Charles standoff over the Senate Impeachment trial extending into the new year. Were still waiting to see when Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send two articles to the upper chamber. Some republicans argue the speaker is in contempt conference. Thatmpme isnt valid until she transfers the charges. Congressman andy biggs on House Judiciary Committee and cochair of the House Freedom caucus. Happy new year to you, sir. Congressman biggs, where do things stand at very moment . Where we are where we were a week 1 2 ago. Nancy pelosi is basically holding on to the articles. She is not transmitting, she is softly backing away from her original reason why, she wanted leverage, wanted to control the u. S. Senate trial which she cannot do. So, question is, and you have asked it, framed it right, is she going to transmit . If so, when will she transmit . What impact will that have . Unlike any other time in the history of this country. Where you have the speaker of the house trying to control the senate
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without power and at least 10 confirmed dead. todd: adam klotz tracking the storm, but we begin with doug luzader as ian approaches, doug, what are you experiencing now? doug: things are whipping up now, progressing, the wind is getting more intense and bands of rain are moving through, there are signs ian is getting closer. we thought ian was going to hit as a tropical storm and now it will be a category one hurricane, either way, you get a feeling in south carolina that most people are staying put. there is not a feeling of panic here, but there is concern about the flooding they will run into here. not so much about the wind, but the flooding. that tidal surge, storm surge, four to seven feet in the low country, four to seven feet doesn t just go up, it goes in, they are so close to sea level. we have not seen a mass exodus of people here, no real panic, but people are concerned about flooding because they deal with it so often. we saw image in the local newspaper of c
coverage of hurricane ian. still very much a hurricane. still extremely dangerous bearing down on orlando this mor morning at this moment. we will go there. there are so many different stories to this devastating storm. one of the most powerful ever to hit florida with winds of 140 miles per hour on landfall. at this point, 20 inches of rain have been measured in so many different locations including here in tampa. you can see some of the limited damages even here in tampa. that appears to be roofing or some kind of siding just torn off of the building. that s just part of the story. the real story is south of here, venice, port charlotte. fort myers. i m hearing a helicopter above me. which is a good sign. maybe they re leaving from here to go help people in need further south and there is so much need. enormous storm surge. 12 feet in some places. just swamped. familiar cities, naples, fort myers. you can see rivers just floating down the middle of the street. as i said, th
12 feet higher, devastating communities like for the myers, naples and some 2 million homes and businesses are without power in florida, that is 20% of the entire state and 96% of fort myers is in the dark. one official saying it could take weeks for the power to come back on in some areas. floodwater inundating areas like naples and port charlotte. these are pictures of that area leaving some people who decided to ride out the storm trapped in their homes, others rescued from their cars, berman. the danger also continues, we should note. reporter: it absolutely does continue. the storm not done yet. brianna, i m sorry for communication problems earlier. the fema administrator told me they are prepared for thousands of displaced people, thousands perhaps of long-term displaced people. so that is what people are up against here in florida right now. cnn s got live team coverage of ian still very much a powerful force. first i want to go to the national hurricane center. mike