headlines. the new york supreme court has reinstated all employees who were fired after refusing to be vaccinated for covid-19. justices say the workers rights were violated. they are ordering back pay for those employees. a pennsylvania house committee heavily criticizing philadelphia district attorney larry krasner for policies it believes have contributed to rising crime. the panel is not yet saying whether he should be impeached. workers in arizona are continuing to install shipping containers along another section of the southern border to fill gaps not covered by a wall. last week we told you the governor, doug ducey is refusing to comply with the biden administration order to stop such actions. and russian president vladimir putin is urging his government to cut through red tape and produce enough weapons and supplies for the war effort in ukraine. putin s regime is facing military production delays and mounting losses there and with that we are back to our top story
it s top of the hour on cnn newsroom. the death toll from hurricane ian has just gone up. it s now 104 lives lost. 100 of those in florida. search teams finding more bodies as they reach some of the hardest hit areas. more than half of those killed were in lee county which includes ft. myers beach. that city is now closed to everyone but search and rescue personnel. the mayor says there is no time line yet for when residents can return. lee county officials coming under some criticism for the timing of their evacuation orders. now dozens of miles inland in western florida in arcadia, river flooding is still causing problems. . this is five days after ian hit. cnn team on the ground says that part of the highway has disappeared under the water. and many people there are trapped. we were on the ground in arcadia, florida. you re hearing from people panicked there. what is the situation? well, allison, we re entering day four now of people not having electricity. so they don t
he s in ponce, puerto rico, talking about his commitment to puerto rico and basically saying that he and the first lady went there to show that they are with the puerto ricans and their commitment to help them rebuild is never ending. particularly after hurricane maria hurricane fiona and an earthquake in between. billions of dollars he just committed to help puerto rico rebuild there. jeremy diamond is traveling with the president and feema. jeremy, you know, the president was just talking it s incredible to hear president biden talk about how many billions of dollars congress had allocated to puerto rico after hurricane maria. but he says they never got the dollars. what happened?
extraordinary. after maria, congress approved billions of dollars for puerto rico. that s why i approved emergency declaration in puerto rico before the hurricane. we call on you. before the hurricane made land fall to deliver immediate federal funding to shelter people and show a sense of support. a few days later, i approved the next major disaster declaration. that means the federal government will cover 100% of the cost to clear debris and carry out search and rescue and continue to shelter people. and also means homeowners, renters, business owners are eligible to apply for federal help to recover damages, losses
no word yet on when or whether that video will be released. next to the growing fallout over president trump s emergency declaration over the border. the president heading to his florida resort after making the emergency announcement. the move may allow him to access billions of dollars congress refused to give him for his wall. the action setting a wide-reaching legal showdown in motion. abc s white house correspondent tara palmeri with the latest from west palm beach. reporter: tonight, president trump facing growing backlash over his decision to declare a national emergency. many lawmakers calling it a power grab. so, i m going to be signing a national emergency. reporter: lawsuits piling up since the order was signed friday. aclu, public citizen, and the state of california suing the administration for an overreach of executive power. california is prepared to call this what this is, which is a theater of the absurd. california is prepared to continue reminding the americ