night that the president and first lady will head to puerto rico last night which was rocked by hurricane fiona 25 deaths in puerto rico have been connected to the storms. reuters reports that as of friday, 230,000 homes and businesses remain without power. fiona bore down five days after the anniversary of hurricane maria, which wreaked major havoc on the island before moving up the east coast. after puerto rico, the first couple will head to florida to examine the damage caused by hurricane ian. with wind speeds that top 155 miles per hour, tens of thousands of buildings were leveled, millions of people lost power. so far, nbc news confirmed at least 77 people have died from the effects of iain which barreled into florida s west coast as a category four storm on wednesday before veering to the east overland, reentering the atlantic ocean and making a second landfall as a category one hurricane and the carolinas. nbc s steve patterson is in fort myers beach where i left hi
hello again. thank you for joining me again. i m fredricka whitfield. russia said it will suspend its participation in the grain export deal with ukraine. ukraine s foreign minister telling russia to stop its hunger games . nic robertson is in kyiv. nic, what s the significance of this move? reporter: this is very significant. russia says it has suspended the deal for an indefinite period. this was a deal that was struck by the u.n., two parallel deals, one with ukraine and one with russia, at the end of july. and it was struck because, since russia invaded ukraine, all the grain that ukraine produces, and it produces a lot for the world, was stuck in its ports on the black sea, piling up, nowhere to go. and the third world countries this grain was destined for desperately short of food. the prices were going up. after the deal was struck, the anticipation was about 20 million tons of grain could be shipped out of ukraine to these third world and other countries. now, wh
that takes up, and the reservoirs out west that are down to almost zero, where we re in a situation where the colorado river looks more like a stream, and there s a lot going on, and i think the one thing this is finally ending is a discussion whether or not there is climate change and we should do something about it, but folks, i also want to, jill and i have had you all in our prayers, and i mean that sincerely, and we re here today, but we wanted to tell you in person, that we re thinking of you, and we re not leaving. we re not leaving until this gets done. i promise you that. and you know, when you walk around here, what s left of fisherman s wharf, and you don t have to have much of an emergency nation to understand that everything, everything is that is historic and titanic and an unimaginable type storm has ripped it to pieces and start from scratch and build again and it will take a lot, a lot of time, not weeks or months, it s going to take years, for everything to
we all have so many people in this company that we depend on, and work with, and of formed lasting friendships with, michael young is just one of those people where this is the sweetest ghana, world any so good at what he does. i can t wish him anything but all the best. well good luck to you michael, and thank you very much rachel. there is so much news to get to tonight, five weeks into hours until election day, the justice department opened its case, the january 6th was a seditious conspiracy. the trump lawyers are trying to slow walk the documents stealing case. putin, losing in ukraine, a deadly hurricane, american democracy still under threat, and donald trump is still racist. we will get to all of that internees show. but, america got better today. history was made today, in an achievement 233 years in the making. the supreme court of the united states, began its new term with justice kennedy browned jackson on the bench. the first black woman to ever sit on amer
michael young is just one of those people where this is the sweetest ghana, world any so good at what he does. i can t wish him anything but all the best. well good luck to you michael, and thank you very much rachel. there is so much news to get to tonight, five weeks into hours until election day, the justice department opened its case, the january 6th was a seditious conspiracy. the trump lawyers are trying to slow walk the documents stealing case. putin, losing in ukraine, a deadly hurricane, american democracy still under threat, and donald trump is still racist. we will get to all of that internees show. but, america got better today. history was made today, in an achievement 233 years in the making. the supreme court of the united states, began its new term with justice kennedy browned jackson on the bench. the first black woman to ever sit on america s highest court. and, if you are in the room today, like neil koch all who will join us in a moment was? you would