water starting to come up. they are expecting a nine-foot tide here around noon. flood stage in this area is around seven feet. the roads right now look pretty good, very little rain, very little wind at the moment but they re expecting all of that to change. the big concern here is that tide and the storm surge. those two things together. the storm surge and that landfall for ian is meant to come around the same time as that tide. depending upon where it hits, that could really push a lot more water into charleston, charleston county. charleston is now at its highest level of alert. they are warning anyone at lower levels to watch what is going on, seek higher ground if necessary. they are already starting to shut down roads in charleston itself. so they are prepared for whatever ian has. it s just not clear how big a punch it s going to take here in south carolina. back to you. all you can do now is wait. mig ed marquez in charlton, we ll come back to you shortly. let go
$965 million to the victims of the sandy hook school shooting massacre. we re getting reaction about the verdict and impact of jones lies about the shooting. also tonight, russia launches mass casualty missile strikes in ukraine. as the u.s. and nato scramble to beef up ukrainian air defenses. i ll ask white house national security official john kirby about administration s response to vladimir putin s provocation and learning more about tomorrow s january 6th hearing and new evidence that will be presented. the select committee poised to argue that former president trump remains a clear and present danger to democracy in america. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the top story. a connecticut s jury massive judgment against alex jones for spreading lies and conspiracies about the sandy hook elementary school shooting. for more on
From keith. By the standards of the daily Missile Strikes that ukraine experiences, this one looks especially bleak. We have seen footage posted online by official channels appearing to show several bodies covered in dust in the small village. This is a village with a population of a few hundred. It sits in the North Eastern part of region, 30 kilometres from the front line. It is not uncommon for settlements to come under shelling or Missile Strikes because of their proximity to the front line but this looks like an especially deadly, targeted strike in what would normally be a civilian area. We are told several people are injured, among the 49 killed include a six year boy. You can expect the Rescue Operation to continue for some time, it is a well rehearsed routine for Emergency Teams around ukraine. We have seen russia target cities in the east countless times before but seems be the single biggest loss of life from a Missile Strike we have seen in several months. The strike on the
Decision to scrap i cant commit to reversing that because they have blown such a big hole in it. Im because they have blown such a big hole in it. . , hole in it. Im glad that it is cominu hole in it. Im glad that it is coming to hole in it. Im glad that it is coming to euston hole in it. Im glad that it is coming to euston but we i hole in it. Im glad that it is i coming to euston but we need hole in it. Im glad that it is coming to euston but we need to look very carefully in detail because the budget has been dramatically reduced as i understand, the platform for it will be produced and that causes significant problems for the future. We need to have detail, i dont think the government has a project around it and that is a problem for this government has lost control of it like it lost control of the economy. Lost control of our nhs. It is another mess that we are privileged enough to win the election, we will have to pick up and fix. ,. ,. , and fix. During the criticism of the can
pursue its political objectives. he seems to be holding that out here with the background threat you just heard of possible nuclear force, something that of course everyone should treat as remote and the last horrifying idea but in the background during all of this. looking at the crowd after some of that speech, there weren t that many convinced faces. on the ground in ukraine as russia announces these new areas of its territory, parts that ukraine controls is growing hour by hour. one of the four regions which they say is part of russia they are on the verge which has thousands of russia s best troops in it is close to be encircled by a very rapid ukrainian advance. we ve seen how it burst through the countryside here in the past weeks.