she is urging independent-minded democrats to do the same. the former congress from and announced her departure in a series of tweets in a video posted this morning. i can no longer remain in today s democratic party that is under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers who are driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue and stoking antiwhite racism. who actively worked to undermine our god-given freedoms that are enshrined in our constitution, who are hostile to people of faith and spirituality. who. who demonized the police to protect but protect criminals at the expense of law-abiding americans, who believe in the open border, who weaponized the national security state to go after their political opponents and above all who are dragging us ever closer to nuclear war. i believe in the government that is of the people, by the people, and for the people. unfortunately today the democratic party does not. instead it stands for a gover
Display than right here in naples florida. The winds of Hurricane Irma stronger than they were nowhere than here yesterday. We peaked at a wind gust of 142 miles an hour. But incredibly most of the damage is elsewhere in this state. Yes, the power is out, the trees as you see are down but the scars that you mentioned at least here are largely superficial. It was the worst storm that we stayed for. We were here for andrew in 92 and we were here for charlie in 2004. Reporter clay cohn spent much of today cleaning up outside of a house that just yesterday he was fairly certain he wouldnt have anymore. He and his family rode out irma at a nearby friends house fearful of the storm surge that gratefully never came. This is the storm, the behind my screenism Marilyn Gorman chose to ride it out in here house. She, too, is relieved today. God be with us. I thought we were all going to die actually. I thought the storm surge was going to come in and take us out. Reporter naples was also larged s
A big sigh of relief for so many people that this storm didnt leave the kind of catastrophic damage that was expected in places like this. But irma is still leaving its mark. Today flooding in charleston, savannah and breaking records in jacksonville. What was Hurricane Irma now moving north. While floridians statewide start to assess the destruction left by this giant storm. We got a lot of damage, a lot of cleanup. Reporter neighborhoods like this one in naples under water homes, airplanes and the front of this Senior Living center torn apart. Its unbelievable. Reporter trees uprooted, this one in bradenton taking part of a house with it. Its an incredible sight. Reporter the first image from the keys where irma made its initial u. S. Landfall as a category four yesterday morning now coming in showing houses barely standing, cars buried beneath sand with bridges closed, residents who evacuated are now trying unsuccessfully to get back. Very anxious and we all just want to go home and
Las vegas holding a candle light vigil in honor of the dozens of people killed. The city dimmed its iconic lights for 11 minutes honoring both victims and heroes from the tragic event. 11 signifies the number of minutes shooter Stephen Paddock was firing on the crowd. Now nbcs Steve Patterson has more on how some survivors are struggling in the massacres aftermath. You know, gigi, there are so many families emotionally impacted by what happened now one week ago, but emotion is not all they are dealing with. Funerals and medical costs are on top moving forward. We spoke to those families and people on the ground here trying to make a difference. For the families forever changed by those 11 minutes, its the worst night of their lives. 58 lives taken and for many of the hundreds injured, another nightmare is just getting started. Nicoles mother diane was trampled that night trying to escape. She lost feeling in her left leg. Its just really hard to see her in that state of mind and like b
Of sexual allegations. Good morning. Im gigi stone in for frances rivera. Im phillip mena. At the colts 49ers game in indianapolis, vicepresident mike pence walked out on the game after more than a dozen players from the 49ers kneeled during the national anthem. This morning some are calling pences walk out a show of respect for the flag and anthem, while others are deeming it a stunt, asking if it was worth it in the end. Nbcs morgan radulford has more. Reporter vicepresident mike pence greeted fans in indianapolis. The doelts facicolts facing offe 49ers. When the anthem played more than a dozen players took a knee. Reporter pence stood with his hand over his heart and left as soon as the starspangled banner ended. Makes no sense to me. It is ridiculous what he did. It just doesnt make sense. He doesnt have any reason to do that. Reporter the vicepresident tweeted moments later, i will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our flag or our national anthem. The protest a