned into cries for freedoms as generation of iranians has never known. with women at the forefront of the protest burning the head scarves they've been forced to wear for decades. >> it makes me sad and happy in one way because it's sad that

someone's life has to go away for these things to start. i know that when they demonstrate in iran it's not like if we demonstrate in america or norway or in sweden, they're risking their lives. >> amini's family is demanding justice. they don't trust the government's investigation. they want the truth they accuse the authorities of covering up. last week police released this edited cc tv video. it shows amini at the so-called education center where you can see her collapsing. she was taken because she didn't abide by their slick islamic dress code and claimed the 22-year-old appeared unwell, had a heart attack, collapsed in a coma. she died in hospital three days later. family members say they saw her beaten up by the morality police as she was dragged away. it was the last time they saw her awake. they say doctors told them she had severe head injuries, swollen limbs and had a heart attack. >> she had no heart disease or

anything and it was damage to her head like she was bleeding out of ear. >> reporter: violent acts of oppression by this notorious force known as the morality police have been on the rise according to the u.n. this video from an activist group purports to show those abuses. cnn can't independently verify the circumstances of this video or when it was filmed. the fury on iran's streets has been years in the making. amini's death appears to have been the final straw. >> i want the world to know that she was a good person. her life didn't end for nothing. i hope this can start something to maybe -- towards to get a better iran, more free iran. i'm going to start crying. >> he's overcome with emotions,

hopes for the homeland he hasn't seen in more than ten years and the pain of a family grieving their beloved gina. christina, over the past week the family has had calls personally from the iranian president. they've had a visit from a representative of the supreme leader all promising them a thorough investigation, but the family says they don't believe that this government, they don't trust its ability to deliver a credible investigation into her death. and we heard yesterday abraham rahisi in new york appearing to stand by the government's version of events that this 22-year-old died of natural causes saying that they're continuing an investigation but so far according to the coroner investigation there were no signs of abuse or beatings on her body, and that is something

that is likely going to anger her family and really enrage the streets, christinchristina. >> it's so important and moving to hear from amini's cousin there. thank you for that report. alex jones has admitted he lied when he said the sandy hook school massacre was a hoax. on the stand thursday, he said he's done saying he's sorry. a look inside a chaotic day at court next. multiple storms are brewing in the atlantic, including hurricane fiona currently on a destructive path towards canada. >> cnn not only do we have hurricane fiona but we also have this development area across the caribbean that has the potential to impact the united states. next week i'll have the details on both of these systems coming up after the break. ♪things are getting clearer♪ ♪i feel free to bare my skin♪ ♪yeah, that's all me♪

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you're looking at the coast of bermuda in the hours before hurricane fiona really starting slashing the eiland and bringing high winds, coastal flooding and

dangerous storm surge. it already left its mark on the caribbean leaving it without clean water or power. eastern canada is also preparing for fiona and what could be the strongest storms to ever hit the region. if that wasn't enough, there are more systems brewing in the atlantic and caribbean including one that could have its eyes on the u.s. gulf coast. let's bring in cnn meteorologist derrick van dam. still gaining momentum. >> without a tout. residents along the canadian maritimes are bracing themselves for what could be a once in a generation storm. what was a few hours ago tropical storm watches and hurricane watches have now been upgraded to warnings. that shade of red over the western sections of newfoundland, eastern nova scotia and prince edward islands, those are the hurricane warnings. that's where the canadian weather center believes a direct strike will be felt from hurricane fiona.

halifax included in that. the more immediate threat is what's happening in bermuda. here it is feeling the outer rain bands which have embedded wind gusts in excess of hurricane force. still at 215 kilometers per hour. that makes it an equivalent. it's a formidable storm. hurricane warnings hoisted. storm surge threat as well. this storm is going to gain momentum, picked up some forward speed and really slam into the canadian maritimes by tuesday -- excuse me, overnight friday into saturday. this storm system has a potential to gain wind gusts across newfoundland and portions of nova scotia. the potential of real damage continues. thanks to all of this wind and also we'll bring in significant swells and waves. the coastal erosion a possibility. storm surge and open ocean

swells right within what is known as the gulf of st. lawrence could see open ocean swells in excess of 30 feet. just incredible amount of energy associated with the system. so cold behind the back side of this system we could see snowfall because of the gaining latitude of hurricane fiona going forward. i mentioned the storm system in the central caribbean sea. this will likely become hermine coming in the next day or so. all of our computer models come into some consensus that by the middle of this week, upcoming work week, tuesday and thursday, the florida peninsula could feel the impacts of what will be another storm. >> derrick, still so much to keep tracking with this. thank you very much for now. the damage that fiona left will take some time to repair. the storm killed at least two people there almost exactly five years after hurricane maria devastated the u.s. territory. on thursday u.s. president joe biden authorized 100% funding

for search and rescue efforts and to restore search to the island. as of thursday 890,000 people have running water and electricity. they can't estimate when power will be restored in the hardest hit areas. fiona also killed two people in the dominican republic. more than 210,000 are without power. officials say the storm struck more than 2,000 homes. if you want to help those affected by hurricane fiona, please go to cnn.com/impact. you'll find a list of verified organizations ready to help make a difference. donald trump and some members of his legal team say the fbi planted evidence during a search of mar-a-lago last month. now the special master appointed to review the documents is telling the former president and his attorneys to provide

evidence to back up the claims. judge dearie says they have until the end of the month to present a sworn deck clar rigs whether they believe the justice department rnlt didn't have anything in the search. alex jones said sandy hook never happened and said it was a hoax and part of a massive plan to take guns away from americans. now he's in the midst of a second defamation trial. as brynn gingras reports, things aren't exactly going smoothly in the court. >> reporter: very explosive changes happening in a waterbury courtroom where alex jones took the stand for the first time in this trial. there were moments where the judge was yelling, alex jones was yelling, the plaintiff's attorney, the defense attorney, so much so that there were times there needed to be side bars

with the jury taken out of the room. at one point the judge even telling everyone that she will hold everyone in contempt if this continues. at one point she also admonished alex jones on the stands saying to him this isn't your press conference, this isn't your show. follow the rules and respect the process. one of those exchanges happened after the plaintiff's attorney showed a video of an interview from one of these victims' family members, robby parker. his daughter was killed in the sandy hook elementary school massacre, and after that i want you to listen to the exchange that happened. >> i legitimately thought about it and i stand by it and don't apologize for it. >> don't apologize. please don't apologize. >> i've apologized over and over again. >> objection. objection. >> i won't apologize to you. >> reporter: the jury here in the courtroom as this was all happening. family members as well packed the courtroom.

some were crying. now the jury is tasked with deciding how much in damages alex jones and his company will pay for the lies that were spread about the sandy hook elementary school massacre. now he will be back on the stand on friday morning for cross examination and possibly redirect and it's interesting to note that as the judge said, everyone could be held in contempt if everybody is out of line the next day. alex jones left the courthouse and did not give a press conference which is something he's done quite often throughout the trial. we'll continue to keep an eye on this. brynn gingras, cnn. some potential military con scripts in russia are making a decision with their feet rushing out of the country as the mobilization gets underway. that story is ahead. plus -- >> two years ago if you would have said four years ago roe v. wade will be overturned, i would say you're crazy, it never will

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people have died in the crackdown. plus separatist leaders in four occupied regions say voting is underway on whether to become part of the russian federation. the areas make up about 15% of ukraine's territory. if they join russia, many believe that will provide vladimir putin the pretexts he needs. they say the referendums will be a sham. meanwhile, many russians are not welcoming a referendum with open arms. 300,000 military reservists could be called up during russia's military set backs in ukraine. president zelenskyy is calling on russians to protest against the mobilization. many are not waiting for draft letters opting instead to head across the border. a flight out of russia has gone through the roof since the mobilization was announced. more on that and joining us live

from hong kong. ivan, this russian exodus really laying bear their feelings, perhaps, about this war. i know you've been tracking the developments. what are you hearing? >> it looks like russian men, some of them are voting with their feet. instead of scenes of enthusiastic russian patriots waiving flags marching off to fight in ukraine, we're seeing long lines. 10 kilometers and more at border crossings in the republic of georgia in russia, in kazakhstan as well. they're saying sips vladimir putin announced he was going to press up to 300,000 men into the military on wednesday, that they've seen passenger cars surge coming to the border some 20% over what had been previously. and at the george began border seeing, you know, waits of 10, 12, 13 hours to try to come into georgia, these are some countries that russians do not

need visas to travel to. cnn has spoken with some of the men who have made it to places like the george began capitol. here's one young man, 29 years old, who says half his family are ukrainian and he doesn't support this war. take a listen. >> i want to discover the world and this situation with ukraine and russia, i don't believe that in 22 century you need to fight with someone. >> reporter: we've spoken with another man who says he's an officer in the reserves who fled russia by train to belarus and is then going to try to travel on and he said, quote, i don't support the war. i don't support what's going on so i decided to leave right away. already there have been a surge of people after russia invaded ukraine on february 24th in former soviet republics like

kazakhstan where the price of rent has gone up dramatically since february in the commercial capitol where the number of russians enrolling in the universities in almati have gone up significantly. now we're seeing a fresh surge. if you look at social media, platforms like telegram which many russian speakers use, you see just an explosion of people asking questions. how do i get across the border? if there's a long line, is it faster if i ride a bicycle to the border instead of taking a car? if i ride an electric scooter. these are the kinds of conversations taking place now which suggest there is a substantial portion of the russian male population that does not want to go off and fight in this deadly war. >> yeah. ivan, extraordinary indeed. so much, as you say, coming out on social media right now. appreciate your reporting. now hong kong eases its

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there's been some welcome news for travelers to hong kong. beginning on monday the city will scrap its covid-19 hotel quarantine policy for new arrivals. hopping copying's residents and businesses have been critical of the strict covid rules saying it threatens the city's competitiveness and standing as a global financial center. more on this i'm joined by cnn's kristie lu stout in hong kong. i'm sure many hong kong residents feeling it's long overdue. >> reporter: yeah, long overdue and the beginning of a slow reopening for hong kong. let's face it, over 2 1/2 years this city has been locked in one

of the longest quarantine programs. he announced an end to hotel quarantine. it will be replaced by three days' self-monitoring. he also said the pcr test or negative pcr test is no longer required for people before they board that flight to hong kong. very welcome news, indeed, for businesses and for residents here in the territory. hong kong with its fate tethered to china. they've had very tough border restrictions in place. at its peak people had to pay for and spend 21 days in hotel quarantine before they could arrive in the city. it was eased down to 7 days and in recent years. many population experts say that

because of its tough zero covid policy along with the political crackdown in the city, that has led to an exodus of talent. if we had that chart for you, there it is. over the past year we know over 113,000 residents have left hong kong marking the city's sharpest annual drop in population on record since 1961. so it was absolutely critical for the government to come up with some sort of policy to reverse this trend. the announcement comes at a time when the city is going to host the rugby 7s and it boasts opportunities to reopen and engage with the rest of the world and re-establish itself as a financial hub, especially when you see singapore, rifle city, has already opened up and has been seeing booming business. back to you. >> yeah. i've been to the hong kong 7s many times and there's many sporting events in hong kong, so

many that are big. another rough day for u.s. markets on thursday. several interest rate hikes behind central bank's u.s. and europe. u.s. stocks fell with dow closing down more than 100 points. the nasdaq and s&p 500 also suffering losses. wall street's new trading day gets underway in just under five hours. here's a look at where the u.s. figures are standing. unsurprising all three indices down you can see after that historic rate hike on thursday. meantime, european markets are up and running, too, but also you can see there the c cac carant, ftse 100 and the dow down. it's a similar picture across the board. all very much down.

florida's governor ron desantis vowing to transport more migrants from the border, but a florida lawmaker is trying to stop it. jason izzo, miami democrat, filed a lawsuit saying desantis violated the law. desantis said he's proud of his decision. >> hopefully we're going to be talking about this a lot more now. this was not an issue of concern even two weeks ago. now it seems to be on the front burner so we're proud of that. >> meantime, more than half of the migrants who ran to the island have filed their own class action lawsuit against desantis and florida's transportation secretary. cnn's erin burnett spoke to some of the migrants who said they were misled during political

gain. >> people were desperate for food and they would buy gift cards to mcdonald's. a young man needed new shoes, the woman who was working with governor desantis offering to buy him new shoes. all these ways to gain their trust when all along it was so shameful and illegal. >> desantis office claims the migrants were relocated on a, quote, voluntary basis. we are less than 50 days away, would you believe, from the mid-term elections. both republicans and democrats are teeing up the issues they believe will energize their voters. president joe biden is expected to speak later about abortion rights. mean while, republicans are seizing on inflation,

immigration. >> reporter: two years ago if you would have said to me four years ago roe v. wade would have been overturned, i would have said you're crazy, that will never happen. but it happened. >> reporter: for mary lou blaise dale, the main issue is abortion rights. >> i thought we had it solved. >> reporter: for gary hendricks the november vote is primarily about president biden. >> people aren't happy with what biden is doing, number one. >> reporter: and a chance to put a check on democratic policies in washington. >> he's just anti-oil. i can see you wanting to save the environment, but to it at a pace that the -- that's not going to hurt the world. >> reporter: it's one mid-term election but two decidedly different campaigns are underway here in new hampshire and across the country. democrats are trying to tap into an urgent desire to protect abortion rights and democracy.

that message resonates with laura miller, a pediatrician who said she paid little attention to politics before the supreme court overturned roe versus wade. >> did that make you more motivated to vote? >> it did. yeah. we need to get out and vote. not -- i don't even know that it makes a difference but i feel now i need to because i have an opinion. >> reporter: and was that ever something you thought could happen in your lifetime? >> no, i didn't. no. that's what kind of scares me with politics. >> reporter: yet republicans believe inflation, crime, immigration will motivate voters to change course. mike gillespie owns a small business and said economic concerns are paramount. >> my costs to operate my business are astronomically more than they used to be. finding employees is next to impossible. >> reporter: you hope that november brings a change in washington in terms of who controls congress?

>> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: this tale of two elections is playing out in a crush of campaign ads from coast to coast. on crime, republicans are hammering democrats. >> he's more worried about criminals than victims. >> reporter: spending more than $21 million on ads in the last month alone while democrats have invested more than 5 billion. on abortion, kerry lake is serious about criminalizing it. >> reporter: spend 2g 1 million in ads, republicans only 5 million. in new hampshire, election integrity is now also at play. >> 2020 election was undoubtedly stolen from president trump. >> reporter: inside her store blaisedale said friends share concerns about the country's deep divide. >> we should all be standing up

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welcome back. roger federrer is getting ready to hit the tennis courts for the last time in his career. his partner for the doubles match, long-time rival and friend rafa nadal. the pair have 42 grand slam titles between them. both say they're looking forward to the partnership. >> super special, playing with rafa. feels really different, you know? also just walking out on court and having the chance to play with the likes of rafa, novak also in the past has been an

amazing experience for me. to be able to do that one more time i'm sure it's going to be wonderful. >> after all the amazing things that we shared together on and off court, be part of this historic moment going to be something, yeah, mazing and unforgettable for me. and, yeah, super excited. i hope i can have a good tennis match and hopefully together we can create a good moment. maybe win the match. >> i think they might. federer and nadal have faced off against each other 40 times in their careers and this is not the first time they'll be on the same tennis court. the first laver court since 2020. now the head coach of the boston celtics will be missing from the bench in the upcoming season. he was suspended on thursday after revelations he had a

consensual relationship with a female staffer. relationship violated the team's policy. they'll decide whether he'll stay on the team for the long run. he apologized for his conduct. he suspended after getting them to their first nba final in 12 years. in just a few days nasa will test out a mission. a spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid's moon. >> the dinosaurs didn't have a space program to help them know what was coming, but we do. so dart represents an important progress in understanding how to help avoid potential hazards in the future and how to protect our planet from potential impacts. >> mission launched ten months ago to see how the impact will affect the motion of an

asteroid. this doesn't pose a threat to the earth. it can help protect the planet if, god forbid, an asteroid is ever heading our way. clearest images of neptune. webb also revealed several of neptune's moons and its faint dust. the comparison with some of the previous images of neptune. the photo looks white. they were taken near infrared camera. that does it for this edition of "cnn newsroom." i'm christ nineteen macfar land. stay with us and "early start" with christina romans next. zyrteeeec

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here we go. it is friday, september 23rd. 5 a.m. exactly here in new york. thanks for getting an "early start" with us. i'm christine romans. voting is underway this morning in four russian occupied regions of ukraine. kyiv in the west are calling it a sham. the referenda arranging it in donetsk, luhansk and