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hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." i don't think i've ever been in a storm [ inaudible ] that just goes on and on like this. >> homes washed away and thousands still without power. the destruction hurricane fiona left across canada, this has floridians brace for tropical storm ian. plus, italians head to the
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polls in a snap election. we're live in rome with a look at the deepening political divide in the country. and nasa will test out a mission that sounds straight out of a hollywood movie, a spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid's moon. a look at the upcoming mission. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. we are expecting an update at any moment from the national hurricane center with the latest forecast track of tropical storm ian which could be the first major hurricane to hit florida in four years. we begin in eastern canada where hundreds of thousand right side still without power. fiona is now a post tropical cyclone and continues to move through the region. hurricane force winds battered the maritimes as the storm made landfall saturday, the strongest
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storm on record to hit dan da's atlantic coast, huge waves battered the coastline causing severe flooding. police posted photos of destruction saying conditions were like nothing they have ever seen before, homes washed away and entire streets flooded, littered with downed trees. prime minister justin trudeau offered his reaction earlier. >> we're thinking, first and foremost, the people who have had a terrifying past 12 hours, people who have seen their homes washed away, seen the winds rip school roofs off and as canadians, as we always do in times of difficulty we will be there for each other. >> meteorologists jacquelyn whitall and mark robinson from the weather network were in the midst of the storm when fiona hit land saturday. let's start with jacquelyn's coverage. >> all right. so we are in downtown charlottetown and getting a look
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at some of the damage early morning as the sun is starting -- or daylight is occurring, not really sun. you see quite a bit of tree damage here by this car, this is on one of the side streets. lots of tree branches snapped, like this one here you can see, but probably more -- more damage, more impressive damage, if you will, is over here by this church. there is a lot of tree limbs down here, like just widespread, all over the place here, and one of these trees actually was uprooted -- oh, i have to be careful there are some power lines. yeah, power lines, you have to be very careful. but check this out, and i mean, this has kind of been all over the city, like completely uprooted tree here. there you go. so there we go. peak of the storm this is what was happening here in
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charlottetown and it is just one little street. it's pretty widespread across the whole city. >> well, i can tell what you we're dealing with is a relentless storm here along the coast. we're expecting this to ramp down, the winds have died down a little bit, and they have not done that at all. i'm just getting -- kind of taking a reading here. i just got -- that right there, right there, that was 86 kilometers an hour. probably going a bit higher than that. this anemometer tends to register 20% below what the actual wind speed is. the one thing that has sort of receded a little bit is the storm surge. you can sort of see the surge back there on the shore and it's pushed up along the pier here in lewisburg and that pulled back i think because the tide is going
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out. also the winds especially along the shoreline have not stopped. i actually saw [ inaudible ] they are up by the fortress and it does look like there is a forest out there, it is absolutely flat. we will go up and take a look at that later on, but you can see like this -- i mean, i don't think i've ever been in a storm in eastern canada that just goes on and on like this. this feels much more like a tropical system like when you're down on the florida coast and it comes in and it isn't moving very fast, that's what this feels like. but one thing different, though, this is a lot colder. these winds are very cold. even though i have my dry suit on, i have a sweater underneath it and a couple of pairs of they are mthermals like long johns im
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starting to get cold. you're getting more of that cold air, yeah, i'm starting to feel it. now to tropical storm ian. a state of emergency has been declared for all of florida as ian churns towards the gulf coast. it could be the first major you are had inn can a to hit the state in four years. it is expected to strengthen to a hurricane today before passing the cayman islands and cuba ahead. we've been waiting for the crucial 5:00 a.m. update from the national hurricane center, what are they saying? >> essentially there hasn't been any change in the current strength of the storm or projected path. the more immediate threats are becoming clearer and clearer. with that 5:00 a.m. update the national hurricane center explicitly calling for the potential of storm surge of between 9 to 14 feet above normally dry ground over western
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portions of cuba. that's the more immediate threat. 50 mile per hour sustained winds around the tropical storm ian, it's becoming a little bit more spiral, do you see that banding taking place? still trouble finding the center of circulation. we currently have hurricane hunters flying and sampling the environment in and around the storm and that will be absolutely critical. this at this moment is a game of miles because any shift to the west where they find that center or a shift to the east has long-term cascading impacts on where the storm eventually makes landfall. so our current warnings over the cayman islands we have hurricane watches, over western cuba that will likely be upgraded to a warning in the hours to come. this is projected to become a major hurricane before landfall over the western portions of cuba. by early tuesday morning and then forecast to even become a category 4 into the eastern gulf of mexico. you notice that there is a significant weakening trend across the great big bend area of florida as we get into the thursday night and friday morning time frame.
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this all has to do with the various models that we look at. let me explain. european model on my right, american model on my left. look at this timing differences on this as well. doubling down with the european model as a land falling powerful hurricane along the western shoreline of the florida peninsula on wednesday morning. look at the american model friday morning for a land sfaul as a weaker system along the gulf coast closer to pensacola, for instance. the steering factors all have to do with this trough and that is going to dictate where the storm goes. there is a significant amount of heat content in the oceans here so this is like jet fuel for strengthening hurricane and that is going to tap into that favorable environment, allow for heavy rain across much of the southeast anywhere from tampa to atlanta once the storm moves inland. we will find out in the days to come who will be impacted by the most powerful storm surge as well as the winds. kim? >> thanks so much.
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we will bring you back in a few moments to talk about another major storm. thanks again, derek. the florida national guard has been activated and is on stand by awaiting orders for deployment where needed. officials are urging people to be prepared. listen to this. >> we are monitoring closely as of now we are outside of the cone of uncertainty, but we can't -- we can't relax, we know that there is always a possibility it will shift. the storm has continued to move westward, as you've stated, and this is really the time that everyone should make sure they have a plan. everyone this is the time to prepare, but be calm, no need for panic. >> and the mayor of one coastal city in southwest florida is urging residents to get ready for the storm and pay attention to the warnings. here she is. >> the this is the calm before the storm. i've seen lines at the gas stations and the natural gas, propane. they're taking it serious and i
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encourage those that are not to do -- to always take the storm serious because you can never estimate where that storm might turn and we need to be prepared. if it's not coming directly for us, it might have strong winds, which you need to protect yourself with plants and anything outside of your home that can become a flying saucer and also just making sure that you have the particular items that you need to survive this storm. >> and if you want to help people affected by the storms go to cnn.com/impact. you can find a list of verified organizations ready to help you make a difference. more russians pushing back against being forced into the mili military. >> still ahead, a fight in siberia as officials try to bus
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more people in russia are openly saying no to president vladimir putin's partial mobilization, refusing to go to war in ukraine and in some cases fighting back. have a look at this. video out of siberia purports to show crowds clark with officials trying to put draftees on buses. all of this as putin signs new laws hoping to boost the ranks of his military. the laws make it easier for foreigners in the military to apply for russian citizenship and impose tougher penalties for refuse to go fight and disobeying orders. police are also stepping up a crack down on protests against the mobilization. an independent monitoring group says close to 1,500 people have been detained in recent days. russia's military is trying to put its on spin on things showing conscripts being given
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weapons. president volodymyr zelenskyy is urging russian toss dodge the draft saying moscow is sending them to their deaths. here he is. >> translator: the russian authorities are well aware that they are sending their citizens to death. there are no other options. >> for more cnn's ben wedeman joins us from kharkiv. ben, another message from zelenskyy aimed at a russian audience, this time to its soldiers. how is that likely to be received, do you think? >> reporter: well, we already know, kim, that the morale among russian soldiers, many of them in ukraine, isn't very good. they've poorly supplied, poorly led, they have bad logistics. so he's sort of focusing in on a fairly weak point of the russian forces. now, in his address last night he said that if russian soldiers surrender, he said they will be treated in a civilized manner. the circumstances of their surrender will be kept secret
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because, of course, russia has passed a law whereby if a soldier voluntarily surrenders he could later face up to 15 years in prison. and he said that in the event of a prisoner exchange, if a russian prisoner does not want to return to russia, ukraine will facilitate that. now, for those serving he called upon them to sabotage russian operations, interfere with those operations and possibly pass information about russian operations to ukrainian forces. but this is a message that's actually going on -- that has been sent out quite frequently. in fact, the other day i was near the front lines where the -- on my ukrainian phone i received from ukraine a message intended for russian soldiers, it says, soldier in the russian federation, you are fulfilling a criminal order. you will die.
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surrender to captivity, you will return home. kim? >> a striking message to receive there. ben, to the battlefield now, and we're hearing about drone strikes in owe des sachlt what more can you tell us about that? >> reporter: keep in mind, kim that is correct odesa is well away from the front lines, these are clearly drones that are new to this conflict, in fact, we have seen multiple reports that these are iranian drones, iran has recently reported to have sold a large number of drones, including kamikaze drones, in other words, drones that just smash. >> a target. we understand that one administrative building in the center of odesa was struck three times, as well as the navy headquarters. of course, this did result in fatalities. now, the ukrainians have protested to iran over its sale
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of these drones and, in fact, the government here has revoked the accreditation of the iranian ambassador to kyiv and also ordered a reduction in the number of diplomatic staff at the embassy. kim? >> lmplt thanks so much, ben wedeman in kharkiv. despite opposition to the military mobilization russian r russia has been able to round up many reservists to fight in ukraine but given the lack of morale some are wondering if the troops will be if he can if i have in battle. earlier i spoke about that with someone from the carnegie department of international peace. >> partial means that you have some ceiling in numbers. no numbers have been named officially. so estimate the soldiers you need, as many you call into the
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army, not front. so the spirit is low but it's a way to intimidate ukrainians and the west showing that now it's not special, a special operation anymore, now it's the whole nation fighting it's whatever, territory or what they call russian territory or its honor and it's future, whatever you call this. this is a signal not to go -- well, escalation and we are ready to make and to sacrifice more, but of course the moral and efficiency of these soldiers, that's clear. >> in the weeks and months past when you and i have talked about the prospect of mobilization it sounded as though, if i'm
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framing your argument right, that putin had a deal with the russian people, that he would wage this so-called special operation, shield them from feeling the effects of sanctions and importantly here wouldn't call them up to fight. well, now that sort of implicit promise has been broken. how much support about that cost putin? >> very much. of course, we can't have real numbers because an autocracy and dictatorship which russia is right now you cannot get real numbers, but of course his popularity just because the whole enterprise, whole invasion was based on the idea that professional soldiers and the government are doing their job and the ordinary citizens are continuing their normal lives. >> at the united nations general assembly russia's foreign minister was pressed about the international response to the
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war and while he firmly defended the invasion he refused to say whether strategic partner china has pressured moscow to end it. listen to this. >> i'm interesting you, though, are you coming under any pressure. i don't know. i'm asking. >> no. no. no. you ask me what about how do we feel under pressure from china? >> i said are you -- >> let's be honest. >> are you coming under any pressure from china? >> move along. >> look, you may -- you may tell your readers, listeners, viewers that i avoided -- to answer your question. >> lavrov had a more assertive response to the criticism russia is getting from the west. for one he fired back at the u.s. for imposing sanctions on russian response to the war and he also claimed western nations were trying to destroy his country and remove it from the world map and he dismissed their criticism of the ongoing referendums in russian held parts of ukraine.
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here he is. >> translator: the west is now throwing a fit because of the referenda which are being conducted in the lieu hansing, donetsk, kharkiv and zaporizhzhia oblasts, but people are reacting to what was said by the head of the kyiv regime mr. zelenskyy in 2021. at the time he said anyone who feels themselves to be russian for the benefit of their children and grandchildren should get out and go to russia. here the inhabitants of the mentioned regions are doing this now, taking their lands with them, where their ancestors had been living for hundreds of years. its clear to any unbiased observer for the anglo sachs ons who completely subjugated europe. two former prisoners of wars are back home in the u.s. after nor than three months in the hands of pro-russian separatists in ukraine. alexander drueke and andy huynh
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landed days after their release. part of a prisoner swap involving more than 250 prisoners and includes several other international volunteers who fought for ukraine. the families of the two americans are overjoyed to have them back. here they are. >> the last couple of days clearly it's been a blur. so we are excited to get them home, catch our breath and start to process everything we've been through. >> excitement, shock. i think most of us are in a little bit of shock because it can a i'm to suddenly and so unexpectedly, but thrilled. i mean, what do you say when your child is happy? that's all you want in life and they're coming home. i'm going to get my boy back and i'm going to see my girl smiling. she hasn't done enough smiling for the past three months. >> the families also say the two volunteers have no regrekts about fighting for ukraine despite their captivity. have a look, this fallen soldier in the upper far right
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has been posthumously awarded the title hero of ukraine. officials say the remains of sergei sovrov were recovered in a mass burial site in izium, where ukraine says more than 400 other bodies were found including some with signs of torture. the defense ministry calls his fate a tragic symbol of russian atrocities there. south korea calls pyongyang's latest ballistic missile launch a significant provocative action harming peace and safety on the korean peninsula and calls on north korea to immediately stop as kim jong-un's reesh sheem fired a ballistic missile off the eastern coast of the korean peninsula on sunday. they have conducted at least 19 missile launches this year. the latest one comes ahead of planned military exercises between the u.s. and south korea and a visit to the region by u.s. vice president kamala harris. people in the philippines are hunkering down as super
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typhoon noru bears down. the latest details live from the cnn weather center after the break. plus a critical parliamentary election in italy is under way, one that could see history made by the cost of another european party labeled as far right coming to power. a live report from rome next. stay with us. so betty can be the barcode beat conduductor. ♪ go betty! let's be more than o our allergies! zeize ththe day. zyrtec.
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watching us here in the united states, cap da and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber, this is "cnn newsroom." we've been tracking dangerous and deadly tropical systems in the atlantic, but right now super typhoon noru is bearing down on the philippines. strong winds and heavy rain are battering luzon.
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officials warn of dangerous flooding and landslides. video shows hundreds of people stranded at ports in the philippines, forcing sea ports to suspend operations. joining me again is cnn meteorologist derek van dam. sounds like this storm got really big really fast. >> yeah, kim, it is sunday evening local time in the philippines and when philippine residents went to bed on saturday night they thought they were anticipating a manageable tropical storm but when they spoke up sunday morning, they understood they were staring down the eye of monster. that is because this storm rapidly intensified within a 12-hour period. this is not a typo. it increased its wind speed by 150 kilometers per hour and in that six-hour time span it increased its winds by 110 kilometers per hour. incredible, extreme, rapid intensification, that was the terminology used by the joint typhoon warning center.
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new to you this morning eastern standard time sunday evening time local, it is currently making landfall across the polilo island off the coast of central luzon. 240 kilometer sustained winds, 150 miles per hour equivalent to a category 4 hurricane. look at that pin eyewall as it continues to move in a due westerly direction. that system is impressive. even though it's lost some organization, this is a formidable dangerous threat for the manila metropolitan as well as the eastern facing shoreline of southern and central luzon. this storm system has prompted the local meteorological agency ac across the philippines to hoist its highest storm signal, level 5 out of 5 and this is new information, by the way. that shading of purple has been extended inland and the shading of red, by the way, is the level signal 4 that extends all the way into manila as.
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this is going to have major implications for travel on the ground and in the skies as well. signal 5 means that significant damage to structures is likely and ongoing, especially as the winds continue to ham there are region. the forecast track wings it across central luzon through the next six hours, it reemerges across the china sea and reintensifies and makes another landfall later this week across central portions of vietnam. this is going to have wide far reaching impacts for multiple countries. this is going to be a very costly disaster for these countries as well. >> two big storms we've been tracking throughout the weekend. appreciate the updates. thanks so much. snap election is under way in italy a contest that could see the country turn hard to the right. it was called after the collapse of former prime minister mario draghi's coalition earlier this year and comes as the country faces a deepening political and
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economic crisis. if giorgia meloni's right wing coalition wins she could become italy's first female prime minister. joining me is barbie nado. so it seems there that you are outside a polling place, if i'm seeing that right. how engaged are voters there in what looks to be a critical election? >> reporter: it is a critical election. when you look back to 2018 that's the last time italy went to the polls for a general election. they came up with a hung parliament. they didn't have a conclusive answer. the government has fallen twice since then. this is crucial. people are looking for stability. we have talked to a lot of people on both sides of this. we've talked to some who are here to vote for giorgia meloni thinking she can bring that stability, we've talked to people who are here to vote against her not because they support the opposition but because they don't want the country to go a hard right government.
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she's leading a coalition that is anti-immigration, euro skeptic and has mixed feelings on russia and the continuing support to ukraine. the italians we've talked to really do care about this. we will know how many people are going to the points, the voter turnout, but from what we're seeing it's been a steady stream all lorng long. >> interesting. and when you're saying so their far right party, what does that mean not just for italy but for the rest of europe? >> reporter: it is going to be very important throughout europe and also in a geopolitical level globally. within you look at this center right coalition anchored by giorgia meloni who is for the continued support of the war in ukraine her two coalition members are friends of vladimir putin and want to see a softening of sanctions. all three of these center right parties are euro skeptics. sergio berlasconi is less euro
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skeptic but they all will cause a problem for brussels if they come into power. the polls close here about 11:00 local time tonight. there is a lot more of the day and a lot more voting to be done here. >> we will be following along. thanks so much. we're getting a look at queen elizabeth's final resting place at windsor castle. what you are seeing there is the ledger stone crafted from land carved black marble with blass letters. the scene's name is inn squierd along with those of her late husband, late mother and late father. the ash's of the queen's sister are also interred in the same chapel. iran says more than 1,000 people have been arrested in the worst civil unrest there in years and the tehran government is doing all it can to make sure the world doesn't see the brutal crackdown now under way. the latest just ahead. later in the program you
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turning now to the political turmoil in iran where a social media sites have gone dark amid a ruthless crackdown on anti-government protesters. have a look. more than 1,000 people reportedly have been arrested in recent days including journalists. it's all part of the government's attempt to choke off video and information at a time of civil unrest. cnn's salma abdelaziz joins us from london. the extent of the protests, how widespread might be surprising given how repressive the regime is. >> reporter: i think that internet blackout is telling of how threatened the authorities
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are by these demonstration. on friday 40 cities across iraq rocked by unrest. these are extraordinary acts of courage. i want to show you one example, a leaked social media video that we cannot independently verify that shows protesters in the hometown of the supreme leader and they are burning a statue, a statue that is symbolic of the 1979 islamic revolution. it it is scenes like this that are being met with absolutely brute force. an nesty international saying live fire is being deliberately fired into crowds of protesters. you've mentioned hundreds of people arrested, including journalists. dozens more killed -- dozens, rather, killed as well. we can't independently verify this death toll but that is part of why this internet blackout is so concerning. it means it is difficult for the international community, for
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monitoring groups to get information on the ground, to understand the extent of the brutality that is happening at the hands of the security forces. for the protesters inside iran of course this internet blackout is extremely threatening, isolating, limits their ability to communicate and to coordinate and couple that with the rhetoric that you're hearing from people of course like iranian president ibrahim rossi who has described these protests as riots, described these demonstrators as enemies of the state, who has said this is a threat to national security. you're hearing over and over again from authorities this very threatening language that they will get back control. very serious concerns. the united states taking steps to try to expand access to the internet, the u.s. treasury department issuing a sanction that will allow software companies to circumvent sanctions with u.s. approval. one of the people taking use of this loophole will be elon musk, he has already activated his
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satellite internet to to give iranians more access on the ground. real worries, real fears about what's happening in the darkness of that blackout. >> all right. very volatile situation, we will continue to monitor that. salma abdelaziz in london, thanks so much. the anger and discontent in iran is boiling over in cities far beyond iran's borders. have a look. solidarity rallies have sprung up around the world with more planned for today. this was the scene saturday in london where thousands voiced their support for iranians struggling to be heard in their own country. now, all of this of course was precipitated by the pra jik death of mahsa amini while in the custody of the morality police, we may never know why she was arrested for allegedly violated the islamic code or how she died.
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all right. it sounds like the plot of a hollywood movie, but nasa is going to try to redirect an asteroid. it's preparing to carry out its first planetary defense test mission called dart. the goal is to try to knock an asteroid from its current path. there is no danger from this ast r asteroid but it is a test road for one down the road that might be dangerous.
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kristin fisher has details. >> this comet is what we call a planet killer >> it's what we call a global killer. >> reporter: hollywood has been scheming up ways to save the world from killer comets or asteroids for decades. >> the united states government just asked us to save the world. >> reporter: instead of bringing in bruce willis nasa has a different idea and it's about to test it for the first time. >> it's what we all fear, what if there was an asteroid coming toward earth, can you really stop and do something about it. for the first time our technology allows us to do something about it. >> reporter: nas is a planning to ram a spacecraft into an asteroid which pose no, sir threat to planet earth. the goal is to key is the impact will push it slightly off course. if it works it means that this technique could be used to deflect a future killer asteroid that is headed for earth. >> this inaugural planetary defense test mission marks a
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major moment in human history. for the first time ever we will measurably change the orbit of a celestial body in the universe. >> reporter: mission control is inside johns hopkins applied physics laboratory in maryland. >> what is this place going to be like on impact day or impact night i should say? >> oh, my goodness, it's going to be filled to the brink with people, there will be people in every single seat in the whole operation center, 44 people in here alone. >> reporter: they will be able to watch the impact live, as will everyone on earth thanks to a camera that's mounted on the spacecraft. >> these are live images? >> live images from dart right now. >> reporter: one of the most tense moments for the team will happen at 50 minutes to impact when the spacecraft will switch its sights from a bigger asteroid its pointed at now to a smaller second asteroid which is the real target. >> that's a very sweaty time for us. so we have a lot of contingencies built right around that 50-minute transition. we will be watching it likes
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hawks, very scared, but excited. >> then we're going to have it get closer and closer and the field of view of our imagery and then hit it. >> reporter: it's a moment this team has been training for for months but even the rehearsals have been tense. >> we all one by one stood up with all of our heads up and all of us were intently watching the screens, just watching the asteroid get bigger and bigger and my heart was actually pal pa dating. i was like this is not normal. right? it's just a rehearsal, but yet you really felt like you were about to hit that asteroid for the first time. >> you are testing. >> we're testing. >> the technology that could potentially save all of human kind down the road. >> down the road, right. >> reporter: we should know almost immediately on monday night if the dart spacecraft successfully hit its target but nasa says it will take a few weeks to determine if dart was successfully able to move that asteroid just a little bit off
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its current orbit. kristin fisher, cnn, washington. monisha ravisetti is a science rider for cnet and joins me now. thanks for being here with us. first off, why did they starting this particular asteroid, do you think? >> hi. thank you for having me. yeah, so basically nasa is targeting this particular asteroid system in which there is a larger asteroid being orbited by a smaller one for a couple of reasons. number one, at the point of impact it's going to be close enough to earth that post impact ground based telescopes and other observational equipment will be able to tell whether or not the experiment worked and then number two the system the way that the smaller asteroid's orbit -- you know, the trajectory of it is comparable to the way that a potentially hazardous asteroid orbiting the
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sun on a collision course with earth might be positioned and so it's kind of a really good analogy that they're using. >> i understand that that little asteroid that they're planning to hit is about sort of the size of two football fields, a relatively tiny target, so how hard is it going to be to actually hit it? >> so, i mean, when you consider the size of the asteroid and then, you know, the spacecraft comparatively the spacecraft is just a little ant traveling to a giant mountain maybe. >> it's like the size of a bus, is that right? >> yeah, it's about -- it's about like -- so the solar panels are about 8 meters long, the -- itself is 5 by 6 by 8. it's not huge. when you consider the size of this asteroid it's very, very small and nasa actually -- i'm not sure you saw they released footage of what they expect the impact to look like and it
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really looks like just a tiny little brick leaving a plume of dust in space. i don't expect the size to be much of an issue. >> intentionally crashing a spacecraft that costs more than $300 million, how would you convince someone who thinks that with all of the real and actual challenges this country is facing that this isn't a waste of money? >> i definitely understand the worry. it is a lot of money. it's a few hundred million, like you said, but when it comes to space projects i would urge you -- i would urge the public to think about how much a lot of space projects really cost, like the james web space telescope which delivered everything it promised and more cost $10 billion and artemis which is going to be going to the moon it's going to cost $93 billion give or take seeing how things go and the rocket itself is something like $20 billion. we're working with really, really large numbers. so considering the fact that
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this is just a few hundred million, i know that the agency also tried to use cheaper materials because if everything goes well this spacecraft is not going to survive, we're not going to be getting anything from it after the crash. i think that, you know, it is definitely a lot of money but considering how expensive space projects can be i think it is rather efficient. >> and if it saves the earth i guess it's worth the cash. let's pretend this experiment goes off without a hitch, works perfectly. even if it does is there any guarantee that it will work the next time with an object that we might not be as familiar with, let's say, or is maybe much closer or much bigger? >> well, you know, with science there are no guarantees. i think this is going to be step one of a very long process of creating what nasa is calling our first planetary defense system. we have never tried anything like this before. it is, you know, a step away
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from what nasa is usually known for which is exploring the universe, this is kind of the complete opposite of that where a spacecraft is like headed to its death. we're trying to protect the earth in consequence of that. >> this is fascinating stuff. thank you so much for being here with us. monisha ravisetti, appreciate your time. >> thank you. nasa is postponing tuesday's launch of the artemis i rocket due to tropical storm ian. officials will decide sunday if the rocket will have to be rolled back to the maintenance facility. if they do that it will take roughly 11 hours and would begin late sunday night or monday morning. the launch has already been scrapped twice because of technical reasons including liquid hydrogen leaks. and before we go, the beer city may be facing turbulent times here in the u.s. a shortage of aluminum cans and carbon dioxide could be the latest supply chain issue facing brewers and consumers.
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breweries already face high prices because of malted barley and hops along with high transportation costs and it's all been impacting the bottom line. the brewers association warns some companies may be forced to close. experts say current trends may not necessarily result in shortages but variety and selection could be limited. all right. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom," i'm kim brunhuber. for viewers in north america "new day" is next, for the rest of the world it's "call to earth."
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