i'll look at the ripple effects of suicide and the people it leaves behind. my brother carter died by suicide in 1988 and i talked to dr. b.j. miller whose sister died by suicide as well. he's helped caregivers and people facing terminal illnesses. it's a powerful conversation. i hope you will listen. it is available tomorrow on all there is. news continues right now. let's hand it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." >> anderson, thank you. i can't wait to listen to the next episode. as we i'm laura coates, and this is "cnn tonight." hurricane ian is charging toward florida's west coast, and, look, it's already felt on the tip of florida right now. the keys are beginning to experience the effects of this monstrous storm with tropical storm winds literally whipping through speeds of 40, 50 miles an hour. the center of ian will pass west of the florida keys as it barrels toward the gulf coast,

and it might strike hard there tomorrow. not only is this a life-threatening category 3 hurricane getting stronger, packing winds of 120 miles an hour, it's also getting larger in its size. ian's wind field is expanding, which can potentially expose more of florida to destruction. the storm's exact landfall tomorrow does remain uncertain, but it could be between tampa and ft. myers. now, one of the greatest threats is the storm surge and it could reach up to even 12 feet in some areas, which could bring, as you can imagine, pretty catastrophic flooding. floridians are being urged by officials not to underestimate this storm and nearly 2 million people are already under mandatory evacuation orders all across florida. and more are at least urged to leave. police in tampa are now going door to door warning people they got to get out. 5,000 national guard members are now even activated in florida

and another 2,000 guard troops are from other states to help them out. we're about to hear more from the mayor of sarasota, one of the places expecting a direct hit. in tampa ryan young is standing by. but first, let's check in with tom sater in the cnn weather center. what is the latest now? >> well, the current location, laura, in the 9:00 p.m. advisories places the center 180 miles south-southwest of punta gorda. it's been moving 10 miles per hour all day long. it was moving about 12 before it hit western cuba, which, by the way, tremendous flooding, power's out in havana. we're going to talk about more in detail later, laura in the broadcast, but just to give you some of the basics, notice how the creye is collapsing here. it's undergoing restructuring, reorganizing. in fact, you can see it better on radar. it's called an eye wall

replacement cycle. what that means is the heaviest con injection near the center is spreading out. once it spreads ut and it gets better organized, it collapses again and gets stronger. but not only does it get stronger, it pushes those winds outward. as you mentioned just moments ago, it is getting bigger. i mean, hurricane-force winds are about 80-milewide swath, and that will grow in size. that's going to affect more citizens and residents in florida. other problems we're having right now, these feeder bands have been moving in and producing numerous tornadoes with damage and broward county, downed trees, even north of miami we had plane damage as well. we had one north of naples, so we got a tornado watch that is in effect for a very large area. but what's significant about this, it's in effect until 5:00 a.m. in the morning. that is staggering. these tornadoes are not like the ones we see in the southern plains. they're not monsters. they're spin-ups, maybe ef1s or

2s, but they're harder to detect when they occur. these bright green, those are flooding areas on rivers. this is peace river. for the last two weeks they have had more than double their average rainfall, and many locations, river gauges on the peace river are already at flood stage. that's the last thing you want when you're going to have water get shoved up in charlotte harbor that runs into the peace river. it's going to back it up. we're going to have numerous problems on area rivers. now we got our category 4, might be a strong category 3 at landfall because of the restructuring, but don't pay attention to the number. it's going to affect someone. notice the span in our track. it has been trending to the south and to the east and almost every track advisory we have received. now, if there's going to be a movement, again, it might be just slight, but it's going to be south again. i think there's a little low possibility of it moving back to the west. but what that track change

means, instead of a 5 to 10-foot surge in tampa bay, which yesterday had the forecast -- the system ian stalling and for 36, 48 hours just tossing and shoving that surge into the bay, they're now looking at that center to the south. so as it circulates counterclockwise in the bay, they'll see the water recede and move out to the gulf. however, to points to the south t it's worse. now we see the increase in the surge and that's big-time problems for areas of venice, port charlotte, coral gables, and now these inundation areas are getting worse. when you see a shift like this, it's a sigh of relief for one community but it's a vision of heartbreak for another. we'll get more into the detail and dynamics of what's happening a little bit later. >> wow, tom. i mean, a tornado in one area, hurricanes, storm surge, it's unbelievable to think about. you think about going inland, there seems to be no real place

to have refuge. we'll keep checking with you, tom sater, thank you so much. tonight i also want to turn to tampa where the mayor says they face a devastating amount of water. it's easy to see why after what tom has just articulated here tonight. our own ryan young is there. ryan, i mean, you rode along with officers with the tampa police department today. they were going door to door in a mandate evacuation zone. were the residents complying? what is it like on the ground as you're seeing the concern raise the attention on florida? >> reporter: that's such a great question. there's so many people who have moved here from other places, especially during covid. they've never been through a hurricane before, and now they have this facing right in their face. you talk about storm surge, it's words people have never heard before. as we saw those officers going door to door and they were talking to people, some folks were saying, look, we plan to leave later this afternoon.

others said they had nowhere else to go and they didn't want to leave animals behind. one thing tom talked about that a lot of people have been saying over and over, the echo, the ground is already saturated wit. you might see a flooding in certain parts of the tampa area. in fact, right behind me is one of the trauma centers, one of the hospitals. if you look in that direction, laura, you can see those barricades. that's actually an aqua fence set up to stop the water from getting into the hospital because they deal with it so much on this side of the island. we've talked to people who say they desperately want to get out of the situation, but at the same time they don't want to leave home. we talked to one man who said, look, you better listen because it's not worth gasping mbling w your life. >> i'm not a very good gambler, and it's a bit of a gamble if you don't take it seriously. >> reporter: yeah.

so you can understand the sandbag operations here stopped at 2:00. laura, we've been out there for several days now watching this. people getting in line for two or three hours to get sand and leave with ten bags. that's all they get. neighbors have also been sharing their sand with each other because they want to barricade their doors not to let water in. as you know already from other situations, you don't want to be driving in water. that's one of the big concerns. the mayor, the police chief, the fire chief all made that very clear today. please don't drive in water because obviously even three feet of water can take your car away. >> pretty unbelievable, ryan, to think about the lines. please be safe down there. and again, not everyone having a place to go, specifically not wanting to go to the shelters in the area. i want to go to sarasota county where more than 150,000 pe people -- think about that -- they're under mandatory evacuation orders. just two hours ago, water to the

city of of sarasota was turned off as the area is bracing for what will be, they believe, widespread flooding. joining me now is the mayor of sarasota, eric arroyo. thank you for joining us this evening. this wasn't supposed to happen to your city, but florida was obviously under a watch. water has been shut off, but the bridges have also been closed. i'm wondering, mayor, how are you feeling about all the preparations thus far. will it be enough? >> you know, our main priority at the city of sarasota is the safety of our residence. we called a local state of emergency and activated emergency operations center, meaning we have all the staff necessary for any type of disaster on call. we evacuated zone a, which is the barrier islands and people living on boats and mobile

homes. when we started closely monitoring the situation last week, we received full briefings three times a day. o our utilities department made sure everything is ready to go. we have four to five -- many of our city buildings are in operation ready to go. florida power and light has been staged here in town since yesterday, thousands of people. i mean, we're ready to redirect traffic and most of the residents are heeding the warning, that it's unsafe to be in the barrier islands. to me, you know, i love this city. i went to high school here. it's truly just amazing. it's catastrophic. it's terrible what has occurred and the fact we're in this

position, but it is truly humble and amazing seeing the great community we have because it doesn't matter if your republican or democrat. in these times, everybody, neighbors are coming over and talking the other neighbors and trying to take care of them. we're all in this together. there is that understanding here, which is pretty humbling. >> and florida is not alone. the whole nation is watching to see what's going to happen and hoping the best for your community and all across florida as well. i do wonder, you said most people are heeding the warnings to leave. we do know not everyone has the means to leave an area. sometimes you don't have anyplace to go. maybe there's the financial means, maybe you have pets at home or somebody who's unable to be transported easily. how concerned are you about those who have chosen to ride out the storm? has there been any thought given to those who will predictively stay, maybe justifiably, and need help? >> there is no excuse for that here in sarasota. we are a giving community. we have so many resources.

we have a transportation hub that will literally pick you up and take you to one of our 12 shelters that we have locally. you can go on floridadisaster.org, look up a checklist of things you need at the grocery store to be prepared for this. we have a sandbag distribution happening all over the county. on top of that, i mean, we are constantly reaching out to residents. we are sending -- phone calls, phone notifications, we're on social media. of course the news outlets like yourself. and we have the resources. if anyone truly is vulnerable and they need the help, we are here for them. >> really important to get that message out because we see time and time again we will cover, you know, hurricanes and natural disasters and the forthcoming issues. we always want the message to come out, mayor, that there is

help and resources and for people to get the message. thank you so much for your time this evening. we're thinking about you as we continue to watch what happens with hurricane ian. thank you. >> thank you. our coverage of hurricane ian continues in just a bit. there's also a new big trial under way. in fact, the highest profile trial yet in connection with the january 6th attack. the leader of the oath keepers facing decision charges. we'll learn more abo the planning of the insurrection, next.

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biden from becoming president through violence. it'll be the first time in over a decade the doj has prosecuted americans, a charge that was leveled against islamic terrorists and puerto rican nationalists. according to attorneys, they're going to put forth a pretty unique and rather novel agreement that they were armed at the capitol that day because they believe that they were following legal orders from president trump himself. former white house communication is here, nick ackerman, u.s. attorney for the sdny, and also scott jennings. they're all here right now. look, i'm going to do a little bit of a voir dire for you for a second because i've seen the voir dire form. however you want to pronounce it. the questions you want to ask a

juror to figure out if they can be impartial. here are some of the questions that they were asked already trying to figure out how much they knew about something. let's put the screen up for everyone. one of them is whether you voted in 2020. one was how exposed you had been to the videos from january 6th. did you tune into the january 6th news coverage, including the day it actually happened? and also, have you been exposed to the hearings? essentially trying to get at how much do you know. what do you think about this particular trial? this is a very big one. it's pretty important to look at. not a very we will tested area of the law. >> this is a slam dunk for the government. >> really? >> yes. they've got three cooperating witnesses, which is absolutely unusual in any kind of a conspiracy case to have that many cooperators. and then on top of it they're all corroborated by these text messages that were on signal, emails on pro-ton, all encrypted email messages, which only could

come to light because these cooperators provided them to the government. i mean, as a prosecutor, if i had one cooperator and lots of corroboration, i got a good shot, two, i got a great shot, but three, forget it. they have three people who are able to testify here, and they're all corroborated by contemporaneous messages that basically show that their intent was to overthrow the government, to stop the peaceful transfer of power, to bring arms into the d.c. area and essentially try and stop the vote count in the congress. >> here's the one flaw. it's like dating sometimes. who you are matched up with on paper looks great. i'm married now, so i don't know what you're talking about. but the idea of getting matched up on paper, but then there's the monkey wrench in the plans, and that is they don't have trump, right, they don't have him. yes, you were following my orders, which seems to be the continuous hurdle we see in the

court of public opinion and the actually hearings. do you think that's an issue? >> it may be. what i'm fascinated by is they're basically saying we thought we were following the lawful directions of the former president because they thought that he was going to use the insurrection acts. now, the insurrection act exists to halt insurrections, so the absurdity that they were committing insurrection on u.s. capitol soil thinking they would be able to hide behind that law. i can't predict where this is going to go legally, but it speaks to just how co-opted some of these people were by fringe conspiracy theories that just took hold and inspired these people to organize, to be there, and to go to the lengths they did. >> is that enough, do you think? >> i mean, i don't know. this is one of those things about -- we saw it happen. >> it's one of the questions in the voir dire. >> and so we all saw it, we've seen the videos, we've all seen, you know, the news that's unfolded since. there's not a ton of mystery.

seems like a bank shot to a layperson. i think there's a lot of riding on this for the doj. they had high-profile missteps on things over the last few years. they need a win on this matter, i think. >> some would say democracy needs a win. >> this defense is total nonsense. first of all, the insurrection act allows the president to get the u.s. armed forces out there. that's what president eisenhower did in little rock to desegregate the schools. g you don't pick guys of the street and put them into the armed forces under the insurrection act. secondly, if you look at the emails and the text messages there, i mean, they're all contrary to this defense. right out of the box, november 3rd, stewart rhodes is talking about the fact that they have no choice but to actually undertake a civil war. and it goes on talking about a civil war. he says in another message we

have the legal leg to stand on, but we got to go out there and do what we're going to do. >> that's a good receipt. we don't have anything, but let's try anyway. >> the cross-examination here would be devastating on him. i mean, he gets up on the stand, he's going to be just destroyed. there's no way he can put forward that defense with a straight face, nor can his lawyers. >> i wonder if the d.c. jury, where it is actually going to be, that's why the voir dire for me to my is impactful because they're getting to the heart of the matter of impartiality and can you be impartial. normally with a high-profile case, you probably heard about it. this is a high-profile case globally. we all saw it with our eyes. there will be the talking point politically that because of the jurisdiction that this is in, it'll be thought to be -- you talk about at a slam dunk or bank shot, that this is politics all over again. is that a winning argument? >> no, because we know that more than 20 million people have seen the january 6th hearings.

we know the day of january 6th tens of millions of people tuned in, americans across the board have seen it. you're not going to find someone who is unaware of the facts that took place that day. i think the impartiality argument, you can still be an impartial juror and recognize history as it took place. but also i want to underscore, this case shows why a former president toying with invoking the insurrection act is so dangerous. by the way, i was the one sitting in the press secretary's office when a staffer came in with the draft of the insurrection act in june of 2020 wanting to call it up. he was toying with it for months. he talk about it, he put it out there on social media. what does that do? it emboldens militias. >> this voir dire you're looking at, there's nothing special about that. i've done lots of jury trials and criminal trials. that's pretty standard stuff. it's much longer than you probably showed. >> it's 15 pages.

>> 15 pages. >> at least. >> each juror fills it out. both sides look at it, it gives the them an ability to try and knock people out for cause. it gives them some idea where these people are coming from before they're questioned. but this is standard. there's nothing unusual about this voir dire questionnaire. >> in fact, some people who were very excused said things like in their written statements, this was the most treasonous act i've ever seen, which of course, you know, gets you struck to have that level of honest. although, as you're saying, there's no requirement that you be ignorant to be impartial. you can know about the case as long as you can be impartial. we'll be right back. ahead, a huge boost to a bill to prevent another january 6th attack. and mitch mcconnell's on board. the senate's top republican. plusus, a january 6th heari that was planned for tomomorrow has now w been postponed. does that hurt or help the committee and their credibility? are they running out of steam or time? next.

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there's ban major boost tonight for efforts to avoid a repeat of the legislative chaos in congress that happened on january 6th. violent insurrection aside, of course. mitch mcconnell announcing he will support legislation making it harder to overtehurn a certified re-election. >> provided more than technical changes are made to its current form. con congress' process for counting the votes was written 135 years ago. the chaos that came january 6th underscored the need for an update. >> while mitch mcconnell's proud endorsement is really, well, noteworthy to talk about, it

also improves the bill's chance of passage, but puts him at odds with the former president of the united states, donald trump, and republicans who are in the house where all but nine republicans opposed a similar measure that passed just last week. our guests are back with me to discuss this. scott, you know senator mcconnell very well. what does this signify that he's willing to proudly support it if only technical changes are made. >> he thinks this is right over the target in terms of the appropriate response to january 6th. there was an initial movement by democrats that totally overhauled federal election laws and trying to federalize the election, they opposed that. that is bipartisan effort, 11 republican sponsors, 11 democrat sponsors. it's been crafted throughout a series of meetings over a language period of time. this is how laws get made. the one that passed the house i don't think can pass the

congress. when they comeback for the lame duck, it would blooon behalf of house to accept the senate's bill. it would have prevented 2000, 2004, and 2016 when democrats used it to try to challenge bush and trump's elections as well. this really does put us on a path, i think, to an upgrade that would take away any ambiguity about how to monkey with the process. >> let's be clear. this is about trying to change the way that it's certified, that ceremonial process that happened on january 6th, which, of course, vice president mike pence said he wasn't going to toy with or tinker with. the senate bill has this idea of the threshold, of course, and what it requires to actually raise an objection. 1/5 is the threshold to think about here, and about the list of electors. the point you're making, of course, is in the house, a little bit different and the threshold is different and what the criteria is to achieve it. is this a sign that there is an acceptance in the republican party in particular that, look,

this wasn't about the election denial being accurate. this was about ways to use existing laws to undermine the fair and free transition? >> i think this is the right tact. i think previous efforts did not have the bipartisan support that they needed. this it's this right tone. eliminate any ambiguity. we don't need to deal with this again. we don't need bizarre interpretations of what the vice president of the united states can do or what electors can do. this makes it crystal clear. i'm confident it will pass in the lame duck and it's the right thing to do. >> the the thing on this bill if i may, the real issue is right now one congressman and one senator can join forces and throw this whole thing into chaos. >> and for any reason. >> for a stupid reason basically. >> any and all. >> this in the senate bill, a fifth of the body would be required. so you couldn't get one gadfly finding one gadfly and doing something. to me, that means if there was

an issue with the election, if something legitimate happened, you would have to go then get buy-in for more than a couple crackpots. i think that's the real critical matter here. >> let me ask you this politically because seems to me if this happened six months ago or a year ago, that this would have been a harder thing for mitch mcconnell to accept. but now you got donald trump basically wounded in the sense that he's got this situation with the classified information and the warranty is. he's got the new york attorney general complaint against him. he's gotten an investigation by the department of justice. he's got the georgia investigation. don't you think that -- i mean, mitch mcconnell takes the pulse of the senate, his caucus, and hasn't that -- doesn't this indicate something in terms of trump's influence in the senate and maybe the republican party? >> it's an interesting question. i actually think it has more to do with getting the cake out of the often at ven at the right t.

they don't take it out half baked. that's a way to get it not passed in the senate. you had bipartisan groups of negotiators. both schumer and mcconnell support this, but they weren't front and center necessarily hammering it out. so they let their work horses work on it in the background, and then when it was ready to come out of the oven, they pulled it out and now they have plenty of buy-in to pass the bill. timing is everything in passing bills in the senate. this came out at the right time. the issues you raise about t trtrump i don't think are unimportant. i think it has more to do with when it was ready as opposed to bringing it -- >> my mouth is watering. i now want cake, thank you so much. sorry about that. speaking of timing, though, speaking of trump, tomorrow was supposed to be the january 6th hearing, right? last one was july 21st. the timing now is they don't want to have this while hurricane ian is there, the optics look bad, i'm sure.

they want the ultimate level of transparency and coverage. are they losing out or missing out or are they running out of steam to do this? >> i don't think so. but the committee has a certain role, which is very disinttinct from the department of justice. it's what took place and uncovering more facts so that they can inform their opinion around it. it doesn't make sense when everyone will be glued to hurricane coverage where people in florida will be suffering. from a messaging standpoint, it makes stones delay it. >> i'd go one step further and say in some ways they're probably just as happy to have the delay for a week or two because there's other information they're going to have. they got ginni thomas coming in. >> the wife of justice thomas of the supreme court. >> right. they're trying to put together that tape of roger stone that they got from denmark. so when you take all of that

together, it's kind of like the last time they had that delay, that they were, like, wow, this is good for us so we can get our act together. that's part of what's happening, although i think it's driven by this hurricane because you can't message this in the middle of a hurricane. no one is going to be paying attention. >> ginni thomas might be the frosting in this cake analogy. there we go, everyone. enjoy. feast among yourselves. alyssa and nick, thank you so much. scott is sticking with us. we'll get an update on hurricane iaian. the flooding could rival thehe so-called storm of t the centur that happened almost three decades ago. tom sater is back with the areas that could see the worst of the hurricane's fury, next. elief with more coentrated power. plop plop fizz fizz,g drippi winter warriorsr style! with alka-seltzer plus. sometimes you're so busy taking care of everyone else you don't do enough for yourself, or your mouth.

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we're tracking hurricane ian this hour as florida is bracing for what could be a once in a century storm. right now sustained tropical-storm-force winds are being felt in the florida keys, with ian approaching the state as a category 3 hurricane. now, over 2.5 million people are

being told to leave, and they're bracing for potentially life-threatening storm surge. storm surge is here. let's talk with tom sater in the cnn weather center. tom, what is the latest that's happening right now? >> well, just to recap a little bit, the center of ian is 180 miles south-southwest of punta gorda gorda moving at 10 miles per hour. it wasn't much faster than that in cuba, which, by the way, heavy flooding there and they're without power in havana. key west already experiencing some tropical storm force wind gusts, 63 miles per hour, 71. but notice as we talked about that eye is collapsing. it's reorganizing. it's an eye wall replacement cycle, so the eye will expand a bit, get organized, and collapse and get strong again. but each time it does that, the winds expand. when can you expect some tropical-storm-force winds? okay, so in areas of purple is your greatest chance. at 8:00 p.m. in key west.

tomorrow at 2:00 a.m. from sarasota and lake okeechobee and by 8:00 a.m. most of the central areas in southwest will have tropical-storm-force winds. if you have pool furniture outside anywhere across this area, toss it into your pool, tie down loose objects from blowing around. these are tornado warnings and we've seen significant damage, uprooted trees, snapped trees, pembroke pines, we had aircraft overturned. even there through the northeast of ft. myers, there's another one. this is going to continue to happen with these feeder bands ride in. these tornadoes are ef1s and 2s, but they're getting observations and radar is catching them. tornado watch until 5:00 a.m. that'll be expanded throughout the day tomorrow. the track has been changing, you know. every time it changes, every time that center wobbles, laura, it's better news for some and it's worse news for others. i guarantee you, every one of these communities, no one wants misery for the next community, but they want the center of that storm to be south of them.

and hopefully it'll continue to go at least for some it's just unfortunate for others. >> tell me about the life-threatening storm surge. what does that mean? what areas are the most vulnerable? >> it has changed significantly, laura, in the last 24 hours. we were expecting the center to be offshore about 20 miles, 30 miles from tampa bay, tossing the surge into the bay and the inlets. take a look at the model changes. every six hours we get a track from the national hurricane center. this is 11:00 a.m. on monday. every six hours we have had one, and it's all been trending to the east and to the south. 75-mile shift. that means everything when it used to be a 5 to 10-foot surge expected in the bay, now it's 4 to 6. now it's 8 to 12 from sarasota to bonita springs. if you were with us yesterday, this is tampa bay and this was all bright yellow and red. but now we're not looking at any flooding. in fact, the winds will be

carrying the water out of the bay to the south where they swing back around. this is charlotte harbor. this is areas of peace river, which is going to flood dramatically. we've been waiting for a steering current. we have dry air coming down and ian moving all. together they will form and converge. that's going to create a lift. that's much more rain than we had yesterday. 10, 20 inches south of tampa to lakeland to orlando. this alone, laura, would be devastating without the hurricane. so this is life-threatening as well. big changes, not the best for everybody. >> tom sater, thank you. keep us informed, please. everyone, stay with cnn for continuing coverage of hurricane ian. coming up, the controversial election strategy on the political left promoting far-right gop candidates in hopes of playing spoiler this november.. is it working? and what does it say about today's democratic party?

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extremist candidates with the hopes of being able to win later down the road. why is it a problem to you? >> well, it has worked before in the past, -- one of my heroes, harry reid, did that in the. past he helped one of my heroes. most couple election he's ever had. so not per se against. it i'm against it. now this is not 2010 or 2012, democrats didn't succeeded. we have the president, not the nations leader, but my parties leader, saying in the maga extremists are semi-fascist. i think he's right. if that's true, then you cannot undermine that by backing some mega extremists in some states. it's great cynicism. by the way, the -- dominate plenty of knuckleheads without plans in this round. >> i just think it's playing with fire. i don't like it, and i think they need to do. it >> who's getting burned? >> well, i agree with. paul i think that it's simple. it's hypocritical. i think it makes biden look weak. if he's the head of the democratic party, and he's telling us on one hand how dangerous these folks are, and on the other hand these committees of his party are

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keeping the gavel out of the hands of kevin mccarthy, who would've overturn the results of the election. >> this is happening not only in the governor races but in the congressional races as well, and it's happening in places like new hampshire, all around, key states that have a very big deal in 2024 and going for it. what are you hearing? >> i mean, in new hampshire right, don baltic, which i don't know where exactly he stands on the 2020 election this point and then he claimed he wasn't. now i think he's sort of come back to it. you look at the polling there, you know, in new hampshire they had a poll come out, maggie hassan, the democratic incumbent there, clearly it's not double judges, it's not close, it's an eight-point lead. chuck morse, who is backed by chris sununu, the republican governor of that state, would've preferred chuck more. but now, dom bolduc is the nominee. he's trailing in that race. and i guess the argument that would be made if you're a democrat's look, that's one additional seat that's not on the table. this is a tight race for

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hey, thanks for. watching don lemon tonight starts right now. hey, don lemon. >> hello, laura coates. we've got a big storm bearing down, down in florida. it's really. bad >> it's unbelievable. you think about the storm surge, you think about the area that is affecting. it's the first in what, 100 years, don? it's scary. >> yeah, it's growing and growing and growing. and i'm supposed to go down. so hopefully i can go down, get on a plane. if so, i will see you tomorrow night. >> please stay safe. >> thank you very much, laura. stay safe, i will see you soon. this is don lemon tonight. and what laura and i were just talking about is a life-threatening impact. this is something you really need to pay attention to, especially if you're in the path, the of love once or relatives there. just the country as a whole,