be used in next month s midterm elections. and finally, huge parts of florida and the southeast still struggling to get back on their feet after hurricane ian. no doubt it will take months, if not years in some places. check out these pictures from yesterday in orlando. 107 people have been confirmed dead, more than 2rkz 300 have had to be rescued. for many survivors a big problem is lack of electricity. more than 400,000 floridians still without power nearly a week after the storm. we start today with that dramatic oath keepers trial. i want to bring in justice reporter ryan riley who are is outside the u.s. district court in d.c. civil rights attorney, former prosecutor and an msnbc legal analyst. so take us inside the courtroom. how is the the prosecution making its case. fds. what you have here is testimony from an fbi special agent who was there on january 6th and helped escort senators back to the senate on that evening. but you have this breakdown of this go-to m
delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. people around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer. al zawahiri, the second in command to osama bin laden during the 9/11 attacks as well as the attack on u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania in 1998 and the uss cole in 2000, killing 17 service members, took over the terrorist organization after bin laden s death in 2011 and was killed on the balcony of a taliban-linked safehouse in kabul, afghanistan. to those around the world who continue to seek to harm the united states, hear me now. we will always remain vigilant and we will act and we will always do what is necessary to ensure the safety and security of americans at home and around the globe. i ll be joined this hour by white house homeland security adviser elizabeth sherwood randall and intelligence committee chairman senator mark warner for more on this major national security development and the future of al qaeda and the taliban. a
since roe was struck down. but it s been a grueling battle just to get to today. political divisions creating a lot of contentiousness you typically don t see in a place that s known for being midwest nice. that s because the range of issues that have so clearly created dividing lines across the u.s. are playing out right here pitting neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, and we know abortion is one of those issues. but in addition to dividing people, will it also motivate them to get to the polls? will it drive turnout among women? and does it help one candidate over the other? looking forward, will today s vote be be the first bat until a culture war to change the complaining the complex of the midterms. democrats may already be gaining an advantage. here s why i say that. take a look at this. on june 23rd, that s the day before roe was overturned. the generic congressional battle showed republicans up by almost 3 points. today their advantage has slunk to less
a stolen election. more on how that has changen up these races in a minute. but let s start in my home state of texas, where the issue of abortion has become a key focus in a closely watched democratic runoff. back in march, neither incumbent nor bernie sanders-backed candidate could cross the threshold. in a race that featured an fbi raid and questions on electability and border poicy. they have tried to seize on the intention in the draft opinion overturning roe. putting the issue front and center against the pro-life candidate. this is how she made her pitch to chuck earlier this month. in this moment, we re watching the fall of rome. and the erosion of our fundamental rights. this moment we truly it necessitates a champion that s going to fight fur people s rights. there s so many key issue where is he s siding with republican asks he can become the joe manchin of the house. we don t want it to be the deciding vote on the future of our fundamental freedoms and rights in