welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," hurricane fiona is battering atlantic canada with heavy rains and high winds leaving hundreds of thousands without power. and there is another storm brewing with florida in its sights. we're live in the weather center with more. plus voting is under way in occupied regions of ukraine on

whether to become part of russia. ahead a warning president biden has for moscow. and later, why all los angeles schools will be stocked with the drug naloxone. >> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." >> we begin in the north atlantic where a deadly storm that caused massive destruction across several caribbean islands is now battering the canadian east coast. hurricane warnings are in place as damaging winds and heavy rain pound the region. in a tweet sent late friday night, justin trudeau urged those in the path of the storm to listen to authorities, reassuring him that his team is ready to provide support if needed. residents from across eastern canada did do what they could before the sun went down to prepare, including in nova scotia, where people waited in

long lines to stock up supplies like food and water. and now that the storm has arrived in earnest, hundreds of thousands are without power across eastern canada. nova scotia power says it activated an emergency operations center to serve as the coordination area for response. listen to this. >> we've been reaching out to contractors in new brunswick, maine, possibly even into quebec and ontario. we're in conversations with the companies who are in storm prep mode. >> we've been in contact and discussions with the military to give them a head's up. we're looking at preparing for if need be after the storm an application for a federal disaster financial assistance if that is necessary. >> let's bring in meteorologist derek van dam. and as we saw there, canada's east coast really getting the worst of fiona.

>> right now is the worst of the fiona fury. in fact just moments ago, the canadian hurricane center just tweeted even though this still needs to be verified that fiona is making landfall as we speak. and there is an unofficial barometric pressure reading of 936 millibars over eastern nova scotia that would put it at the lowest land falling cyclone to reach canada ever. that really puts the storm into context. some of the strongest wind gusts so far, over 150 kilometers per hour across eastern nova scotia as the storm continues to make landfall as we speak. it is an impressive very large storm system with the center of the storm, or, rather, the hurricane-force winds extending over 185 miles from the center. tropical storm force winds extend even further than that. so the potential for widespread

key instruction is th destruction is there. we've seen this in the social media posts. this storm is racing northward and it will bring the threat of storm surge, flash flooding and strong damaging winds along with it. you can see the hurricane warnings and tropical storm warnings in place across newfoundland into nova scotia and prince edwards islands. halifax very busy right now with rainfall totals in there in excess of 100 millimeters here. again i mentioned the system racing northward, so that will limit the flash flood potential because the bulk of the rain will move north with it. and what else is incredible is just how active the atlantic tropical basin is right now. and i have to show you this because we have newly formed tropical storm ian that has developed over the central caribbean sea. as of 11:00 p.m. eastern

standard time, national hurricane center has honed in on this cluster of thunderstorms that continues to become more organized. 40-mile-per-hour sustained winds. doesn't seem like much now, but there is plenty of fuel for strengthening and development. we have tropical storm watches for jamaica, hurricane watches for cayman islands. look at the official forecast track from the national hurricane center reaching western cuba by monday evening and then potentially a major hurricane with winds in excess of 115-mile-per-hour approaching the florida peninsula by wednesday morning. kim, so much to talk about, not enough time. >> yeah, absolutely. all right. we'll stay on top of all of those stories throughout the weekend. appreciate it. in the aftermath of hurricane fiona, puerto rico is slowly getting back some essential services. officials say power has been restored to more than 600,000 people or wilabout 41% of islan

residents. 72% now have access to running water. and the mayor of new york city will travel to the island on sunday, a team of emergency responders from new york has been on the ground for days. the city is home to a large puerto rican community. death toll in the flooding across pakistan now stands at more than 1600 including 579 children. the prime minister warned other world leaders at the united nations friday to focus on fighting global a warming. he said flooding that pushed one third of pakistan under water wasn't triggered by anything pakistanis have done but by countries that emit greenhouse gases. and let's go to a camp for displaced victims. it has been months sense the flooding began and we know the waters are receding slowly. but how bad is the situation still and what are the new dangers?

>> reporter: behind me there are 30,000 people displaced by these floods and living out here in the open, in this 40 degree centigrade heat. there is a strong wind throwing dust in our faces. people have been living out here for months. before that, they had to leave homes which were vowed by this unprecedented historical deluge that has hit the entirety of pakistan, mostly here in this province. there are a lot of people who have been displaced. when we were driving in, you'd see hundreds and hundreds of people living out just on the mortuary almost, living in shacks. there is not enough international aid coming in. pakistan has been calling for an appeal, for help, for assistance, for funds to make sure that they can help the

people who i'm standing in front of. they don't have water, they don't have toilets to go to. the water that they are getting is murky. there is a widespread of disease. there was catastrophic flooding. and now there is the fear of catastrophic disease. 33 million people in this country which have been affected by the floods. out of that, 16 million of them are children. 3.4 million of those children need urgent assistance. they need medicine, they need access to doctors. pregnant women who are waiting to give birth out in the open. we've spoken to many mothers today, many expectant mothers today who have not received any medical assistance. it is a desire situation which people really need to look at to understand how desperate pakistan is with this already flailing economy. and much assistance is desperately needs. >> yeah, the scope of the problem cannot be overstated.

really appreciate your reporting on the ground there, sophia sofi. the u.s. is giving a warning to russian president vladimir putin telling him to tread carefully with the controversial referendums now under way in occupied areas of ukraine on joining russia. president biden says voting is just a pretext for moscow to try to annex those territories. and he says russia will pay a swift and severe economic price if the annexation happens. many western leaders are dismissing it as a sham vote and the g7 said that it wouldn't recognize the results. ukraine says many people are staying away from voting, but some are forced to cast ballots. it also says some underaged people are allowed to vote to increase the turn joet. president zelenskyy says few are buying russia's spin on the referendums. here he is. >> translator: the world will react absolutely fairly to the pseudo rev ren today.

they will be condemned as well as to the criminal mobilization that the occupiers are trying to carry out in crimea and other parts of the ukraine that they still control. >> for more, we're joined by ivan watson in hong kong. it seems like there is more and more opposition growing to these so-called rev ren today. >> reporter: well, it is a mixed bag. if you look at the officials in russian occupied areas where the referendum is taking place, they are on record saying this is a dream come true, that they want to be reunited with what they call their motherland, russia. it is being denounced by the ukrainians who are pointing out that in many of the videos, there are uniformed troops with weapons next to these ballot boxes and they are arguing that this voting is being carried out at the point of a gun point. from my own reporting in ukraine, kim, months ago i'd say in april, i was talking to ukrainians fleeing russian occupation saying that there was talk of organizing frureferendus

early as march and april to this same goal. if you want a broader strategy, the spokesperson for the kremlin dimitry peskov is on record saying that if these referendums pass, that annexation could then than very quickly and then if these territories come under attack from the ukrainian armed forces, it would be viewed as an attack on the russian mainland on russia proper. so you can see the kremlin's strategy here for trying to annex territory from ukraine to help it justify the war that it began with an invasion back in february. kim. >> all right, thanks so much, ivan watson, appreciate it. new images are showing how ukrainian prisoners of war was treated in russian captivity. this is an ukrainian soldier who was among some 250 prisoners

exchanged this week. on the left you can see before his unit surrendered in may and on the right what he looks like now. emaciated with apparent severe weight loss. earlier one expert said russia is finding loopholes in existing laws of war adding that the laws have to change. listen to this. >> when this war is over the whole international law on war crimes will have to be rewritten because the russians are coming up with new ways that they haven't seen in the existing legislation. >> there is no word on what exactly happened to the ukrainian soldier during his captivity. in russia, some of the people who have protested the military's mobilization are being forced to join it. that is according to a rights group which says many demonstrators were conscripted this week after speaking against the draft. matthew chance has more on the mobilization process. [ crying ] >> reporter: in the darkness,

russian men being wrenched away to fight. these are heart breaking scenes in southern russia where wives and mothers hoping for a last glimpse of loved ones with wailing in despair. the kremlin says this is just a partial mobilization, but rights activists tell cnn ethnic minorities in remote regions of russia are being disproportionately killed up. one way programs of hi perhaps impact. across the entire country though, an eruption of anger that putin's forced mobilizations have seen people risking jail to speak out. people here are simply terrified of loved ones being sent to kill or be killed in ukraine.

[ speaking nonenglish ] i've got two kids of con kripgs a conscription age. i brought them up alone and i don't want to lose them. and for what? just so they can kill the sons of other mothers, she answers. there are growing concerns too the kremlin is violating its own pledge that only reservists with military experience will be called up. but men like this one, a coalminer in siberia, who recorded himself on the military bus taking him away, insists he has never served. he was officially summoned like many other workers to join up during his shift. just didn't know what to do, he says. and thousands of russian men are

fighting age and now desperate to avoid that fate. climbing in to trains like this one to neighboring kazakhstan or driving to the nearest border crossing. cheap flights have quickly sold out. everyone is on the run from russia, this man's voice says, amid endless cars now making for the exits. escaping the trauma of being sent to putin's war. matthew chance, cnn, london. still ahead, new public hearing on the january 6 insurrection, what u.s. lawmakers will likely reveal when they meet next week. plus a live report coming up on the latest in iran where the death toll from days of street protests continues to rise amid a government crackdown. stay with us.

for the first time in two months, a new public hearing

will be held by the house committee investigating the january 6 capitol attack. lawmakers haven't specified what topics that they will expect. but it comes after ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas agreed to be interviewed by the panel. and this is just over a month before the midterm elections, also comes as another capital rioter has been convicted over his role in the attack. he was found guilty of seven charges related to chasing a police officer near the senate chambers that day. democratic lawmaker says that the january 6 committee will likely reveal more information about long time trump ally roger stone and the role he played in the attack. listen to this. >> he's the one who i think saw where things were going. there were clearly people who understood the preparations that were taking place. and if you think you almost knocked over the government of the united states spontaneously, then you haven't been paying

close attention. >> jamie raskin also signalled had there was a connection between roger stone and domestic extremist groups. another member of the committee responded to those comments. >> we know that stone and the ex-president had communications, we know that the ex-president and mr. bannon had communications. we can show stone's close connection with these extremist groups who played a big part in the violence on january 6. >> the january 6 investigation may be the most public effort to expose donald trump's attempts to undermine american democracy. but he is facing so many criminal probes at both the state and federal level that it can be a challenge just to keep up with them all. cnn's brian todd breaks them down for us. >> reporter: from mar-a-lago to the january 6 probe, to the election grand jury in georgia,

to the trump organization cases in new york, a multitude of potentially explosive investigations are targeting donald trump from many directions. >> pretty remarkable that you have multiple different states, the federal and congress all investigating the same person at once, but that person is the former president of the united states. >> reporter: in the mar-a-lago investigation into whether trump mishandled classified documents, this week a court appointed special master was skeptical of trump's claims that the files the fbi found on his estate might have been declassified. but beyond mar-a-lago, a georgia prosecutor is looking into allegations that trump and his allies tried to overturn joe biden's 2020 victory in georgia by allegedly trying to set up fake electors and pressuring the secretary of state to conjure up more votes for trump. analysts say the accusations against trump in georgia could make that the most likely case where he would face prosecution. >> even if he didn't have a direct hand in some of the efforts that he was part of the planning, that he directed these

efforts. so that that is why in a lot of ways it is the most serious because it is the one with the most teeth. >> reporter: in this morning not only has the state attorney general just accused trump's company of manipulating the value of its properties but the new york city d.a. criminal tax case against the trump organization begins trial next month after already scoring one guilty plea. and trump accuser e. jean carroll has told the court she intends to file another suit accusing trump of battery in the mid-90s an accusation trump has wou repeatedly denied. and then there is the house january 6 investigation into whether trump incited the mob to attack the capitol which just announced another public hearing in the coming days to air more of their evidence against trump. but could any of these probes cripple trump politically? >> he has told the story to his base that goes like this -- everybody hates me, everybody

hates me and my family, they are jealous of us, they don't understand us, and they just are playing evil. so don't pay attention to any of those prosecuting authorities, only pay attention to the story that i've told you and i think that there are 70 million to 75 million people who believe the story and will cling to it and they won't care that he is in trouble with the law. >> reporter: donald trump has rejected each of these investigations, characterizing them as facets of a witch hunt designed to take him todown. he's called the mar-a-lago investigation the weaponization of the justice system, called the january 6 committee a kangaroo court and he has slammed investigators in the new york and georgia probes as being politically motivated. brian todd, cnn, washington. we're hearing ominous reports out of iran of a brutal government crackdown as the country's grip by some of its worst turmoil in years. we'll have a live report on what is fueling the public anger

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welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." the united nations is calling for an independent investigation in to the death of a youn irani

woman who was arrested last week for how she was dressed. [ chanting ] >> mahsa amini's death has sparked large anti-government protests in dozens of cities prompting an apparent crackdown by iran security forces. state media reports at least 35 people have died so far in the unrest. now, a precise casualty figure varies widely depending on the source and cnn can't verify the number of people who have died. salma abdelaziz is following this for us from london. what more can you tell us about the growing outrage and the crackdown against the protestors? >> reporter: a mahsa amini has become a symbol of defiance for those taking the streets and have done so now for over a week. the demonstrations going late into the night yesterday. social media video of course that we cannot independently verify showing people taking to the streets, using chants like

women, freedom, life. again, they are facing a brutal crackdown by security forces, monitoring groups saying live rounds have been fired into crowds. and you mentioned the number of people killed, these estimates vary, but monitoring groups say dozens of people already killed in this brutal suppression of dissent by the iranian state. and what is very concerning, highly concerning here, is there are ominous warnings that this crackdown will intensify. that iranian authorities are preparing for yet another uptick in violence. and we've heard from the military recently, the army saying it is willing to step in against so-called conspirators. yesterday the iranian president returning to tehran after his time at the u.n. general assembly, he addressed a crowd of supporters and described these demonstrators as enemies,

as a threat to national security. and yesterday being friday of course, the iranian state using the power of its religious institutions, the mosques, to use those friday prayers essentially to call on people to come out in support of the government. counterprotests, speaking of again these demonstrators, these people calling for greater freedom, greater rights as enemies of the state. and these huge acts of defiance are absolutely a threat to the iranian government because this has moved beyond just mahsa amini, this is a call for freedom, a call against the notorious morality police, this is anger at the government and the fear is that death toll could rise. kim. >> yeah, really important story. thanks for following that. salma abdelaziz in london. hisser to ese history coult the polls in italy, the first prime minister could be voted in to the government.

barbie nadeau is standing by for us. bring us up to speed on the race. >> reporter: it is really interesting. the last time italians went to vote for a new government was 2018 and then the anti-establishment five star movement won the most votes followed by the center left democratic party. we're seeing an entirely different trend this time around, the center right coalition which is really anchored by two far right parties, leaders of the brother of italy party which really started with fascist roots, they are the leading party going in and they are the leading coalition going in and it is really interesting to see how italians have changed their desire for a government, the type of leader they want in the last five years. >> what explains this perspective shift to the right then? >> you have to look at italy five years ago and italy today. this is before the pandemic, before the war in ukraine, all these sort of factors have

really made italians desire a different type of leadership. the far right in italy is very anti-immigration. and what we're seeing this so many ways, this shift towards strong economic restrictions and things like that going forward. so italians are looking for a very different kind of government according to the polls. and of course, you know, tomorrow is the vote so we'll see certainly by monday what the outcome is. but according to the latest polls, it looks like it will go to the right which is a big shift here in italy. >> and if it does, a big shift for italy could be a big shift for the european union as well. >> that's right. it is not just italians watching this election especially when it comes to the war in ukraine. we've seen some indication that the leaders of this center right and especially the far right factions of the central right coalition don't really want to keep sanctions against russia because they feel that that

damages the italian economy first. so we'll see a lot of shift and a lot of change in stud. we'll see how that goes in terms of policy if in fact they win tomorrow. >> we'll be following that story tomorrow as well. barbie nadeau, thanks so much. british markets tumbled in reaction to the uk government's unveiling of a series of sweeping tax cuts and spending plans. the ftse 100 closed at three month lows and the pound a low against the dollar. jake tapper spoke with the new british prime minister liz truss who defended her government's controversial plans. listen to this. >> your government just unveiled a new tax proposal this week that would reverse plans to raise the corporate tax rate. you've also proposed litinftinge cap on bonuses for bank executives. in the u.s. president biden is taking a very different approach and obviously he has a different view on economic measures such

as the one you are proposing. he tweeted this week, quote, i'm sick and tired of trickle down economics. it has never worked. we're building an economy from the bottom up and middle out. so president biden in essence saying that he thinks that your approach doesn't work, the opposition in parliament says you're recklessly running up the deficit and turning your back o. >> i don't accept the premises of the question at all. the uk has one of the lowest levels of debt in the g7. but we have one of the highest levels of taxes. currently we have a 70 year high in our tax rates. what i'm determined to do as prime minister and what the chancellor is determined do is make sure that we are incentivizing businesses to invest and we're also helping ordinary people with their taxes. and that is why i don't feel that it is right to have higher

national insurance and higher corporation tax because that will make it harder for us to attract the investment we need in the uk, it will be harder to generate those new jobs. and i want the u.s. economy to be successful as well. i want the european economy to be successful as well. i want freedom loving democracies to succeed. and one of the things that we're doing here in the uk is moving forward on our infrastructure programs. road building, broadband, moeblg telephones. and i know that is what the administration in the u.s. is doing as well. but of course we all need to decide what the tax rates are in our own country. but we need to be incentivizing growth at what is a very difficult time for the global economy. and we've put this place a package measures to support consumers with energy prices to make sure that nobody is having

to pay more than 2500 pounds on their bills, which is very important as well. just ahead here on cnn, how the biden administration is sending funding to states to help stem the opoid epidemic and what it means for local communities. stay with us.

the biden administration has announced a $1.5 billion plan to help fight the opoid crisis. more than 107,000 people lost their lives to drug overdoses in the u.s. last year and nearly 15% increase from the year before. the new funding will help states boost access for treatment programs and also targets barriers to public health interventions like naloxone which can quickly reverse the effects of the overdose. and a rise of overdoses in los angeles schools is prompting the district to take action making

naloxone to the entire school system. natasha chen has more. >> reporter: naloxone will be distributed to all the high schools within the next two weeks and all other k-12 schools as supplies come in. is this after a 15-year-old died and another student was hospitalized having overdosed in a high school bathroom earlier this month. there are currently enough doses for all high schools in the district and it is being provided for free by the l.a. county department of health. district staff like nurses, wellness center priors and volunteers are already trained to administer naloxone and the district will work on developing training and education for the school community. the superintendent carvalho said that we have an urgent crisis and this is effective at saving lives. after the death of a student

this month, l.a. unified is also implementing a safety task force, peer to peer down counse and education. and so when people hear about the plan to hand out an overdose reversal drug to public schools, all the way down to element elementary, i mean, first reaction is elementary, isn't that way too young? how extensive is the problem among kids even at that age? >> so the problem is extensive across all sectors in the united states including all ages. elementary school students are affected less frequently than older students, but really no age group has been spared. the united states is in the worst overdose crisis in our history. >> i mean, it is a very broad problem, but do you have any

idea what is contributing to the numbers among children and youth? like for instance we've heard about rainbow fentanyl, these pills and bright colors that the dea says drug traffickers are deliberately using to target young people. >> so it is not that more young people are using, it is the drugs young people are using are a lot more potent and a lot more toxic. so you're right, with rainbow fentanyl and other high potency fentanyls that find their way into the drug supply, people that might have thought that they were taking a narcotic pain pill or anxiety relieving medication, it turns out it has fentanyl in it. and when you are not tolerant as most youth aren't, fentanyl can be fatal. >> so that is why these overdose drugs are so important. but the people who oppose the distribution of florida locks o naloxone in schools and other drugs for addiction, they say

that you are enabling kids making it easier do drugs and there was another california school board that tried to get naloxone program going there, but the school board said there was no drug epidemic in high school. so what do you say to the parents that these measures will either contribute to the problem or they deny there is a problem in the firs fhe first place? >> we know overdoses are only going up and there is no community at this point that is unef faffected unaffected. while he would hope that no high schooler, junior high schooler or elementary school student ever overdoses, i can't ignore the reality that exposure to fentanyl is a possibility. and distributing naloxone, mine i'm of the opinion that every household should have access to naloxone and other common sense overdose reversal agents because you never know when you might be affected by an overdose.

and not necessarily you, but people in your family, in your community. and there is no evidence that distributing it to anybody causes people for-to abuse drug. >> and as you said, it is a symptom of a larger problem. more than 100,000 overdose deaths over the last 12 months, that is obviously a huge toll in terms of the loss of life and affect on families. but put it in context for us, how bad is that historically and what is leading to the seriousness of this problem? >> well, overdoses are affecting americans and by extension al cali californians more than any other time in american history. overdose is a bigger threat to public health now than at any point in history. just to be clear, it is as bad today as it has ever been. we're amassing over hundreds of thousands of deaths a year

across the united states, deaths every day in my community here in los angeles. so i would say that it is already reached crisis proportions and that every person should be aware of how to use naloxone, how to prevent overdose fatalities, understand the risk of fentanyl in the drug supply and support people accessing treatment when they're ready. >> to help with that, yesterday the white house announced some $1.5 billion to help communities fight substance abuse. so where does that money need to go in order to do the most good? >> so the money goes to the states and the states assist with distribution. in the state of california, a lot of the funding goes to pay for naloxone or narcan, but that is not all that is needed. it is not one thing. it is not just naloxone or not just treatment, it is not just prevention, it is all of the strategies together that we'll need to bring to bear to address this crisis. >> it is such a huge crisis and great to get your perspective on

how we can help. dr. hurley, thank you so much for your time. >> thanks for having me. for those watching here in the u.s., please remember that if you or a love one needs help with substance abuse, the national help line is always available. just call 1-800-662-help. it is free and con begin shal. sounds like something. ♪ when you have nausea, heartburn, i indigestion, ♪ ♪ upset stomach, diarrhea. ♪ pepto bismol coaoats and soothes for fast relief... when you need it most. - [narrator] as you ready for what's next, you think about what really matters and what it means to be connecte to everyone around you, to your community. we want to make th most of these moments, these new memories, together. and custom gear from customer ink can help. we've developed new tools to make it easy to create custom products and get them to everyone, whether you're together now or still apart.

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♪ i'm a rocket man ♪ ♪ rocket man, rocket man ♪ he came to sing at the white house but president biden wasn't about to let sir elton john leave without a special recognition. have a look. >> tonight it is my great honor, and i mean it sincerely, to present the national humanities medal to sir elton john. >> biden said he awarded the national humanitieses medal for,

quote, moving our souls with his powerful voice, one of the defining songbooks of all time and the singer said he was humbled. here he is. >> being a musician is second to none but in the war against aids and hiv, it is even bigger and i can't thank you enough. i'm really -- i'm really emotional about this. thank you. there is a new british -- new image of the new british monarch at work. it was taken last week by britain press association and he is pictured with the king's red box which contains papers from british government ministers, commonwealth representatives and others. and in the background, a picture of his parents queen lizand kin given to him by king george vi. roger federer's final game probably wasn't the ending he

wanted as he lost his final professional match playing doubles with his rifle nadal at the laver took it in stride. here he is. >> feels great to be here. and i enjoyed the time, one more time, and everything was the last time. so it has been a perfect journey. i would do it all over again. >> federer announced last week that he would retire from professional ten nnis after tha laver cup. weather systems forming in the atlantic and caribbean could cause another delay of the artemis 1 rocket. officials won't make a final decision until sometime later

today. friday the u.s. space force said it expects clouds and scattered showers during the launch window. two earlier attempts were scrubbed due to a liquid hydrogen leak. the u.s. space force was established less than three years ago for focus solely on dominating the final frontier. but as jeanne moos reports, it isn't likely to dominate any musical charts. >> reporter: they already launched its insignia, its own uniforms and now it has its own song. ♪ there were a lot more watchful eyes on the internet. may the cringe be with you. ♪ new york magazine, is that corrected snarked let's hope aliens aren't music critics. but military audiences applauded.

and late night audience laughed. i thought it was 100% satire and hilarious. >> are we be punked? >> reporter: and adding -- ♪ more interesting visuals ♪ even steve carell who starred in the canceled netflix series -- >> space force, which mark will run. >> what sf. >> reporter: ended up having the words to the song he sang changed and new words put in his mouth. ♪ even military.com declared it is not a banger. air force chief of staff told the website i'm sure it will grow on us. this military podcaster was

moved to grunt along to it. many complained that instead of sounding futuristic -- >> sounds like it is from the 1910s. >> reporter: some even noted a vintage vibe reminiscent of the old mighty mouse theme. ♪ here i come to save the day ♪ >> reporter: that means the mighty space force. jeanne moos, cnn. >> i don't know, i find it a little catchy. that wraps this hour. i'll be back in a moment with more news. please do stay with us. zyrteeeec

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♪ hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> we will transport people who want to be. not everybody wants to be. and we will try to afternoon people to take shelter. >> parts of canada are preparing for what could be their largest storm in almost 50 years. i'll speak to the mayer of a canyon city bracing for fiona's wrath just after the storm made landfall in nova scotia. plus, a state of eme