ian are unlivable. the scenes, apocalyptic. responders working by boat and aircraft. nearly 2,000 rescues in southwest and central florida since last week when hurricane ian hit the state. this morning, the number of customers without power is now below half a million in florida. president biden travels to florida tomorrow for a firsthand look at the devastation. cnn s randi kaye is live this morning in fort myers beach. randi? reporter: john, i know you ve seen fort myers beach from the air, but seeing it on the ground firsthand is certainly like nothing i have ever seen before. there were stairways to anywhere because homes were literally blown out of foundations. there were homes on top of homes. as you said, fort myers beach is still closed to residents, but we got a firsthand look up close with a search and rescue team out of miami, florida, and here wrap we saw. this is our first look from the ground at fort myers beach. hurricane ian s winds combined with storm s
it says a filter team has already gone through the documents and pulled the ones that could potentially contain privileged information. and it says doj has already given back the private documents that are not a part of the investigation like the expired passports swept up in the shirt. legal analysts argue there isn t a need for a special master here. donald trump is not a lawyer. so discovering attorney-client privileged material is not an acute danger. donald trump is not the president of the united states any more, so economic tough privilege does not apply. and the volume of material all things considered isn t overly large for jauj to review themselves. still, judge cannon did wright she had a preliminary intent to grant trump s request. the question is both why and what will happen next if she does? so, as we await that unusual 40-page response from doj, let us understand the variables. julia ainsley, our homeland security correspondent, has also done extensive coverag
toward a civil war. president biden, meanwhile, is expected to address the threat of political violence head on as he hits the road today. the white house says the president will call out the far right for its dangerous rhetoric and challenge the republican claim that it is the party of law and order. we re also following major developments out of ukraine, where officials in kyiv say russian forces are in retreat as ukraine launches a counteroffensive in the south. president zelenskyy says, quote, we will chase them to the border. major news out of ukraine. we ll get to that in a moment. boy, it really is something. and you look at the poll numbers. first of all, fascinating it is joe biden s poll numbers that go up, willie, as democrats seem to be doing far better in the midterm elections than expected. the same group of people, donald trump, lindsey graham, those type of people, who challenged the 2020 election, or with lindsey, went back and forth, back and forth, th
played in trying to overturn the election. just to give a historical precedence to the group and how they have radicalized was the propaganda for the keepers. let s begin with the latest on steve bannon. saying he is now willing to testify before the january 6 committee jessica schneider is outside the courthouse where the hearing is taking place this morning. the point you made last hour was it was supposed to take place nine months ago so this is the 11th hour appeal. how do we expect this to proceed in the next several hours? it is notable because steve bannon is set to go on trial one week from today so the federal judge right now is beginning to hear arguments as to how the trial will proceed. bannon s attorneys have repeatedly asked for delay and prosecutors in an overnight filing talked about the fact that they want any evidence that steve bannon has said he will testify to the committee, completely excluded from the trial. prosecutors are really saying that stev
a u.n. inspection team arrived today at europe s largest nuclear power plant to assess damage and shelling. this is vladimir putin. laying flowers at the casket of mikhail gorbachev. he will not attend the funeral. i will speak to senator jack reed coming up shortly. in alaska, crossover appeal beats out star power. the first alaskan native to win statewide and the first woman to win the seat. one of five races moving in democratic favor. a state of emergency continuing in jackson, mississippi. 180,000 people still without drinkable water with no word about when it s going to come back. first, the classified documents at mar-a-lago. joining us is ken dilanian, yamiche alcindor, and also with us former prosecutor in the robert mueller russia probe andrew weissmann and former communication advisor brandon buck. what do we expect about the special master hearing? didn t the trump lawyers stumble into opening pandora s box for the government to show the documents, spread them