Electricity. Most in lee county. Some customers might not have power for months. Governor ron desantis says 2,000 people have been rescued. State officials are trying to determine how many people are still unaccounted for. The window for finding survivors is starting to close. Cnns Carlos Suarez has more. Reporter unrecognizable in parts. Still underwater in others. Hurricane ians destruction and path so vast Search And Rescue efforts continue days after the storm tore through florida. We kent get over the bridge. Reporter residents in Desoto County are stopped. Air boats are key to getting supplies in and people out. These air boats are going out taking people into town and its been going for a while now. Reporter the death toll across the State Climbing rapidly. A lot of sick people running out of medications. A lot of people running out of water and until we can get everything up and going, were trying to get them out. Reporter hundreds of Sanibel Island residents cut off from the m
Midterms that i want to talk to him about, something i think you can help us wrap our heads around. Lets start with the great state of louisiana. Every ten years, there is a census, right . The last census in 2020 shows the same churned and louisiana that was taking place across several southern states. Over the last decade, the white population shrink, and the Black Population grew. What people are now less than 56 of louisianas population and about a third of the population there is black. Yet, this is louisianas congressional delegation. Other states six members of congress, five are white republicans. One is a black democrat because even though louisiana is one third black, only one Congressional District has majority Black Population. Thats a State Lawmakers drew the Congressional Maps. But after every census, State Lawmakers get to draw new Congressional Maps and last year, despite those new Census Numbers showing a shrinking white population and a growing Black Population, louis
[wendy davis] you know what i do have. I have a Memorabilia Book of the filibuster. And i think it might be one of those up there. I just treasure it, and of course ill be able to pass it down to my granddaughters so they can understand what their bubbe did, and how their bubbe was fighting for them. We put together all of the legal background; the griswold decision, roe v wade, Supreme Court decisions that of course reinforced the fact that women do have the right to choose until a pregnancy is viable. And we prepared to begin that day with all of that data. But here we are still without access to safe Abortion Care in this country. [tense music] [audience cheering] [audience cheering] [tense, suspenseful music] [audience cheering] hello, everyone [audience cheering] im so happy to be here in community with you today. Boy, did i need you, and i know we needed each other, right . Yes. [audience cheering] on september 1st, when senate bill 8 went into effect, this fighter who is standin
And thats us, by the way. Went away but maybe you can see, maybe you cant, this is belle isle, to the top of the screen is you will see it in a moment is going to be canada. Thats, it right there on the horizon. Behind us, is detroit, michigan. And we are right in the middle of the detroit river, 9 am in the, east examine the, west i am ali velshi, coming to 16 days before election day in belle isle state park in detroit michigan and were bringing you a very Special Edition of velshi 2022 on friday. I had an enlightening conversation across the political spectrum, as the election day approaches, im gonna share more of it with you in just a bit. We kick off this hour with breaking news. Brandnew msnbc news polling, showing you the voters recognize that high stakes, next months Midterm Elections, registered voters are expressing high interest in the election. Tied for the highest ever, ever, in the decades long history of this poll, 57 of registered voters say this coming Midterm Electio
Msnbc here in los angeles. New reaction today from the January 6th Committee after it subpoenaed for President Donald Trump both through documents and testimony. The vice chair told nbc news today that they will not let trump make a spectacle out of it. We are going to proceed in terms of the questioning of the former president under oath. It might take multiple days and it will be done with a level of rigor and discipline and seriousness that it deserves. We are not going to allow the former president hes not go to turn this into a circus. Earlier today how Speaker Nancy Pelosi had sharp words when asked if she thinks trump will cooperate with the committee. I dont think he is man enough to show up. I dont think his lawyers will want him to show up because he has to testify under oath. I dont think he will show up. I dont think hes man enough. We will see. We will see. First, Breaking News. A new nbc news poll just out today is giving us a look at where voters stand just 16 days until