and trajectory. it s expected to bring a catastrophic storm surge with winds over 150 miles per hour. the wind speed right now at 155 miles per hour. just shy of a category five storm. the eye of the storm is expected to churn somewhere between 40 meyers and venice, just south of where i am right now. hurricane ian has spawned multiple tornados in southern florida. a wide swath of florida is on alert through 5:00 p.m. today. already, alread more than 100,000 people are without power. more than 2 million people are under evacuation orders. hurricane ian is roiling seas. a big clue for what hurricane ian is capable of, cuban authorities has said the entire island has lost power. urgency and anticipation of the storm has mounted as we expect a very busy hour ahead. we ll hear from tampa s mayor in 30 minutes. we ll be speaking with sarasota officials on their own storm preparations and fema s assistant administrator. 30 minutes ago we heard from president biden. this storm is
from nbc news on how some republican senate candidates are looking to turn the page in a fall starting with a major ad blitz. that comes as for the first time ever voters seem lukewarm, the ones who are lukewarm on sitting president joe biden, still plan to vote for his party in november. and we ve been saying this for some time between the president s approval ratings and the generic ballot tests, joe biden is now in the mid-40s according to gallop and other polls. we ll talk about that. and longtime trump ally steve bannon expects to be charged in a state criminal case again? stemming into an investigation into his role in a charity that was supposed to have used private funds to build the wall of the u.s./mexico border. but didn t do it and isn t that really what donald trump did lying about the stop the steal money, where he got hundreds of millions of dollars and lied about the money being used for that again, here s another example, here s another parall
the historic heat wave and an obama biden reunion, why the former president and first lady are returning to the white house this afternoon. we begin with new developments in the investigations into donald trump and his allies. people familiar with the matter tell the washington post the documents seized by the fbi during a search of trump s mar-a-lago estate last month included information about a foreign government s nuclear capabilities. nbc news has not independently confirmed this reporting. the justice department declined to comment. as the post wrote in its piece, quote, some of the seized documents detail top secret u.s. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them. and that quote, documents about such highly classified operations require special clearances on a need to know basis, not just top secret clearance but a trump spokesperson tweeted the washington post continues to serve as the propaganda ar
life and legacy of the home run king. terrance moore, thank you very much for being on today. that wraps us up for this hour. jose diaz balart picks up msnbc s live coverage right now. and good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz balart. we have breaking news. we got word president biden will be delivering a speech tonight in washington d.c. nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker joins me with that. what do we know about this? jose, according to sources familiar with the president s plans tonight, he is going to deliver those remarks at 7:00 p.m. eastern at union station here in the nation s capitol and the focus is going to be democracy. we have heard him say this. he was at a campaign event in florida yesterday where he said democracy is on the ballot. now, in a release from the dnc, they previewed this by saying the president will address the threat of election deniers and those who seek to undermine faith in voting and democ
eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. we begin this hour are the fallout from the house january 6th s last hearing before the midterm elections. the committee voting unanimously to subpoena former president trump over his role in the attack on the capitol. bennie thompson saying he must be held accountable. he is required to answer for his actions. he s required to answer to those police officers who put their lives and bodies on the line to defend our democracy. he s required to answer to those millions of americans who votes he wanted to throw out as part of his scheme to remain in power. now, just a short time ago, trump posted a long letter on his social media site criticizing the committee for not investigating the 2020 election and accusing it of ignoring facts about his actions leading up to the riot. but he does not say if he will comply with the subpoena. the panel also presented never before seen communications from the days leading up to the attack,