republican party is once again siding with lawless insurrectionists mob. crimes. today, bragg s office responded calling that republican letter unprecedented and writing, quote, the letter only came after donaldok trump created a hmvuit(sáqxd expectation that hd be arrested the next day, and his lawyers reportedly urged you to intervene. neither fact is illegitimate basis for congressional inquiry. ñrcongresswoman zoe lofgren,ñi e served on the january six committee and she joins me now. odzcongresswoman, it s great to see you. what is your reaction at this9■ point to all of this coming from kevin and!u■ marjorie taylr greeneq involving ashley?;■ babbitt s mother and those insurrectionists who are now ini jail? á well, i don t know. i mean, i wasn t in on the meetingçó between babbitt si] mother and the speaker. ñiobviously, this woman was killedq. itn( sad and she lostc her life because she wasxdu researched. so, we laid everything out. the videos, the doc
lot of mothers of young black men killed by police out there who would love to sit down with the speaker of the house and talk about police reform. so, why don t y all just call the speaker up and ask for a meeting? or is mccarthy only interested in throwing red meat to the part of his base that s sympathetic to the mob? or trying to make amends with them, after he said babbitt s shooting was justified just a few weeks ago? one of the first things marjorie taylor greene said that ashley babbitt was murdered. do you think ashley babbitt was murdered or you do you think the police officer who shot her was doing his job? i think the police officer did his job. for her part, ashley babbitt s mother said she spoke to mccarthy about those comments, specifically. i called thought speaker mccarthy was delightful and i know i would imagine you were upset when he said that the cops who shot your daughter was doing his job. did you discuss that specifically? we did. and wh
currently, they will work 24/7, until we get the lights back on again, as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different and always face different challenges. and i appreciate all of the support from the state, governor, thank you, and from local law enforcement as well, the national guard, and this is a team sport, and a team effort, and we re going to all work together until we get florida back up on our feet, and where we all want to be. thank you. and when fpl and the other companies have crews in, the extent to which that infrastructure has remained is critical, because you know, it is a lot easier for them to reconnect an existing system than have to rebuild it, so to see some of that thats was able to withstand a hurricane, it is also just a testament, i mean some of these folks, put money into the resiliency of the infrastructure. and this is like the ultimate test. when you ve got a hurricane that is a massive hurricane coming in at 155 m
101 people across florida across 11 different counties. ian s wrath is also blamed for at least four deaths in north carolina. right now, search and rescue operations remain under way. 2,000 rescues have been carried out across florida. the red cross housed 2900 people in their shelters sunday night. the state has 2.3 million meals and 83,000 have applied for assistance. this morning, fort myers beach remains closed. crews are searching for survivors, working around the clock. 400,000 people there remain without electricity. and an official warns it may be weeks or months for some to get it back on. well, tomorrow, president biden fresh off the tour of hurricane-ravaged puerto rico is set to visit florida. let s begin in florida with anchor and fellow correspondent boris sanchez. boris, good morning. thank you for being with us. that is a really significant jump in the death toll from when we spoke to you yesterday morning. at the same time, officials haven t given up hope
nato s to russia s aggression, and to help ukraine defend itself. the united states is rallying the world to stand with ukraine. allies and partners around the globe are making significant contributions. secretary austin just brought together more than 50 countries, more than 50 countries, pledging new commitments. and this is a global effort to support ukraine. nearly 140,000 anti-tank systems, more than 600 tanks, nearly 500 artillery systems, more than 600,000 rounds of artillery ammunition and ad advanced multiple launch systems, and the united states is leading the way. we provided ukraine with nearly $7 billion in security assistance since i took office. the next few days we intend to announce more than 800 million more including new advanced western air defense systems for ukraine, more artillery, and ammunition, counterbattery radars, additional ammunition for the high mars multiple launch rocket system we already have given ukraine and more high mars coming from ot