wow, this is some known i can relate to because they re doing the same thing about me. and as hurricane in 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 and chris hazy maeve heard this, a final hearing of the january six committee has been postponed due to the intimate 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, 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 instan
the january 6th investigation later this hour. but we start tonight with a major political battle taking place across the country. as of today, we are just six weeks out from this year s midterms. despite economic and historical trends that could she should favor public, and this election is shaping up to be closer than anyone expected. thanks in large part to republican extremism and states across the country. from the supreme court s decision to overturn roe v. wade and subsequent state abortion bans, to election denialism, to a cruel political stunt using s a silent seekers, to book bans and censorship in the classrooms, republicans are executing on a radical agenda. those efforts are being led by red state governors. governors like texas greg abbott in florida is ron desantis. men who are pushing this extremism while they raise their own political profiles and jockey to inherit trump s mantles as leaders in the next generation of republican presidential hopefuls. on the
also tonight, the hurricane is forcing the january select committee to postpone the hearing that was scheduled for tomorrow. this as the panel had some big decisions to make and some new questions to answer. plus, russia is claiming victory after the sham annexation votes. what is vladamir putin s next move as russians protest and thousands plea his military draft? welcome to the situation room. i m pamela brown. let s get to the newest forecast for hurricane ian and the damage it will be doing by this time tomorrow. jennifer, what is the latest on ian s power and path? pamela, we are within that 24-hour window where this storm will make landfall as a category 3, winds of 120 miles per hour, but gusts are up to 150 miles per hour now and moving to the north at 10 miles per hour. this storm is going to run parallel to key west within the next hour or so. you can see very close right there, so they are going to get the worst of the weather. but the worst is to come, b
but this is the big question that november s gonna turn, on right, whether those two things are enough to offset republican advantages in other areas. michelle goldberg, great column. thank you so much telling us about it. that is all in on this tuesday night. alex wagner tonight starts the night. good evening, alex. t starts evening, chris. i love seeing michelle goldberg on this. that i could not look at her what she was doing that segment. but we are thrilled that she s here in the same room as us. have a great night. you. two thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we have a lot to get to tonight. including a major category three hurricane currently barreling towards the state of florida. as we prepare to see what type of toll that might take on floridians, the january six committee has postponed its next hearing which was set to take place tomorrow. the committee tweeted earlier today that in light of hurricane ian bearing down on parts of florida, we have decided t
is possible. tampa bay times released a in award winning series called rising threat. the report shows that the healthy combination of shallow water flatland around the bay make it even a small surge can move inland. the threat is exasperated dated of course with climate change, and left cities like tampa bay particularly vulnerable to flooding. and tampa at, one and nine bill properties could see flooding from category one storm. for the big questions tonight as we track the storm or the forecasts predict that storm is headed? we ll go to the meteorologist for nbc climate and news wet weather. bill what are we not? we know that 24 hours from now will be in the middle of our latest multi billion weather disaster in this country. that s almost etched in stone. i don t see how it can be possible to avoid that. that s the sad headline news. let me give you the latest and we ll talk about that storm surge. that is what we ll do a ton of