wow, this is someone i can relate to because they re doing the same thing about me. and as hurricane ian approaches landfall, the nightmare scenario for flooding, the west coast of florida. get ready and do not underestimate the potential that this storm can bring. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, im chris hayes. a final hearing of the january six committee has been postponed due to the approaching landfall of hurricane ian in fort s gulf coast. we ll be covering that in just a bit. but today the biggest criminal trial related to the insurrection actually began in washington. members of the far-right gang the oath keepers including its founder this man, elmer stewart rhodes the third are on trial for seditious conspiracy for what cause prosecutors say was accorded and premeditated effort to disrupt the peaceful plant transfer of power in the senate. all five members, and roads in particular has quite a colorful history. you notice for instance
was with the vice president, and i said i didn t know him very well. she couldn t recall if they discussed pence s role in certifying the electoral college vote. but after the capitol was attacked, trump told her that pence had the authority to not accept the electors. another former close aide to trump offering a glimpse into the despair staffers felt after the riot. hope hicks telling ivanka s chief of staff on january 6th, they will be perpetually unemployed. in one day he ended every future opportunity that doesn t include speaking engagements at the local proud boys meetings. now, also in this document is a letter from the committee to white house counsel basically saying we know you provided some witnesses who provided testimony, we agreed not to release their identity. we no longer have control over these materials, we can t ensure the confidentiality of these witnesses and we share concerns for their safety, security and reputations, jake. thank you so much. appreci
dangerous heat and a state of emergency. the oak fire explodes near yosemite national park in california. it is 0% contained. blistering temperatures adding to the danger creating health concerns. under heat alerts. some cities like boston and newark seen triple digits. camilla, what s the situation there right now? reporter: hey, pam. we just got back from the mountain here behind me. cal fire took us there to see what the fire has done and i think the number of structures destroyed will go up. it was ten last report but seeing the destruction you can tell it is likely going to go up. we are waiting for the next report but firefighters just looking at the fire and the flames and the smoke telling me they don t think they made that much progress but seen plane after plane dropping that fire retardant doing everything they can to put the flames out but there s things that are making the fire fight more difficult. the first is the drought and the we weather. the temperatures
happening right now, carlos? reporter: two new developments since we last joined you in the prior hour. the first is we re finally getting reports of some of the damage here in broward we re told a family of five had to be taken from a home up in pompano beach, north of where we are, after a tree fell into their house. we re told the entire family is doing okay. we re getting our first look at the search and rescue teams down in miami. and they ve provided us with some video of one of their teams going, essentially, neighborhood by neighborhood looking for folks that may be stranded in their cars because of all the flooding brought on by this tropical system. we re talking about nearly a foot of rain that has hit parts of miami-dade county. in miami aillone, which is wher we saw a lot of flooding in the downtown area and financial district, cars have been towed the entire night because of getting stalled from 7 to 8 inches of rain that fell in the morning hours. we re told
again, as we do the investigation, we have all thes questions and we want to answer them. be three more questions than answers after officials at the texas department of safety hold a news conference on thursday regarding the shooting at the b elementary school. the officers on the scenery changing as the investigation i ongoing. the spokesperson is joining us in just minutes and we will ask them the questions on everyone mind tonight. let s go right to the scene where we are reporting live fro uvalde. good evening, shannon. so many questions right now. barry few answers to help this community that is becoming rowing lee frustrated what is happening right now. so many of these people are directly impacted by the shooting that unraveled just behind me at rob elementary school. a lot of frustration going back to videos like the ones you re watching right now. they showed shot up the bus dea during this mass shooting and were trying to not only can answers but figure out what