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hurricane. >> meantime, hundreds of thousands of people now without power in canada, as fiona makes landfall there. this powerful storm is not letting up after you may recall it left a wave of destruction in puerto rico. we're going to have the latest on that storm's track. and it sounds like something out of a sci-fi thriller. nasa gets ready to slam a refri refrigerator-size spacecraft into an asteroid. we'll tell you why and give you the latest details on this fascinating mission. ♪ it is finally here. the weekend. thank you so much for sharing part of it with us. saturday, september 24th. great to be with you, amara. >> great to be with you. and yes, everyone, thank you so much for waking up with us. we've got a lot of news to get to. >> and a lot of storm coverage.

two major storms to talk about this morning. first, hurricane fiona now a post-tropical cyclone making landfall in eastern canada. and we're seeing our first images of the storm as it make the landfall this morning. hurricane warnings are in place as damaging winds and heavy rain pound the region. you see the damage it's doing there. you can hear the driving winds as it breaking power lines and downed trees. >> there's sparks flying as you can see in nova scotia. more than 300,000 customers are without power. and officials warn fiona could be canada's hurricane sandy. >> we've talked right up to the 11:30 p.m. last night, we were still making calls to residents just to give some heads-up, that you need to be up. you need to be watching what's going on and you need to be moving at a moment's notice if you already didn't move right then. >> meanwhile, a state of emergency has been declared in florida as tropical storm ian gains strength in the caribbean.

ian is expected to strengthen to hurricane status. as it makes its way to western cuba by monday afternoon. cnn's allison chinchar and carlos suarez joining us now. allison, we'll start with you on tropical storm ian that's getting into warm waters. >> it is. it's going even warmer water. here's what we know winds at 45 per hour, gusting up to 60 miles per hour. we've got tropical storm watches in effect for jamaica. hurricane watches in effect for the cayman islands. and the reason for that, as it's expected to go into even warmer water over the next two to three days we anticipate that storm will intensify. getting up to hurricane strength by the time it crosses over the cayman islands. intensifying even further as it approaches cuba. and then likely getting up to major hurricane strength as it crosses into the gulf of mexico

before making that right-hand turn back into florida. as of right now, anywhere from 'lasha cola to key west still a possibility for landfall. they all exist within that cone of uncertainty. and part of that uncertainty lies with the models being completely split. this blue dot, the european model, much faster and wants to make landfall in southern florida. whereas the european, up around the big bend region of florida. you've got uncertainty with the models. a lot of that lies with the low pressure system that deviates where that system goes. that's one of two systems we're watching, however. the other is post-tropical fee yen that sustained winds at 85 miles per hour. look at these wind gusts, amara, that have already hit and more communities likely to see similar numbers throughout the day today. >> allison, thank you for the update.

let's turn to carlos suarez right now. carlos, we're getting a glimpse of what canada is feeling what allison just outlined. walk us through the effects that fiona's having. >> reporter: boris, good morning, we're getting a look at prince edward island. 85,000 without power. that's the entire island. downed power lines and trees, photos across the island show the damage to homes as well as a gas station there. in nova scotia, just to the south, tens of thousands of customers are in the dark. forecasters in canada while they were expecting two months' worth of rain with the storm and six to eight-feet storm surge, fiona has also left millions of people across the caribbean without power. the storm hit puerto rico, the dominican republic and turks and caicos. in puerto rico, just over half of the island still without electricity. this many days out since they made landfall there. the governor is seeing a great deal of criticism on the island

over his comments that the power would be back on sooner. now, the hope is that all of the power grid will be restored fully in the next couple of days. agency for the number of dead associated with the storm right now, it's at least five. and as you guys mentioned, florida is also make something preparations ahead of ian possibly making its way towards that part of the u.s. officials down in the florida keys are expected to decide later this afternoon whether they're going to start asking visitors to leave, as well as folks who live in a mobile home. guys. >> yeah. very busy storm season coming up to be so far. thank you so much, carlos suarez and allison chinchar as well. well, the damage caused by hurricane fiona until puerto rico could take some time to repair. the storm killed at least two pre people there almost exactly five years after hurricane ma real devastated the u.s. territory. on the first day, president biden authorized 100% federal

funding for debris removal and search and rescue and to restore the power to the island. officials in puerto rico say they can't estimate when power will be restored to the hardest hit areas of the island. joining me now is the chief director for the hispanic federation puerto rico. first off, charlotte, thank you so much for joining me. can you just give us a sense of what -- you're there now in san juan. how are you doing? what are the people going through, especially knowing that the island was ravaged by maria five years ago? >> yes, h shi. thank you for having me. i think it's important to point out that not only did puerto rico go through hurricane maria, the worst storm in 100 years that really devastated the island. but since then, we've been hit by earthquakes in 2020, the pandemic and unfortunately, a really slow recovery. and so when hurricane fiona hit,

hitting within those circumstances where we are an island that has not yet recovered from those disasters. and so we were already in a very precarious situation. so, we're seeing a mix of disasters, disasters that, you know, perhaps we couldn't have prevented such as major flooding from over 30 inches of rain that pushed our rivers and other waterways to the limits. but we're also seeing things that are a direct result of that slow recovery such as the lack of electricity to over 1 million households today, which is a week since the rain first began and many have begun losing power. and that is particularly the scary part for people right now and that's what's impacting the entire island. it's coimpacting our ability to ensure that we have gasoline stations open. and grocery stores are beginning to close. once we rely on generators, diesel becomes very important.

when not able to move the diesel around the tilisland to ensure critical services continue to operate. so there's anxiety, there's exhaustion of having to go through it again. >> the trauma, having to go through it again, clearly as you're pointing out the infrastructure has been weakened from maria. so, you're with the hispanic organization. tell me more about what your organization is doing on the ground. and what the biggest needs are that you're needing right now. >> sure. the hispanic federation after hurricane maria was a permanent operation here in puerto rico to work with community-based organizations. within the last five years we've been able to support $50 million in investments through a network of 140 local organizations. so we were able, again, to immediately work with that court of organizations to start moving supplies into impacted

communities. right now, much of that is looking like using solar lamps which we actually began distributing before fiona had hit. because we knew we would lose electricity. we moved 11,000 solar lamps in the community. we continue to distribute those throughout the island. and also generators on people who rely on electricity to survive because of medical equipment that they need. many of the deaths after hurricane maria were associated for an extended period of time without electricity. so we're trying to prevent that, especially this time around. and then we're also working with network of community kitchen, where we've been distributing food, water and cleaning supplies. which right now, we're continuing to hear from groups and the communities that we're very much still in emergency phase. and the basic needs are what people are asking to have met right now. that's really where we're focusing our efforts in the

first few days of the disaster. >> it's a very difficult time. charlotte, would you say that puerto rico was more prepared this time around, at least when it comes to the central government's response? >> i think one of the things that we have seen improvement, our telecommunications hasn't gone down. so there's a better ability for people to see what's happening in distinct communities but i think there's a frustration with the slowness, with the promises that are not being met and still a need to decentralize part of this response. and make sure that communities are able to work more closely with the government. again, there's a frustration, because we're living concerns that people have been raising over the years for the slow recovery. so, i do think, both from the federal government and the local government, there's better communication, there's better coordination. but i don't think we're aware that the people are where the

government to be. i don't think we're where we need the government to be. and again, the direct issues we're having with lack of diesel, communities struggling without water and our electricity grid are problems with planning and preparation for the storm that we're seeing again. and we could have presented. some of this was preventible. >> charlotte, i appreciate you being a voice for your community. charlotte gossett navarro, thank you very much. all the best to you. >> thanks. we want to pivot towards politics because the midterm elections are just 45 days away and president biden is sharpening his rhetoric. >> sure is. at a democratic you national committee, biden blasted it calling a thin policy goals. he promised to make abortion rights legal. protect social security and pass an assault weapons ban if democrats keep control of

congress. >> let's take you to the white house and cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz joins us live. arlette, president biden is trying to turn the tide of history. the party in power during midterm elections historically almost always loses. >> reporter: yeah, president biden is trying to ensure that democrats can keep control of the house and senate. he's acknowledged himself it's going to be a very, very tight election come november. and president biden really has been ramping up his political rhetoric over the course of the past few weeks, trying to draw a contrast between the democratic platform and what he has billed as a extreme maga republican agenda did. he pushed back yesterday on house gop leader's kevin mccarthy's agenda platform which he unveiled up in pittsburgh. the president saying it really provided little detail. and it specifically called out two issues that gop proposal does not include, that is social security and medicare and abortion rights.

both of those issues, democrats believe, can be strength for them, heading into the november elections. and you've really heard president biden lean into the arguments of abortion rights over the course of the past few weeks specifically calling out that ledges proposed by senator lindsey graham that would ban abortions in most cases at 15 weeks of pregnancy. the president arguing that is an example of the, quote, extreme positions that he believes republicans are taking. and he also vowed to ensure that he does everything in his power from preventing such a ban from taking place. >> republicans want control of the congress, abortion will be banned. by the way, it will be initially banned. but with congress, i will veto it. >> reporter: so expected to continue this message and push when he heads to florida on tuesday for an official event on health care, social security and medicare. he will also participate in another dnc event in orlando on

tuesday night. >> all right, arlette, thank you very much. and last night, a break from politics at the south lawn of the white house hosted a rock constcert featuring sir elton jn also known as rocket man. he performed a number of songs from the star-studded audience. president biden even got emotional of crocodile rock, a song biden used to sing with his son beau when he was just a child. and decades later when beau became ill and unable to communicate, the song was a way for biden and his son to connect and share special moments. obviously, a very emotional moment for the president. after the show, john was caught off guard when president biden came on stage to present him with a national humanities

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the white house had this warning for vladimir putin as sham referendums are being held in ukrainian russian-held territory. tread carefully. four russian-occupied areas of ukraine are voting today to join russia, a move that president biden says is just a pretext for moscow to try and annex those territories. meantime, putin initiated a mobilization of reservists, sparking protests across russia. and again, he threatened ukraine with nuclear weapons. let's discuss now with retired army brigadier general mark kinnick. good morning, general. we're grateful to have your expertise and insight. i first want to get your reaction to the news this week that a panel appointed by the united nations independent experts revealed that they raped and tortured kids as young as 4

years old. what did you think when you heard that? >> well, sadly, i said, this is just part of the russian playbook. they've been doing this ever since the first world war. they understand war not simply to be battle between soldiers. battle for taking grounds but also to inflict terror in the heart of the populations that they're attacking. it was said in waorld war ii tht in berlin by the end of the war, every women between the age of 7 and 70 were expected to be raped and they fulfilled that promise. >> wow that is awful to contemplate. general, i want to ask you about the threat of use of nuclear weapons by the kremlin. i recently spoke to a national security expert on capitol hill that explained putin's desperation and the escalating threats in this way. every step forward for ukraine is one step closer to a nuclear disaster. what options does the west have to prevent that?

>> well, probably the most important option is to stand firm, stand resolved. and send a clear message to vladimir putin. as john f. kennedy did during the cuban missile crisis, is that we will not stand down. that we will stand firm. and that any use of tactical nuclear weapons will be met with a quid pro quo response that he and his people cannot undertake and will suffer underneath it. >> between these threats and putin calling up the 300,000 reservists to join the fight in ukraine, what does it tell you about the current expectation from the kremlin. it seems these are desperate moves. >> well, i think some would say that. but i see this as a sign of resolve on the part of vladimir putin to keep this fight going for as long as he sees it's necessary. now, that may be a bluff, that may be a diplomatic move. but it certainly does not seem to me that this would show that

russia wants to end this war anytime soon because they're losing ground. they're losing troops or in any sign of desperation. in my mind, he is doubling down. >> and those 300,000 reservists, do you expect that that level of manpower might reverse the recent gains from the ukrainian counteroffensive? >> well, i think we're going to see too much happen between now and the time that the reservists can actually be put to use on the battle field. you have to recruit them. you have to bring them in. you have to retrain them. you have to get them to the battle field. so, i don't expect that they will have any kind of consequence on the battle field until early spring. >> now, there was also some cnn reporting in recent days that apparently vladimir putin himself is giving directions directly to russian generals in the battlefield. that made me laugh. >> well, first of all, politicians and presidents are pretty lousy at giving orders

and understanding military. we saw that with hitler during world war ii. but we also saw that with president johnson during the bombing campaign of north vietnam in the late '60s. i can't think in modern history where we had a situation where a leader of a country directing the individual soldiers on the ground has ended up better than worse. >> yeah. and notably, there was some intelligence intercepts that revealed that some of the soldiers on the ground were lamenting the directions from mo moscow. they were complaining. what did you make of that? >> well, two things, i also don't know a soldier in war who hasn't bitched about his leaders. but the fact remains if it gets to the point now where the leader is, as we say, using the thousand-mile screwdriver to try to adjust the war inside ukraine, it shows two things. number one, vladimir putin has an overestimation of his own

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a former top state official in mississippi pleaded guilty thursday to state and federal charges in connection to a massive embezzlement scheme that odd tours say misused millions of welfare dollars. >> including funneling funds into projects linked to prominent mississippians like former nfl star brett favre and a volleyball court for his daughter. cnn's diane gallagher has more. >> reporter: john davis didn't have much to say as he left

court on thursday. >> mr. davis, do you have anything to say? >> reporter: the former of head of mississippi pleading guilty to state and federal charges connected to one of the largest corruption cases in state history. >> it's been justice. >> reporter: the oaut auditor s funds funneled through projects to celebrities like hall of famer brett favre in that in release for guilty pleas of one count of conspiracy and theft for federal funds the department of justice said davis worked with four unnamed co-conspirators writing that he directed the welfare funds to two nonprofits. and then directed those nonprofits to award contracts to social services that were never provided. >> as relates to count one,

conspiracy, how do you plead, guilty or not guilty? >> guilty. >> as related to count two, fraud against the government, how do you plead? >> guilty. >> reporter: davis entered that guilty plea 18 times on state charges in a heinz county courtroom on thursday. five counts of conspiracy, 13 counts of fraud against the government. admitting he conspears with a former pro wrestler company beyasi. he received welfare funds and was sbupposed to teach a class about drug abuse. >> it was not okay. and i can't tell you, other than it shouldn't have been okay. i shouldn't have allowed that to happen. i knew that tampering was being used, i should have stopped. >> reporter: davis has agreed to

kro cooperate. >> we continue to work with federal authorities washington and mississippi to continue to move forward. john davis is critical. >> reporter: as part of the state's civil litigation for attorneys by a nonprofit who has pleaded guilty, nancy nah, the former mississippi governor phil bryant and brett favre working to maintain funds for a multimillion-dollar center at brett favre's alma mater, university of mississippi. favre new and repeatedly referenced john davis and updated in meetings. and favre texting john mentioned 4 million. i'm not sure i heard him right. very big deal and can't thank him enough. earlier this year, the state filed suits against 38 entities including brett favre. however, favre does not face any criminal charges. his attorney told cnn the former quarterback did not know the money came from welfare funds.

>> brett couldn't have been more honorable. he had no idea where it came from. >> reporter: the former governor has not been charged, nor has he defended in any suit. he's denied any knowledge of the scheme. all of the investigations into the fraud scheme remain ongoing. >> i can tell you this on my end, we're going to continue to make sure the case is thoroughly investigated. as everyone knows we have turned over every piece of evidence to federal investigators. >> reporter: john davis is set to be sentenced in federal court early next year. diane gallagher, cnn, north carolina. >> our thanks to diane for filing that report for us. there's a new "washington post" piece that explains how black nfl coaches face significant hurdles inside the league when it comes to getting and keeping their job. >> and cnn's brian todd takes a closer look at this report. >> reporter: the words are emblazoned on the borders of several nfl end zones, end

racism. but an explosive new investigation by "the washington post" finds black coaches in the nfl are at a serious disadvantage when it comes to getting hired as head coaches and keeping those jobs. >> well, what we found, you know, it's very difficult for black coaches to get opportunities to be the head man in the nfl. >> reporter: in its report titled now the nfl blocks black coaches. they said that the black coaches remain assistanters longer than their counterparts. that black coaches had on average spent nine years longer in midlevelal assistant jobs and then the post found that blacks are held to a different stwharnd they do get head coaching jobs. >> when black coaches get the job they're on much shorter leashes. even if their production is on par with others or even better, they're still likely to be fired. >> reporter: in a legal where the majority of players are

black there are now only three black head coaches. that's the same number in 2003, when the nfl announced the rooney rule. many argue that the nfl is adept at gaming that rule. interviewing as windows dressing and hiring the coach they really want. brian flores tired as the miami dolphins head coach as posting winning records in two of his seasons filed a lawsuit against the league and the team. flores accused of bringing him in for sham interviews in the case of the giants for a head coaching job they had already decided to give to someone else. >> it was humiliating, to be quite honest. >> reporter: the nfl and the franchise named in the suit have denied wrongdoing, the nfl saying it's committed to equitable employment practices. many argue this isn't an issue

with the league itself. >> at the end of the day, it's up to the owners. but there the post cites what it calls a cultural disconnect. the nfl has 31 majority team owners, 29 of them are white. >> i think it comes down to what you think a leader is, what a leader looks like and how that's going to work for your franchise. for a lot of the owners with that equation it doesn't add up to a black man being the guy. >> reporter: the nfl didn't react for comment. but troy vincent, the nfl's executive vice president of football operations told the post that the league has exhausted itself with programs to make sure that the owners know who the candidates are but at the end of the day, vincent says, the league itself doesn't make the hires. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> fascinating report. brian todd, thank you. and the conversation continues later this morning on "cnn newsroom." we're going to speak with a former black nfl coach on what the league can do to increase diverse hires.

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>> well, i don't know much about the movement other than i understand they like me very much. >> reporter: former president trump has with qanon in the meme he shared with qanon and the kweq on his lapel. >> even president donald trump wearing that. >> reporter: folks celebrating. >> that is the reason that you all are here. you know the truth, you all know who donald trump really is. you all know who the fight is really about. and who the players are that actually want to destroy our country. >> reporter: on trump's social media platform, qanon followers saw the president's post as a clear sign he's with them and with qanon. one post read at this point anyone denying that qanon is an official operation is a major denial. another read, donald trump has over 4 million followers yet he seeks out q people to reach

truths. >> what we've seen recently from trump is different from what we've seen in the past. prior to what we heard, he believes in the qanon people, he believes themselves to be great patriots, now the message is directly one to one. it's no longer ambiguous. >> well, certainly, we are concerned about the qanon phenomenon. >> reporter: the fbi has warned of the dangers of qanon and its potential to inspire violence. >> what we have in the former president potential candidate for the presidency of the united states legitimizing what is essence a cult. >> reporter: qanon has been aligned and a stolen election. >> yeah, i go to trump rallies and i see a lot of people wearing qanon t-shirts doesn't mean they're all necessarily

violent or dangerous. >> does not. that's the most difficult law enforcement scenario to deal with because you want to identify threats amongst the hundreds of thousands of people. >> reporter: trump delivered that to a track. >> we are a nation that is no longer respected or listened to around the world. we are a nation in many ways has become a joke. >> reporter: that music you hear sounds identical to a song associated with qanon. while it played, the crowd all pointed their fingers in unison to the sky. >> imagery of everybody, their heads bowed with their finger pointed in the air showing the number one this is where meme wars are most potent because for some people, they're seeing that reflected in the qanon meme where we go one we go all. others are seeing america first being reflected. >> reporter: the trump denied the music was a qanon song.

>> it was played. to the people listen that's a siren song. even if it was an accident, it becomes a perception. it's easy to counter on, no, that's not what i met. what you would expect from a bible camp. >> reporter: but trump has never outright disavowed qanon. quite the opposite. he's instead endorsing candidates who have echoed the conspiracy theory like the republican dcandidate for the secretary of state in arizona. >> there's a laot of people involved in the pedophile of children. >> reporter: and another qanon song named after the qanon slowing wherein we go one we go all. ♪ >> quite an eye-opening report there from our donie o'sullivan. thanks to him for that.

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>> reporter: hollywood has been scheming up ways to save the word from killer comets or asteroids for decades. >> the united states government just asked to us save the world. anyone want to save they no. >> reporter: instead of bringing in bruce willis, what if there was an asteroid coming to earth could you really stop it? >> reporter: nasa is planning to ram a refrigerator size spacecraft called d.a.r.t. that is roughly the size of disa and the goal is to push morphis slightly often earth. >> this inaugural planetary defense test mission marks a major moment in human history. for the first time ever we will

measurably change the orbit of a celestial body in the universe. mission control is inside the laboratory in maryland. what is the place going to be like an impact day -- or impact night, i should say? >> oh, my goodness, it's going to be filled. people in every single seat. about 44 people in here alone. >> reporter: they'll be able to watch the impact live as will everyone on earth thanks to a camera mounted on the spacecraft. >> live images? >> live images from d.a.r.t. right now. >> reporter: one of the most tense moments will happen sat 5 minutes to impact. and to a smaller asteroid which is the real target. >> that's a very special time for us. so, we have a lot of contingencies built right around that 50-minute transition. we're going to be watching the telemetry like hawks. very scared but excited. >> then we're going to have it

get closer and closer and then field the field of view over it. >> reporter: it's a moment this team has been training for, for months, but even the rehearsals are intense. >> we just one by one stood up. all of us were intensely watching the screen. watching the asteroid get bigger and bigger and my heart was palpitating, because this is not normal. this is just a rehearsal. but yet you felt like you're hitting that asteroid. >> we're really testing? >> we're really testing technology that could save human kind down the road. >> reporter: we should know immediately on monday if the spacecraft successfully hit its target but it's going to take a few weeks if it successfully bumped that asteroid just a little bit every its current orbit. boris and amara. >> hope it works. thanks so much for joining us.

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