hurricane ian. 65 people here in florida did not survive the storm. search and rescue efforts in many areas are ongoing. 2 million people in multiple states are without power. the sunshine here revealing more and more damage, hour-by-hour. the hurricane and storm surge laid waste to entire towns, including ft. myers beach, robbing people of homes and livelihoods. rescue efforts will take months and years for some of the areas to get back to normal. i tell you for myself, i spent much of the day out there. that is the case. it will take many months and weeks to get back to normal. south of here, naples, florida, officials say it will take months or longer to recover. prosecute damage could top $2 million. the fire chief says the city is having challenges with restoring power. brian todd is in naples for us. brian, i know you ve been doing this hour after hour. every corner you turn, every street you go down, you re seeing more and more devastation. tell us what you re seeing.
sigh of relief when they realize much funding bill will move forward despite the far left s attempt to sink it. squad members refusing to back down on her and ty cobb positions by stalling the vote earlier. an republican congressman see police thinks that democrats will never be able to get rid of the defund stench. it s unreal that months into talking about helping the police, democrats still cannot stand up and support law enforcement. their party at its core is still embracing the defund the police idea, but it is very telling that the democrats will pay lip service to police but when it comes times to backing the blue they walk away. because they don t support the police. judge jeanine: why does this all matter? voters act republicans by a 23-point margin on dealing with crime. juices moderate suspend millions to appear tough on the issue. jim ryan knows that defunding the police is ridiculous. he is brought back $467 million to put good cops on the street. i trust
But, listen, the classified has even more to worry about because the county six committee, they will have at least one more hearing planned before they submit their full report. According to Committee Chairman bennie thompson, they are debating inviting some pretty big names like former Vice President mike pence and maybe even trump himself. We are going to dig into all of this. Joining me now is elie, he is the justice correspondent for the nation. He is also the author of the bestselling New York Times book, allow me to retort, a black eyes guide to the constitution. We have to give you all your flowers, elie. When all of this is going down the paschal of weeks, you were the only person that i wanted to talk to about this and get your take. Im a little confused by the multiple lenses here. An appeal, the doj is no longer appealing fighting a Special Master and they are only asking for a small state for part of the order. What do you think the dojs play is here . What is the reasoning
yes. trump s former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen, joins me live onset. it cannot be different rules for different people in this country or in this state. former presidents are no different. senator elizabeth warren on the depth of the fraud, and former u.s. attorney harry lippman on the possible charges facing the trump family in their business. plus, breaking news about trump stash of classified documents. all in starts right now. the good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. today new york attorney general letitia james filed a lawsuit alleging what was already obvious to anyone who was ever paid attention. donald trump is a crook. in more than a 200-page filing, james accuses the ex president and his oldest children, don junior, eric, and ivanka, his company, and some of its top executives, of a long-standing scheme to commit fraud. inflating the value of his properties in order to get more favorable deals from banks. here s how new york agent james put it t
pretend children for one afternoon? why don t you tell that pour girl the truth. you know? our mother tells us everything. jesse: here at primetime we are trying to figure out why biden keeps lying about the border. last week he said it was completely under control. in april alone, mr. president, 170,000 people, migrants apprehended at the border. it s a 20-year record. there are 22,000 unaccompanied children in our country right now. that s a record. sounds to most folks like a crisis. it s way down we have now gotten control. millions have of illegals have come in since. joe has told us he doesn t have time to see the border for himself. do you have plans to visit the southern border. i have been there before and i haven t i mean, i know it well. i guess i should go down, but the but, but the whole point of it is i haven t had a whole hell of a lot of time to get down. jesse: yeah, the guy spent half of his presidency on vacation. if you can fly to