hour. we ll get her reaction to what is happening on capitol hill and more. and bombshell new claims that the biden administration obstructed the years long investigation into hunter biden related to tax fraud and gun ownership case. i m harris faulkner. an i.r.s. supervisor is making those claims now asking congress for whistleblower protection. that person calls the hunter biden investigation infected by politics. the attorney for that i.r.s. agent says the protected disclosures would include details which contradict sworn testimony, a clear conflict of interest, and an abundance of preferential treatment adding fuel to the house republicans fight to hold the biden family accountable. james comer says the administration may have been working overtime to try to protect hunter biden and adding this about the president. i don t see how joe biden could not be compromised. these family members aren t energy experts. they weren t on boards. at least with burisma hunter actuall
searching for survivors, starting to get a better picture of the full scope of the damage. let s go straight to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth. rick: hey, guys, we ve been trying to get our reporter out there, but the cell tower in rolling fork is gone, so they can t get any cell service. sunrise time there, local time, 7:01, so exactly right now. we ll start to get some of these images in daylight. this tornado happening in the dark can last night, we ve not had any daytime, so search and rescue efforts will continue. this is that storm right now, a weakening storming which is good news. today the severe weather threat key minishingses diminishes quite a bit. the tornado first dropped in rolling fork and then cut right here across rt parts of north-central mississippi. at one point it looks like this tornado was on the ground probably for around almost 100 miles. this, obviously, national weather service folks go out and do some investigation, make sure, see if sometim
it is election day in america. hello everyone i m anderson cooper welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are looking at live pictures of voters lining up to cast their ballots. polls are open in a majority of states. at this hour six more states are opening their doors to voters. the big question who will control congress. dozens of house races are considered toss ups, republicans need to win 30 competitive seats to win the majority. in the senate the race is likely to determine control are very tight. republicans need a net gain of one seat to clinch the majority from democrats. more than 40 million americans have cast their ballots in early voting ahead of today. it all comes down to turnout today and the issues. the only certainty is that voters will decide who they elect and who controls congress. we have this consequential midterm election covered for you from coast to coast. i want to begin with our coverage with cnn s jason carroll li
just confirming there s no safe place anymore. there s nowhere for you to be safe anymore. it s a scary thought that this world is not safe anymore. what we know about the 72-year-old suspect, the weapon police say he used in the attack, and the impact the massacre has already had on lunar new year celebrations around the world. president biden faces growing scrutiny after a justice department search of his delaware home turned up even more documents with classified markings. a source tells nbc news the search was prompted not by the doj, but by the white house itself. we ll tell you what president biden s lawyers are not revealing this morning. plus a power struggle taking shape in the southwest. this morning, ruben gallego launching his senate bid in arizona. the clash this sets up with kristen sinema and what could mean for democrats hopes to keep the senate in 2024. we start with the breaking news from california. joining us right now is kathy park, ken dilania
i m john berman in ft. myers, florida, and the storm has intensified again. 85-mile-per-hour winds, heading towards the carolinas. this after tearing the destructive path across florida. it is expected to make landfall in south carolina around midday, somewhere between charleston and myrtle beach. it could produce life-threatening floods there in the carolinas. this is already liskely the largest natural disaster in florida s history. i m standing in the middle of some of the damage, in a marina where the boats have been washed up on to the shore here. parts of florida have been seriously damaged. as of this morning, 19 storm-related deaths. that number will almost certainly rise. in ft. myers beach, some of the destruction is breathtaking. i had a chance to have an aerial view of it, take a helicopter ride over, and there were sections that were just washed away. the pier, the large pier there, you can see it almost better from air. that s just been completely washed away. a