person whose name ends in romp. have a great weekend, my friend. and thank you for joining us at home. the department of justice says tonight, this evening, filed a brief arguing that it cannot wait until december to look at all 11,000 documents it seized from donald trump. the department is arguing the delay is impeding its central investigation, and we are gonna get to that story shortly. we begin tonight with the destructive fury of hurricane ian. the storm made its second landfall in the united states a little after 2:00 this afternoon, near georgetown, south carolina, arriving is a category one storm with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. those winds and churning ocean waves were strong enough to destroy at least for fishing piers off the south carolina coast, including this one. they tossed an abandoned shrimp boat up on the sand. you can see it there. that boat had reportedly been anchored 12 miles offshore. here is a look at rescue crews evacuating four pe
that they are arguing it cannot wait until september, to wait until all documents to some donald trump the department is arguing the delay is impeding its central investigation, and we are gonna get to that story shortly. we begin tonight with the destructive fury of hurricane ian. the storm made its second landfall in the united states a little after 2:00 this afternoon, near georgetown, south carolina, arriving is a category one storm with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. those winds and churning ocean waves were strong enough to destroy at least for fishing piers off the south carolina coast, including this one. near north myrtle beach. they tossed an abandoned shrimp boat up on the sand. you can see it there. that boat had reportedly been anchored 12 miles offshore. here is a look at rescue crews evacuating four people trapped in the second floor of a motel, near an amusement park in the coastal resort city of myrtle beach. hundreds of thousands are without p
county, which took a direct hit from hurricane ian, has been a boom town. this is the housing density in and around lee county around 1970. back then the county was home to just 100,000 people, and as of the latest sentenced sentences more than 760,000 people live. they re there even similar boone s up and down the coast, up and down south florida where. this means is that when hurricane luckier make landfall, the question isn t if they were hit the population center, the question is which one they will hit. but even still, where hurricane ian hit was particularly bad. last year the epicenter of the damage brought by the storm was the ninth fastest growing county in the united states. joining us now from fort myers beach florida the shoreline of the county, is carey ruston, correspondent for the nbc s the news, with chef smith. thanks again for joining us these evening. i know you have spent a few days now in some of the hardest
lee county, is carey ruston, correspondent for the nbc s the news, with chef smith. thanks again for joining us these evening. i know you have spent a few days now in some of the hardest hit areas of the state. do we have a full picture, at this point, of how many people may still be missing or how many more deaths we may see in the coming days? i feel like two days out right now, alex, and we are looking at one puzzle piece of a 500 piece puzzle. there is so much to comprehend, so much to take in. so much is widespread. the thing you mentioned down here in lee county, there are so many people, so many houses and then with those people come boats, and we are seeing boats in trees, there s about behind me at a gas station and i have no idea where the closest marina is. we re down on san carlos island today where there were these large vessels, probably 30, 40 foot boats, that were just in the middle of the road, some of them crashing into houses.