the now, this is a story that unfolds in three parts. first, the fraud.st yes just yesterday, wete learned tht nearly four hundred department of homeland security employees took pandemiarly 400c unemploymt even though they were working. but my friends, this is justinyc a teeny tiny fraction of the massive in brazen coviden theft that has occurred since d the government started doling out billions in so-called relief. the official who s in chargeh of overseeing the distribution of the relieributionf has calleh the biggest fraud inbigges a generation. t frau it was the theft of asc as 80 billion dollars, or about 10% of the eight hundred billion dollars that was handed out in that paycheck protection program. now,in tha remember, that s on l the 90 billion to four hundredio billion believed to have been stolen from the nine hundred billion covid unemploy payment relief program. that s a lot of money. the second part of this story surrounds the tidal wave of inflatiotle n tha
us i m eric shawn. ian made land from the south carolina coast just over 24 hours ago. it was weaker than the category monster that stamped entrance lamp florida. ian did plenty of damage with high winds and storm surge flooding. ian s remnants are now bringing heavy rain to the mid atlantic and northeast. areas of west virginia and those are at risk now we are told a flash flooding today. ask newest team coverage alexandria hoff is in fort myers, florida. molly and pawleys island, south carolina. rich edson with the latest on the federal response. but first we are going to go to adam tracking the storm s path what is the most important information that you have to give us now, adam? it is still a rainmaker print yes it s no longer a tropical storm. running over to the mid atlantic eventually up into new england all through the weekend as it makes its move. this is a future forecast. you can take a pay attention to the time step in the quarter. the heaviest rain over easter
what those folks do. so, bless them for all their efforts and i m really glad you put that story on your show. so, we will see you next sunday, my friend. see you next time. meantime, a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex reports. we are tracking hurricane ian at this hour. it is now a post-tropical cyclone. it s making its way north along the east coast and leaving a trail of devastation in several cities and states. in fact, right now, at least 34 people are confirmed dead. and rescue efforts are ongoing, with crews searching for survivors inside flooded and destroyed homes across that state. the coast guard is out today, assessing damage in several areas. survivors say, it has been a terrifying experience. it was terrifying. i ve never experienced winds, the howling, ears popping. i will never forget it. it was scary, it s the worst thing in the world. today, you know, we need basics and they
and charm, it is you, lawrence. i trust you will get to them of, what the wife of clarence thomas, the activists, an election denier, ginni thomas, said in those four walls. we might not but we are going to try. we will do the best we can with congressman schiff, and then andrew weissmann will join us with the latest ruling of judge today. i saw the discussion of, it alex, and i want to try a different take. i am prepared with professor weisman, and a law professor, and he will grade me on this. one, it doesn t matter, and it was a criminal investigation, on the classified documents. and to, they might be right. donald trump should be able to protect his right to a criminal defense in court on the question of what about these documents, possibly, being planted. the normal place for that to come up, is in cross-examination of fbi agents in court. it may be that it is a good thing, that he is allowed to continue to hold on to that, all the way through a criminal trial, becaus
a law professor at nyu of so he will grade me on this. but i think one, it doesn t matter, it s kind of an academic ruling at this point since the investigation investigation on the classified documents. good evening. and two, she might be right. donald trump should be able to protect his right to a criminal defense in court on the question of what about these documents, possibly, being planted. the normal place for that to come up, is in cross-examination of fbi agents in court. it may be that it is a good thing, that he is allowed to continue to hold on to that, all the way through a criminal trial, because, would we be running the risk of reversible error in an appeal if donald trump lost that right to that argument, now, through a special master? all of that is for, professor weisman, later, actually coming right up in our first segment. i guarantee, politically, the ultimate legal outcome. we will hear donald trump repeat a lot, his claims, that may be something happen