all of the work you re doing there on the ground to help so many people in need. for more information about how you could help these victims of hurricane ian go to cnn.com/impact. and the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. ian s death toll in florida is rising today. could we get some help down here. we have need for gas. there are four boats that just arrived moments ago. this community is never ever seen this high of fluiding before. now we re going into day four without electricity, that is when you get to the life-threatening range. we have no power, no phone service, nothing. the building is ripped off of their foundations and swept backwards. should have there been a mandatory evacuation that came sooner. i wouldn t have changed anything. this storm was very unpredictable. there is a degree of personal responsibility. i think people got complacent. lyman was completely liberated. a phenomenal strategic victory for the ukrainians. thi
heat. senator raphael warnock and his republican challenger, herschel walker, neck and neck. senator warnock and what he said today about herschel walker. and tonight walker making his closing argument. republicans needing just one seat to take back control of the senate. just five seats to take control of the house. what we re seeing in these final hours. eva pilgrim and steve osunsami live in the battlegrounds. rick klein and rachel scott at the big boards tonight. the key numbers to watch as we head into election night. also on this monday night, the state of emergency at this hour in florida. a hurricane watch now in effect along the eastern shoreline. nicole gaining strength, possibly hitting as a category 1 hurricane then making its way up the coast through several major cities right into new york and the northeast. rob marciano standing by with the timing and track. he is in florida tonight. speaker nancy pelosi for the first time describing the police at her door,
state of emergency tonight, it comes as florida is dealing with catastrophic damage from in, at least 17 people dead tonight. there are fears that that number will go up. cnn s chief climate correspondent is bill weir, and he joins me now. bill, hello once again to you. you say this is some of the worst damage you ve ever seen in your career. covering these disasters. tell us what you saw? well, by that i mean, don, there are certain sort of moments and scenes in storms that are just burned into your brain, katrina for a lot of the reasons that we all know. that was such a man made disaster in so many ways, same with maria in puerto rico. you think about those comedians. michael which took apart the panhandle. but i will always remember, i will equate even with what i saw today in st. james city. that s on pine island. and this is a tight little community, a lot of manufactured homes, mobile homes, people whose vote might be worth more than their home, and all of it complet
path the danger is real to state the obvious. please obey all warnings. brian in florida desperate search and rescue efforts underway this morning. at least 10 confirmed dead. officials warn that number likely to climb. significant damage that i saw was on fort myers beach there have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and there is likely many more than that. brian: there you go. before and after photos showing the extent of the damage in fort myers. curfew being enforced there to prevent looting. more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have live team coverage this morning. meteorologist adam klotz is standing by with ian s latest track. but, first, fox weather correspondent robert wray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage. robert? yeah, it s tremendous. it s really everywhere you look. and especially when you start heading down to fort myers beach where all those rescues have occurred and where governor antioxidant just talked ab
unclear but we are hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life. tonight, what we know about the damage, the loss of life and the rescue efforts plus the daunting prospect of rebuilding in an era of climate catastrophe. and as ian regains hurricane status, what we know about preparations beyond florida. senator raphael warnock of georgia. and what we are learning about what ginni thomas turn told the january six committee. did you speak with your husband when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. more than 24 hours after hurricane ian slammed into florida s west coast, it s not clear it will go down as one of the most destructive storms in the state s history. he came ashore just shy of a category five hurricane bringing 150 mile per hour winds, more than a foot of rain in some areas over just 12 to 24-hour period. that is a one in 1000 rain moment. we also saw record storm surge bringing the water level up 12 feet in