militia were secretly recorded by one of the attendees they discussed bringing weapons to washington d.c. and being prepared to fight on on behalf of the former president donald trump. whitney wild is here with the latest. reporter: it was a bombshell moment that the defense and the department of justice agree is one of the most important cases in decades. a new recording released by the department of justice of an alleged november 2020 planning meeting of the far right militia group, the oath keepers. you re going to see a street fight. don t be afraid. go there in large numbers. that s why we need to be there. reporter: federal prosecutors played the audio during the second day of the trial of five associates of the oath keepers. all five defendants have pleaded not guilty. this is the first major piece of evidence presented at the trial that prosecutors used to support their allegations that the group planned to descend on washington to prevent the peaceful trans
electricity. most in lee county. some customers might not have power for months. governor ron desantis says 2,000 people have been rescued. state officials are trying to determine how many people are still unaccounted for. the window for finding survivors is starting to close. cnn s carlos suarez has more. reporter: unrecognizable in parts. still underwater in others. hurricane ian s destruction and path so vast search and rescue efforts continue days after the storm tore through florida. we kent get over the bridge. reporter: residents in desoto county are stopped. air boats are key to getting supplies in and people out. these air boats are going out taking people into town and it s been going for a while now. reporter: the death toll across the state climbing rapidly. a lot of sick people running out of medications. a lot of people running out of water and until we can get everything up and going, we re trying to get them out. reporter: hundreds of sanibel isl
confirmed dead, and as the survivors sift through the wreckage of their lives, the question is what comes next? this is my mother s house. this is my whole life. my mom was supposed to retire here and spend the rest of her life and be happy, and now we have nothing. do you have insurance? no. no, they don t like to insure mobile homes that close to the water. i will talk with a top dhs official on how to make a difference after disasters like this with so much loss. now nbc news has exclusively scooped when the next hearing will likely be for the january 6th committee. and we have our eyes and ears on the supreme court, where a big case with bigger implications for race and voting rights is playing out. a major story shaking up one of the closest watched races, and nbc news has not independently verified this, and how herschel walker is responding and the shocking response from his own son. first, jesse kirsch is on the ground. let s talk about sanibel. the number e
we will bring you that speech live. and in florida, grim new details about how many people were killed by a different hurricane, ian of course. and the new number just coming in. some officials now responding to criticism about their initial response to ian. we ve got our team standing by live on the ground. also this hour, we re live in district court in dc with opening statements happening now, in the conspiracy trial of leaders for the oath keepers. why the defense is hanging its case on something former president trump didn t do, and what prosecutors are saying today about what the defendants said were not enough weapons. we will talk about it coming up. and october, not spooked yet. rare good news lately from the market. the dow up 800 points. we will talk about what is behind the rally on wall street later in the show. i m hallie jackson on assignment for a story you will see later on in the month. joining me is gabe guiterrez in san germane puerto rico and shaq bre
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