we begin with the aftermath of him, and what could be the costliest hurricane in u.s. history. and was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone today, the storm delivering with heavy rains from the creek of islands to new england marking. out some and delivering strangers storm surge to the south. in florida, it s climbing. in this hour it stands at 77. that number is expected to rise. they re also assessing the damage, it could amount to billions of dollars in the southwestern part of the state. businesses destroyed. homes flattened. residents, left in complete shock. i wish we should be alive right now. we shouldn t be alive right now with that storm. the power of that storm? it would ve crashed into that side of the house. we would ve been swept away. to see the damage of clothes, it s almost frightening to see just how easily he d chewed through tons of concrete and steel. but to the danger above? heartbreaking. when you realize this is the only way an entire community c
from an mess nbc rolled headquarters, welcome in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with the big story of survival and recovery, mostly in florida that state hit hardest by hurricane ian. the total death toll from that storm is estimated 78 people. power outage numbers are down from reporting last hour, now it s over 21,000 in north carolina and just over 7000 in virginia without power. 1200 in south carolina. search and rescue operations are still underway, with the coast guard leading most efforts as 100 of thousands struggle with basic necessities like power, water, cell phone service. here is fema director demon chris just short time ago. we have well over 2 million people without power immediately following the storm and the power companies there have done a numbing job of getting the majority people back online. i think where the difficulty comes in, jonathan, is that there are so many homes especially in fort myers beach, area that are compl
we begin with the aftermath of ian and what could be the costliest hurricane and u.s. history. ian o was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone today, the storm delivering heavy rains for the carolinas to new england, knocking out power to sum and delivering dangerous storm search to the east coast. in florida, the death toll is climbing. at this hour, it stands at 77. that number is expected to rise. they are also assessing the damage. it could amount to billions of dollars in the southwestern part of the state. businesses destroyed, homes flattened, residents left in complete shock. we should not be alive right now. we shouldn t be alive right now with the storm. but the power of that storm, if that would have crashed into the side of the house, we would have been swept away. to view the damage up close, it s almost frightening to see just how easily ian true through tons of concrete and steel. but the view the damage from above, heartbreaking, when you realize that this
with us, three republicans and one democrat, tom, ridge mark schweikert, bell the democrat, tom corbin, live written a letter to the candidates, for governor, josh shapiro and doug mastriano, saying this. as the commonwealth s four living former governors, we share much in common as regards our beloved pennsylvania. the go on to say more about, that and then they say we are asking you, as the leaders of the pennsylvania republican and democratic parties, to pledge to honor the process, respect the law, who provided peoples will, and support a peaceful transfer of power. in doing so you will demonstrate to all pennsylvania candidates, who will be looking to for leadership, the love of commonwealth and country, must come above all. they say they re asking them to, it s astonishing that there s a letter saying this, but they re asking these two candidates to accept the results, of the november 8th election. to accept the results, and also ensure a peaceful transition of powe
good evening, once again, we will have the very latest on the devastation and efforts to recover after hurricane ian, but, first, we are going to break into the new developments of the january 6th committee and the next possible final hearing. today, the committee chairman revealed it will happen before the midterms took place. well, the next hearing will be, the november 8th election, it will be next week but you can, for all intents and purposes expect it. we are not really looking at bringing witnesses before the committee and the next hearing, we still have significant information that we have not shown to the public. i wonder what that information will be. meanwhile donald trump himself still battling the doj over those documents seized from his mar-a-lago club in florida. washington post post reporting tonight, his lawyers are at odds with one another over legal strategy. his newest lawyer, chris guys, want them to turn down the temperature or the department of just