people are now in 257 shelters like this woman right here. florida says it needs 5.5 million meals to feed them all. and 6.6 million liters of clean water. 2 million people still do not have power. water isn t running in five counties. 19 counties have boil water notices. and more than 200 health care facilities are evacuating, or considering doing so. 10 airports are closed. along with 24 ports. 31 transit systems. and nine railways. and then there is the death toll. the official number is now 14. though those same officials say that number is very likely to rise. and they are warning, just because it has a weaker wind speed, making it a category one storm, hurricane ian, that does not mean that the danger has passed. as we have learned over and over again, it is the water, the rain, the storm surge, and the flooding that is often the most dangerous. that right there is where we begin, looking at what the storm is doing now, joining me from charleston, south carolina, is nbc
they re growing silence has one s favorite network is moving on. is he already losing the fox news primary? and later, matt gates s bullying tactics backfired big-time. how is body shaming helping one teen abortion activist raised over 1 million dollars? my interview with her and much more is coming up. a good saturday morning to you. i am katie phang. we ll see, or want to. the good question this morning about whether speaker nancy pelosi will visit china on a trip to asia this weekend. china said it will take, quote, forceful measures if it happens. taiwan s self governed by china claims it is a part of its territory and promises to take it back by force if necessary. for more on all of this we are joined by nbc news correspondent allie raffa on capitol hill. katie, nancy pelosi saving security concerns for why she could not confirm or deny whether she or a group of house lawmakers will visit taiwan during this multi day four of asia. military officials say that they are
stand by the high stakes missions to take out the world s most wanted terrorist. the pentagon wiped the phones at the end of the trump admini administration. i ll get reaction from a member of the january 6th select committee. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, wolf blitzer is off, i m pamela brown and you re in the situation room. we begin with house speaker nancy pelosi s controversial trip to taiwan and the added strain it s putting on already tense u.s. relations with china. cnn selina wang has a report from beijing. reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi staying overnight in taiwan, ignoring relentless warnings from beijing that there would be grave consequences. speaker pelosi touching down in taipei just before 11:00 p.m. local time, becoming the most senior u.s. official to visit taiwan in 25 years. but the high-stakes, high-risk visit also comes at a delicate moment for u.s./china relations. speaker pelosi expected to meet the t
Killed in the strip. The un is warning that the last remaining services are collapsing due to a lack of supplies, as israel continues its siege and bombardment. Hundreds of Armed Police Officers continue to hunt for a gunman in the us state of maine, after 18 people were shot dead yesterday. The suspect, robert card, is an Army Reservist and is considered dangerous. Lets ta ke lets take lets update you on what is happening in gaza. A new figure from the hamas run Health Authorities in gaza saying that the death toll is now 7326. With hospitals in the gaza strip either shut or unable to provide medical help, pregnant women are being forced to give birth in dangerous conditions. One of them a journalist Called Jumana Has made a video diary of her experiences. Shes been speaking to bbc arabic s dalia haider. They speak arabic a precious moment captured between a pregnant mother and daughter. Translation im about to deliver any time soon. I hope my second baby arrives safely and peacefully
Mister secretary, does the administration know at this point if u. S. Citizens were among the dead or those taken hostage . So, we have reports that several americans may be among the dead. We are very actively looking to verify those reports similarly, weve seen reports about hostages and their again, we are very actively trying to verify them. And we nail that down. Meaning that there could be some u. S. Citizens who have been taken hostage as well, mister secretary. Thats correct. Well be closely following that over the next two hours, also overnight, israel responded, launching huge retaliatory strikes on cars and cities, flattening residential buildings, and killing over 300 people in gaza so far, according to the palestinian mystery of that. Has lebanons Hezbollah Group fired the flames in solidarity with hamas at three is really positions. Were witnessing all of this as israel promises an aggressive response. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed, my vengeance, and sai