let s get started. we begin this hour with an update on the aftermath of hurricane in, even in this early stage, experts believe ian will be one of the costly storms to ever hit the u.s. and potentially the deadliest. the death toll now stands at 77, 73 in florida, four in north carolina, more than 1.2 million households still without power in florida, making rescue efforts that much more complicated. nbc s guad venegas is on the ground for us in fort myers, one of the hardest hit areas on the west coast of florida. guad, you have been there for a while. what are we seeing as we go 48 hours after this deadly hurricane made landfall? ayman, a lot of moving parts here. the governor speaking about the efforts to fix the power grid here. they want to make sure that people have power, but there is also the search and rescue missions taking place in fort myers beach [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] and we had to get him out. there s othe
update on the aftermath of hurricane in, even in this early stage, experts believe ian will be one of the costly storms to ever hit the u.s. and potentially the deadliest. the death toll now stands at 77, 73 in florida, four in north carolina, more than 1. 2 million households still without power in florida, making rescue efforts that much more complicated. nbc s guad venegas is on the ground for us in fort myers, one of the hardest hit areas on the west coast of florida. guad, you have been there for a while. what are we seeing as we go 48 hours after this deadly hurricane made landfall? ayman, a lot of moving parts here. the governor speaking about the efforts to fix the power grid here. they want to make sure that people have power, but there is also the search and rescue missions taking place in fort by his beach and other islands. they re asking people and those areas, of fort myers beach pacific lee, not to evacuate. they were allowing some of them to go back. it s be
repeatedly debunked since the election, both legally and just out in plain old public. does thomas s status as, quote, a true believer absolve her of any possible legal liability? can you simply plead ignorance or stupidity at this point? ayman, whether she is potentially liable down the road or not, it s a fact that argument that we ll have to be played out a bit in the general six committees fact finding proceedings. but to me, the most challenging part of this has to do with the clarence thomas, the sitting supreme court justice. that s why ginni thomas is in the headlines. she is just one of a number of people who had these views and who took part in some of these activities leading up to january six. but the problem here is that she is married to a sitting supreme court justice. the question is going to be down the road, the next time it
to the violence. shoot to kill, c and antifa, shoot to kill. sources tell nbc news that these clips will likely feature prominently in the committee s next hearing, and while we still don t know when that hearing will be or what exactly it will focus on, one thing is for sure, they are going to have a lot of new material to work with. let s discuss this and more with carolyn maloney and glenn kirschner, both former prosecutors and msnbc analysts. carol lam, the committee finally sat down with ginni thomas, we have been hearing about for sometime. she tells investigators that she still believes the 2020 election was stolen. we know that claim has been repeatedly debunked since the election, both legally and just out in plain old public. does thomas s status as, quote, a true believer absolve her of any possible legal liability? can you simply plead ignorance