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
finding in the home and in dumpsters, including a saw and a purse. what authorities say the husband began searching for on the internet at 4:00 in the morning. stephanie ramos in the courtroom. the war in ukraine tonight. and the horrific images. a government helicopter crashing near kyiv, killing everyone onboard, including a member of president zelenskyy s inner circle. multiple victims killed on the ground, hitting an apartment building near a kindergarten. was it mechanical failure, pilot error, or was the chopper hit? matt gutman inside ukraine tonight. here at home, the republican candidate in new mexico who lost in a landslide, but then claimed it was rigged, accused of hiring hitmen to fire at multiple homes of democratic state lawmakers in court today. and what we ve now learned, where he was on january 6th. house speaker kevin mccarthy facing heat tonight, after far right members of congress, including marjorie taylor greene, who questioned the 9/11 attack at
that wraps up the hour for me. i m jose diaz-balart. thank you for the privilege of your time. lindsey reiser picks up with more news right now. good morning. i m lindsey reiser at msnbc headquarters in new york. and right now we re watching for a major decision set to come any moment now about the deadly shooting on the set of the movie rust. it s been 15 months since cinematographer halyna hutchins was struck and killed by a live round fired from a prop gun by actor alec baldwin. now a new mexico district attorney is about to announce whether any charges in the case will be filed. i want to get right to nbc s vaughn hillyard in new mexico. what do we know so far? reporter: yeah, lindsey, we re talking about a tragic case here in which there was a certain level of intelligence, several layers of negligence on the part of alec baldwin and individuals who were a part of the crew on this western set here of rust which was being shot just outside of santa fe. but the ext
cinematographer. miguel a ma gator is interviewing the special prosecutor right now. we re listening. we ll share everything we learn in realtime. plus president biden is putting 3,000 miles between himself and the growing political headaches in washington. the white house and some top democrats trying to down play concerns about whether the special counsel will derail his reelection bid. but are other democrats sensing a 2024 opportunity? and more proof of egregious lies from george santos ares exposed, including a claim about his mother and september 11th. alec baldwin is now facing serious charges in the shooting of a cinematographer. he will face two counts of involuntary manslaughter. here he is back in 2021. all of what happened on that day leading up to this event was precipitated on one idea, and that is that we had something profound in common. and we both assumed the gun was empty. the da writing if any one of these three people had done their jobs, she would
finding in the home and in dumpsters, including a saw and a purse. what authorities say the husband began searching for on the internet at 4:00 in the morning. stephanie ramos in the courtroom. the war in ukraine tonight. and the horrific images. a government helicopter crashing near kyiv, killing everyone onboard, including a member of president zelenskyy s inner circle. multiple victims killed on the ground, hitting an apartment building near a kindergarten. was it mechanical failure, pile yot error, or was the chopper hit? candidate in new mexico who lost in a landslide, but then claimed it was rigged, accused of hiring hitmen to fire at multiple homes of democrat you can state lawmakers in court taerd. and where he was on january 6th. house speaker kevin mccarthy facing heat tonight afar-right members of congress, including marjorie taylor greene, who questioned the 9/11 attack at the pentagon and said if she and steve bannon were in charge on january 6th, they would