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
tonight, the budget battle brewing in washington after house republicans use their first week to score political points and not govern. then, the trump orbit hit with a maximum 1.6 billion dollar fine for tax keen days after its cfo sentenced to jail at rikers island. so what now? and for a wild week in congress, including multiple calls for a congressman to resign, to the return of the golden globes, our friday night cap is here on all of it, as the 11th hour gets underway right now. good friday evening. i m stephanie ruhle. new signs tonight the republicans running the house may be setting the stage for the first major showdown in the new congress, one that could have a huge impact on our economy. today treasury secretary janet yellen sounded the alarm telling congress the united states is set to reach its debt them and let next thursday. yellin said she would have to start taking stormy mitch or s to keep paying the nations bills if lawmakers do not raise that limit. she
house republicans use their first week to score political points and not govern. then the trump org hit with a maximum 1.6 million dollar fine for a tax scheme days after its cfo was sentenced to jail at rikers island. so what now? and from a wild week in congress, including multiple calls for a congressman to resign, to the return of the golden globes, our friday night cap is here on all of it, as the 11th hour gets underway right now. good friday evening. i m stephanie ruhle. new signs tonight the republicans running the house may be setting the stage for the first major showdown in the new congress, one that could have a huge impact on our economy. today treasury secretary janet yellen sounded the alarm telling congress the united states is set reach its debt limit next thursday. yellin said she would have to start taking stormy mitch or s to keep paying the nations bills if lawmakers do not raise that limit. she added, if nothing gets done, the united states could go into
the trump orbit hit with a maximum 1. 6 billion dollar fine for tax keen days after its cfo sentenced to jail at rikers island. so what now? and for a wild week in congress, including multiple calls for a congressman to resign, to the return of the golden globes, our friday night cap is here on all of it, as the 11th hour gets underway right now. good friday evening. i m stephanie ruhle. new signs tonight the republicans running the house may be setting the stage for the first major showdown in the new congress, one that could have a huge impact on our economy. today treasury secretary janet yellen sounded the alarm telling congress the united states is set to reach its debt them and let next thursday. yellin said she would have to start taking stormy mitch or s to keep paying the nations bills if lawmakers do not raise that limit. she added, if nothing gets done, the united states could go into default by early june. the washington post reporting house republican preparing f
what a week. with us, we have pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson with us. and columnist and associate editor for the washington post, david ignatius, will join us in a moment. joe, just a reminder of why the justice department might be a little concerned about nuclear secrets knocking around mar-a-lago. there was the time that trump spilled highly classified information to russia s foreign minister. or when he tweeted a highly classified satellite photo of an iranian space facility. or when he sided with the kremlin over america s own intelligence agencies. my people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others, they said they think it s russia. i have president putin. he just said it s not russia. i will say this, i don t see any reason why it would be. yeah. so with that in mind, we begin with new information on the fbi s search of donald trump s home in florida. people familiar with the investigation te