almost the entire state of florida, think about that, is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian., a monster storm is expected, several hundred miles across, and getting stronger by the minute. that is after causing a nationwide blackout in cuba. ian is turning in the gulf of mexico as a category three hurricane with sustained wind of just shy of a category for. now, along with life- threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and powerful wind. conditions will deteriorate throughout the night ahead of the expected level in the coming hours, more than 2 1/2 million people are under some form of evacuation at this hour. the window to leave is running out. even before the hurricane makes landfall, authorities are warning residents to be on alert for tornadoes overnight. these images show the impact earlier after a tornado hit the airport in south florida, causing significant damage to several aircraft hangers. our meteorologist attracting the system for us.
but housing, they really need to build a lot more housing in that state. yes. and given where they are it s complicated. yes. thanks to you at home for being here tonight. tonight we start with merrick garland. it s no surprise that republicans are not fans of the attorney general. ever since he arrived at the justice department, republicans have repeatedly accused garland of weaponizing the doj and going after trump. here he is in 2021 where the republican senators had their say about garland s memo on protecting school board members. just to be clear, yes, that was a memo of protecting school board members. take a listen. i ll leave it at this, general garland. you have weaponized the fbi and the department of justice. it is wrong, it is unprecedented to this history in our country, and i call on you to resign. thank god you re not on the supreme court. you should resign as a disgraced judge. then in august of this year when the fbi executed a search warra
as the justice department accuses the far right militia group, the oath keepers of plotting an armed rebellion to keep donald trump in power. we ll go live to the federal courthouse in washington, d.c. where testimony begins today. and liz cheney steps up again, this time speaking out against trump s recent attack on mitch mcconnell and mcconnell s wife, calling trump s remarks about elaine chao absolutely despicable and racist. we ll have the latest update on a growing scandal. that s actually one republican that s spoken out. exactly. against donald trump attacking the senate majority leader with violent rhetoric and making racist statements about his wife. i don t really not a lot of other republicans, elected republicans who have done that. i guess we can t be shocked anymore, but it is shocking. it still is shocking. it should be. that the leader of the united states senate in the republican party had a quote death wish placed on him by the former president
region, which have now become a battleground. a deal to end russia s blockade could make a huge difference but it won t end the war. so here in the donbas, ukrainian farmers are racing to harvest and to store what they can, whatever the risks. a new prime minister is sworn in in sri lanka, as anti government protests continue in the capital. hello and welcome. we start with some breaking news from washington where steve bannon, who worked closely with former president trump as a strategist, has been found guilty of contempt of congress. the charges were brought after he defied a summons to testify at the congressional hearings into the january the 6th riots at the us capirol building. he ll be sentenced in october he could face up to two years in prison. but speaking outside the courtroom in the last hour, he remained unrepentant. i want to start - by thanking the jury. we respect their decision today. i really want to thank those - hard working citizens of washington,