full week after the devastation left by hurricane ian. along our southeast coast. tomorrow, president biden and the first lady will tote puerto rico still recovering from hurricane fiona, and before making their way to florida on wednesday. to think the states first responders. tonight, hundreds of thousands of floridians are still without power, while the death toll from ian stands at 78 people confirmed dead. the head of fema, telling msnbc that she expects the economic cost of the recovery to require billions of dollars, and the impact of this storm to be nationwide. we are bringing the latest updates of just how much hurricane ian has impacted lives even beyond the southeast. but our political life is also being recalibrated. again, our supreme court begins its next session tomorrow. now with justice ketanji brown jackson fully instated, and the court primed to hear more impactful cases with major implications for civil rights. also, in federal court this week, the foun
does not amount to the art of the deal. it s the art of the steal. letitia james filed a sweeping lawsuit not just against donald trump but three of his adult children and the trump organization as a whole. james alleges they were all involved in a staggering fraud scheme lasting over a decade so the former president could enrich himself. they stand accused of lying to lenders, lying to insurance brokers, lying to tax officials, and more. ma nipulated the value of records. insurance fraud. each statement was personally certified as accurate my mr. trump. the pattern of fraud and deception that was used by mr. trump at the trump organization for their own financial benefit is astounding. and it is all in stark violation of the law. james claims there are possible violations of state and federal laws but her office lacks authority to file criminal charges, so she referred her findings to the federal prosecutors in manhattan and the irs. what she s seeking is in this parti
we begin with the aftermath of ian and what could be the costliest hurricane and u.s. history. ian o was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone today, the storm delivering heavy rains for the carolinas to new england, knocking out power to sum and delivering dangerous storm search to the east coast. in florida, the death toll is climbing. at this hour, it stands at 77. that number is expected to rise. they are also assessing the damage. it could amount to billions of dollars in the southwestern part of the state. businesses destroyed, homes flattened, residents left in complete shock. we should not be alive right now. we shouldn t be alive right now with the storm. but the power of that storm, if that would have crashed into the side of the house, we would have been swept away. to view the damage up close, it s almost frightening to see just how easily ian true through tons of concrete and steel. but the view the damage from above, heartbreaking, when you realize that this
that they ve been restricted from using, in their ongoing criminal probe into these classified documents, that were seized from mar-a-lago last month. the appeals court is saying here, they are really agreeing with the justice department, saying that yes, in fact, national security could be harmed if the justice department can t continue its probe here. they set the doj has argued that the criminal investigation, and then national security investment is inextricably linked. the appeals court saying, yes, in fact, if we don t let the doj continue to use these classified documents, there will be real and significant harm on the united states and the public. notably, in this opinion as well, anderson, the 11th circuit is really faulting trump s lawyers, for not better explaining what seems to be their argument, the trump may be declassified [inaudible] his lawyers, his allies, but they ve not offered any proof in court filings or in-person. so the 11 circuit tonight criticizin
Republicans counter, of course, where have you been on this and the hypocrisy of all of this when you yourself have approved hundreds of such planes over the last year, two years year and a half i should say since hes been in power, approving migrants from all over mexico and south america, who have made their way here, sent oftentimes in the middle of the night to cities and states across the country. And theres no rage there. But again, were just keeping you posted on these developments and there is rage about not only the people coming across the border, but all the drugs and the Fentanyl Problems that often times comes with them and that is a very, very big worry for nebraskas republican governor pete ricketts, joining other governors saying this has got to stop. This is from earlier. One of the things weve seen Biden Administration as abdicated its responsibility to defend our Southern Border. A huge amount of fentanyl and other Illegal Drugs across the border. We see so much fent