Idalia moves East, Mitch McConnell freezes, Giuliani loses lawsuit

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🗓️ 31 August 2023

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Idalia lashes Georgia and the Carolinas as it moves East after pounding Florida, leaving more than 460,000 customers without power. Plus, CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains what might be going on with House Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who appeared to freeze in the middle of a Q&A with reporters in Kentucky today, just like he did at the Capitol last month. And, a federal judge finds Rudy Giuliani liable in the defamation lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers, saying he upended their lives when he falsely accused them of ballot tampering in the 2020 election. Giuliani could now owe millions.

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0:00.0	Good evening, everyone. I'm Laura Coates and this is CNN Tonight. Look, we're covering
0:11.7	all the big stories. I'm a very busy newsnight that Hurricane Adalia lashing the southeast
0:18.0	at this very moment in threatening flooding storm surges and strong winds as it goes. Now
0:23.5	look at this incredible video, by the way. A car flipping over in the tornado in South
0:29.2	Carolina, almost like CGI for a second. Oh my God. Meanwhile, some communities on Florida's
0:34.5	Gulf Coast are cut off. Thousands are without power. We'll go to the weather center before
0:39.6	the brand new forecast. Plus, there's a health scare. Dr. Sanjay Gupta is here to explain
0:45.8	what might be going on with Mitch McConnell, who appeared to freeze in the middle of a Q&A
0:51.1	with reporters in Kentucky today. Well, just like he did at the Capitol last month.
0:57.1	Senator, you're up for a election. Three short years. What are your thoughts on it?
1:03.1	I'm sorry, I already got it here. That's okay. What are your thoughts on running for re-election
1:08.1	in 2026? What I'm talking about, what? Running for re-election in 2026. Oh, that's good.
1:15.1	Did you hear the question, Senator, running for re-election in 2026? All right, I'm sorry.
1:30.1	Are you already in a minute? So what exactly is happening and what is it say about the fitness
1:35.3	of the 81 year old senator to lead the Republican caucus? And tonight on the docket, a federal
1:41.6	judge has determined that Rudy Giuliani has lost the defamation lawsuit from the Georgia
1:47.0	election workers, Ruby Freeman and Shay Moss. That's after he failed to provide information
1:52.1	that was sought in subpoenas. I mean, he upended their lives when he singled them out, falsely
1:57.8	accusing them of ballot tampering. I've lost my name and I've lost my reputation. I've
2:07.3	lost my sense of security. All because a group of people starting with number 45 and his
2:17.0	ally, Rudy Giuliani, decided to scapegoat me and my daughter, Shay.
2:24.6	More and all this soon. And let's begin now with our breaking news. There's a brand
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