i was on the police department for 25 years, saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. i promise you, i m never going to sit through another storm ever again here. i am one of the lucky ones. just some of the survivors of hurricane ian after the storm decimated wide sections of florida, and now the storm is on track to make a second u.s. landfall threatening the carolinas and georgia. good morning, and welcome to morning joe, it is friday, september 30th. joe is off this morning, but we ll get right to the latest with ian. intensing into a hurricane again, heading to south carolina after leaving a trail of devastation in florida. it is expected to make landfall near charleston around noon today as a category 1 storm. the national hurricane center is warning it could unleash life threatening storm surge, floods and strong winds. a state of emergency is in place for the carolinas, georgia and virginia. the damage from hurricane ian is
election day. right now, average polls at half a dozen senate races are within the margin of error. so what moves the needle now? three huge debates are scheduled tonight alone. we go to our reporters live in the field in just a minute. plus, what the biden administration is calling a sham appeal hearing that was over before it started. brittney griner denied her bid to get out of a russian prison. it will no doubt ramp up international pressure on vladimir putin. that may be nothing from the pressure he s getting against his own people. plus, the flu, covid and now rsv. how worried should you be? the answer coming up. but we start with the mid-terms. and let s get specific. new polling shows both ohio and wisconsin senate races are a statistical dead heat. and a tracking poll out of pennsylvania shows john fetterman and dr. oz points apart. tonight s huge debate in pennsylvania provides a critical timed opportunity for both candidates to gain some late momentum. and that
in the faulkner focus. it had analysts the looks of an ordinary tackle. for all the fans that s what we saw. damar hamlin bringing down cincinnati s higgins in the first quarter of last night s highly anticipated last-season game. nobody was thinking of sports when hamlin collapsed on the turf. many players visibly shaken, tears. nine minutes of cpr. hamlin s mother, who was at the game, rushed onto the field. and then she was helped into the ambulance to be with him to go with him to the hospital as they fought for his life. today s back cover of the new york post tears on the field. doctors say the next 12 to 24 hours will be the most critical and crucial for damar hamlin. his recovery could depend on how long he spent in cardiac arrest. the direct blow to the chest. that stuns the heart at exactly the wrong time. we don t know where it s leading but clearly they got him to the hospital in critical condition with his vitals back to normal. good signs. i don t know whe
riots took the rare step of subpoenaing a former president of the united states. writing that the efforts to overturn the 2020 election was something he, quote poernly orchestrated and oversaw. committees demanding he sit for a deposition under oath as well as provide documents and communications from over a dozen allies and associates. the response what it is clear is defying the subpoena by the select committee can come a consequences. just today the president s on-again, off-again close advisor often considered the architect of the president s rise was sentenced to prison for defying the very thing the president was served with today. steve bannon was sentenced to four months in prison plus a fine of $6,500 for his refusal to comply with the house s subpoena. the washington post had new details what was in those intelligence documents seized by fbi agents at the former president s residence in mar-a-lago. the post reporting there were documents describing iran s miss
good evening. today the house select committee investigating the january 6th riots took the rare step of subpoenaing a former president of the united states. writing that the efforts to overturn the 2020 election was something th he, quote, personally orchestrated and oversaw. the committee is demanding he sit for a deposition under oath as well as provide documents and communications with more than a dozen allies and associates. the response from the president s legal team today was only to call the subpoena, quote, an unprecedented action. unclear what their next step will be. what is clear is defying the subpoena by the select committee can come a consequences. just today the president s on-again, off-again close advisor often considered the architect of the president s rise was sentenced to prison for defying the very thing the president was served with today. steve bannon was sentenced to four months in prison plus a fine of $6,500 for his refusal to comply with the hous