let's go first to john berman. he's out in tallahassee in the so-called dead on a hit zone, john, what's happening where you are right now? >> yeah the winds have really started to pick up abby over the last half an hour. the rain really coming down here, you can see it pulling up all over the water here. and i think he can get a sense of these trees been a to really lean over and blow. and that's the real concern here in tallahassee. it is the wins. tallahassee has steamed storms pass over but never really was sustained. hurricane force winds. the likes of which they are expecting here in just a few hours, thousands and thousands of trees could come down. officials say with hundreds and hundreds of road closures. again, these will be hurricane force winds may be be 100 miles per hour in this relatively urban area to 200,000 people live here. all these live oaks line all the avenues in near their houses. that is what they're most concerned about. we're about 20 miles inland. so when this storm makes landfall 20 mile

i want to go back to john berman. he is in tallahassee. john what is it like for you right now very wet. >> the water was getting into more wires, which is why we lost audio before and it's down now in my boots, you mean you can't wear rain gear that keeps rain out like this? i mean, it's just coming from every direction now, the winds are picking up. it is going to get progressively worse over the next several hours once the storm makes landfall south of here, it will really speed right over a tallahassee in tallahassee while there have been names storms that have passed over the last several decades, none that seem like they're going to be as strong as hurricane helene is with sustained a hurricane force winds over the city of some 200,000 people. this city has got the beautiful live oaks everywhere in what they're most concerned about here. >> in tallahassee. >> he's isn't the storm surge that's going to happen 25 miles south of here. they're concerned about the winds bringing the trees down, knocking power out, closing hundred of roads.

i want to go now to cnn's john berman.noted tonight, john, tell us what you're seeing now that we're it's getting i mean, just even from moments ago when we last saw you, it seems noticeably different on the ground yeah, i'm not seeing much frankly because the rain is coming right to my eyes. >> kaitlan, this is a very serious ban. the most powerful we've seen yes with just this whipping, whipping rain and the winds have picked up, you can see sort of the winds taking the branches of these trees are all around me and pushing him down. this is really just the beginning. i don't think the wind gusts have pushed up much higher than 45 miles per hour once the storm, once this hurricane makes landfall, about 20 miles south of here will make landfall as a category four will push up here, but they're going to get wins here. wind gusts that are north of 100 miles per hour. so, you know, three times what we're seeing now and you can see how powerful it is already with this it is driving, driving rain, though the water pooling on th

. >> i'm john berman in tallahassee, florida this morning where it's mostly just messy this city did not see the worst of it the storm made landfall near harry about an hour from now as a category four storm with 140 mile per hour winds, it is now a tropical storm as it moves over georgia this is affecting so many states in as everyone wakes up this morning, we're only beginning to get a sense of the impact this morning. first, responders they are seeing scenes like this. this was south pasadena, florida, flooded home on fire dumpsters gloating through the floodwaters and steen steinhatchee, florida a house just voted away on the way water just part of the aftermath. so just the record breaking storm surge that has impacted coastal communities nine feet in some areas this morning nine feet of storm surge and overnight deputies and leake county began going out to check on people who stayed behind at least four deaths now has been reported from helene to end georgia, one in florida, one in north carolina. power is out for nearly 3 million people in florida, georgia, and the carolinas h

this is cnn new central >> john berman in florida this morning, which is bracing for hurricane helene, which is heading straight for this part of state, the panhandle and it's a category one hurricane strengthening overnight, expecting to make landfall as a category three or stronger. >> and the big bend area of florida, the good news, not a populated area, the bad news. once it makes landfall, it will cross paths with millions and millions of people, 85 million people in its path from florida, georgia, the carolinas, all the way up to the virginia, to virginia. they have all declared states of emergency along the florida coast, though it is not that populated, they could see storm surge of nearly 20 feet. the weather service calls that unsurvivable storm surge add to that wind speeds they could reach 130 miles per hour. again, tallahassee has never had hurricane force winds sustained winds. we could see winds here north of 100 miles per hour and the damage after it hits here, it will spread all the way up the coast cnn is tracking this storm. carlos suarez and gulfport, florida, whic

let's go to cnn's john berman and tallahassee. john, you covered a lot of these storms. it's getting messy already yeah. >> we're seeing the outer bands right now. it's been raining for the last couple hours or so when it's only going to get worse. remarkable pictures from carlos suarez in gulfport where they're seeing six feet of storm surge about 20 miles south of me, right along the big bend area of florida. they could get up to 20 feet of storm surge and the weather service calls that simply unsurvivable. the situation here in tallahassee is a little different, but also very, very dangerous. this city with a population of 200,000 storms have passed over before, but in their records, never before at full hurricane strength. and that is what is forecast to happen at least right now, the storm is moving so quickly, you won't have time to slow down when it passes over tallahassee. and that could be a real problem because this city has so many of the huge, gorgeous live oak trees the county administrator of leon county where tallahassee is told me a short time ago, they e

i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn new central it is good morning of debate. >> day eve, happy holidays to those who celebrate all eyes on philadelphia for a moment that could change everything. or at a minimum take things loose because as harry enten is noted, this is the closest election season. we have ever seen new polling from the new york times and siena college reflects that also 28% of likely voters say that they feel they need to learn more about vice president harris. >> 9% say that about donald trump let's get right to cnn's eva mckend, who is in pittsburgh this morning, which is where vice president harris has been preparing for the debate, preparing how and for what eva john, we've just one day from what could be the most consequential moment of the campaign. we don't know the vice president has been closely monitoring this six pass debate performances of the former president combing over briefing books with his past comments at combing over what he has said about her, how he has insulted her.

i'm john berman in tallahassee, florida. this is cnn special live coverage of hurricane helene by tonight, this storm which is right now a category two, could pass right over our heads as a major hurricane, at least when it makes landfall. now, even where it doesn't make landfall, it's causing major problems. i want to go to gulfport in pinellas county. that is where cnn's carlos suarez is right now in carlos. you been getting the band's and seeing the water already moved up like where you're standing right now? >> that's exactly right. john. good morning. so in the last hour, emergency officials here in pinellas county have expressed a great deal of concern with the fact that the folks that live in this evacuation zone have decided stay put and their concern, as you can see around me, is some of the flooding that we're already seeing associated with this storm. what you're taking a look at here is the result of high tide and some of it the rain that we saw moved through the area overnight. and this morning. and so what's ha

i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn new central it is debate day, aka a day that could end with a dramatically different 2024 race then it, which it began right now, the race between kamala harris and donald trump still historically deadlocked the newest national polls showing a 49 to 49% thai, which means the stakes are extremely high as both candidates for the first time meet face-to-face inside philadelphia's national conference it's so tension center. cnn's jeff zeleny has the very latest on the strategies that both campaigns are employing donald trump and kamala harris have spent months talking about one another. if comrade kamala harris gets four more years, you will be living a full-blown banana republic. >> if you got something to say on tuesday night, they will talk to one another in a duel seen around the world. >> but what's one of the most important audiences here in pennsylvania? >> and i don't know if i've really know until it's it's time to actually vote. >> this will be trump's seventh debate

i want to go to cnn's john berman in tallahassee, john howard, thanks conditions deteriorating. >> i know what that feels like and are sitting here in tallahassee i see the winds are picking up their measure gusts now, somewhere around 30 plus miles an hour, maybe a little stronger now. so getting closer and closer to tropical storm force winds, some of the hardest rain that we've had yet kind of the spoliated rain, the tears at your face as we've been talking about all night tallahassee has not been hit in record afforded history with sustained hurricane force winds. that is what is expected tonight. maybe a direct hit on tallahassee in fact, the storm will make landfall some 20 miles south of here, maybe around st. marks and the big bend area as a category four storm winds of 120, 530 miles per hour but up here over tallahassee, it could still be 110 miles an hour and they've just never seen anything like that. a city official told me a short time ago, they expect thousands of trees, thousands, and thousands of trees to come down. the beautiful live oaks here. and that will just ca

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what happened there will discuss it all i'm sara sidner with kate baldwin and john berman. this is cnn new central president kamala harris were turning you to the campaign trail as her campaign says, it is moving into a new phase. >> what they are calling a more aggressive phase. tim walz will join harris to kick off another tour of battleground states. this one they are calling the new way forward tour. and with that the campaign is expected to launch a slew of new tv and digital ads leaning into debate moments from this week, the first one released just yesterday, cnn's isaac dovere has more reporting on all of this and kind of what does a more aggressive phase look like? what? compared to what were they doing being decidedly being less aggressive before i mean, what talk me through this well we have that weaken august of the democratic convention and all the good feelings democrats had them then harris was pretty quiet over the week following she did that interview with dana bash, obviously, but that was the main thing that they did a little bit of campaign than choose i

, quote, dead on as it continues to intensify ahead of landfall for more on this, we have cnn's john berman. >> he is there live. john what are you seeing right now and what are you hearing from officials about the conditions tallahassee in particular is facing? >> yeah. danny, the good news is that right now, we're in a law. it's this dry as it has been for some time. the bad news is, this isn't going to last the band's will keep coming through it here, through here, soaking tallahassee, the capital city population, about 200,000 in then the wind will come for all all the storms that have passed over this region in the last few years none have actually gone past tallahassee as a hurricane that is forecast to happen this time. and that could create some real issues here this is a beautiful cedar tree right behind me but this town is famous for its live oak trees and the county commissioner told me they expect thousands of trees to come down, hundreds of rows to be closed that's going to be an issue with power knocked out for days in that could be a good forecast. local papers reporting that

let's get right to cnn's john berman is on the ground in talent paesie, the capital of florida, and john, the fema administrator says, this is looking like a dead on hit where you are dead on hit on tallahassee, jake as a hurricane in that significant even historic for all the storms that have passed over tallahassee the last even 14 months, two of them, this would be the first at crossed with her hurricane force strength winds. and that's a real problem south of here is where it will make landfall about 20 miles. that's where you'll see the dangerous storm surge as much as 20 feet. if it crosses with windspeeds, a hurricane category three, category four of 120 miles per hour our wins there. it could pass over tallahassee with 100, 110 mile per hour winds. and that is just treacherous. the county commissioner told me a short time ago, they expect thousands of trees to come down. they have all kinds of beautiful big trees here, including those huge live oaks thousands of trees could come down. that's a serious threat to homes, cars, anything on the roads. and of course, how we're as well

like it was unexpected because of the flash flooding that is happening and some of the cities, john berman, great work there will be back to you in just a few minutes right now. you just heard john mentioned that there are warnings about catastrophic flooding in western north carolina. as lean moves further north alive hey, report is just ahead and power outages are going tohuge problem throughout the weekend and beyond, right now, there are more than 1 million customers in florida alone that have lost power and an update on power outages. florid. flori georgia, south carolina will be reporting more than 1 million allergies. as you heard, this time those numbers have been increasing rapidly this morning, we will talk all about it and had the latest from the storm coming up ana navarro takes a very personal journey across the nation to explore the latino vote nobody should pay the latino vote with one wide brush. the whole story with anderson cooper, sunday at 8:00 on cnn the first bill is subway has never been easier just by in a foot login app, get another fried dough. the hard part is te

want to go to cnn's john berman right now, he's joining us from tallahassee where residents are bracing for what could be a dead hit by hurricane helene john, what's the latest there? what are they saying? >> yeah, that is what the fema administrator just said that the city of tallahassee need to be prepared for a direct hit, which frankly has not happened in recent memory with hurricane strength, winds right now, is expected to make landfall the storm about 20 miles south of here, as a category four storm but it's moving so quickly, they want to pass is directly overhead. wolf. it will bring certainly hurricane strength, winds, maybe category two strength winds here, which is a real problem in a city like tallahassee, population 200,000 or so because of all the trees here, here's just a few of them behind me. there are even more these live oak low canopy trees the county commissioner told me he expects thousands of trees to come down in this hurricane, hundreds of roads to be closed and hurricane michael, which was several years ago power was out for days here and it wasn't even a dire

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i'm john berman with kate baldwin and this is cnn new central for new developments and a crucial swing state this morning, cnn's k kfile uncovering a disturbing online history behind north carolina's republican nominee for governor mark robinson. he's the current lieutenant governor of the state, kfile reporting that robinson posted on a porn site messaging board starting in 2008 a lot one post describing himself as a quote black nazi robinson also calling for slavery to be reinstated, posting the quote is, as you see, there, slavery is not bad. some people need to be slaves. add to that countless lewd and sexually explicit posts. robinson is a close ally of donald trump. he has denied all of this. cnn's dianne gallagher is in charlotte tracking it all and there is so much he says this is not him tell us more what he's saying and what you are hearing now this morning in north carolina? >> that's okay. mark robinson remains the republican candidate for governor here in rucker line of the deadline for him to withdraw past midnight. >> so there were a lot of questions swirling on whether

i'm sara sider with john berman, kate bolduan is out today. this is cnn new central all right any moment now, the 14-year-old suspect in a georgia school shooting could make his first court appearance where he is he's expected to face murder charges as an adult this morning. questions about how he got an ar 15 a little more than a year ago, law enforcement visited the house his house concerned about postings on social media connected to the suspect, the parents said he did not have access to guns the victims are being remembered today to students, two teachers, beloved by the community with us now former fbi agent josh campbell. but first cnn's nick valencia, live on the scene. nic, what's the latest from there? >> chilling new details this morning about the alleged gunman of 14-year-old identified as a student here at apalachee high school, somebody who is known to law enforcement will have more on that in just a moment, but we're also learning about the caliber weapon that was used, an ar 15s style weapon used in yesterday's shooting, as we'

i'm john berman with sara sidner this is cnn new central this morning. new details in the deadly rampage at a georgia high school moments ago was student who was sitting next to the alleged gunman before the shooting started. shared more with us about what happened yesterday morning he gets up and leaves to go to the bathroom, but he skips usually, so it's you never know where he's going but please in the bathroom and i'm missing classes normal and we're working and my friend goes to the bathroom and a little bit later and measure it comes in looking for them one of them and their mistake, my friend for him they take my friend, his bag and a little bit later he comes back in with his bag and i asked him like, oh, what happened and who was like, oh, i don't know. >> they were looking for the next to you? not me these poor traumatize children this morning that 14-year-old suspect could make his first court appearance and police are trying to learn how he was able to get his hands on an ar 15 style rifle as officials now he was questioned about online threa

i'm sara sidner with john berman, kate bolduan is out this is cnn news central breaking news for you right now if israel right now, funeral for israeli american hostage hersh goldberg-polin is beginning in jerusalem over the weekend. >> his body was recovered with five other hostages after they were were murdered by hamas. their deaths this morning igniting fury across israel as protesters in protests intensify their demand for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to strike a ceasefire deal. now let's bring in cnn's jeremy diamond. he is live in tel aviv. you have been watching these protests throughout. but the funeral is about to begin. and it is being held in jerusalem. what are you hearing? will happen there first yeah, that's right, sara, the procession is already underway for that funeral service for the 23-year-old israeli american hersh goldberg whose body was recovered in gaza over the weekend after the israeli military says that hamas executed him and five others just hours. >> it seems before israeli troops actually reached their location and ultimately found their bodies. th

this is cnn breaking news >> i'm john berman in tallahassee, florida are tracking hurricane helene is to cnn. special live coverage is starting to get soggy. here. the outer bands passing through an the breaking news is this, the national hurricane center just issued if 8:00 alert, helene is now a category two storm. it has strained it has sustained winds of 100 miles per hour even higher gusts than that it is intensifying as it moves towards florida this morning, one of the biggest concerns along the florida coast, particularly the big bend area, is storm surge. it could reach up to 20 feet. the national weather service says that is unsurvivable, not just the storm surge. it that'll be an issue here. the storm is moving quickly, which means it will bring hurricane force winds up past tallahassee, indigenous georgia, 85 million people are under watches and warnings this morning. a tornado watch issued for 17 million people in florida that includes tampa, miami, fort myers, and orlando. there was a whole lot going on as this storm pushes in. let's get right to cnn meteorologist allison

i'm sara sidner john berman, kate is out this morning. this is cnn new central out this morning that shows donald trump has a lead in a key battle well, ground, state and a slight edge within the margin of error and two others, this polling from the new york times and siena college shows donald trump up by five arizona that it's outside of the margin of error. error georgia in north carolina, both within the margin of error, all comes as donald trump has yet to speak publicly about his pick for governor in north carolina, mark robinson, he is the current lieutenant governor. >> his campaign in chaos. some of his top staffers resign this fall close the cnn kfile report that uncovered those inflammatory comments on a porn website forum. cnn's kristen holmes is with does trump and j.d. vance, they go to north carolina. they don't talk about mark robinson. is we're going to see more of that we certainly expect your john. >> and by that i just your introduction there sounded like political mad libs. i would have never guessed this is what we w

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn new central we begin with breaking news police just revealed the suspect in the apparent second assassination attempt on donald trump was driving his daughter's car when he was detained. >> also moments ago, police released this brand new photo of the suspect just moments after he was detained. we are also waiting to see if formal charges are filed today. cnn's carlos suarez leads us off this hour. i understand that the palm beach county sheriff just spoke again. he's talked about what was going on before, how difficult it is to secure this. and there weren't enough officers in place. what are you hearing from him now exactly right, sara, good morning. >> so the sheriff of palm beach county was on fox news just a few minutes ago and he provided some additional details about what unfolded at this golf course here you're behind me. and yesterday afternoon, i'll ric bradshaw said that 58-year-old, ryan wesley routh did not get off any rounds. again, he said he did not get off

i'm kate bolduan with john berman. this is cnn new central >> this morning, hide the kids are at least cover their ears. we've got new fallout this morning after the shocking revelations uncovered about a candidate for governor in one of the most who crucial swing states. all from cnn's kfile about the republican candidate for governor in north carolina, mark robinson, k file reports that robinson posted on a born site messaging board starting in 2008, described himself as quote, a black nazi in calling for slaver to be reinstated. now that's in addition to lou incredibly explicit and graphic posts. robinson has denied making these posts get into but new sheriff house on my manufacturer, this all these salacious tabloid lives. but i can tell you this. there's been over 1 million spent on me through ai by billionaire son who's bound and determined to destroy me. but things that people can do with the internet now it was incredible robinson is a close ally of donald trump and has made numerous campaign appearances with h

thank you so much, john berman. all right. morning from the cdc shows cases of whooping cough are soaring across the country. cnn health reporter jacqueline howard with us this morning. how do you prevent whooping cough? what are some of the symptoms? >> yes sara well, first of all, what we're seeing right now with these outbreaks of cases, we are seeing that potentially what could be causing this is since the covid-19 pandemic, we've stopped masking, stopped distancing. that's led to a rise in many different respiratory illnesses, including whooping cough. we also know over time the vaccine induced immunity can wane. that's why it's important too. get your booster and then number three, we also know that we tend to see outbreaks of whooping cough every three to five years. and this year, on september 14, the number of cases reported were five times more than the number of cases reported for that same time period compared with last year, sara and the best way to prevent what being cough is to get vaccinated. the pertussis, als

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sarah sidner is out, i'm john berman with kate baldwin and this is cnn new central overnight, we got tons of new polling from battleground states. let me get right to it because these are the stays safe. everyone is watching the most closely. let's talk about pennsylvania here. we have three polls up here. they're actually five out. they all showed directionally mostly the same thing. you see the new york times sienna poll shows harris with a four point lead in pennsylvania. marris shows a tide quinnipiac, a six-point lead there was a franklin or martial poll out that showed harris for three points. a washington post poll at one point, take away from this the average harris slightly up, maybe according to this new polling in pennsylvania. this isn't moving other important states. i want you to look at here. you have wisconsin and michigan marris shows a one-point edge in wisconsin, quinnipiac, a one-point edge that's basically tied in wisconsin and michigan, harris up five in marris, up five and quinnipiac again in these three polls and polls, we've seen what you basically see is a v

upton's justin timberlake set to enter a plea in court after he was arrested there on dui charges i'm john berman with sarah sidner and kate baldwin. is friday the 13th, the most friday the 13th ever and this is cnn news central morning, new reporting on how kamala harris is now viewing the final sprint after the big debate. >> i guess it can be summarized in two words, swift and swing. here's the swift huge dnc camp campaign ads touting taylor swift's endorsement have just launched in time square and in las vegas, you're seeing an image of it there. >> as for the swing, harris is going big on swing state battleground, pennsylvania in a major new push for swing voters if they exist. >> and all of this as her campaign today hits its halfway mark, just 54 days ago, she jumped in the race, just 53 days now, left to go cnn's isaac dovere leads us off with new reporting on what is going on behind the scenes in the harris campaign in this final sprint, what are you learning? isaac? >> located the harris campaign feels really good about that debate on tuesday. and the way the vice president performed in

but luxurious benefits prosecutors say she received how she got caught on your side, with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn new central and breaking this morning brand new cnn polling from six battleground states on the race for president, pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, arizona, and nevada, and georgia, three weeks. >> three is tight as a tick six days from the high-stakes debate. sixth the two days till election day. so let's get right to cnn political director david chalian is with us the top lines this morning, david good morning, john. and yet just two days from ballots going out in north carolina for people to begin voting, but take a look at our snapshot of those six states, six battleground states. and what you see here, you mentioned there were a few states where there are slight leads in wisconsin kamala harris, 50%, donald trump, 44%, slight lead for harris in wisconsin outside the margin of error. same in michigan, a slight lead for harris outside the margin of error in arizona down here. it's a slight lead for donald trump 49% to 44%. georgia, nevada, pennsylva

but this morning there, ride home as finally we arrived, i'm sort of saga john berman and kate bolduan, this is cnn news central in the breaking news, as sara just mentioned, cnn has learned of cross border commando raids by israel into lebanon, into the southern part of the country. these raids back-and-forth could be a sign that a larger ground invasion could be coming. obviously, there have been airstrikes on beirut for days now, let's get right to cnn, chief national security analyst and anchor jim sciutto. who is in tel aviv. jim, these raids what do they show and what do they tell us yeah. well, john, you could call the shaping operations smaller special forces raids as well as just the barrage of airstrikes that we've seen and over the last several days, not just taking out his bold leadership, but going after firing positions missile launch, shut sites, missile and rocket storage sites in southern lebanon would all be part of laying the groundwork for a broader ground incursion or small scale invasion, whatever language you use so one can say that those operations have already

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn new central a new senate and it report details in stunning security failures surrounding the first attempted assassination of donald trump besides a major breakdown in communication, the report found that the secret service failed to set a visual barriers, had no plan on how to secure the building where the gunman was located. some requests for critical resources were denied. some of those requests, not even made this morning. the agency's chief of communications is responding saying the report lines up with what the agency's own review found the statement says the u.s secret service has implemented changes to our protective operations to ensure the highest levels of safety and security for those, we protect with us now is the chair of the senate committee behind this report, michigan senator gary peters. thank you very much for being with us senator. let me ask a simple question. or what would think would be a simple question who is the clear leader in charge of planning

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn new central standing by for the first appeal hearing in a felony i get tearing and sex trafficking case against sean combs, the hip hop mogul will be back in court very soon to try to get out of federal detention. >> he was denied bail after prosecutors argued he was a threat. this is what his defense lawyer told kaitlan collins overnight is there any chance sean combs takes a plea deal i don't see it happening. i do not see it happening he he's he's innocent. i believe he's innocent. i believe he's innocent of the charges. and he is going to go to trial. and i believe he's going to win combs is accused of manipulating threatening, and drugging women in his alleged set cross sex crimes. >> he has denied all the charges. cnn's kara scannell is with us now on what we can expect next, kara yes, john. >> so lawyers will be back in court today, so we'll sean diddy combs, he will be back is sitting before a different judge yesterday. it was a magistrate judge who denied the bail

i'm kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn new central it's going to be one of the most critical moments in the presidential elections so far, the first debate between donald trump and kamala harris in preparations are already in full swing this morning. >> all while new numbers from a new york times sienna college poll showing just how critical tomorrow night is going to be among likely voters, right now, there is no clear leader. and while those numbers are too close to call 28% of likely voters say they feel they need to learn more about kamala harris, while only 9% and say that about donald trump, cnn's eva mckend is in pittsburgh this morning, starting us off how has the vice president been preparing for the debate, noting that she has in the state that is the most crucial for the two of them. >> well, sara, they have watched the former president's six past debate performances closely. she's been poring over briefing books with his past comments, with his insults against her. she has also been in conversation

implosion last year but officials have now learned from the coast guard, i'm kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn new central >> breaking this morning, sean diddy combs arriving. any the moment at a federal court in new york. he was arrested overnight and a manhattan hotel taken into custody by homeland security investigators a federal indictment is set to be unsealed. he'll very soon let's get right to cnn's kara scannell outside the courthouse in new york. we've been awaiting this arrival, awaiting really new information all morning long, kara, what are you learning? >> yeah, good morning, john. so diddy sean diddy combs as arrested last night around 8:15 at the park hyatt hotel in midtown. he's been in federal custody overnight and he will appear in court today to face these charges. now, we are not going to see him walk through the front doors of the courtroom. he will be brought in by federal agents, likely through a garage. so we won't see him actually walk in, but he will be in a courtroom room today. once he arrives and his process and then he will face those

john berman in tallahassee. thanks so much joining us now is adrian elliott apalachicola city commissioner. she's in florida's big bend that's the part of the united states where the panhandle of florida connects to the peninsula of florida and adrian extremely heavy rain has already flooded roadways in your area. how prepared are the residents of apalachicola for the next phase of this monster hurricane lot of residents, everyone's been stocking up. we're used to getting tropical weather in this area. many residents were here for hurricane michael. so that's kind of been our bar to gauge for this today downtown the last week preparations were finalized with business donor is getting things boarded up moved out some of our lowest lying areas in town have already been subject to a little bit of flooding from the rainwater, but our sewer systems and everything are still functional. this time. we do have some of the floodwaters starting to back a little bit, but the storm surge is not hit anywhere near what we're s

with john berman and kate baldwin, this is cnn news central. >> this morning, this might be what happens when you have a plan. the reviews are in from punch bowl news. harris triggers trump and it unraveled from there. the wall street journal editorial board, the president let her rattle him. she won the debate. the new york times, kamala harris exploited her opponent's biggest weakness, not his record and not his divisive policies and not his history of inflammatory statements. instead, she took aim at a far more primal part of him, his ego. and from the former speech rider from president reagan and george h w bush, "he cleaned his own clock and when he didn't, she cleaned his clock and when she didn't, davis cleaned his clock. in the end, his clock was cleaned. he smudged her clock face a little." this is some of what transpired. >> i'm going to do something really unusual. i'm going to invite you to attend one of donald trump's rallies. because it is a really interesting thing to watch. you will see during the course of his rallies, he talks about fictional characters like hannibal le

i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn new central the new cnn polling out today with look at the state of the race in the battlegrounds that have proven to be most important, where things stand in six battlegrounds, there is a whole lot of dance we're going to get into it. >> the top lines. >> harris has the advantage in michigan and wisconsin, trump has the advantage in arizona. >> and then there's the proof of just how close the race the 60 plus days out there essentially tied in the key battlegrounds, nevada, georgia, and pennsylvania dive into these states harris has an eye-popping lead over trump but among women, trump has a huge edge over harris when it comes to the economy. and remember, six days from the debate, just 62 days to the election people are going to be voting even before that, as cnn political director david chalian likes to remind us all of the time, i could importantly i gave a bit of the ovary. >> can you take us dive me into the states? and these topline numbers? >> yeah. like you said,

she's out i'm john berman with sara sidner and this is a special holiday edition of a show like no other cnn news central all right john, i always try to take over. that's what happened at the beginning of the show and a holiday weekend all right. happening right now, there are mass protests intensifying in israel as grief and outrage over the killings of six hostages in gaza. now threatened cripple israel's economy overnight. police using tear gas and stun grenades to control the crowd. hundreds of thousands of workers now on strike hoping prime minister benjamin netanyahu's hand will be forced into an immediate ceasefire deal among the six murder hostages with israeli american hersh goldberg, goldberg-polin this morning has funeral will be held and we are standing by for a critical meeting in the white house situation room to begin with negotiators, president biden and vice president kamala harris will meet with us hostage negotiators as israel says, 101 hostages are still being held by hamas, including seven americans, four of whom are still believed to be alive. kylie atwood is in wa

richest overflowing of a major august haul, nearly tripled at of donald trump's uncertified are with john berman, kate bolduan out today. >> this is cnn new central cnn breaking news all right and we are standing by for the first court appearance from the suspected georgia school shooter. >> we did learn moments ago that this will no longer be virtual. the 14-year-old will appear in person. we also just learned his father, who is also charged perished in this case, will appear in court in-person after his son let's get right to cnn's rafael romo outside the court. a lot of new information coming in. raphael what do we expect that's right, john, a lot of new information here and we're now less than 30 minutes away from the first hearing for the suspect, it will happen here at the barrow county courthouse at a 30 am local time, man and a new development. >> we have now confirmed that 14-year-old colt gray will make his first appearance in person and not virtually as previously announced. then we have also just confirmed that the father 54-year-old, colin gray, will be arraigned at 9:30 a.m. easter

i'm kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. this is cnn news central southeast are facing and indescribable to destruction after hurricane helene tore a path of devastation from florida to virginia. >> at least 95 people across six states have died. many more people are unaccounted for this hour and officials believe the death toll will rise, right now, utility crews are working around the clock to try to restore power. but nearly 2 million customers are still in the dark with hundreds of roads and bridges across the region damaged or covered by debris thousands of people are stranded, cut off from badly needed supplies in north carolina, at least 36 people are dead and officials have received more than 1,000 reports of people who are missing. helene's powerful winds and floodwaters ripped homes from their foundations, causing landslides and wiping entire mountain towns from the map and we watched it from the edges happens come push through these walls? >> take out buildings and move them in tyre areas over. >> as we assess the

wildly popular weight loss drugs could help prevent thousands of heart attacks and strokes three i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. this is cnn new central diddy combs is headed back to court this time to make a plea he to be let out on bail home state, overnight, and the federal detention center after veil was denied by a judge yesterday, his lawyer is now preparing to fight that decision. >> even before they've prepared to fight the very serious allegations and charges that combs now faces i call the prosecutors myself. >> i said mr. combs is in new york. do you want to know where he is if you wanted to where he is? i'll tell you where he is, but he wants to surrender. he's here to surrender. they didn't want them to surrender because if he surrenders, they don't get to tell the judge that he's a flight risk and he's a danger because who as a danger and a flight risk would fly to new york and surrender prosecutors unsealed the indictment yesterday, accusing the music mogul of leading a years long criminal enterprise, a sex trafficking ring where drugs, violence, abuse, threats,

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn new central right this morning, no debates. so now what what will the harris county campaign do in the final sprint now that donald trump says he will not debate again, we've got new reporting on how the harris team will respond and where she will look for votes. and breaking overnight brand new taylor swift themed ads in times square and las vegas digital. billboards funded by the dnc. and according to the hollywood reporter, approved by taylor swift, just a taste perhaps, how the harris campaign will use the big new endorsement from taylor swift cnn's kevin liptack here with the latest covering a lot of basis for us this morning, kevin, what do you have on this? >> yeah, that taylor swift endorsement. i think brett cheers to the kamala harris headquarters and you see them seizing on it almost immediately. they have those billboards in times square. and in las vegas saying that we're in our kamala era, they started selling the taylor swift friendship bracelets. they actua

i'm john berman with sara sidner and kate baldwin. this is cnn new central destruction and devastation than people really are having a hard time putting words to this morning when you just take a look at these images from florida to virginia power systems, crippled roadways washed out, cell service, wiped out food, water, and fuel. >> now, becoming hard to come by. hurricane helene is left so much damage in its wake. and as janja said, just moments ago, we have a new death toll number the death toll is rising at least 102 people have been killed from this storm, hundreds of people are still unaccounted for the latest check. this the latest check, and then some of the other numbers this morning, nearly 2 million customers do not have power, utility crews are working on it. but if you just take a look at the damage sustained, just look look at that in one part in north carolina, the roadways impassable debris left behind. it's clear that they have huge challenges ahead, ahead of them to restore power in north carolina, the last numbers

. >> i'm john berman with kate baldwin and sarah sidner. >> this is cnn news central breaking overnight. >> israel intensifying airstrikes on hezbollah in lebanon, sparking major concerns the conflict could spiral into a wider regional war. over 500 people have been killed in the strike so far. in what's being described as the deadliest day in lebanon in nearly two decades, has been firing back overnight, launching more than 100 rockets from southern lebanon into northern israel so far, no one has been injured from those rockets. all of this coming as president biden prepares to it the rest world leaders on the global stage at the united nations, just hours from now, cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in tel aviv. nic, a ground invasion would spell out war has israeli prime minister netanyahu ruled that out at this point? >> his idf spokesman was precisely all that question. >> and he didn't rule it out. and neither has the prime minister rule that out for the israeli government. it does seem that all options are on the table when it comes to a ground incursion, what t

i'm kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn new central campaign it says get ready to see and hear more from vice president kamala harris, her team says, she will speak to the media more as she enters what they call a more aggressive phase. >> he's of the campaign. they are pushing to keep the momentum from her largely praised presidential debate performance. north carolina is her first stop today, and what the harris-walz campaign is calling the new way forward tour. they are also launching new tv and digital ads highlighting what they believe are her best moment from the debate stage. cnn's priscilla alvarez is in north carolina for us there in charlotte. what do you learning about the plan that the campaign has today well they certainly want to amplify some of those debate moments where they thought that she was at her strongest in a state like north carolina, one of the top issues is reproductive rights. >> that is something that the vice president has been talking about for the whole year. and she has become a

i'm john berman with kate baldwin and sarah sidner. this is cnn new central new this morning, sean diddy combs will be back in in court today in his lawyer says he will fight to get him out of jail. >> but his lawyer has had a lot to say outside of court, combs is in custody on federal charges of racketeering and sex trafficking. he was denied bail by prosecutors, called him a threat. this after airing out disturbing accusations and a stunning indictment. we now know what was seized from his home during those raids, guns, drugs, and supplies for his alleged sex crimes something investigators say combs called freak offs, which were elaborate sex performance as they say, during which combs allegedly used drugs to keep victims compliant. here's what combs's attorney told our kaitlan collins about the case is there any chance sean combs takes a plea deal? i don't see it happening. i do not see it happening. he he's he's innocent. i believe he's innocent. i believe he's innocent of the charges. and he is going to go to trial. and i believe

through space how the polaris dawn crew hopes to make history i'm sara sider with kate bolduan and john berman. >> this is cnn new central this morning in the immortal words of kate baldwin, it's debate day in america, friends the first debate between vice president harris and former president trump, the first time as far as we know that they will ever meet at all. >> maybe the last the event of the national constitution center in philadelphia comes in an absolutely pivotal moment. the closest campaign we have ever seen this morning, axios calls it a high risk, high reward opportunity for harris and politico, a person close to donald trump says, quote, harris is going to try to bait him question is, does he take it or not? let's get right to philadelphia. cnn's eva mckend is at the debate site. you've been following the harris campaign. what are they thinking heading into the big night? >> well, john, part of the strategy is to get under his skin, lean into his insecurities and their up with a new ad this morning that aims to do just that oh, go, after his obsession with crowd sizes and they'r

who else took home gold on television's biggest night, i'm sara sidner with john berman and kate baldwin. this cnn new central flood of new details coming in overnight about the man now in custody, accused of attempting to assassinate donald trump yesterday, the second attempt on trump's life this morning thank a picture is beginning just beginning to come into focus about the man's past, including what he recently said about trump himself. >> the fbi is working to piece this all together and figure out how and why you've got a few hundred yards from donald trump with an assault-style rifle. the secret service, spotting him opening fire as trump was golfing, the would-be shooter then fled taken into custody a short time later on a highway charges and a first court appearance could come as soon as this morning. there is a lot to get to surrounding all of this. carlos suarez is standing by for us in west palm beach near donald trump's golf club. what's the latest carlos? good morning. >> well, look, kate. good morning. so the federal and local investigation into what happened at this golf

i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. all that and more ahead on cnn news central today, donald trump and kamala harris are back on the campaign trail. >> both back on the campaign trail for the first time since an apparent second attempt on donald trump's life. donald trump heading to battleground state, michigan for a town hall in lynch trump is also now talking about that second assassination attempt to talking about what he experienced when he heard shots fired on the golf course also, he's talking about trying to cast blame for the assassination attempt on rhetoric from kamala harris, president biden, and democrats. though donald trump also says that yesterday he did have quote, a very nice call with joe biden, cnn's alayna treene has much more on this. he's joining us now. what is the latest alayna? >> well, kate, we are going to see donald trump, as you mentioned, in person visually, i think for the first time since this apparent second assassination attempt. and look, we did actually hear from donald trump last ni