just moments ago, governor ron desantis revealed that all of lee county is out of water. and here in fort myers with the sun now up, you can see the level of wreckage residents are gramming with in the wake of this brutal storm. i m just going to give you a piture of a random sm of the brutality of this storm. here on the marina, there was a couple shops a little b and b getting ready to set up shop above it. the wine bottles that were stored in here are perfect. none of them broke. and yet when you see the intensity of it, talk about randomness, you see the bed. you have the mattress and the box spring. they are not separated. but the building is blown out. is and here is what is just gives you a real clear idea of the ferocity of the storm. the water and the wind. this is a 50-foot yacht. it was docked over here. it ended up on top of that suv. it didn t clear the power lines, but look where it ended pup. and do you see that big ship over there? that one was docked behind u
Now. Good morning, glad you are with us. Were following three big stories breaking overnight. There is a new designee to be house speaker. Overnight republicans nominated louisiana congressman mike johnson. This morning many more are sounding much more optimistic than they have in the past three weeks ahead of the expected vote at noon. And israel says no to a ceasefire. Were learning new information about how the u. S. Is urging caution looking at Lessons Learned from iraq. And also mark meadows reportedly strike as deal with federal prosecutors. Abc news reporting that he is offering up testimony about the former president s efforts to overturn the 2020 election in exchange for immunity. We start with a new name could soon hang over the house speakers office. Kevin mccarthys name just taken down last night according to our hill team. And were now talking about louisiana congressman mike johnson who the House Republicans have chosen as their fourth speaker desk tdesignee. Democracy is
now. we will have the aclu on later on in our hour to talk about that and whether there might be a lawsuit coming for the biden administration. thank you, my friend. today has been a lesson in how every accusation from the republican party these days is actually a confession. are you weaponize thing the house the same way? no. you say democrats are weaponize in the doj to get what they want. are you doing it on a bigger platform in the entire house of representatives? no, there is a clear distinction between what we are doing and what they have done. they are undermining people s faith in our institutions, the system of justice itself. what we are doing is the opposite. we are trying to adhere to the rule of law. that was republican speaker of the house mike johnson this afternoon saying the republican party is just trying to adhere to the rule of law. a few hours before that interview, speaker johnson made a huge decision which shows that is plainly not the cas
the accountability project is going to start. they are going to be in prison. a corrupt retribution scheme in plain sight. you have to get in the game republicans. starting every investigation they need to right now. tonight, new reporting on maga s very public payback campaign. it is a terrible path they are leading us to and it is very possible that this could have to happen to them. and donald trump is openly signaling russia to help himself get elected again. russia if you are listening, the president of russia will do that for me and i don t believe he will do that for anyone else. plus, judge cannon s wild move to disrupt the documents trial and another installment of our series, are you better off than you were four years ago? president trump posing for pictures, holding up a bible without explanation. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. tonight s top story, multiple current and former u.s. officials includi
Eating up to 10 portions of fruit and vegetables a day may help us to live longer. Research from Imperial College london claims boosting our intake to 800 grams a day could prevent thousands of deaths from Heart Disease and cancer. An investigation by the bbc has found there are nearly ten thousand drivers across the uk still on the roads despite having 12 or more points currently on their driving licence. Good morning. Its thursday the 23rd of february. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Parts of the uk are facing Travel Disruption as storm doris arrives with winds reaching 9amph. There are Severe Weather warnings for across Northern England, east anglia, north wales and the midlands, and there is snow predicted in higher areas in scotland. About 8,000 homes and businesses are without power in Northern Ireland due to trees falling onto overhead lines. Network rail are imposing speed limit of 50 mph on several train lines and the aa is reporting Traffic Disruption on major roads including t