So much of the fight for the presidency is coming down to battles for small slices of voters who can help throw swing states to one candidate or another. Abbas Alawieh, a leader in the Uncommitted movement, grapples with how to get his voters the thing they want. Prologue: When you have some power, but not a lot, how do you wield it when you’re suddenly cast into the spotlight? (4 minutes) Act One: Zoe Chace and Ben Terris follow Abbas Alawieh as he fights to broker a deal at the DNC – a way to potentially satisfy the people who voted “Uncommitted” in the primaries as a protest vote against Biden’s handling of the war in Israel and Gaza. (33 minutes) Act Two: Three weeks after the Democratic National Convention, Abbas speaks at a tense community meeting in Michigan about the Uncommitted organizers’ general election recommendation and hears back from voters on how they feel about the Democratic nominee at this point. (15 minutes)
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Maybe you saw this video this past week, a veteran meteorologist in Florida, John Morales, on live tv talking about the power of Hurricane Milton as it was still approaching the state.
He was reading the barometric pressure numbers.
It just got to him.
He choked up.
It has dropped.
It has dropped 50 millibars in 10 hours.
I apologize.
This is just horrific.
He wasn't the only meteorologist who seemed pushed to the limits trying to communicate the scale and intensity of Hurricane Milton, Noah Bergren, who's on tv in Orlando, declared in a tweet.
This is nothing short of astronomical.
I'm at a loss for words to meteorologically describe to you the storm's small eye in intensity.