hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states an all around the world, i'm paula newton joining you live from atlanta just ahead on "cnn newsroom." people in southwest florida, this is going to likely make landfall as a category 4

hurricane. >> this storm will only continue to intensify. if you want to leave, now is your last chance. >> the entire state is going to be touched by this storm. >> it's going to be in our stream. it's going to be in our canals. it's going to be in our stormwater drains and dishes. >> i'm not scared. i'm prepared though. >> you can already start to see what it is doing to the waters in the gulf just slamming these waves up against the sea wall right here. it is wednesday, september 28th. 4 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast where a monster category 3 hurricane is at this hour churning towards florida and parts of the state are already feeling the effects. now these are images from key west where major flooding is being reported and hurricane force winds and strong storm surge warnings are already out there on the coast. now right now it's all hands on

deck. thousands of national guard members as well as urban search and rescue teams are mobilized ahead of the hurricane's expected landfall in just the coming hours. more than 30,000 utility workers meantime from 23 states are getting ready to help with what are sure to be extensive power outages. nearly 3 million people are under evacuation orders. think about that. florida's governor says if you haven't already left, the time to do so is quickly running out. listen. >> if you are in an evacuation zone, particularly in those southwest florida counties, you know, your time to evacuate is coming to an end. you need to evacuate now. you're going to start feeling major impacts of this storm relatively soon. you don't have to traverse all across the state of florida. you need to get to higher ground. you need to get to structures that are safe. there are shelters open in all

of these counties and that would be preferable than remaining in one of those very vulnerable areas with really, really potentially catastrophic storm surge. >> so to try to help, authorities have suspended tolls on central florida roads to make it easier for people to evacuate. long lines of cars stretched for miles tuesday as you would expect as people try to flee to safety. now even before the hurricane makes landfall authorities are warning of possible tornadoes, one hit overnight already in south florida. as you can see there, flipping aircraft and causing significant damage to hangers. our meteorologist pedram javaheri has been tracking the storm for days now. you do have a clearer idea, right, of when and where this storm is going to hit? what can residents expect? >> far better idea than yesterday. the last 10, 12 hours before landfall they hone in on the intensity which is expected to

strengthen to a category 4. as far north as orlando, marko island so it's not just the coastal regions. the scope of this storm shows you the vast reach of it. 120 miles an hour sustained winds near the eye wall. about 140 miles away from the center you'll feel tropical storms. key west to fort myers seeing the brunt of the storm. gusty winds, heavy rainfall all beginning to gradually move in. we've seen the models gradually shift farther towards the south and east with every single run. within a span of 24 to 36 hours we have a 100 mile spread of where the storm was initially forecast to move into. watch this very carefully because, again, confidence now increasing a big landfall will occur somewhere near san any bell island, clear water beach. these are the areas we're watching closely.

areas around tampa bay, storm surge has dropped significantly. storm surge at its highest value across the region, 3 to 6 feet. generally 1 to 3 feet is what we expect. moving further towards the south, storm coming in at a category 4. expect the storm surge along port charlotte and charlotte harbor to be as high as 9 feet. this is a significant storm surge. show you the animations of what that means. storm surge of 4 feet brings ka ter into the properties on the coast. any time you exceed 9, 10, 12 feet you can get water above the first floor of the homes. the energy expected farther towards the north puts other people at risk in areas of the south. 50% of tropical psych klobuchar fatalities do occur because of storm surge. that's why we try to hammer this particular element home so much when it comes to the weather and

tropics. we've already seen significant wind gusts upwards of 87 miles per hour. when it comes to the storm system, it's not just the storm surge, not just the category 4 winds. if you're not at the coast you're not going to be dealing with those is what you think. look at the rainfall. areas to the north, expansive area where the forecast models have brought as much as 20 plus inches across an expansive area. the flooding here is going to be significant. the flash flood risk is high and a lot of property damage is also going to be in place as well. when they tell you to evacuate, even if you're not by the coast, i think you should be evacuating. >> the risk to inland florida as well challenge our conventional wisdom. thank you very much. now the massive hurricane has kept meteorologists like pedram and storm chasers guessing as it's shifted course. you saw pedram say there as much as 100 miles in the last little while. take a look at these images from

on board a u.s. government flight on tuesday. this is actually inside the eye of the storm here. meteorologists and storm chaser reed timer has been tracking hurricane ian. here's what he's seeing from the fort myers area. >> you can definitely feel the power of the system already, even with the severity of the outer bands. we're in a mandatory evacuated area. sanibell island is off to the west. we're expecting 8 to 12 foot storm surge. absolutely devastating storm surge, life threatening. you absolutely need to leave especially these mandatory evacuated areas. i think people are really starting to take this seriously. it is going to be a category 4 at landfall. previous hurricanes like hurricane harvey, hurricane laura, hurricane ida last year were similar in intensity. it looks like this will produce a huge amount of rainfall as

well. flash flooding will be a substantial threat. there's a high risk of excessive rainfall across the southern parts of the state including tampa. flash flooding, coastal flooding, storm surge flooding. it's possible with the storm slowing down it could last through multiple tidal cycles. >> joining me now from fort myers is firefighter tracy mcmillian. thanks so much for joining us on an incredibly busy overnight. let's deal with the unfortunate facts of the storm. it looked as if fort myers might escape the worst of it. now that it's further east and south, what are you expecting? >> we're expecting something right now. as you can hear on this particular interview here, you hear the wind. you hear the rain. currently right now we're dealing with tropical storm force winds. we're expecting just being on

that what is talked about in emergency management as the dirty side of the storm. we're experiencing a lot of wind, a lot of rain. hurricane like forces, tornadoes. there's a lot of things that go with being in the particular area that we are. >> give us a look inside some of those procedures and some of the emergency planning, especially since you're probably dealing with a much stronger storm than you anticipated 48 hours ago. let's think first about the evacuations. how is that going? how has it gone? >> one of the things we will always try to do, i'll plan for the worst, hope for the best. we always try to make sure in emergency management we have maybe very aggressive plans to keep our community safe. some of the things with the evacuations. we've evacuated a good portion of our county, our city. things have gone pretty well with that. one of the things we can't stress enough and that we try to stress throughout this whole day

as far as folks to relocate, get out of the areas that may actually experience some terrible winds, they may experience some storm surge so we've actually done some great social media. great introduction to getting in contact with our community as well as we've actually gone out into the streets. good old-fashioned in the streets, human contact to try to encourage our residents to actually relocate to our shelters or somewhere safe like a neighbor or a friend or something of that nature. >> so the worst of this storm is going to hit throughout the morning and into the day tomorrow. what specifically are you guys expecting and how do you believe you'll handle it? i know a lot of people have been warned, look, departments like yours can't come and rescue people when you're dealing with those high winds and that storm surge. >> exactly right, paula. that's one of the challenges we have. we are heroes, we're responders. we want to take care of our communities, that's why we're public servants, however,

there's a safety measure in which we can't, you know, go out and do that. so when the winds and rains get too high, too forceful, where emergency efforts would be more dangerous than helpful, we have to hunker down. that's probably the hardest thing for us as responders to do is actually kind of seit and wat before we go out. those are things we talk to our responders and we've been in contact with all our partners at a county level, all our other partners throughout the state of florida to make sure we're ready for it. once those winds die back down, it's go time. we're going out to take care of our public and our city and our county to make sure all of our situations are mitigated. >> you've been in the community for a long time. what specifically about the ferocity of this storm worries you? >> how fast it's moving. that's one of my concerns. it's actually a slower moving storm with good forceful winds.

there's no such thing as a good storm. one of the challenges we have when the storm is moving slow, how long it's going to be impacting your community and that can create more challenges. it can actually tax resources a little bit more. so those are some of the things that we're really concerned about this. of course obviously for us as a location in fort myers, we're also concerned with on the side of the storm that we are and what that actually will bring to us being the dirty side of the storm. >> yeah. listen, we're all rooting for you. best of luck with everything and we will keep our fingers crossed that when go time comes, that the community of fort myers will get through it. thanks so much. appreciate it. >> thanks so much, paula. appreciate you. be safe. after everything discussed the storm is causing major delays for events and sports. tampa bay buccaneers moved across to miami.

the team postponed a ceremony for bruce arians, a former head coach and several college football games from florida to south carolina have been delayed or moved due to those storm concerns. meantime, all of cuba's 11 million residents are without power at this hour after hurricane ian damaged the island's aging power grid. power outages and infrastructure damage will make providing help for those in rural areas even more difficult. cnn's patrick altman has the story. >> reporter: cubans are in a nationwide blackout. after hurricane ian battered this island according to officials, it damaged the island's electrical system to a degree it led to rolling blackouts across the island even in central eastern cuba that were not affected by the wind

and the rain from hurricane ian. to the west there are hundreds of thousands of people without power because electric cables and electric posts were knocked down by the storm. in havana initially officials said that they took down power to the city's 2 million inhabitants to keep from there being fires and people being electrocuted from fallen power lines. as of tuesday night they're unable to restore power to cuba's capitol and the rest of the island. this is problematic for cuban officials. for months the island's aging power grid has been affected by blackouts, sometimes for days and then it has led to -- that has led to residents of many cuban cities and towns taking the streets in rare and what

cuban officials consider to be legal protests demanding power has been restored. cuban officials asked for people's patience and saying they hope to restore power. they say the power on the island is complicated. ahead for us here on cnn, jury selection is underway for what is the most significant case in the january 6th. thousands of russians try to flee after vladimir putin's mobilization o orders. a couple of gas pipe lines are leleaking in the baltic sea. they're saying they were deliberately sabotaged. we'll look into that when we come back.

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come on, what's the name? not irma but -- ian. come on, ian! >> okay. so good humor there. that's despite dire warnings from authorities. some in florida are choosing to ignore evacuation orders in favor of, in fact, riding out that storm. parts of florida are already beginning to feel the impact. storm surge warnings have been issued for the lower florida keys. it is expected to make landfall on the gulf coast near port charlotte. meantime, the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection has postponed wednesday's hearing because of hurricane ian. the last hearing which is likely to be the last is expected to be announced soon. it's expected to announce how allies expected to claim victory regardless of the outcome. a federal trial that could pose a major test.

five leaders of the oath keepers are charged with seditious conspiracy in that capitol attack. it's the first time in over a decade that the justice department will argue a group of americans plotted to violently oppose the u.s. government. all five defendants have pleaded not guilty. meantime, thousands of men are trying to leave russia after president vladimir putin's announcement of that partial mobilization or draft of russian citizens. the european border agency said 6600 russians entered the european union last week. that is a 30% increase from the previous week. george begans say the number of russians arriving daily has doubled. melissa bell reports from the georgia/russia border. >> reporter: russian forces making a dash towards the border with georgia. their task, to issue summons to the droves of eligible men

fleeing the draft after being instructed to check all men trying to cross through from russia. it's part of a coordinated effort with the george began authorities who have seen an unprecedented number . >> >> translator: those that are aware of what is happening and we're aware this will not end in a day or a month. there will be a second and third wave of mobilization and we are against it. >> reporter: already the crossing has been getting harder with fears it may soon become impossible. >> translator: it was very difficult. almost impossible. all of the checkpoints were closed. you must find some way. the locals guided us. >> reporter: those are the

people heading to the airport trying to desperately board flights. moscow's call to arms has pushed droves of men not just southwards but towards kazakhstan whose president pledged on tuesday to welcome them. russians heading also towards finland whose borders remain open to them. meanwhile, russia showing no sign of slowing down its mobilization efforts now extending them to occupied territories inside ukraine. as residents in the occupied city of donetsk received messages on tuesday asking them to attend the military commisariat. a move local ukrainians is justifying with the cessation effort. it has nonetheless triggered fear about what lies ahead not just for ukraine but for russia itself.

melissa bell, cnn on the border. europe is deeply concerned about damage to russian gas pipelines in the baltic sea. it says all available information indicates a deliberate act caused the nordstrom pipeline to start leaking. seismologists saw two explosions. they cut off the pipeline and they say whatever happened was no accident. >> translator: we have swedish intelligence but we have also received information in our contacts in denmark and based on this concluded this is probably a deliberate act. it is probably a matter of sabotage. >> now to get more on this cnn's claire sebastian joins us now from london. i know there's news on this just

out in the last few hours. claire, it's understandable, right, that there's a high level of concern throughout europe about this. >> reporter: yeah, paula. no one really shying away from the topic that this could have been sabotage. i think when you have three separate leaks in two pipe lines happening in the space of one day and it makes sense people are coming to this one conclusion. the eu promising to ramp up the security around the energy industry. the nato general secretary said while it's too early to make any conclusion, it's hard to imagine this is a coincidence. russia has a presence in the baltic and they think they will continue their saber-rattling and russia's presence there. the danish emergency agency says

they don't expect any risk to the gas pipeline. there was no actual gas flowing to europe through these two pipe lines. the nordstrom 2 never started pumping. nordstrom 1 cut back until it was to zero. russia said it was political. this is still a warning shot to europe that they not only need to secure their supplies but they need to secure that energy infrastructure, paula. >> yeah. quite a development in what has been a surprising time line since this conflict began. and i want to go now to that referenda that we were discussing earlier. it will in fact follow the kremlin script. if we look at that script, claire, what are we expecting in the next few days? >> reporter: there's been a final count for not at all

surprising around three out of four regions, the kherson region in the 80s voting for joining russia. the u.k. defense ministry says there is a realistic possibility that on friday president putin will announce the annexation of the territories when he addresses parliament. the speaker of the federation council which is the upper house of parliament in russia has said they will address this next week. to state media it could involve an act of parliament or a treaty on the accession and they say they will not recognize the foreign ministry. they're saying this shows contempt for all those who have been calling for diplomacy. this sets up that this is now a dangerous moment in this conflict. will russia reframe ukrainian attacks as now happening on russian soil. don't forget, some of these regions are about to annex were not even occupied by russia. there is likely to still be fighting in these areas, paula.

>> in fact, ukraine has been pushing in those areas despite holding those referenda. claire sebastian, thanks again. police going door to door in tampa warning residents time is running out to seek shelter. coming up, why police say they may soon be unable to help those in need. we are tracking the storm for you. a live forecast with our meteorologist pedram java marry is next. >> paula, hurrrricane iaian now prompted nine tornadoes in the past few hours across parts of flo flflorida. we'll touch on that threat, the threat of storm surge and the incredible amount of rainfall all coming up in a few minutes. great value r all your favorites only from ihop. download t app and earn free food with every order.

and welcome back. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm paula newton. we want to bring you right up to date with our top story. states across the southeastern united states are keeping a close eye on hurricane ian. storm surge watch has been issued for the entire georgia coast and governor brian kemp has issued a state of emergency for all georgia counties. meantime, ian is expected to make landfall in florida in the coming hours. that is, as you see it there, between sarasota and port charlotte as a category 3 or maybe even category 4 hurricane. forecasters are worried the hurricane is -- has potential to be like none we have ever seen. listen. >> as it grows in size, continues to grow in size, it's going to continue to spread a swath of multiple hazards across a good chunk of the florida peninsula. if you are not on the direct

path of the center, that doesn't mean you're out of harm's way. we have to go back to will ma to see that type of storm surge. certainly didn't happen in charlie. charlie was a very small system. so i definitely want people in the port charlotte area to not fall victim to that comparison. charlie was a very small and compact system. the storm surge wasn't that deep as what we're projecting here. look at the size of this storm. this is the wind field here in the orange. it's just a very big system. >> so earlier forecasts had ian making landfall a bit farther north. that would have been around the city of tampa. we have a reporter there covering the storm. floor yeah? >> reporter: the rain has already started falling here in tampa. 2 1/2 million people across the entire state of florida are under an evacuation order. officials asking people to take that warning seriously. the storm is approaching. it will make a direct hit here

on this part of the state. officials concerned about catastrophic flooding. residents across the sunshine state are bracing for what's expected to be a major hurricane which already caused severe damage in cuba. hurricane ian churning in the gulf. >> for the first time in 100 years a hurricane could directly hit tampa. >> the biggest concern is the water. we are not getting out of this unscathed. there is going to be flooding throughout the tampa bay area. >> reporter: tampa could see surge waters as high as seven feet. the storm is likely to slow down over the city causing more rainfall and flooding. >> so we're talking not just the bay but our rivers, our canals. i mean, every source of water is going to be flooded. >> reporter: flights halted across much of the state. dozens of residents lining up to get sand bags in tampa and orlando. all of florida bracing for the

storm. >> the main message i have for everyone in florida is that this is going to impact everyone in different ways so you need to stay focused. >> reporter: hurricane ian already leaving a path of destruction in cuba. it made landfall as a category 3 hurricane with winds of 125 miles per hour knocking out power and tearing down trees. now local officials here warning about historic flooding, catastrophic flooding over the next couple of days, especially in the tampa area where we are now surrounded by rivers like the one you see behind me, canals and the coast line. officials say they're most worried about water moving inland causing damage to property and life. in tampa, gloria pasmino, back to you. we go to meteorologist pedram javaheri. pedram, we heard gloria talking about the risk in tampa.

you've been warning us. the issue is not just how much rainfall we're going to get but being caused by the fact the storm is still moving quite slowly through the state of florida? >> it's going to strengthen just a little bit more, too. making landfall strengthening up to a category 4. western half of the state of florida. significant storm surge threat. about 90 or so miles southwest of naples. some of the outer bands already producing strong thunderstorms across areas of fort myers and points to the south. you work your way towards marko island. tropical storm force winds moving ashore as well. the system has responded to at least a few storms in the past 24 or so hours. you typically see with incoming tropical systems. wrap around flow and bands

moving across the land and will spawn a few tornadoes. any time you get these in conjunction to a major hurricane makes it a scary situation for a lot of folks in the path of the storm system. the system is producing tropical storm winds that expands 150 miles away from the center. this morning and later into the morning hours even into the afternoon hours, we're going to have a large area of the state, every single person in the state of florida will have periods where they'll feel tropical storm winds. the model guidance honed in on areas south of tampa bay around the san any bell region, around clear water, portions of port charlotte where the system could come ashore in the next 8 to 12 hours or so, category 3 or 4 system. eventually reemerge around back of the atlanta. make landfall in the state of georgia on friday. that's one of the many elements of concern here. significant rainfall being

another piece on top of it. 20 plus inches in central florida in the coming days. >> 20 plus inches. incredible to think about that. pedram, thank you very much. appreciate it. in many parts of florida fire responders will decide when it's too dangerous to respond. in tampa, police are warning residents not to take risks as that hurricane approaches. cnn's ryan young reports from tampa. >> reporter: so many people move to the state. for so many, this is their first hurricane. as you can understand, they're not sure what to do. officials have been trying to give them as much guidelines as possible. we went door to door with these officers today. the first place we were there was the trailer park and they were trying to get people to leave. you have to understand, some people said they did not want to go to shelter and they did not want to leave their animals behind. we can understand that. others said they would leave later in the afternoon. we could see the traffic getting heavier and heavier. we talked to one family who said

they moved from oregon. they are scared to leave their possessions behind but this is their first hurricane. listen to why the officer said to leave. >> hello. how are you today? good. hey, we're coming by and letting everybody know that you're in a mandatory evacuation situation. are you aware of that? okay. did you get the flyer yesterday with some of the shelters that are available? yeah? okay. all right. well, be safe and make sure to make your plans here pretty soon, okay? thank you. >> it provides an availability of information that some people don't have even in the age of cell phones and such where access to information is usually quick. it's a reinforcement. you're in an area where you need to evacuate. >> so what's the message today? what are you going to tell these guys? >> better be safe than sorry ultimately.

>> reporter: also what's behind me, so hard to see preparations for the storm, but behind me at the hospital here, this is tampa general hospital. you can see that wall. that's a built wall. they deal with a lot of water. they want to keep this level one trauma center open but you can imagine with the amount of rain and the storm surge, so many folks have to deal with, they want to make sure barriers are up and the mayor talked about making sure people did not drive through water because we obviously see that from storm to storm. today at the news conference she made it very clear she hopes people heed the warnings as they get closer and closer to the storm hours. >> it's going to be in our rivers, in our canals, in our stormwater drains and dishes. >> reporter: so we saw folks getting in line for over two hours to get sand bags and at most sand bag locations they could only get ten sand bags. we saw neighbors picking up sand

bags for each other. you understand how people feel about their property. at the end of the day when you are talking about that much water, fear for what people may choose to do and try to drive out too late. that's something they've been pressing here, especially in the evacuation zones. some people were moving earlier today, some e people decided to stay. >> ryan young,g, thank you for that report. > vietnam is being hit by typhoon noru's waves. we'll have that when we return.

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at this hour vietnam is being pummelled by typhoon noru. it made landfall in the city of danung. it's expected to finally weaken as it leaves inland. parts of central vietnam, laos

and thailand could face flooding over the next 48 hours. the storm killed at least eight people when it passed through the philippines. cnn's paula hancocks has been tracking the storm for us. it really has been one to reckon with for many parts of asia. does vietnam know what's in store for it in the coming hours? >> reporter: paula, it's around about 5 a.m. local time on wednesday morning that typhoon noru made landfall in the coastal areas. they had prepared. we understand hundreds of thousands of people had been evacuated from those areas. the images that we are seeing in the aftermath of those areas of the storm has moved on shows that there is flooding, that there have been power lines and trees that are down, roads have been blocked and we know that this will continue to weaken luckily as it crosses vietnam and we should say until it

enters thailand. the risk of flooding could last for 48 hours. when it made landfall it was a high end category 2. it has winds of near 175 kilometers an hour. just over 100 miles per hour. so it certainly was a significant storm. the preparations meant that some 58,000 boats had been ordered to be put into safe port. there had been a ban on any boats going out into the sea by officials. the prime minister had had an emergency cabinet meeting the day before saying, quote, climate change is becoming increasingly extreme and unusual. and what was unusual about this particular typhoon, as you say, it did affect the philippines just a couple of days earlier making landful on sunday, but just before that it had seen a rapid intensification to a super typhoon before making landfall in the philippines, meaning that there was very little time for people there to prepare or to

evacuate. officials say at this point they have a death toll in the philippines of eight and they have five missing. paula? >> there's a lesson in all of these storms in the sense it's hard to predict, as you said, with the rapid intensification it can surprprise many people i many countries. paula hancocks, appreciate the update. major airports are closing across florida and some oil production in the gulf of mexico is side lined because of hurricane ian. we'll bring you more on those stories next.

this is the final flight taking off from tampa, florida, ahead of hurricane ian. airport officials suspended operations on tuesday evening. orlando will suspend in the coming hours. according to flight aware, there are 1800 cancellations nationwide, and that's just for wednesday with many of those tied to airports in orlando and southwest florida. now about 11% of oil production in the gulf of mexico has been shut down as a result of hurricane ian. chevron and bp have evacuated

operations in the oil and natural gas fields. ian is not expected to affect national gas and oil. there could be localized gas supply issues caused by the storm. now we're just a few hours away from the opening bell on wall street. here's how u.s. futures are looking. you see it there. unfortunately a down picture as investors still grapple with the threat of recession and higher interest rates. stocks finished mixed tuesday. the dow and s&p dipped 500. the s&p 500 dipped. you see it there, modest losses. the nasdaq creeped upwards a quarter of 1%. in terms of what we can expect that was, in fact, its first gain in about a week. the dow and s&p 500 are now at their lowest levels since november of 2020 and both are on a six-day losing streak. now americans are struggling to keep up with that crushing inflation. according to a new survey, 71% of employees say their cost of

living outpaces their salary. that's up from 58% just february. cnn's matt egan has our details. >> paula, the cost of living is just way too high. food, shelter, utilities. three things most of us can't avoid paying for. all three have gotten more expensive. the problem is even though wages are high, inflation is even hotter. nearly three in four employees say that the cost of living is outpacing their wages and salary. that's according to a bank of america survey of participants in 401k plans. even though they're employed, 51% say they are taking action to combat these financial pressures. what are they doing? about one in five say they are tapping into emergency savings. others are working longer hours, looking for better jobs and some are resorting to taking 401k

hardship withdrawals. the bank of america survey found the percentage of employees who feel financially low has dropped to a five-year low. this decline was even more pronounced among minorities with about one in three black employees saying they feel financially well off. taken together, thee findings paint the picture of an american workforce that is under pressure. even though gas prices have tumbled in recent months, inflationary metrics remain. an ongoing strap in financial markets, there are bright spots. the jobs market remains historically strong. corporate profits are sturdy. american consumers continue to spend. investors are worried. they're worried because inflation remains high. the federal reserve is going all out to get prices under control. the fear is that the fed is going to end up slamming the brakes on this economy so hard that they slow the economy right into a recession. paula?

>> and our thanks to matt for that report. meantime, the international monetary fund is calling on the government to re-evaluate the huge tax cuts. they told reuters they fear it will increase inflation and inequality. markets have been in turmoil and the pound slumped to a record low against the dollar since that announcement. a this would provide the government ways to provide a targeted support and re-evaluate tax efforts. the mars candy company is trying to widen its reach by introducing a new candy coated character, the purple m&m. ♪ i'm the new m&ms candy ♪ ♪ do i have what it takes ♪ ♪ i want to be the best or even pretty good, but be great ♪ ♪ i'm a little unsure, i have to

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welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is wednesday, september 28th. i'm christine romans.