eventful state of the union address. severe weather threat. thunderstorms, flash flooding, and possible tornadoes sweeping through the south. day care tragedy. two children killed, six injured, when a bus crashes into a building. what happened to the driver? super bowl super security, an inside look at what it takes to protect one of the world s biggest events. and our new series you don t want to miss, living well. tonight, the aut l announcer: this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. tonight, president biden is taking his message directly to voters. one day after delivering his state of the union address to a feisty crowd of republican lawmakers. the president s trip to the battleground state of wisconsin is a kickoff of what is expected to be his 2024 reelection bid. plus, we ve got our exquisite interview tonight with the secretary of def
from an mess nbc rolled headquarters, welcome in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with the big story of survival and recovery, mostly in florida that state hit hardest by hurricane ian. the total death toll from that storm is estimated 78 people. power outage numbers are down from reporting last hour, now it s over 21,000 in north carolina and just over 7000 in virginia without power. 1200 in south carolina. search and rescue operations are still underway, with the coast guard leading most efforts as 100 of thousands struggle with basic necessities like power, water, cell phone service. here is fema director demon chris just short time ago. we have well over 2 million people without power immediately following the storm and the power companies there have done a numbing job of getting the majority people back online. i think where the difficulty comes in, jonathan, is that there are so many homes especially in fort myers beach, area that are compl
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in flash flooding last month. we need to get back to better to where we were and the legislation has been bipartisan leap past and it is a way to do it. a covid outbreak leaves more than 80,000 tourists stranded in the popular chinese resort city of sanya. and in birmingham, eleven days of competition have come to an end, at the closing ceremony of the commonwealth games. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. let s start with some breaking news. in the past hour, former us president donald trump has issued a statement saying that the fbi has carried out a raid on his florida home at mar a lago. he was not in florida at the time. mr trump said that a large number of agents arrived at the compound with a search warrant. he said while there, they accessed his safe. let s speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. i know that you are still making sense of the scene but can you tell us exactly what we know about the initial reaction from th