have our fox news chief meteorologist rick reichmuth with us. rick this has been rough so far. really has. three things, the storm surge that broke records in fort myers and naples as well by a lot by the way, three feet higher than we had ever seen from any kind of storm surge in the past. that obviously causing all that flooding right along the immediate coast. then we have the winds, actual verified winds of 140 miles an hour in cape corral. a lot of this wind was really prolonged because it s such a slow-moving storm and then you have the rainfall. because it s so slow we get rainfall that just continues to batter the state and we ll see big time inland flooding concerns. this made land fall in the exact same space that hurricane charlie came on shore in 2004 which is amazing to have two massive hurricanes or two strong hurricanes like this come on shore in the exact same spot, hard to imagine, because it came on so strong, it s still a category 2 hurricane after having
from buffalo and she says she has never seen anything like this. we still have scores and scores of vehicles that were abandoned when people left during the storm, or in a ditch, they cannot possibly get out. we have had snowplows, major snowplows and rescue vehicles. i saw them myself in ditches buried in snow. anita: the brutal weather causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations. flight aware, charles watson is at the airport in atlanta with all of the latest there, and charles, you ve been chatting with us there from the airport over the last couple of days. how are things looking today? well, look, it s busy. the travel troubles continue here in atlanta, and at airports across the country. this is a taste of what it looks like here in atlanta, what we are experiencing. a lot of folks in the airport today. large crowds, large lines full of people who are just hoping that the day goes smoothly for them. unfortunately, that likely won t be the case for many as
specific request the department has made for bennie thompson, the chair. our reporters and d.o.j. experts will tell us what, if anything, we should read into that. we also know today that former trump strategist steve bannon will go on trial next week for his contempt of congress case for refusing to answer the committee s question. his legal team lost a second team to delay his trial over publicity of the trial s hearings and as the man who tried to get trump in office prepares to go before a judge, there is also news today about what that man, the one he helped get into the office, is doing in 2024. donald trump telling new york magazine he s already made the decision about whether he will run again for president and that, quote, i feel very confident that if i decide to run, i ll win. it doesn t quite match up to the new york times reporting on how the republican party feels about him but i digress. joining us now is ryan reilly, a justice reporter for us here at nbc new
not one g.o.p. and are voted in favor of the nearly $740 billion spending bill. meanwhile vice president kamala harris had to come in and break the 50/50 tie. on this vote, the yeas are 50 and the nays are 50, the senate being equally divided the vice president votes in the formative in the bill as amended is passed. that vote came after a marathon 16 hours session over the weekend, they called it vote aroma word demo republicans add tried to plan amendments and when it was all over the package still contain hundreds of billions of dollars from climate change, deficit reduction, and tax hikes. the supersize of the irs adding 807,000 agents while the democrats are putting themselves in the back for this and getting their wit liberal wish list past. republicans warned this is turning into a war in the middle class that will backfire big time on the dems come november. here is hundred that ted cruz. all the democrats say they are worried and want to lower gas prices, they al
contemplating a second mass shooting. he was driving around. he did see a celebration was occurring in madison, and he seriously contemplated using the firearm to commit another shooting in madison. reporter: how much ammunition did he have at that point? approximately 60 rounds. reporter: he faces seven counts, but could face many more charges here is eric reinhardt. there are many different charges, for individuals who were present on the scene. they were shot at. that also constitute every time he fires an bullet at an individual, he s committed aggravated discharge of a weapon, whether he hit someone or not. reporter: the question now, what can done to stop the next mass shooting? editorial board of the washington post is could you will for what a lot of phones here are telling me. they said a ban on high-powered rifles, quote, how many more families need leslie have to do ripped apart? the bottom line, karima had threatened to killed people before, tried