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
post. the latest missing records are from two officials inside of the trump administration acting homeland security secretary chad wulf, and acting deputy secretary ken cuccinelli, we will get to all of those stories and more throughout the course of this hour, but we start with the latest efforts of the united states to win the release of wnba star brittney griner from a russian jail. russia s foreign minister now says he is open to talking to secretary of state anthony blinken about the u.s. proposal for russia to belize griner and former marine paul whelan in exchange for the release of a russian arms dealer named victor boot. russia gave no indication of whether they would agree to that offer or for the timing of when the foreign minister might be able to talk to anthony blinken. griner s trial on charges of having to vape cartridges of hashish oil in her luggage is expected to wrap up next week with a verdict, according to her lawyers, they say that griner s had a doctor
sells and the kind of music she makes and in the love that fans have for her and her music and her live shows which i have seen a number of times. they were terrific. it s worth waiting for. i hope to be able to grab a ticket to one of her tours one day. maybe not in one. maybe the next. they will work out all this mess. c.j. farley, thank you so much. good to see you. thank you. all right house democrats are eying a new generation of leaders after speaker nancy pelosi announces she will not seek re-election as head of the caucus. a look at the future of the party next.
friday. is that enough though? joining me to discuss is author and cultural commentator c.j. farley. c.j., it s been a long time. you have interviewed taylor swift a number of times, and so, you know, i wonder just how humiliated, you know, she is by all of this. oh, no. do you not hear me? c.j. farley? are we having audio problems? no, i can hear you. great, hi, good to see you. you have interviewed taylor swift a number of times. she says this is excruciating. how mortified is she over all of this? well, you know, she released a statement on instagram just talking about her frustration about what s been going on. i remember years ago being backstage with her on one of her tours. i was struck by her attention to detail, the duets she wanted to do that nate and staging.
let s discuss with hln s melissa knowles and c.j. farley, author of zero o clock. welcome to the program this morning. this was a really heartfelt, i think, pre-good-bye, melissa, from trevor noah. do we know when he s going to leave and what he plans to do next? good morning, christine. we don t know what he s going to do next. it was certainly very heartfelt. he had this attitude of gratitude the entire five minutes of this monologue. he hasn t announced who his successor will be. and we don t even have a timeline yet. in fact, i would say, that when he made this announcement, there were audible gasps coming from the live audience there. people not expecting him to depart. he even said during the five minutes that he was speaking that this was the seven-year anniversary, in fact, that one of his correspondents, roy wood jr. reminded him, hey, dude, it s been seven years that we ve been doing this show. i know what he wants to do next is more stand-up comedy and he mentioned learn