keep coming. willie? yeah. start in florida, though, this hour, mika. millions of residents are bracing for hurricane ian as that powerful storm barrels towards the state getting stronger by the hour. just this morning it became a category 4 hurricane expected to make landfall in the southwest coast of florida as early as this afternoon. the center of the storm forecast to move over the central past of the state with winds reaching more than 130 miles per hour. the national hurricane center also warning of dangerous storm surge and flooding with up to 18 inches of rain expected in some areas. more than 2.5 million people under evacuation orders along parts of coastal florida. the powerful storm passed the florida keys last night causing a couple of tornadoes and some damage there. officials say there also is significant flooding across that area. yesterday the hurricane battered western cuba knocking outing the island s electrical grid, causing a nation-wide blackout. offic
expected tomorrow. governor ron desantis is going to be put to the test, forced to actually do his job. when he s used to spending most of his time hanging out on fox news and owning the libs. the approaching hurricane is also changed the january 6th committee s plans. we have our hands on some documentary footage of roger stone laying out trump s plot to steal the election. which the committee is expected to show when the hearing is rescheduled. also tonight, the senate takes up the electoral count act to protect democracy. and we re going to try to answer this question of why republican lawmakers still genuflect to trump and promote his lies. we begin with florida, bracing for ian, a major hurricane that could submerge large portions of the gulf coast. and it will be a test of leadership. governing, you see, is hard. it s unsexy, and not always television friendly. and governing through a crisis, well, that is where the proverbial rubber meets the road. president bide
according to the panel. beyond that, the only bit of evidence we are getting a preview of concerns roger stone, the long time trump ally who has a tattoo of richard nixon s face on his back. he was being followed by a documentary team on january 6th and the days leading up to it. nbc news obtained several clips including this one from four months before the election where he lays out a plan for donald trump to stay in the white house no matter what. what they re assuming is the election will be normal. it will not be normal. are these the california results? sorry, we re not accepting them. electors show up at the electoral college, armed guards will throw them out. i m the president. [ bleep ] you. i m challenging all of it and the judges we re going to are judges i appointed. let s just hope we re celebrating. i suspect it will be up in the air. when that happens, the key thing to do is to claim victory. possession is nine tenth of the law. no we won t [ bleep ] you. sorr
6:00 a.m. out west. 9:00 a.m. on the east coat. we have a lot to cover this hour including the republican party s increased optimism about regaining the senate majority despite the new allegations against their georgia candidate herschel walker. kristen welker has the latest reporting on that. also, donald trump asks the supreme court to intervene over the legal fight about the classified documents the fbi seized from his mar-a-lago resort. we ll explain why justice clarence thomas plays a big role. now elon musk wants to buy twitter again. why it seems he s serious this time? the thing is it s so fascinating that he s going back and will be talking about getting it at the same price he talked about at the beginning which most people thought was way overvalued. maybe he can t get out of it. willie, for our friends waking up on the west coast aaron judge hit his 62nd home run. what an incredible guy, what a special moment. yes. 62 home runs. it was a long wait, but
and in ukraine, ukraine racking up more battlefield devastation. that is what we re watching at this hour. the search for survivors in florida, rescuers going door-to-door in neighborhoods decimated by hurricane ian still nearly 2,000 have been rescued so far an the death toll from this monster storm jumping to more than 100 people now. more than half of the deaths are in one county alone, lee county. the sheriff there is about to hold a press conference. we re going to bring you that live when it begins, when it happens. there is so much tragedy from this storm. we ve seen this for days now. but we re also hearing incredible stories of survival. a fort myers man who clung to a palm tree for hours as the storm surge flooded everything in site. his daughter fearing the worst after their last desperate phone call. they re now reunited and they will join us this hour. let s get started with the very latest on the recovery. boris sanchez is live in fort myers. in this press con