♪ and a very good morning to you and welcome to the special edition of "new day." it is saturday, the 1st day of october. i'm amara walker in atlanta. good morning, amara. i'm boris sanchez coming to you live from fort myers, florida, where recovery efforts are underway after hurricane ian hit this state as a very strong

category 4 storm this week, and we continue to follow ian as it moves into north carolina after making landfall as a hurricane there. it is now moving inland as a post-tropical cyclone, posing all sorts of problems for that part of the country. even though it's been downgraded, officials warn it still threatens the area with herb rain and flooding. in south carolina the storm flooded homes and vehicles along the shoreline, and as high winds pushed the storm surge even higher, two piers, one in pawleys island and another in north myrtle beach -- you see here -- partially collapsing. officials are now warning residents to avoid leaving their homes and to steer clear of floodwaters that could pose hidden dangers. >> the obvious one of the water itself, can isolate people, drown people, but it can also hide downed power lines, obstacles in the water, even

contaminants in the water. the waters themselves are the most dangerous. >> ian slam med into southwest florida as a severe category 4 hurricane wednesday, packing sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. the storm is blamed for at least 45 deaths, but officials believe that number is likely to climb as search and rescue crews move into areas blocked by debris and floodwaters. and across the state, more than 1.3 million homes and businesses were still in the dark this morning. and for the many who did evacuate, they are unsure what they may come back to. >> my grandparents are still at the house. they have animals there. they don't want to leave the animals. so whenever we left on the boat, it was a scary feeling. you don't know if you're ever going to see them again, if you're ever going to see your house again, your animals again.

that's why i'm a little shooken up. you never know what you're going to come back to. we already lost both of our cars, so it's a very scary feeling. >> and we're hearing heart-wrenching accounts just like that one all over southwest florida. we have team coverage for you this morning. cnn meteorologist britley ritz is monitoring ian's track northward, but let's start with miguel marquez who's live in myrtle beach. miguel t storm just moving through there, what does it look like this morning? >> reporter: gorgeous. i mean it is always tough to go through these storms when there's so many unknowns and so much fear. you guys can go through, if you'd like. but it's a spectacular morning on the beach, people beachcombing, doing their normal thing. south carolina took their cue from florida and they took it very seriously. there was a ton of rain, water coming down not only in the form of rain, but also from the tide

that came in at the same time the storm surge was coming in. that storm, even though it was a category 1, it hung off the coast for so long, it just lashed the coast for a long time. those two piers you talked about, those are substantial structures, these fishes piers they have in these communities, they've had for decades that people fish off of and hang out on and keep records of the fish that they catch there. so they -- those were -- in one case on pawleys island, half of it was destroyed. that's a very, very substantial structure. it gives you an idea how powerful even a category 1 storm can be when it combines with the tide coming in as well. we spoke to a man who was right near where ian came ashore. >> during the worst of it, you could not see outside. rain sideways really loud. in fact, the house we're in,

there were a come of leaks especially and the sliding doors. the hard part was mixes in hurricane weather with high tide. that's what caused all this devastation. we were at the high tide mark when all this occurred. >> reporter: so you did have a lot of people lose power in south carolina. there was a lot of localized flooding, trees down, wires were affected as well, the electrical wires. but people listened. there were no mass evacuations in the state, but because florida was so bad and people were really thinking about what was happening there, they were paying attention and amazingly and fortunately no one was seriously injured or killed in south carolina. back to you guys. >> that is good news, and we're glad that folks there heeded the warnings from what we saw here in southwest florida. really a stunning sunrise behind you juxtaposed with so much damage. it's hard to wrap your head around the power of mother

nature. miguel marquez from myrtle beach. thank you so much. >> it's like a split screen. let's turn it over to meteorologist britley ritz. britley, i still see somewhat of a system behind you. when is ian going to move away from us? just go away. >> exactly. i wish we could say in the near future. thankfully as the system came onto shore, the forecast fell completely apart. the friction of the land deteriorated itself. like miguel was saying, as it came on shore, it was moving so slow. it was roughly 9 miles an hour. it's now picked up. forward motion at north-northwest, 12 miles an hour. still a heavy rainmaker. one of the biggest threats is the flooding concern. we have some of the heavy steady

rain falling in southwest virginia and west virginia itself and then scattered showers around norfolk. back into the mid-atlantic and up into new england, heavy rain continues to fall, even a few rumbles of thunder. over the past few days, we've picked up several inches of rain. charleston, one of the heaviest rainmakers where we picked up 2 to 6 inches o of rain. wilmington, about the same. we have flood alerts, 2 million people with a flood alert. we have flood watches in west virginia and virginia itself over toward the coastline. these are coastal flooding concerns. this is when the wind pushes that water onto shore, and some of us could be dealing with 1 to 2 feet of inundation. don't drive through water. i can't stress enough. turnaround, don't drown. 12 inches, folks, that's all it takes for the water to pick up your vehicle and carry it off. this is highlighted in yellow.

this includes parts of virginia. these are areas that will pick up heavy rain. even tomorrow morning, some of the heavier rain moves on up into the mid-atlantic. of course, at that point, part of p.a., up in boston, the rain will start to subside a bit, rolling into the following week. wind one of the big concerns here too. wind advisories in parts of virginia, west virginia, as well back in parts of the tennessee valley. these are where winds can gust to over 35 miles an hour. over 2 million people dealing with that. rolling into sunday, our wind finally starts to subside a little bit. gusts still at 10 to 15 miles per hour, but at least it's not 30 to 35. again, the low itself, moving up north, weakened substantially by the end of the weekend, amara. >> all right. good to see that timeline. thank you so much, britley. and as the sun starts to

rise here in florida and residents start to regain access to areas that were cut off by the storm, the full-scale of hurricane ian's devastation is coming into a clearer view, and it is a grim picture, the damage going far beyond only property. at least 45 people are dead. others are still unaccounted for as rescue crews start to gain access to those areas that were cut off, many of the islands cut off. still 1.3 million customers without power. most of the people in fort myers are without drinking water. as we start to assess the damage this weekend, residents are picking up the pieces. one of those residents is rob gorino. rob joins us this morning live. you're a resident of fort myers. you decided to ride out ian in your condo building even though it had became inundated. it became quite an ordeal.

we have footage to share of what you went through. i imagine seeing footage from other parts of this area, you probably consider yourself lucky. >> yeah, we do. i think the biggest issue is water around here. some of the places are on generator power, but most without water and electricity. at this point the water becomes so critical. where we were at a high-rise on the river front here in fort myers, we were on the 27th floor, our first floor got completely flooded out. cars were floating out. we got a couple of shots down there. the wind really held up in the building, but around us is destr destruction. >> what is going through your mind when this hurricane was a category 3 and then seemingly within hours it shoots to almost a category 5, a shade under category 5, and you're deciding whether you're going to stay wlrk you're going to leave, and you see conditions deteriorating around you, what does that feel like? >> the 3 to 5 happened in

terrell hours of the morning. i don't know if anybody was up yet. i got up at 5:00 a.m. and it had gone up to 140. it had been a 3. i think in those early hours of the morning it was too late to go. everybody had to hunker down. you really didn't have a choice. when it went from 3 to 5, you didn't have a choice. you had to stay where you were at. >> we want to show views of water splashing in your bathtub as the hurricane made landfall. what was that like? >> it's kind of like circus meets seasickness. in the center of the condo, i couldn't think. i couldn't sit down because we were moving so much. it was like vertigo if you've ever had that. this was in our garage. you could see on the first floor cars were floating. they've been toeing them out since last night. we chase hurricanes and get footage. we never had that feeling.

i guess it was the first time in a high-rise. we had three or four people with us. you see the water. we were nauseous. the building is meant to sway like many big cities like new york. that, we didn't expect. i expected to have some swing, but i didn't expect to lose my equilibrium, and that's an unreal feeling. >> you were sitting there for hours and hours. you probably got nauseous and vertigo. i want to let folks watching know, rob is actually a meteorologist, so you're well aware of what these hurricanes can do. you told me that you'd been living here in fort myers for a couple of years. had you been through something like this before? was this your first time experiencing the power of this kind of hurricane? >> this was the highest without a doubt. i think i'd been to a high 2, low 3. but this one, kind of being in your hometown, it really sunk in. that's when the emotions hit, but nothing like this. the wind up there, you have to remember, was about 10 to 15

miles higher because there was no friction, nothing blocking the wind coming up the river when it went through. we actually went down to 6. we had some friends as a backup. we went down to the sixth floor and said, this is too much. we were not feeling right, almost like you were going to throw up. i just didn't expect that. >> when you were driving around town, i'm sure you have friends in the area. >> yeah. >> have you heard from them, how are they doing, and what reactionre reaction do you have when you drive around and see neighborhoods just flattened. >> we have friends in fort myers and a lot of them lost everything. that's when it sunk in. these are your friends. you've been to their houses. pine island is a tough spot. this is your home, these are your friends. a few of them are staying with me now. >> we heard from the president of the cajun rescue and he said

as a matter of a few hours ago, there were still folks camped out on rooftops because their homes had become inundated. i wanted to ask you as a meteorologist -- we were speaking with you a moment before you came on with us -- the potential for ian to retroactively be classified as a category 5 rather than a category 4. it's happened with other storms where they look back and say these were sustained winds that were more powerful than initially recorded. when you look at the damage, it looks like a 5. how does that work? >> the storm surge was a 5, there's no doubt. sometimes it can be a 5 for the winds to come down. in my opinion the wind surge is a 5. with the winds, they're going to go to the left quad of the eye. they're going to look at that. one of the local stations got knocked out. they got storm such. they're going to look at the left lower corner and see if the wind is at one minute you need

one minute at 157. say it on tv when the local meteorologist was poking around the eyewall. whether we'll get that, i don't know. the hurricane hunter's plane will shoot in if there there. michael a fewiers ago, that got upgraded 2 1/2 months after the initial landfall, and they said, yes, it came in as a 4.5 on paper, so to speak, and then we upgraded it to a 5. i think that's going to happen. somewhere before christmas we'll find out is this a high 4, low 5 snit doesn't matter, but only the fifth to ever hit the united states. >> it is something for a historical record for folks on the ground. they have much more urgent needs and concerns, and we appreciate you sharing your story. let me know if there's anything we can help you with or folk use are assisting with. >> good seeing you this morning. >> thank you so much. so, amara, as you're hearing

here in south florida, the sun is starting to come out. we're getting a clear picture of how extensive the damage is, an hopefully soon rescuers will be able to get to pine island, sanibel island, to really survey wait looks like and if folks need desperate assistance. >> we can't forget about these communities like captiva and sanibel where they've been basically cut off because the bridges leading there have been destroyed. boris, thank you for that and for that interview. meantime, president biden says relief efforts in florida could take months, even years. how his administration is working to get aid to communities hardest hit by i yan. and why morris accidents could become eligible for federal help. plus it was a challenge in the markets before hurricane ian and now things could get potentially a lot worse. how ian's aftermath could trigger a crisis.

plus, a frightening scene after a quarterback for the dolphins suffers a head injury. now there are major questions about why he was cleared to get back onto the field.

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welcome back. i'm boris sanchez coming to you live from fort myers, florida, as we track the devastation left behind from hurricane ian. the officials have adjusted the overnight curfew. the original curfew set on wednesday was set to expire after 48 hours. it's now 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. daily, quote, until further notice. so if you don't have official business or don't have an emergency, you should not be out on the road between the hours of 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. that curfew helps officials get to where they need to be at a desperate time. please, just stay home during those hours. images of hurricane ian's

destruction are continuing to emerge this morning, and one of florida's hardest hit areas is lee county. it was overwhelmed by severe storm surge and powerful winds. you saw some of those boats stacked on top of each other. it's something we're getting a glichlgs of as aerial views are giving us a real picture of what the reality looks like here in southwest florida and in lee county specifically. cnn's john berman actually got in a helicopter with the county sheriff to try to survey the destruction as you see that pier, that bridge completely destroyed. here is some of what berman and the crew saw. >> reporter: all that debris is littered everywhere. these were buildings? this was the building right there? >> there were buildings, restaurants, and what used to be the fort myers pier. >> reporter: how far back does

it go? >> straight through to the base side. the empty spots you see there were homes. >> reporter: these, on this beach there, there used to be homes? >> you're going to see empty lots. those right there were homes. those were hotels. those were real property, two, three, four, five stories high, washed away. look to the front -- these are major, major boats thrown into the mangroves. >> reporter: where? >> boats into the mangroves. not just one. boats, everywhere. >> reporter: how long will it take to get this back? >> when i look at this, this is not a quick fix.

this is not six months. this is long term. >> our thanks to john berman for going on that trip and bringing back that footage. so president biden says his administration is going to do everything they can to help communities with the devastation by hurricane ian. he acknowledged we're just beginning to see the extent of the destruction left behind from this powerful storm. let's take you to the white house. cnn reporter jasmine wright joins us live. jasmine, walk us through the federal response. what are the officials and the biden administration doing to help people on the ground here in florida and elsewhere that have been impacted by the storm? >> reporter: yeah, boris. the president wants americans to know these storms are on the top of both he and his administration's minds. he's pledging the full support of the federal government when it comes to the recovery. just overnight we know he

approved an emergency declaration as hurricane ian moves up the east coast. for florida, we know the president has spoken to republican governor ron desantis three times talking about the different phases of the storm. of course, now we're in recovery. the storm the president said is likely to rank among the worst in the nation's history. i want to play for you a second, boris, this message he delivered directly to the people of florida on friday. take a listen. >> i've directed that every possible action be taken to save lives and get help to survivors because every single minute counts. it's not just a crisis for florida. this is an american crisis. we're all in this together. i just want the people of florida to know, we see what you're going through, and we're with you, and we're going to do everything we can for you. >> reporter: so when it comes to the on-the-ground support this

administration has provided, we know the administrator is on the ground providing support. he's expanded which counties can receive assistance. we know he's put more of those supplemental cellphone towers around the state, really trying to increase people's ability to call their families, call their friends. of course, we know he has deployed many more things. he said many more things are expected to come here as this nation and administration buckles down for a long road ahead when it comes to this recovery. boris? >> it is going to be a huge effort to get this part of florida back to normal. jasmine write from the white house. thank you so much. and what stands out to me, amara, is the biden administration and fema are going to busy over the next few months. it's not just hurricane ian that caused widespread damage. remember the administration is

still responding to what hurricane ian did to puerto rico. that island, thousands of people still without power. >> absolutely cannot forget puerto rico. thank you so much, boris. so when you look at the extent of the damage, it's easy to see how ian could become the largest natural disaster in florida's history. research estimates ian may have cost $47 billion in insured losses, and as cnn's mark stuart tells us homeowners were already facing an insurance crisis. >> and, amara, this is happening at a time when homeowners in florida long before the storm had to deal with an expensive marketplace. the insurance companies may be reluctant to compete in florida because of hurricane risks and

tropical storms some of how are people getting insurance in florida? homeowners are looking toward small in-state companies at a time when six of those companies were declared insolvent even before hurricane ian. but it's not that simple. the cost is enormous. just look at the numbers. if you look at data from the insurance institute, it's already tripled the national average for insurance. in florida, the average price for a policy is more than $4,200 a year compared to the u.s. average of more than $1,500. there's a lot of finger-pointing taking place. we've heard from people within the insurance industry who blame florida's tort laws for a flurry of lawsuits that are driving up costs. yet the group representing the state's trial lawyers have a different take, pointing to a lack of regulation. lawyers feel the state is

allowing the insurers to take the lead operates and coverage. while there are safeguards in place where insurance is declared insolvent, broadly speaking, amara, florida homeowners could end up paying even more. >> yeah. that's terrible news for people in florida. marc stewart, thank k you for that. still ahead, it wuwu anothe rocky week on wall street,t, an it all comes as americans continue to get hit with high inflation. is there any relief in sight? his investment account iso in real time and that's... how you collect coins. your mon never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company.

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morning, fresh provocation on the korean peninsula. the south korean president is vowing a determined overwhelming response if north korea leader kim jong-un uses nuclear

weapons. the comment comes after he fired two missiles. the pentagon has said there is no immediate threat to u.s. territory. and congress narrowly averted a shutdown friday after passing a stopgap bill to fund the government through mid-december. president biden signed the legislation yesterday afternoon after ten house republicans joined democrats to vote in favor of the resolution. and the short-term measure also provides around $12 billion for ukraine as it continues to counter russia's invasion of the country. september turned out to be a horrible month for stocks. the dow fell nearly 9% in its worst monthly drop since march 2020 when the pandemic lockdowns began here in the u.s. across the board friday, all three major indices ended september in the red. the nasdaq also dropping 1.5%, and it has plunged almost 10%

this month as investors remain nervous about the economy amid growing fears of a recession. cnn business correspondent alison kosik has more. >> good morning, amara. september is historically one of the worst months for stocks, and september 2022 didn't fail to disappoint in that respect. the dow officially entered the bear market earlier in the week dropping to below 20% of the all-time high set in january. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq, they've been in the bare market. plus the broader index has hit a new low for the year. the invef vesters are laser focused on the inflation since the 1980s and whether it can be tamed. the latest reading on inflation showed it wu stronger than expected in august despite the central bank's aggressive moves to bring down advices. the pce, personal consumption

expenditures price index rose 6.2% from a year ago. the latest investment data putting more pressure on jerome powell to get control of inflation. the job market remains relatively healthy, but that's as the broader economy contracted. we learned that the u.s. economy shrank during the second quarter of the year as it did in the first, which shows the economy contracted for the entire first half of the year. the latest scorecard on the economy may reignite the debate whether the u.s. is already in the recession. i kmeensly defined a two consecutive quarters of negative growth. but the group that maybe makes the official call on this, they've yet to chime in. they've taken an array of economic indicators into consideration that can revise the condition many years later. amara? >> thank you. and a quick programming note for you. don't forget to join cnn's

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struggles to recover this morning, perhaps no area has it more difficult in the recovery than fort myers beach. video from that region is just astounding, and governor ron desantis labeled it ground zero after fierce winds and powerful storm surge flattened most of the island. there was one resident whose home was destroyed by the storm that witnessed some of ian's worst conditions. here's what he shared with cnn's john berman. >> this could be the worst storm ever. and then it was supposed to go toward tampa. then they talked about the storm surge being 18 feet, you know. i think a lot of people got caught off guard because storm surge -- well, first of all, we didn't even get the eye. we got the worst end of it. it just came on. and the storm surge kept coming. and it got up to 25 feet high. i saw it all happen. houses are floating in the back

bay. people are on the roofs. there's -- it's -- there's a lot of lives lost here. this island is -- i couldn't even find my street where i live, i mean, that's how bad it is. >> you know, i saw it from the air, and i can't imagine what it was like to be in it as it was happening. we have a photo you took from the second floor where you were sheltering. what did you think when you saw this storm surge? >> i was thinking, man, i tell you what. i made the biggest mistake of my life, to be honest with you, john. i was able to get into a solid building. i got out of my place because i knew something was going to go wrong. a guy that i lease from, his name's jesse, he stayed in the house. and this guy -- the house collapsed. he ended up riding the roof with his dog. it was crashing in the back bay and he jumped on a tree. i had a friend that was in the

house. he was with his wife, and it was another couple, and the storm surge came all the way up, and they had -- the windows were sucked out. these guys pushed their wives out the windows to where a tree was, and they were looking at them, and the guys were holding on, an they just looked at their wives, and they said, we can't hold on anymoring we love you, bye, and that was it. i mean people were sucking air, you know, at the ceilings. >> did they all make it? no, no. the two guys didn't make it. the wives and the girlfriend did because they pushed them out the windows first. >> oh, my goodness. >> they just found somebody, i heard, too, like three hours ago. >> have you passed that on to authorities? do they know? >> oh, they know. they're here right now. i just want to explain. i'm not trying to make this

sound worse than anything else anybody is going through. it's a real bad time now. but if -- it's unimaginable to see 25 feet of water coming, rushing through. it was like a dam broke. it was taking everything. there's cars floating down the road. there's people. they're pulling people out of the mangroves right now, you know what i mean? they've got cadaver dogs. they're down here, going through the hotels looking for everybody. the horror stories are just incredible. also a friend of mine was in the house -- these people -- we all know each other on the island. a small community. everybody's freaked out. i'm here to talk to everybody, make sure that everybody -- you know, they need to talk. he said he was holding onto his best friend's hair and the surge was like 25 feet and his best friend said you've got to let go. he said, no, he's my best friend. he said no. it almost took him out. he finally let go of him and that was it. this is what happened here.

i mean it was like -- it was like you couldn't see any buildings. it was -- i don't think we're ever going to see a storm like this again ever. and i was drnas -- i had to run the third floor. i was on the second floor and it kept rising up. we ran out the door to the third floor. i was thinking, if this coming up any higher, we're going to be on the roof, you know what i mean? the track of a hurricane. what they need to do now is take a cat 5, which is supposed to be 158 hours an hour and they need to turn that into -- drop the miles down to 155. they need to tell peep, if you don't leave, you will die. that's it. i mean people need to get out, you know what i mean? they need to get out. i was fortunate enough to get into a solid building. what i saw is just heartbreaking. all the friends i lost and everybody else, the stories are horrific. it's a nightmare. this island is destroyed.

they're going to tear down -- everything that was built with wood, they're tearing everything down. there's nothing left. >> unimaginable, the word used by kevin as he was sharing that heart-wrenching story with cnn, one of many stories we're hearing across southwest florida as this region is starting to pick up the pieces from the devastation left behind by hurricane e ian. we're going to take a quick break, and when we come back on "new day," we'll share more of those stories and give you updates on where t things stands far as search and recovery goes. stay with cnn. we'll be right back.

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♪ to afghanistan now and a deadly suicide bomb attack on an education center in kabul. at least 25 people were killed and dozen more wounded. many of the victims are believed to be young women. the taliban condemned the attack but since forces told control of the country, there have been multiple attacks on the same

community. cnn's salma abdelaziz has more. >> reporter: a place of learning turned into a scene of carnage. this is the aftermath of a suicide bombing, on an education center kabul. students were taking a practice university entrance exam when at around 7:30 a.m. local time, a blast ripped through the classroom killing and wounding dozens. i saw so many pieces of flesh in the air, this eyewitness said. people were so panicked, some were injured, some crying, i hoped to help them. i helped to carry the bodies. young men dreaming of going to college, but eyewitnesses say most of the victims were female. the blast happened right between where the girls were seated, he said. the girs were sitting in the front rows, we boys were sitting behind them. unicef called it irrespectable.

and it must never be target of violence. the bombing took place in a predominantly bazaar neighborhood. the taliban government has done tloul protect the community, according to human rights watch. a taliban community condemned the attack saying they will find and punish the perpetrators but since the taliban took over a year ago, the situation seems to be deteriorating and rights for women and girls growing weaker. the taliban have banned girls from attending primary and secondary school, 6 grade and above. and all in the f future, for access to education, just studying for an exexam can cost girl her life. salma abdelaziz, cnn, london. ♪ u see that? that'shen i realized we can't let another year go by. i think we're good. okay. let's go.

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a policy yp date from the miami dolphins quarterback after he was taken off the field on a stretcher thursday night with a head injury. andy scholes joining us now with the latest. andy. >> hey, good morning, amara. there are a lot of questions about how tua tagovailoa's injuries have been handled over the last week. the nfl players association want answers, tua did not speak to the media yesterday but he did tweet this out, i'm feeling much better and focused on recoverying to get back on the field with my teammates. tagovailoa was diagnosed with a concussion after getting mitt

thur hit thursday night. it was a frightening scene as his hands seized up. many question whether tua should have been playing since he stumbled after getting a similar blow on the head. the team cleared him to come back into that game and saying he did not have a head injury. mike mcdaniels saying the team handled everything correctly heading into the thursday night game. and telling our sanjay gupta that the league will be looking at how this is handled. >> make no mistake about it we will get this right. we will get this right in the center of going back and reviewing very carefully all of the steps that led to the sequence of events that you described. we're also take a critical look at our protocols and definitions and the points that you mentioned and we'll be very transparent about the outcome of that. all right. in baseball, seattle ending the longest playoff drought in professional sports last night. bottom of nine, two outs, 3-2

count, cal rowley cranked this one. the crowd is going absolutely nuts. rally, whose nickname is big dumper, the first to clinch a playoff spot for his team. the mariners have not been to the playoffs since 2001. amara, think about that, all of the kids, even in college, from seattle, you've never seen your team in the playoffs. congrats to everyone there. fun times in seattle last night. >> yeah, you got to have a big celebration as we saw there on the field. thank you so much, andy scholes. and the next hour of "new day" starts right now. ♪ good morning. buenos dias, and welcome to this special edition of "new day." it is saturday, october 1st. we're grateful that you're