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The historic trial beginning today for the leader of the oath keepers. Was it sabotage . The nord stream pipeline that brings crucial gas from russia to germany suddenly spring leaks. The undersea explosions detected, and the investigation under way. Massive student protests thousands walk out of classrooms in virginia over new policies on gender and pronouns. Students have have the right to control their own identity. The deas warning about candycolored deadly fentanyl. New evidence that china is trying to influence the midterm election. And the billionaires too poor for forbes list of the richest. Et. Annou announcer live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, the news with Shepard Smith good evening this time last night it looked like tampa and st. Pete were in big trouble from Hurricane Ian worst case, their mayor called it now ian has changed its mind it shifted course as hurricanes do, and its likely landfall place and time have changed. A live look, naples, florida, the calm before the storm, the beach empty as people brace for the hurricane. And this, i75 in tampa, the roads now pretty clear, but roads leaving the city were packed last night, Governor Desantis declaring a statewide emergency. It is a big storm it is going to kick up a lot of water as it comes in, and youre going to end up with really significant storm surge. Youre going to end up with really significant flood events, and this is the type of storm surge that is lifethreatening the most recent update from the National Hurricane center shows the storm will likely make landfall in a cone of uncertainty between tampa and fort myers as you see here well get the new details in a moment this is key west, already feeling the impact of the storm a bit this afternoon 40mileanhour winds or so and some rain. That eye, of course, well away from the island. The storm is moving slowly, 10 miles an hour, and forecasters say its set to slow down even more to as low as 34 miles an hour many people walk faster than that they are warning, Hurricane Ian is going to hover over florida for days, and for days floridians could be dealing with strong winds, heavy rain, and extreme storm surge. About 2. 5 Million People in florida facing some type of Evacuation Order the sheriff of hillsboro county, which includes tampa, warning people to follow those orders. Its been 101 years since tampa bay has experienced a storm of this magnitude. The county administrator does not make these decisions lightly. Heed the warning get your families to safety. Theres nothing more important than to protect you and your familys life. The governors activated about 5,000 members of the Florida National guard a couple more thousand coming from out of state to help out, but local officials are warning once the water starts rising, rescue crews may not be able to reach people, so theyre warning people to get out while they can. We have complete coverage tonight, juan vanegasa from cuba, Valerie Castro along Clearwater Beach first our nbc meteorologist is tracking ian somara, significant changes on places and time. With each update were seeing a more definitive path for People Living south of tampa the situation is growing more dire lets jump right into it Hurricane Ian is coming in as a category 3 hurricane 120mileperhour wind gusts once we hit 130, were in category 4 territory you can see right now its sitting just to the southsouthwest of punta gorda, florida at about 200 miles away, and the latest track coming in has been relatively consistent so the last few runs weve really been seeing that threat remain near areas like sayre sew tachlt but this is the cone of uncertainty. So from tampa all the way to fort myers, theres still a chance we could see a shift here, a slight wobble in this storm, and we could see a major variation, but for right now coming in south of tampar northn were headed towards wednesday night and to as far as the timing goes, 2 00 p. M. On wednesday is looking fairly good for us to start seeing those Hurricane Force winds and the hurricane starting to make land fall south of sar sarasota if we see it make landfall farther south, closer to fort myers, thats earlier in the day. The farther north you head, then were headed towards wednesday night and to thursday morning territory. Now the deadliest part of a hurricane, the storm surge, and that is going to be the Biggest Issue because really the entirety of the western coastline of florida is very vulnerable to storm surge, and right now weve shifted that 8 to 12foot surge south of tampa. I want to show you what will happen this is the wind field, im sorry, of the hurricane tomorrow afternoon and evening, and you can see that southerly flow pushing water into areas like the Port Charlotte bay there into fort myers, and then we get the outflow coming through tampa. E outflow coming through tampa. They are still going to be impacted, though, by heavy rain if the storm does take a more southerly trajectory now, heres a look at the impacts when it comes to the rains. Were talking 24 inches of rain or higher stretching from sarasota through tampa all the way up the east coast of florida as well. This is two to three months of rain in two to three days. So if you live in an evacuation zone, now is the time to head out. Coast, we really want to keep an eye over here because while were focusing on the hurricane making landfall i you know, for the east coast, we really want to keep an eye over here because while were focusing on the hurricane making landfall in areas like sarasota, we can see the onshore flow in areas like jacksonville. This is very similar to the path that charlie took. I said this last night the most notable resource that we have, shepard, is time, and thats really starting to wind down i would start to get everything done by tonight. Tomorrow afternoon, looks like an important time thank you so much. Valerie castro live in clearwater, florida, west of tampa. Valerie . Reporter shep, tonight, were starting to see the early signs of Hurricane Ian making its way up north the winds picked up in the last hour, and the rain is scheduled to start at any moment and once it starts raining, it will not likely stop for the next 48 hours. Here in Clearwater Beach it feels like a ghosttown, so many people followed those Evacuation Orders which is exactly what local officials were hoping for. An eerily empty Clearwater Beach, florida, tourists and most of the locals gone before Hurricane Ian potentially comes ashore even 9yearold coral knows that danger is in the forecast. Tell me what you drew. Hurricane coming. The last time the tampa bay area be safe. Reporter why did you draw that because theres a hurricane coming. The last time the tampa bay area took a direct hit was in 1921 and only five major hurricanes have come within 50 miles since 1851which wa mayor frank hibard there was talk of charlie which was originally coming right at clearwater back in 2004, and so a lot of our older but this storm really has put a lot of fear into folks. Usually weve been really lick, and the storm doesnt hit us dead on in the tampa bay area this one doe residents who have been here a long time, they can be complacent because of the number of near misses that weve had, but this storm really has put a lot of fear into folks. Usually weve been really lick, and the storm doesnt hit us dead on in the tampa bay area this one does feel a little bit different. Reporter that fear sending people like david aboard his boat kokomo. Pretty anxious moments. Reporter checking the lines to prepare for feet of water after shoring up his home. Are you worried about what youre going to wake up to when its over . Of course, i am im very worried, but were concerned not so much about the wind but the surge. Reporter his friend just down the dock just below that is low tide. Reporter trying t anticipate how much slack to leave in the ropes. If you can imagine from the bottom of the concrete, six to ten feet above that is what they expect, so thats why wer trying to tie so that we can allow for that surge. Reporter the anxiety not far from anyones mind as they prepare for whatever may come. Lets hope for the best not much more we can do right now. Reporter shep, even though the forecast has things shifting slightly south of here, tampa bay is still incredibly vulnerable because of just how shallow it is. That makes it easier for a large amount of water to build up and flood the area around it because it has nowhere else to go. Absolutely. And its certainly still in that cone of uncertainty, everything from tampa bay all the way down toward naples. Valerie, thanks so much. Florida braces now for Hurricane Ian. People in cuba are digging out the storm ripped through the western part of the country this morning. Left a Million People without power there, according to cuban state media. Heavy rain, extreme winds knocking down trees, power lines, leaving a lot of destruction. Nbc has this report. Reporter Hurricane Ian slamming western cuba early this morning. Wind gusts up to 129 miles an hour as a category 3 hurricane tore across the island for more than seven hours ripping roofs off homes and blowing debris into streets. 64,000 people were evacuated many huddled in shelters this woman describing being moved from one room to another because of fears the glass window would shatteroutside, rig trees from their roots and knocking transformers off power as people took cover inside, the wind howled outside, ripping trees from their roots and knocking transformers off power lines, damaging the countrys already vulnerable grid. Half a million cubans are now without electricity. Emergency crews scrambled to protect crops in cubas main tobaccogrowing region the owner of one major Cigar Factory describing the damage as apocalyptic, and the western province, more scenes of destruction. Here 25 miles west of havana, even though we werent in the direct path of the hurricane, you can see the damage that was causedr. Nearly 30,000 people here are without power. A. 70yearold humberto lives i nearly 30,000 people are without power. The storm took down power lines and even broke windows like this door and the center by the plaza. 70yearold humberto lives in a small apartment above this barber shop. He doesnt have much humberto tells me this is the worst hurricane hes ever experienced. He has candles, oil lamps, and enough rice, beans, bread, and coffee to last 72 hours. Across the country, the cleanup is just beginning. For the news, im guad venegas. The next official update is 8 00 eastern time, so top of the hour well go live to the Hurricane Center as they continue to track the storm before this newscast it through. The january 6th committee scheduled to hold its final public hearing tomorrow, but now its not happening the reason behind the delay. Plus, members of the oath keepers Militia Group are going on trial for their alleged roles in the insurrection. President biden targets medicare the announcement today that would mean a premium drop for the first time in decades. And rush hour traffic is moving to a new hour how new workfromhome habits are changing traffic patterns. Shipstation saves us so much time it makes it really easy and seamless pick an order print everything you need slap the label on ito the box and its ready to go our cost for shipping, were cut in half just like that go to shipstation tv and get 2 months free has postponed its much anticipated public hearing that is scheduled for tomorrow, a hearing that promised to be a grand finale of sorts. The surprise announcement coming less than 24 hours before the meeting was set to begin in a statement the Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson and vice chair liz cheney say they decided to delay the hearing due to Hurricane Ian they say the committee will announce a new date soon were learning that the committee was planning to play clips from an unreleased documentary that follows longtime trump ally roger stone in the days and months leading up to january 6th. Nbc news has obtained some of those clips all the way back in july of 2020, months before the election roger stone was already describing a strategy of rejecting Election Results to keep then President Trump in power. The election will not be normal oh, these are the california results . Sorry. Were not accepting them were challenging them in court. If the electors show up at the electoral court, armed guards will throw them out. Im challenging all of it, and the judges were going to are judges that i appointed. [ bleep ] you. Youre not stealing the election. And heres what roger stone said two days before the election when voters hadnt even gone to the polls yet. Lets just hope were celebrating. I suspect it will be i reallo do is to claim do suspect that it will still be up in the air. When that happens, key thing to do is to claim victory possession is 9 10 of the law. We won, [ bleep ] you. Youre wrong nbc news reached out to roger stone for comment and responded any claim, accusation or any implication that i knew in advance about, participated in or condoned any illegal action at the capitol or anywhere else on january 6th is false. N the eo delay th additionally, any claim that i was involved in the efforts to delay the certification of the Electoral College are also false. Did i express my opinions on the subject . Yes. Thats still allowed in america. Meantime, nbc news has learned the secret service confiscated the cell phones of 24 agents involved in the agencys response to the capitol riot and handed them over to the department of homeland securitys Inspector General happened back in july around the time the Inspector General launched a criminal investigation into the secret 6t service deleting agents tex messages from january 6th and the seditious conspiracy trial is now underway for members of the oath keepers Militia Group cnbc senior washington correspondent eamon javers is tracking the trial. Believed ty 6th was an insurrection by far right groups 17 jurors have been deemed qualified so reporter today was all about jury selection as both sides tried to find jurors who may buy into their view of the case. Several potential jurors were struck for cause, including one woman who told the court she strongly believed that january 6th was an insurrection by far right groups 17 jurors have been deemed qualified so far earlier today, judge meta dismissed a lastminute change of venue motion from the defense who said they are worried about juror bias, but judge mehta said of the potential 1 or 50 jurors, 45 said they had not watched the january 6th Committee Hearing and 40 hadnt even heard of the oath keeper oath keeper leader Stewart Rhodes and other members of the group are charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the january 6th capitol insurrection the others are kelly meggs, kenneth harrelson, jessica watkins, and tochls caldwell the government says they intended, to quote, oppose by force the lawful transfer of president ial power, unquote. Under the most serious charge, they could face as maximum of 20 today, another january years in prison, if they are convicted. Separately, today another today, another january 6th he pleaded guilty back in may to rioter, an hvac worker from iowa kyle young, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison he pleaded guilty back in may to a felony count of assaulting, resisting or impeding officers now young used a strobe light to disorient police, helped throw a large speaker after police, and grabbed the wrist of a Dc Police Officer mike fanone. He did all that have in the company of his 16yearold son who he brought along to the capitol on that day. People who were in the courtroom say there were some tense moments today. Officer fanone gave a victim statement, and in it he told young that he hopes hung suffers in prison. That led the supporters of the defendant to use expletives at him. Then the two men ended up staring each other down. The Biden Administration plans to erase student debt, but that comes with a price tag and it wont be cheap. That coming up. Two pipelines central to sending natural gas from russia to europe is leaking its agreed it was sabotaged, but by whom . Vladimir putin set to illegally annex four occupied territories in Ukraine Russian state media reports that the referendums showed that nearly 95 of voters are in favor of joining russia. U. S. Officials have warned the kremlin will rig the results just as they did eight years ago in crimea. According to the British Defense ministry, russia could officially absorb the four regions as soon as this fridayan tony today secretary of state Antony Blinken said the u. S. Would never recognize those territories as part of russia. The referendum comes as thousands of russians continuing to leave the country they are trying to avoid putins callup of 300,000 reserve troops to fight in ukraine our Sister Network sky news and their correspondent Dominic Waghorn spoke to some russians who crossed tgeorgian the puti border. Reporter 10,000 russians have crossed today here since the putin decree, like nick on the run now to avoid fighting in ukraine. I want to leave russia because im an engineer and scientist, and my government wants me wants to make meat from me. P for mi reporter there are vehicles backed up for miles with similar scenes back in kazakhstan and mongolia too russians are voting with their feet against putins war and his callup plans. We met an engineer, an i. T. Specialist, a Nuclear Physicist all who have given up their jobs and are simply walking out of russia this is a mass exodus in which russia is hemorrhaging some of its brightest and its best, a brain drain that could take years to recover sky news Dominic Waghorn on the border. Powerful explosions rock the baltic sea before usual leaks were discovered on the two nord stream 2 pipelines. That today from seismologists in denmark and sweden the leaks face possible sabotage as europe face as growing energy crisis. Denmarks military officials releasing this video today showing a swirling mass of natural gas bubbling up on the surface of the baltic sea. Sky news shah ba in robins reports on the fallout of that leak reporter the pipelines run more than a thousand kilometers under the baltic sea to germany. The first leak was opened on the nord stream 2 pipeline on monday on tuesday, two links were found on the nearby nord stream 1 with swedish scientists detecting explosions we know very well what an underwater blast looks like so in this case this is not an earthquake this is a blast that has been occurring in the water. Reporter the cause of the damage is still being investigated ukraines accused russia of a terrorist attack while moscow says its making its own inquiries, also claiming the pipelines have been deliberately destroyed while experts are speculating what could have caused this damages damage convinced this was the result of a deli convinced this was the result of a deliberate act, denmark will meet the nato chief on wednesday to discuss the leak. If sabotage is confirmed here, that could mark a new and serious escalation in the energy war raging alongside the conflict in ukraine. Japan held a state funeral today for its late longest serving Prime Minister, shinzo abe. A man shot and killed him during a Campaign Speech nearly three months ago the service at an arena in tokyo. Abes widow carried her husbands ashes in an urn wrapped in a purple cloth with gold stripes and then bowed to the current Prime Minister soldiers in white uniforms placed abes ashes on a large altar decorated with flowers above it hung a photo, a huge t harris she attended with th one, of abe overlooking more than 4,300 guests who attended the funeral. Among them, Vice President harris she attended with the u. S. Ambassador to japan, rahm emanuel. On thursday the Vice President is scheduled to visit the Demilitarized Zone separating north and south korea. Her trip comes days after the north koreans fired a Ballistic Missile into the sea a massive drug bust. Street as officials warn of a the deadly fentanyl now off the streets as officials warn of a new and more visually appealing threat aimed at younger users. And a mass walkout in virginia to protest new guidelines on students using different pronouns what the governor says schools have to do from now on as we approach the bottom of the hour and the top of the news on cnbc ah, these bills are crazy. She has no idea shes sitting on a goldmine. Well she doesnt know that if she owns a Life Insurance policy of 100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. Even a term policy. Even a term policy . Even a term policy find out if youre sitting on a goldmine. Call Coventry Direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect. Com. Were told that success is all about making it on your own. The truth is. Need some help . C,mon, get in. Nothing great gets done alone. Thats why theres shopify. With shopify, you can set up your online store; you can sell on social media; or, you can sell in person, with our point of sale system. It doesnt have to be lonely at the top. 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Reporter marking a major shift from the ghost town drives during the height of the pandemic as frustrated travelers buckle up for stopandgo traffic. 6 30 in the morning. Reporter now, new resear seriously, tell me why this is traffic at 6 30 in the morning. Reporter now, new research from traffic data firm streetlight show where and when people drive have changed. A lot of extra driving thats happening is actually happening closer to home as opposed to people driving into downtown the way they did, you know, for the last decade. Reporter the reason why, working from home has become more common, which means fewer people are choosing to be socalled super commuters, opting out of traveling long distances to make it into an office but that also means more people are on the roads outside of downtown city centers, and their more kids from scho flexiblhich is e scheduleres allo conw them to go out for coffee or pick up kids from school, which is causing more congestion in the suburbs. Researchers also say workfromhome culture has altered the timing of traffic trends, too. In every downtown area studied, the morning commute is less congested than in years past thats because people who do travel into the office seem to be hitting the road later in the day and are returning home earlier. The result, a midday bumpertobumper bottleneck usually between 11 00 and 3 00 p. M. Even though its worse than it was, its still better tove the evening rush hour. Sounds like o drive in the day than it is to drive in the evening rush hour sounds like on the flip side theres no guaranteed good time to be out anymore. Youre absolutely right unless can you do it at night. Reporter the news, im maggie vespa the high price tag for forgiving loan debt. Thats what is stopping cnbc on the money. Erasing Student Loan Debt will cost roughly 400 billion, according to a new report by the Nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office the cbo reports the decision to temporarily extend the pause on student loan payments will cost an additional 20 billion. All 50 states now have the green light to build electric vehicle charging stations. The u. S. Department of transportation making that official today states now have access to more than 1. 5 billion in federal dollars to help build ev chargers the plan adds charging stations across 75,000 miles of highways. And at long last, mcdonalds serving up a happy meal for adults brand cab puts streetwear brand Cactus Plant Flea Market designed the meal box. Order a big mac or tenpiece chicken mcnuggets with fries and a drink and comes with a coveted toy or in this case a throwback figurine, grimace, the hamburglar and bernie are all back the fast food banking on their appeal to the older crowd. The limited edition adult happy meals for adults start next week. On wall street, the dow down 126. S p down 8 both indexes down six straight days, and the nasdaq up 27 im Shepard Smith on cnbc. Its the bottom of the hour. Time for the top of the news. Se facebook accounts, and meta is shutting down fake facebook accounts, and this time its not just russia tha appears to be meddling in u. S. Affairs. American airlines and jetblue join forces, but the Justice Department is putting the brakes on the plan why it says passengers would be the ones paying the price. But first, students in virginia protesting a controversial policy over transgender students rights today organizers planned walkouts at more than 90 middle and high schools across virginiaguidelines that republin governor there Glenn Youngkin proposeled earlier this month. In School Districts adopt the they are in response to new guidelines that republican governor there Glenn Youngkin proposed earlier this month. In School Districts adopt the policy, it would require School Officials to get approval from parents if a student wants to change their name or pronoun the policy would also require students to use bathrooms and play on sports teams based on their gender assigned at birth critics say the guidelines put student identities solely in the hands of their parents, but in critics say the guidelines put student identities solely in the hands of their parents, but in a statement, a spokeswoman for Governor Youngkin wrote in part the guidelines make it clear when parents are a part of thet pro process, schools will accommodate the request of children and families. These policies state that students should be treated with compassion and schools should be free from bullying and harassment cnbcs shomari stone has more from arlington tonight i feel upset. I feel outraged. Reporter dakota is a nonbinary Virginia High School snunt using they them pronounce. Dakota says transgender people are under political attack it makes me feel unsafe, and im just disgusted reporter dakota is one of thousands of students across virginia walking out of class in solidarity. There are so many people here to support me and my trans friends. Were walking out to show that were not okay with this. Reporter protesting Governor Youngkins new guidelines for trans students, a reversal of governor northams policy that mandated access to restrooms and changing facilities in School Programs that match their gender identity and require school staff to abide by the students gender pronouns. Many students have supportive parents and they can go home to supportive homes, but theres also students who school is their safe place. Students should have the right to control their own identity and for that to be respected. Reporter some virginia parents welcome the new draft policy. I think if you look at the policy itself, it simply requires that parents be involved in these kind of issues when it comes to their schools. Reporter ian prior is the executive director of fight for schools, a group he says advocates for parents rights. Ad parents have no right to know in any circumstance, you know, thats to have these broadbased parents have no right to know in any circumstance, you know, thats not only immoral but its unconstitutional. Reporter the final decision on the policy will be made by the Virginia Department of education following a mandatory 30day Public Comment period so far more than 15,000 comments have been submitted. Dakota hopes the walkouts make a difference. The large part of this is to get people to have a Public Comment and to perhaps have more protests like this and to go in front of the school board. Som reporter some virginia School Districts are pushing back against Governor Youngkins proposed guidelines, saying they will reinforce genderaffirming policies. Shomari stone in Arlington Virginia china is trying to interfere in u. S. Politics ahead of the midterm elections thats the new accusation from facebooks Parent Company meta the tech giant reporting today its removed dozens of fake accounts that are linked to china, many of them posing as americans. Meta says the accounts criticize lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and try to stir up tension on hotbutton issues including abortion and gun rights. This is similar to the playbook russia used back in 2016 but based on a smaller scale more now on the chinese influence. Its the First Chinese operation that weve seen thats focused on both sides of the hot top you can slightly before mid terms. They are pushing the same hot button to see if they can build an audience in new york. The campaign continued in january. So far investigators say they havent pinned the group to anyone specifically in china was there a coordinated operation here clearly, some parts seem rather clumsy. Comically so, shep. One meme had a vote rubio out at the bottom and some post as republicans one week and democrats the next but facebooks top investigators told me that they consider this effort significant because it was the first time they had seen china using this sort of deception to try to influence the american political debate, and while this one was certainly amateurish, china is absolutely capable of something much larger and more sophisticated its worth remembering that the russian social media effort in 2016 reached as many as 126 Million People on facebook by the companys own account. Tech firms and the government have better defenses now than in 2016, but china is a formidable adversely in terms of its ability to flood the zone with disinformation and proposition. Metas report describes a sprawling network, much more so than russia. Thats right. It included more than 1,600 facebook and instagram accounts and spent 105,000 in advertising. It also spoofed legitimate news sites like bryitains guardian newspaper. Social media manipulation has not gone away but social Media Companies seem to be much more vigilant about policing it now thank you. A major crackdown on fentanyl today the Justice Department announced that Law Enforcement seized more than 10 million fentanyl pills and nearly 1,000 pounds of fentanyl powder, and thats just between late may and Early September of this year one fourmonth span. Attorney general Merrick Garland says the feds conducted nearly 400 investigations across all 50 states drugs to ge in all, garland says the agency seized enough drug ss to get americans. A lethal dose of fentanyl can fit on the tip of a pencil its that deadly. Were doing everything our power to get the deadly drugs off the street and to save lives. Ive read too many reports on too many cases including too many young people who ended up dying after taking just one pill laced with fentanyl. The attorney general also warned about the growing threat of what he described as rainbow pills, drugs deliberately designed to look like candy. He says the pills are poisoning and killing our young people. N the head of the dea nbcs indicate kate snow spoke with the head of the dea about the new danger in the open point epidemic. There is no more urgent threat in our community and families with our kidswhen you w reporter the head of the Drug Enforcement administration ann milton outlining what they are doing to fight an emerging threat what exactly are you talking about when you say rainbow fentanyl they are making rainbowcolored pills so all of the colors of the rainbow and making fentanyl powders that are different colors why do you believe they are doing it to get new users, to appeal to younger users some of the drug traffickers have nicknamed it sweet tarts, skittles. And it has nothing to do with candy, right it has nothing to do with candy. And let me say this. Many people who are dying from fentanyl poisoning have no idea that they are taking fentanyl. So if someone is handing you a little pill, whether its pink or blue or yellow, it should not be taken ever. Reporter rainbow fentanyl is being deliberately produced by drug cartels to target a younger audience pill or they want to get fentanyl to americans, and they are poisoning americans with it. So whether its with a fakes oxy pill or putting it in another, i know they will try another tactic they will try Something Else . Yes we need to be vigilant. Reporter they are trying to zero in on the two mexican cartels who are responsible for much of the fentanyl flooding into the u. S this is an unprecedented problem, so were turning all of our operational capacity to targeting and dismantling those two networkst they r. Reporter the dea is stopping some of the flow over four months it seized more than 10 million fake pills containing fentanyl and almost 1,000 pounds of powder, the equivalent of 36 million deadly dozes. We need to be talking to our kids and families about this our kids already know something about the threat out there, but they dont understand that they should never ever take any pill that was not prescribed directly to them. They should know that you can not buy a legitimate pharmaceutical drug on social media. Reporter she wants parents to encourage open and honest communication, explain what fentanyl is, and why its so dangerous, and create an exit plan to help the child know where to do if they are pressured to use drugs every single photo here has a story. Every single one. Reporter at dea headquarters, there are walls filled with americans those who have been lost from fentanyl for friend and families and our employees who come down and are reminded every day what we do. Hour job is it to save lives. President biden says the medicare and Social Security are in danger if republicans take back control of congress in november house today, the president during a speech at the white house today, the president making it clear that democrats man to use that message as a rallying cry for the midterms. He vowed to protect Social Security and social safety net programs and touted the passage of the sweeping health and climate bill it includes provisions that allow medicare to negotiate lower drug prices for the First Time Ever and it places caps on the cost of insulin and certain medication for years big pharma has stood in the way not this year. This year the American People won and big pharma lost. Next year medicare premiums are set to go down for the first time in more than a decade a former u. S. Ski champion falls off near the peak of one of the highest mountains in the world with the december brat search and rescue mission happening right now. And a special agreement between two airlines the Justice Department is looking to ground. Why the feds say it could lead to higher ticket prices. Shakira will stand trial on tax fraud charges shakira will stand trial on tax fraud charges in spain and if convicted, she could spend years in prison. The pop singer failed to pay about 14 million in income taxes between 2012 and 2014. They say she spent more than half that period in spain and should have paid taxes there, but her official residence at the time was in the bahamas. Shakira has denied any wrongdoing her reps say she already paid off everything she owed and nearly 3 million in interest. Prosecutors say theyre seek ang eightyear prison sentence and a fine the court hasnt yet set a trial date shakira is not the only star who has faced tax charges in spain soccer stars lionel messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were each prison a judge waived their sentences because, and i quote, th convicted of tax evasion in spain, but neither went to prison a judge waived their sentences because, and i quote, they were firsttime offenders. The Justice Department taking on two u. S. Airlines in a federal antitrust trial today. At the center of this case, a northeast partnership between american airlines, the gargantuan one, and jetblue, the sort of mediumsized alternative. The agreement allows them to share revenue and coordinate flights to and from boston and new york airports. The carriers argue it allows them to compete against other airlines in the northeast corridor, but the Justice Department is trying to break up that partnership the government argues the alliance is essentially a merger that reduces competition and will lead to higher fares. Phil lebeau covers airlines for us phil, whats the judge going to be focused on here well, you hit it right on the head, shep, when you said competition. Ultimately what the judge is going to look at is what is the best system thats out there is it this partnership this northeast alliance . Or having them separate jetblue and american look, jetblue and american say weve added service, 15 nonstops, and 17 more International Routes and more frequency with some of the routes that were flying, but today in court the Justice Department lawyer when talking with the ceo of jetblue made some strong points about the fact there is some revenuesharing and there is some coordination in terms of service to those airports, and his argument is if youre doing that, that sounds a lot like a merger, and its not very good for the consumer there is revenue. There is coordination, no doubt. The trial comes as jetblue is trying to buy Spirit Airlines for like 4 billion. Does this help the dojs case . Hard to tell at this point, shep look, that issue came up today in court the doj attorney asked the jetblue ceo about the merger with spirit, and he said, look, thats separate from this issue here but you have to wonder, if the doj is successful unwinding this relationship between jetblue and american, does it embolden the Justice Department to say, you know what, we dont think that there should be a merger between jetblue and spirit. Well see phil lebeau, thanks very much. Flying into or out of San Francisco . You might want to pack some food thats the advice for passengers after a worker strike closed many restaurants and lounges at fso and created long lines at the one still open. Weve got the power. Weve got the power. About a thousand workers walked off the job just yesterday. Cashiers, baristas, cooks, and washers all demanding higher wages. Some say they havent gotten a raise in three years, and now the head of the union is urging travelers to come prepared in a statement he wrote in part nine months of negotiations got us nowhere and the San Francisco International Airports Food Service Workers are tired of working two or three, even three jobs, just to survive. Officials at the airport issued a statement of their open. They apologized to travelers for the inconvenience of the strike. Representatives for the restaurants and lounges affected by the strike have yet to say anything as you might imagine. Public schools across the country dont have enough teachers, and its a pattern that got worse during the pandemic thats according to a survey from the National Center for Education Statistics researchers interviewed more than 900 principals in august. More than 50 of them said their schools are understaffed some of the subjects lacking teachers the most, foreign language, computer science, special ed in addition to teachers, principals also reported a shortage of transportation staff and custodians as well as mental and medical health professionals. According to the report, some of the reasons positions have gone unfilled include too few candidates applying for open positions, a lack of qualified candidates, and applicant dissatisfaction with salary and benefits the department of education announced more than 60 million in grants today to help reduce the shortage oprah winfrey, kanye west, and jayz are rich, but theyre not rich enough, at least for one prestigious list so who else needs to boost their bank account to make the cut and coming up next, tracking Hurricane Ian. The National Hurricane center is about to come out with its brandnew update forecast for the storm, and well head there for a sneak preview coming up. About to come out with its these folks dont have time to go to the post office they use stamps. Com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps. Com tv and never go to the post office again. Hurricane ian still headed in the general direction o floridas west coast with that cone of uncertainty of where it might make actual landfall somewhere between the tampa area and naples fort myers areas is r matter, but as we repo exactly where it goes is another matter, but as we reported, it did begin to track south, suggesting it may make landfall early tomorrow afternoon and potentially south of tampa they are about to release an 8 00 p. M. Updated advisory from the National Hurricane center, so lets go there now. Nationa jamie rome is with us, acting director of the National Hurricane center jamie, i know how busy you are thanks so much i know the 8 00 update is the about to be published. Anything of significance that has changed so far. Nothing has changed the pressure is down a little bit, indicating that ian is still trying to intensify. As a hurricane which is what our projections are, to thats the last thing we want to hear as it approaches the coastline. Can you see it here on the radar. Its within radar shot just e eye wall is right there, southsouthwest of sarasota. I mean, this is shaping up if it makes landfall as a major hurricane, which is what our projections are, to be an incredibly impactful event for the florida peninsula. You know, you look at that radar that youre showing right there, and you can see that the eye wall is right there, and then outside it really looks like theres an eye wall replacement cycle going on were about to have a new eye wall there, and that normally means the storm gets stronger, and it gets bigger yeah. You know, were actually watching that, so what youre talking about, the eye wall replacement psych s l when a second eye wall, larger eye wall. Sure looks like it. And that the last thing you want to see because that means the size of the storm is growing, which means its going to spread its impacts over a larger swath of the florida peninsula. I know you dont like to talk about where it exactly makes landfall because, frankly, thats not the most important thing anyway, but where there were great concerns for tampa and st. Pete because of the topography there and how vulnerable it is, i wonder if there arent even greater concerns for now cape coral and fort myers and sanibel and captiva. It looks like that storm surge, no matter what happens now, is heading there. Thats absolutely correct, and so for to help people understand storm surge, its where the onshore push of winds strike land. So if you sort of project this forward, the onshore push would be in this area versus tampa so the storm surge threatening tampa has gone down a little bit, but and this is an important but, but youre not off the hook in tamp happened i now maximized over you and the i4 corridor. You talk about rain you remember in horror what happened in houston when that storm sat and spun, harvey just sitting and spinning for days. If this thing rains for that long in south florida where theyre already super soaked, its really frightening to think about what that could leave. Yeah, and for your viewers who are maybe not familiar with the weather here in florida, were at the end, hell end of our rainy season so the soil is already pretty saturated down here, and then you can see this is our rainfall forecast, and were showing a swath of very heavy rain extending from about tampa across to orlando, possibly even jacksonville so the i4 corridor those types of rains at the end of the rainy season are going to cause some pretty significant flooding its good of you to be here thanks so much, and thanks for all you do with the National Hurricane center i should say the race is on to find a renowned american skier and mountain climber authorities in nepal say she apparently fell into a crevasse yesterday near the top of the worlds eighth tallest mountain. Her name is hilaree nelson, a 49yearold from colorado. The search intensified yesterday after an avalanche swept away several climbers it happened lower down the mountain the avalanche killed one person and hurt many others turns out some billionaires are actually not rich enough, not rich enough to land a spot on the forbes 400. Thats the rundown of the wealthiest 400 american citizens who own assets in the u. S. The cutoff changes every year. Last year it was 2. 9 billion, but this year 2. 7, and thats too rich for some very blue bloods like oprah too poor with an estimated net worth of 2. 5 billion or kanye and kim k. , no combined income, no forbes list michael jordan, his net worth, 1. 7 billion doesnt score rapper jayz lacking a forbes 400 state of mind. Not even apples head honcho tim cook makes the cut in total forbes reports there are 300 american billionaires who are not wealthy enough to get on this list 35 seconds on a race to the finish jury selection has begun in the seditious conspiracy trial of oath keeper leaders Stuart Rhodes and four other members. Facebook reports it took down a network of fake accounts from china that that were trying to interfere in the midterm elections. And european officials accusing russia of sabotage after mysterious explosions damage major underwater pipelines that deliver russian gas to europe. And now you know the news. See you tomorrow its 5 00 a. M. On cnbc, and heres your top five 5. The stock futures point sharply to a loyer open. And attention seems to be solely focused on the fed today they will have their say and possibly dictate the markets next move ubss spokesperson is here. And one member of bidens Economic Team is planning her exit those details ahead. Plus the imf