strength and it s taking aim at the carolinas, where people now are bracing for the worst. i m john berman in ft. myers, florida. the storm now barreling towards south carolina with 85-mile-per-hour winds. it is expected to make its third landfall in the coming hours near myrtle beach. after seeing the damage in florida, the governor of south carolina says, we know what s coming. so this storm might be the largest natural disaster in florida s history. the destruction here in ft. myers, i m standing in the middle of it, it is hard to comprehend. ft. myers beach, i had a chance to fly over it in a helicopter, much of it flattened. one official there describes the damage as, there s really nothing to come back to. at least 19 people have died from this storm. power is out this morning across the state. there have been hundreds of rescues. the coast guard has been out in force, airlifting people from flooded homes and neighborhoods. sanibel island hit very hard. the storm destro
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g.o.p. fights to get mojo back and democrats brand their opposition fascist hand raid don t like maga as toxic. see if that works. we went from safe streaks to record crime and secure border to know border. this election is about mainstream versus maga. record inflation to make democrats real life the reckless economic agenda is a failure. extreme maga republicans inflicting unimaginable pain on women and families. we are a nation whose economy is floundering and whose stores and educational system is ranked at the bottom of every list. it is clear which way the new maga republicans are pure they are extreme. democracy is really at stake. sandra: don t ask me when we bring in the columnist for the hill and strategists, great to have you with us, thanks for being here. it almost feels like two campaigns underway at once. you ve got the 2022 layer, and then you have 2024 layer as it all gets pieced together and we heard from both the president, the former preside
violent criminals to be released from prison. we re we re going to play that and vet him tonight. but first, our countdowns. continues. y five shortwe aaway days away from these pivotalve midterm elections. and democrats have lost all touch with reality now. yesterday, we showed you the new devastating economic numbers.t inflation went up coreup inflation going up, food, rent, energy all the way up. the stock market, meanwhile, plummeted. it tanked. it dropped significantly. itignificathe biggest drop since the height of the pandemic. this but one month after the democrats passed their so-called inflation reduction ac t, or as i call it,reduct the tax, the poor, middle class and people on fixed income act t of twenty , twenty two . it doesn t actually do anything to reduce inflation. it will increase inflation. it. a is just a massive green n, deal spending bill that, wors as predicted, is making inflation far worse, making everythingg evensive more expenn ever. and now, by
worth of his holdings, something with major implications for his taxes and the future of his company. but facedith those questions, he s decided not to talk. in a statement, trump said, quote, i once asked if you re nocent why are you taking the fifth amendment. now inow the answer to that estion. when your faly, your company and a the people in your orbit ve bece the targets of an a defense of donald trump by undermining the government using unsubstantiated allegations. trump s own lawyers were doing that just yesterday suggesting that fbi agents searching trump s home were breaking the law. this is a joke. i m concerned that they may have planted something. at this point, who knows? i don t trust the government and that s a very frightening thing as an american. i don t think they would go to the extent of trying to plant information, i think they just make stuff up and come up with whatever they want. that s the way they will have to proceed. they don t have anything.