welcome to the viewers joining in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom. just ahead, as florida begins the daunting task of recovering from hurricane ian, hear how state officials are responding to criticism of what

could've been done better. morning and anger in indonesia following one of the deadliest sporting disasters ever. we will have the latest in a live report. cnn takes you inside the key city recaptured by ukraine. just a day after the kremlin declared it part of brush up. five days after hurricane ian hammered parts of florida, authorities are looking through the areas to find survivors. over the weekend they evacuated about 400 people from an isolated island in lee county. one of the most ravaged communities in the state. in central florida, they also recovered this patrol car from the side of the road, which had been washed away by floodwaters. in the town of arcadia, heavy

flooding has submerged entire neighborhoods like these. the situation is so bad, people can only move by sailing on boats, instead of driving in cars. we visited the area and filed this report. >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis came here to arcadia, florida to meet with the national guard and meet with people who live in the community who have been blocked in this community because of all of the flooding. blocking this major highway. this is highway 70. it should connect to bridges and you should make your way down to palm beach and fort myers, florida. but you cannot unless you have a boat. there is too much water. the governor came by boat here, with other members of his staff to meet with the national guard and to meet with people and shake their hands. while he was here i asked him about lee county, the mandatory evacuations. that is where fort myers is and that is the area that has the majority of the deaths we are seeing. they are coming from

lee county. the mandatory evacuation order was not put in place until tuesday, the day before the storm. some people are questioning if that was just too late. this is the governor's response. >> i think for various reasons some people just don't want to leave their home. they are island people, whatever. part of it was so much attention was paid to tampa i think a lot of them thought they would not get the worst of it. i think it is easy to second- guess but they were ready the whole time.>> reporter: is that one of the things you will be reviewing. when people get their powe r back on and looking at the evacuation orders. if lee county would have followed evacuation orders, they should have had the mandatory evacuation sooner. >> the issue is, they inform people and most people did not want to do it. that is just reality. you are in a situation. when you grab someone out of their home that does not want to? i don't think that is the appropriate use of government. >> reporter: the government went on to talk about the

relief efforts who are coming to people in need. you can see some of the efforts behind me. these are boxes of mras that are lined up for people in need. we are talking days after hurricane ian hit and many people are without power. they are running out of food, water and necessary things like told the paper, paper towels and diapers. this continues to be a concern for those who survive the storm and trying to survive the aftermath. as the u.s. recovers from ian, is southern neighbor mexico is bracing for another storm. we have been watching what has been happening. >> watching hurricane orlene as it approaches land within the next 12 hours this category 2 system is sitting off the coast of mexico. 105 mile-per-hour winds. this is a system that just 24 hours ago had surged in

intensity to category 4 straight. landfall slated for monday afternoon. the biggest threat will be significant rainfall. and the storm surge threat. look at wind speeds, in the span of hours. another system that rapidly intensified going from 75 miles per hour to 130 miles per hour. with the storm, it is different to what we saw with ian. that storm was strengthening. but the storm is weakening. the wind field is less. the cloud field of the system, only one third of the size of hurricane ian. the impacts will be smaller than what we saw. this particular region of mexico, south of mazatlan, sparsely populated. the storm surge threat could approach two meters. close to six feet across some of these areas. some of these areas are isolated in nature and the system will weaken as it approaches landfall. we think category 1, monday around 5:00, 6:00 p.m.

local time. the environment is such that we have elevated to rain in land, but an arid landscape in the system and its impacts will be localized and not spread as far out as what we saw with ian. rainfall totals maybe four to six inches. some pockets could exceed 12 or 14 inches. that is south of mazatlan that we are watching carefully. in the tropics there are some areas of interest. still a ways out. very quiet weather pattern developing across the eastern united states. really for much of the united states in general. a break in the action from all of the tropical activity we have seen a local days. >> many thanks. a high-stakes presidential election in the world's fourth largest democracy is headed to a second round of voting. with nearly all the votes counted, election authorities say the leftist, former president leads with more than

48% of the tally. while the current right-wing president, trails with just over 43%. late sunday both candidates accused the other camp of spreading lies. >> we overcame today's live. statistics say it would be 50- 30 result and we overcame that live. we are moving forward and all is now equal and we will better demonstrate for the brazilian people. >> now there will be a face-to- face debate with the president of the republic to see if he keeps telling lies or if he will tell the truth to the brazilian people. >> it seems neither side top the 50% threshold to win outright. a second round of voting is set for october 30th. the major change of course from britain's new government, just as the second day of the conservative body conference is set to begin. the chancellor announced moments ago the government is

reversing its plan to scrap the highest rate of income tax. in a statement, we are not proceeding with the abolition of the 45 abolition of the 40 5p tax rate. we get it and we have listened. what they get is the public fury the plan set loose. protesters have been marching in birmingham, outside the conference and some safe they feel squeezed from all sides. >> everyone is sick to death of it. people can't afford to heat their homes. people who have to go to work on empty stomachs. these latest announcements, -- >> you are not helping me. working people can get the extra support. we are still on hard times.

>> the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer and the divide is getting larger. >> let's go to the young car. great to see you. the new government is already in trouble and scrambling. what is the latest? >> reporter: the u-turn from the chancellor was screeching. the what will be welcomed by the public, it present the government as being in dire straits already. liz truss has been prime minister for a month and yet she has experienced double-digit pool plummeting. the conservative party were already in a dangerous and toxic position under the former prime minister boris johnson. you would expect a honeymoon period. but not so. her economic policies will be the defining feature of her campaign. they have been largely panned.

and put the party in a difficult position. this u-turn this morning is a recognition of the difficulty the prime minister and the chancellor find themselves in. it is not a difficult realization. that is because we have had rebellions from conservative mps. former cabinet ministers coming out and slating the entire economic package. and questioning the prime minister's judgment. this 45 tax cut, was only 2 billion pounds worth of 45 billion pound package to address the economic difficulties. many mps are questioning, given what was a small proportion, why would you choose to do something that has such horrible optics for a country that is struggling. cutting the taxes for the very wealthy. what it did was manage to do two things simultaneously. that are so damaging for this prime minister. first of all it completely undermined the conservative party's reputation for fiscal

and economic credibility. in the longer analysis, that is one of their strengths. that is pretty much not at the moment. the other thing it did is play into one of the most toxic narratives about the conservative party. the labour party are always trying to hammer home. they don't care about ordinary working people. they are out to support the bankers and the wealthiest the decisions of the last week managed to drive both those points home simultaneously which is why at this party conference when you expect the tone to be celebratory, you expect the prime minister to be on a high a few weeks into the job. she is in a perilous position. >> you have spent some time with some of those protesters. do you think this reversal, the turn of the government's tax plan will be enough to placate those protesters? >> as far as the protesters we spoke to yesterday, it is too

far gone. there is nothing that liz truss can do at this point that will garner their support. it is natural to have protests at a party conference. we see them every year. was a little surprised they were not bigger, given the huge public fury and frustration. but there have been real strikes throughout the country and it is made it difficult for people to get here. i think the reversal will be welcomed by the public, at large. the protesters were mainly complaining about the cost of living crisis they felt the conservative party were not on the side of them in the working people and they feel like after 12 years of this party being in government, their living standards, opportunities, are all worse than they were before and they say it is time for this government to leave. and quite a few people said to me they were out on the streets to get across the message that liz truss and her party are not welcome in birmingham, as far as they are concerned.

>> we will see whether her government continues to listen to the people. still to come. ukraine reclaims the key city of lyman n from russia. a cnn crew is there to witness the devastation left behind. we are back in just a moment. on and now with shipstation we are shipping 500 beauty boxes a month it takes less than 5 minutes for me tget all of my labels and get beauty in the hands of women who are battling cancer so much quicker shipstation the #1 choice of online sellers go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free

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in the coming hours, russia's lower house of parliament is set to consider treaties submitted by president vladimir putin on the annexation of four ukrainian regions. the russian leader began the process body by signing agreements to join the territories to rush up. following so-called referendums. condemned by the west as a sham. the four regions include dontesk and luhansk , where the key city of lyman is back in the hands of ukrainian forces after russian troops retreated over the weekend. a cnn team arrived in the city of lyman about 30 minutes after ukraine's president declared it clear of all russian troops. we report on the devastation

left behind. >> reporter: it may not look like must but this is where putin's defeat in dontesk began. the prize from the last century perhaps. trains and tracks are still how russia wages war today. lyman, what is left is free of russia. this is what it is all about. the central railway hub in ukrainian hands and devastated by the fighting. and this was such a seminal part of russia's occupation, the concern for moscow is the effect will have four the russian border. on the town's edges we saw no sign of the hundred of russian prisoners or dead that had been instructed to follow moscow strategic defeat. perhaps they have been taken away. instead, utter silence. only local bicycles on the streets.

several residents told us the russians actually left in large numbers on friday. >> they left in the night and the day people said. i did not see myself but they say that the bags were falling off as they drove. they ran like this. >> reporter: it would be remarkable timing that russia fled lyman in the same hours that vladimir putin was signing papers declaring this russian territory and holding a rally in red square. a similar story in the local administration, where the only signs of russia left are burned flags. they ran away without saying a word to anybody, he says. it was bad. no work, no gas, no power nothing. the shops did not work. it truly feels as if there is nobody left. ghostly silence. apart from occasional showing. small arms fire. so much of this town after they

destroyed so many locals we are told hererererer with the ukrainian push began. now it is just a place that is a strategic defeat for russia. gunfire in the distance. the owner of the some russians may be left. outside what is left of the court, the constant change and violence is too much for some. her husband just arrested. >> [ speaking non-english ]

>> ukrainian troops we did see had stopped celebrating. there is little time. they are on the move again. another russian target further east, they have it in their sites. those left in lyman, a town cursed to have these bars of rusting steel running through it. gathering the ruins to burn for fuel. with winter ahead. left in the wake of russia's collapse here, a town that took weeks to occupy. but only hours to leave. ukraine's president says his country's military successes extend beyond the city of lyman

with two settlements in another region and a village near lyman now among a growing list of areas liberated by ukrainian forces. >> the story of the liberation of lyman and donetsk region has become the most popular in the media. but the successes of our soldiers are not limited to lyman. i think everyone who brings these moments of victory closer. returns the ukrainian flag to its rightful place on ukrainian land. i think everyone from generals to ordinary soldiers, from professional soldiers, intelligence and special forces, to volunteers and everyone who helps to a state. cnn is following these developments from london. we are live now. good to see you. we just heard president zelenskyy touting his nation success what is the tone and sentiment in russia?

>> it is interesting. i think the aim, one of the aims of the annexation and the ceremony we saw, the scenes on red square on friday would counteract the effect of the mobilization on public opinion. which has rattled it. it is the first time that this war has started to affect russians lives and we have seen that in protests and a mass exodus of fighting age men. i think the initial signs that it has not slowed down, the sense of fear we see in russia, especially around this mobilization. we see on russia's tightly controlled state media, signs of frustration, scapegoating creeping in. nobody overtly could say that president putin did this but a former russian commander said on russian tv did criticize the commanders involved in the conflict. similar, the chechen leader has supported the war and sent

troops for the mobilization to fight. he also criticized those involved accusing the head of the central command of the military in russia for being 100 miles away from his troops. that is why things were going wrong on the battlefield. this is something we are seeing continuing, despite the annexation. one interesting sign is that russia is not taking any chances when it comes to the control of information. we saw a russian authorities have restricted access to the audio website, sound cloud. they said it was spreading false information about the war. that is something to watch as we move forward. >> on another issue, where does ukraine stand on nato membership right now? >> president zelenskyy said on friday that ukraine was now applying for fast track nato membership. that came in the wake of president putin's announcement of the annexations. we know the nato expansion to

ukraine is a red line for russia. it is not clear how fast the fast track will be. we have seen nine nato members from central and eastern europe come out and say they would support ukraine's membership. that is nine out of 30. not including the major players like the united states, germany, france, and those. i think it is clear that the fast track will not be particularly fast. nato is not explicitly endorsed it. any european democracy can apply for nato membership. it is extremely risky for the alliance. it clearly signifies an escalation in the eyes and it would formally commit them to ukraine's defense under article 5, which would be a big step up. even with the military aid we have seen. >> many thanks. the seven americans released during a recent prisoner exchange with the venezuelan

government, are safely back in the united states. that is according to a u.s. state department official. president joe biden announced the return on saturday saying they had been wrongfully detained for years. the group included five oil executives, members of the so-called citgo six. in exchange the biden administration released two nephews of venezuela and first lady. they had been sentenced in the u.s. to 18 years in prison on drug smuggling charges. still to come. criticism is growing over the police response when a football match in indonesia spiraled into chaos and violence. those details and report from the region, next. in iran police crash with students a at a prominent university as crackdowns increase on antigovernment protesters. we will have details on that also.

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the crackdown on antigovernment demonstrations in iran continue in several key cities. we had video of one encounter that is disturbing. police clashed with students at a prominent university in tehran firing what appears to be a pellet gun at protesters. cnn is unable to confirm what happened after the shot was fired. the university's official newspaper reports that security forces fired less lethal pellets at large groups of students. the protests began last month after a 22-year-old mahsa amini died in police custody.

she was detained by the morality police for allegedly not complying with strict hijab rules. we are following this story closely from istanbul. >> reporter: this is the gutwrenching grief of a sister bearing her brother. the forever goodbye to soon for this 36-year-old, shot and killed a protest. she cuts off her hair and tosses it over his grave. these anguished cries make it hard to understand what she says . but her pain needs no words. for some in iran cutting off air is the age old morning right. but it is also become a poignant form of protest for those rising up for the rights, united in their anger and their battle for change. and from every corner of the world, women are sending messages of solidarity. in syria, a woman chops off her

hair to the chant, women, life, freedom. one of the slogans of iran's protests. in istanbul, is fans cheered this turkish singer, she cut her hair live on stage. to the women of iran she said, you are not alone. for from the streets of their homeland, iranian women abroad have joined in the protests. this woman tweeted, only her dad could tame, braid and cut her thick, curly hair. she has not cut it since he died in march. she was one of the first to post her hair cutting video online. >> it was more than a gesture for me. it was like saying goodbye to all those beautiful memories of him cutting my hair with love. because this time i cut it with anger. i needed to do something to take part in what my beautiful

brave people are doing. >> reporter: what is happening in iran is a women's uprising. not only are they on the streets leading protests, braving the bullets, the threat of jail or flogging. they are challenging the islamic republic and his so- called morality enforcers. walking the streets in broad daylight with no headscarves and no fear. the barrier of that fear is now broken. these two women sat for breakfast in a traditional teahouse, a space typically for men. the woman on the right was arrested after the photo went viral. we don't know what happened to the other woman. but that and an intensifying crackdown has not stopped other iranian women. many are revolting to reclaim freedoms lost. their right to choose. [ singing ] these two sisters in tehran are singing the

anthem of italian. is now the song of women breaking the shackles of an oppressive regime. [ singing ] people in indonesia are grieving the victims of the stadium disaster. hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil on sunday. at least 125 were killed and more than 300 injured, when chaos and violence erupted during a football match. members of the home team and community laid flowers at a makeshift memorial, just a short time ago. a senior national correspondent is following this story. he joins us now live.

what is the latest on this tragedy, and he was taking responsibility for this? >> certainly the football club, the arena football club which is the stadium where this happened, they said they are ready to take full responsibility. the focus is really shifting into the police response. and now the police are announcing an internal investigation into at least 18 officers who were equipped with teargas at the match. teargas is banned by the governing body for global football precisely because of what happened at the stadium we saw on the social media video. they sprayed it at the lower stands trying to stop people from rushing onto the pitch. when the teargas loaded up word , people in the upper stands with their children, families were there and they started to feel like they were suffocating. they started to choke and their eyes were watering. you do what you instinctively do, you run in the opposite

direction. you try to get away from the white smoke as quickly as possible before you cannot breathe. what happened was, so many people ran in the same direction at the same time toward the same exit. that is what caused this. the police the fire the teargas on the video, are under investigation. and internal investigation. there are also national probes that will be taking place to try to assess what went wrong. and why this happened. and in the words of the indonesian president, prevent this from happening again. >> why the police would've had that teargas, given were not supposed to have it in that location. tell us more about what the indonesian president is saying. >> basically he said he is asking three of his top ministers to look into this and to organize a full and

exhaustive probe, a thorough probe into what went wrong. we do know that all 125 people who are now confirmed to be dead have been identified to have been collected by their families. they are working to figure out how much financial assistance they will give those who were injured. the families of those who were killed. it is really heartbreaking scenes we are seeing play out. there are funerals that are being held, including for people who were children or teenagers. there was a funeral today for two teenagers, who died. their older sister and brother- in-law were there at the soccer game, at the football match, and they saw firsthand what happened. they saw the teargas and they saw their loved ones being suffocated. other witnesses who are grieving the death of their loved ones say the police did not treat them like humans. they felt they were treated inhumanely. not just teargas but in some cases beaten with sticks and

treated with the kind of force that you should not treat necessarily these unarmed football fans. there were some who were very rowdy and starting fights and were upset about the outcome. it was a loss for the home team. the vast majority of the people who got caught up in this were not those who are fighting or trying to get out of the pitch. people were there with their families and friends watching a football match and they never went home.>> it is horrifying. bring us the latest from his vantage point in taipei. many thanks. > the u.s. is a momonth awa from critical midtdterm electio. it is shshaping up to be anythi but the normal election year. we will explain, after the short break. stay with us.

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stretch of a midterm election season, and the republicans hopes of retaking congress are far from certain when voters go to the polls next month hot button issues including abortion rights, gun violence, climate change and threats to democracy are reshaping races nationwide. experts are now predicting only modest gains for republicans in the house. and leaving pollsters say the democrats will likely maintain control of the senate. joining me now is cnn's senior political analyst. always good to have you with us. you wrote in your recent article in the atlantic, that republicans began the year expecting sweeping senate games , but chances have since dwindled. why has that happened, do you think? >> when the year started republicans thought they had a chance to beat as many as six sitting democratic senators.

now the true top-tier chances were both sides believe they have a realistic opportunity have probably dwindled to two. nevada and georgia. on the other side democrats don't have many more opportunities either and that is a larger story about how rigid the senate battlefield has come. what is happened to republicans is a shifting political environment and some ineffective choices by gop voters in primaries. arizona and new hampshire was supposed to be states where they thought they could really press the democrats and instead they had trump-backed nominees who now look incapable really of getting over the line. and a generally improving political climate for democrats in colorado and washington taking off the page. having said that because democrats don't have that many opportunities on the other side, we are on a coin flip for control of the senate itself.

>> you said that in the article. it remains entirely possible that novembers results will leave the senate divided again at 50-50. what makes you so sure of that outcome? and what would the consequences be, if that is the case, in terms of trying to get things done for the next two years? >> first, if the senate ended up 50-50 again in this election, that has never happened before in the u.s. since the direct election of senators, which came into play immediately after world war i. we have never had two 50-50 senates in back-to- back elections. the larger point was, our politics is becoming much more rigid. the number of states that either side can realistically compete for is shrinking. one of the results of that, is both parties have failed to achieve the kind of majorities that used to be common. from 1960 to 1980, democrats had a majority of 55 seats or more

and nine of the 10 congresses. from 1980 to 2000, one party or the other had a majority of 55 senators. this is only happened three times since 2000. and because neither side can get very far ahead, they have not been able to sustain a majority for very long either. neither party has had a majority for eight years consecutive since 1980. that also has never happened in american history. if it is not 50-50, it will be 51-49. for one side or the other and a reflection of how doug and we are in america and how durable and deep this red/blue divide has become. >> what will happen in the house? >> the house is tougher for democrats. as i mentioned before republicans only need four or pisces to win the majority. there are four election since the civil war when the presidents party has not lost that many seats in the first midterm of a new presidential term. but the earlier in the year

when people were expecting sweeping republican gains, that now looks less likely. basically what happened is over the course of this year we went from the classic referendum on the party in power, in which people were voting out of their dissatisfaction with the way democrats are handling the economy and inflation, but for many crime in the border. to one in which it is much more of a choice between the parties and those are not the only issues anymore. the issues of what republicans would do on abortion, on guns, on democracy itself, have become more important. the needle still tilts toward republicans because people are concerned about inflation and people are down on biden's overall performance. the magnitude of the opportunity for them clearly has reduced since earlier this year. the other issues abortion, guns, and democracy have come into play. >> the midterms are usually a referendum of the party in power. that is not going to be the

case this time. why do you think? what is the main reason for that? >> the biggest single reason is that the supreme court ended the 50 year constitutional right to abortion and i think that was such a shock to the system. in the past, there is only four occasion when the presidents party has done pretty well in the house in the first midterm election. they had big shots from outside the system. the depression, the cuban missile crisis, the clinton impeachment in 1998, 9/11 and the 2002 election. the abortion decision is of comparable magnitude and it may not be enough to completely erase all of the advantages that republicans had developed, particularly around voted dissatisfaction with inflation. but it has change the parameters and it has allow these democrats, particularly in statewide races for senate and governor where there is more money and more focused. to ship the question voters are asking from, what have democrats done and am i okay

with it, to what would republicans do, if they had power. that is what above all has dwindled the number of republican opportunities. >> always great to have you with us. many thanks. the supreme court begins its new term monday. and one historic change is the addition of justice brown jackson. the first black woman to serve on the supreme court. but the courts decision to overturn roe v. wade in june will continue to have implications on abortion rights this term. the justices will also hear arguments on major cases on the voting rights act, and affirmative action in college admissions. and will also consider cases on same-sex marriage issues and environmental laws. still to come. hong kong hoping for a revival. the city's ultra tough covid restrictions are finally ended.

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after more than 2 1/2 years hong kong is lifting many of its covid restrictions. the city had some of the strictest rules in the world. now it is struggling tourism industry is showing signs of life. whether hong kong can completely revitalize itself and bounce back from the pandemic is still in question. >> reporter: rain or shine. the players train for the international rugby tournament in hong kong. for more than 40 years, it spans from around the world would come every year for the sport and the spectacle, until the pandemic. now after a long hiatus, they are thrilled to play again. >> it has been three years. three years or so since the last hong kong sevens. we are excited. it is good for hong kong. >> reporter: also coming to hong kong is the international pop sensation. in november a

global banking summit. the travel industry is buzzing. expedia.com says searches for hotels in the city jumped 50%. >> we can anticipate the business audience coming back to hong kong as well as travelers that visit hong kong is a culinary destination. we can see a little bit of that trend coming back in the coming months. >> reporter: with the easing of border rules the city hopes to reclaim its spot as an international business hub and reboot its economy. for many, like this market vendor, they don't have months to wait. >> my most frequent customers used to be tourists, locals really shop here. it has been terrible. very terrible. there has been no business at all. it has been a fruitless labor. business has been static. >> reporter: tough covid-19 measures have devastated businesses including the jumbo kingdom floating restaurant that is now know more. he shut his restaurant last year after nine years in operation.>> other restaurants

right now are closing down. and filing bankruptcy or trying to sell. >> reporter: he said it will take more than simply ending the covid rules to revive the city. >> we need to be providing excitement for hong kong. right now we lost so many things. >> reporter: before the pandemic , it was big scenes like these, famous for its party energy. today, rugby players practice in the rain, ahead of the return of the big tournament and big hopes for the revival of the city. tennis star novak djokovic has claimed his 89th career title. the serbian star won the latest title, his third this year in tel aviv on sunday. he missed the u.s. open this

year, because he refused to get a covid vaccine. and therefore was not eligible to play. the latest win means that he is the first man the season to win on all three services, grass, clay and hard-core. it is the end of an era in major league baseball, as st. louis cardinals superstar played his final regular-season home game. and he made it a day to remember the 42-year-old first baseman hit his 702nd career home run. he is fourth all-time on the home run list behind barry bonds, hank aaron and babe ruth. who has more than 2200 runs batted in, tying him with ruth for second all-time. the cardinals honored their legendary player along with veteran catcher in an emotional ceremony before the game.

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