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A brand new forecast for Hurricane Isaias. The National Hurricane Center warns conditions are rapidly deteriorating along the northern Gulf Coast. In just a few hours, Hurricane Isaias is expected to make landfall around the Florida panhandle as a Category 3 hurricane. Learn more ...  Show more

A brand new forecast for Hurricane Isaias. The National Hurricane Center warns conditions are rapidly deteriorating along the northern Gulf Coast. In just a few hours, Hurricane Isaias is expected to make landfall around the Florida panhandle as a Category 3 hurricane. Learn more ...  Show more

With 26 days left until the midterm elections, CNN looks at three key races for Senate and what voters are revealing about the candidates in two of those races. Plus, oil companies along the Gulf Coast are bracing for Hurricane Isaias. Could this result in even higher gas prices? ...  Show more

President Trump says he has a call with Vladimir Putin about the plague after a lab worker’s death. Should the public be worried? Plus, CNN is on board the troubled aircraft carrier that spent more than 10 months at sea with very little time at port. Learn more about your ad choi ...  Show more

The nation is four weeks away from midterm Election Day. Plus, a new audio recording surfaces in the alleged gang rape case at Cornell University. Also, unprecedented student protests rise across France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

The world wants to know what happened inside the Russian research laboratory. Plus, breaking news at Cornell University, a new audio recording emerges of the suspects involved in an alleged gang rape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices