really for the next decade. when the 2020 election was called for a by then, you might remember democrats got very cocky very quickly. and then they got sloppy. giving into the craziest demand of the far left now, two short years later, look at the mess they ve created. they stoked inflation, they hav sabotaged our energy independence and they wrecked our foreign policy. i was thinking about this tonight i can t think of a single issue that biden and the democrats have gotten right and overwhelmingly, americans do no think that democracy is at risk if the democrats lose control o congress, just like they don t think our country is systemically recessed or define by the events of january 6. it turns out that it is their candidates, the democrat candidates who stink, not ours. have you seen that poor katie ops in arizona. not been put to sleep by charli crist or maggie hansen in order that cortez master character. i would like to meet the person who really really thinks that h
suffering, and our desperation for his political gain. president biden s first-ever face-to-face meetings with the families of brittney griner and paul whelan since they were detained in russia. i would have done it sooner. still need to deal with the families and explain there are limited things that you can do when you have this kind of a situation going on. i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom. a kingdom celebrates the life of its queen. a family mourns the loss of its matriarch. the queen s eight grandchildren came together to hold vigil as she lies in state. outside westminster hall, tens of thousands of mourners gather to pay their respects. the line stretching for miles, and the wait at times surpassing an astonishing 24 hours. president biden and the first lady arrived in london not long ago. they will be among heads of state from around the world to attend the queen s funeral on monday. and a short time ago, we learned that the queen
have been ordered to evacuate as hurricane ian is bearing down on the states gulf coast. just a moment governor ron desantis will join us. the latest from this category three storm. fox weather meteorologist ian oliver is with us. this looks like it is going to be a direct hit right over it looks like somewhere north of fort myers right towards tampa. ian: still a reasonable scenario here. this is a monster of a storm. still a category three as you mention. 120 miles per hour. we had this inner i wall that has been degrading. what that does is it spreads out of that winfield over at much larger area. we have seen these impacts start already. we need to warnings throughout the afternoon and evening across much of south florida. we got some active ones right now. a lot of spin in these powerful outer bands of the intense. 90 miles out of the west of key west. we reported there a wind gusts up to 71 miles per-hour miles per hour. that is greatly removed from the intent in a. w
n ordered to evacuate as hurricane rita now is bearing down on the state shr gulf coast in just a moment.t. florida governor rhonda santos will join us first herest with the very latest from thisrs category three storm weather. in meteorologist ian oliver is with us in thisoliver. looks like it s going to be a direct hit right over. looks like somewhereoks li nortr fort myers, right towards tampa. yeah, anywhere from naples. igto the southern part of tampa bay, the mouth of tampa bay: stl still a reasonable scenaril o ao here. this is a monster of a storm, still a category three , as your mentioned,ee max, winds at 120we miles per hour. we actually had this inner eye wall that s been degrading, but there s an outer one that s forming. what that does is it spreads out the wind field overh a much larger area. we ve seen these impacts starttw already. tornado warnings throughouarnint the afternoon and evening across much of south florida. we ve got some active onesh flom right
hearings, the supreme court overturning roe v. wade, the fbi raiding the home of a former president, and everything in between. 2022 has been incredibly consequential for american politics a year that has left us with a lot of questions about the future of our country, our democracy, our rights as human beings and about whether you have more of those rights if, say, you are a former president or fewer if you have a uterus and live in a red state. well, 2023 may be the yorear we get answers. we will learn who will be running for president in 2024 and who, if any, in the republican party will stand up to donald trump. though maybe don t hold your breath on that one speaking of which, we could find out if the twicism impe disgrac former president will be held accountable in a laundry list of investigations that he is under. the new year will also present the biden administration with new challenges as the president for the first time will be faced with a split congress. democrat