we have andrew weissman here. should be interesting. also late they are hour, new clues on where covid really came from and what it means for safety and geopolitics. we do the facts here with an open mind, and we ll try to bring that perspective to a very important story. even if we re talking about some aspects of safety policy, we re going to get into where this virus came from. that s later tonight. the top story now is a once in a year moment. comics raising the curtain on this cpac conference in today s real news. stays coachella were team who post on facebook in all caps. clowns periodically in ash centers. there will be a quan session sorry, q&a. qanon/q&a, you get it. this conference has become in more ways bizarre than conservative. while many political gathers have all kinds of characters i have been to conferences across the spectrum. you see all kinds of stuff. we ll show you what the proramming is and you can see for yourself. they have sessions on
president pence s indiana home. the wall street journal first reported the news citing people familiar who say the justice department is talking with pence s legal team about scheduling. last month, the former vice president s lawyers admitted they discovered several documents with classified markings at his home and turned them over to authorities. nbc news has reached out to both the fbi and mike pence for comment. haven t yet heard back. joining me now is correspondent julia ainsley and nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander. julia, you and i were talking about this very thing 24 hours ago. reporter: i thought about you, because maybe you predicted this. you asked me if we could assume that the fbi had also searched the residences of mike pence because of their searches of, at that point, the president s beach house in rehoboth, and now we understand that they are in talks. this is of course not yet confirmed by nbc news but the fbi plans to search bo
kids getting hooked on flavored tobacco, including e-cigarettes. big tobacco lures them in with flavors like lemon drop and bubble gum, candy flavors that get them addicted to tobacco products, and can lead to serious health consequences, even harming their brain development. that s why pediatricians urge you to vote yes on prop 31. it stops the sale of dangerous flavored tobacco and helps protect kids from nicotine addiction. please vote yes on 31. vote yes on prop 31. keeps driving prices for everyday goods to painful levels for american families. we will be joined by carol lee and peter nicholas to discuss their new interview with the first lady, jill biden, including her thoughts on a 2024 bid for her husband. i will speak with john kirby on the international effort to keep support headed toward ukraine right now, in the midst of russia s new deadly aerial strikes. good day to you. i m peter alexander in for my friend andrea mitchell. we are watching breaking news h
south carolina continue to recovery from rains wind and cataclysmic flooding. ian slammed into south carolina just shy of category 5. the current death toll of at least 45 people likely to come in the days as search and rescue cruise go through blocked floodwaters, as of this morning, 1.3 million homes and businesses still in the dark. according to the latest estimate ian may have caused as much as $47 billion in insured losses which could make it the most expensive storm in the state history. the figure comes from core logic, that s a research firm that estimates losses from natural disasters. the estimates, combined ensured losses through private insurance, which typically covers wind damage. and fema s national flood insurance program that covers water damage. their estimates as of thursday, wind damage, $20 billion to $32 billion. flood damage, $6 billion to $16 billion. so the low end of the combined estimate would be $28 billion. before we spend, let s ask ourselves, is
top of the hour, we will take you back to the fema directors that are going on right now. this news conference and we will listen to the very latest from winter park, florida, and get an update on recovery and rescue operations there. fema back to flood insurance. what kind of turnaround or how long until you expect people to be able to receive to face what s needed in their homes? how long do the inspections and claims take? yeah, one of the very first things that everybody should do is contact their insurance company to see what is going to be eligible. this includes flood insurance, which is by fema and also some of the other insurances they have for wind damage, et cetera. they are going to have to file that claim. one of the first thing that s going to have to happen is an inspection of that home, so they can determine the extent of damages. that will depend on the availability to access the homes. we know that there are still many homes that might be underwa