pushing heavy rain and wind into cities that are vulnerable with flooding. after the path wiped out florida s west coast leaving parts of the state swamped, draining vital resources, emergency rooms forced to turn away patients, in the state s costliest hurricane on record. plus, putin makes his land grab official, the biggest annexation and absorb in europe, as protesters here leave their mark vandalizing the russian consulate. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper, hurricane ian making his third landfall in south carolina after previously hitting florida and cuba earlier this week. residents of south carolina are looking southward no doubt at what happened in florida with dread. in the sunshine state, clean up beginning. ian decimated parts of fort myers beach, winds whipping hotels, restaurants, it s a similar scene on sanibel island, homes, hotels, docks, destroyed, littering the beaches with debris. listen to how president biden described the destruction earlier today
somehow. so, anyway, they are getting, this is just south of myrtle beach, down there by garden city, surfside beach on the southern part of the grand strand, just south of the grand strand on down toward georgetown. georgetown in this area here, and then i want to make a note of this spot right here, this is mcclellanville, and behind it is march. it was notorious near hugo, they had a high school that flooded and they had to hang from the rafters and on top of tables and stages to save themselves. looks like right now the center of this broad circulation is going to come ashort, kind of a little face i drew there, isn t it, come ashore somewhere near mcclellanville, right about there, that puts the worst of the water to the north with the winds like this. the worst of the water into the georgetown area, and just north of georgetown is the famous place, pawleys island, and the pier, a famous attraction there on the island, i ve seen the images of that now of the end of the p
january 6th committee about her role in the insurrection and why some remain skeptical. and putin s new desperate attempt to claim victory in ukraine while his own troops say the war is already lost. we re going to begin tonight with hurricane ian now lashing the south carolina coast. here s what it looked like as it came ashore. waves bashing this marina in charleston. it made landfill as a category 1 storm bringing torrential rain and 85-mile-per-hour winds with officials warning the storm surge is life-threatening. this is the pawleys island pier, the waves crashing into the structure, it falls and sinks into the ocean. the city of charleston bracing for severe flooding. fema projecting 12 inches of rain in some areas with a storm surge between two and four feet. here s a live look at ian s path moving north and inland now and as ian is hitting south carolina, we are seeing the immense destruction and the catastrophic damage it left in its wake in florida. search and rescu
florida and will meeting with governor desantis to put their differences to help hurricane ian victims get back on their feet. we have you covered with a void in fort myers with the latest on that meeting. steve, the recovery is just beginning. the white house john kirby and where these recovery efforts are going. welcome, everybody, a very, very busy news day and something rare you seek cooperation from both sides of the aisle because the people in florida demanded it but more to the point, the leaders offered it. momentarily. let s go to nate boyd in fort myers with more. good afternoon, neil a cordial vision cor to mike visit between president biden and governor ron desantis and over s over into fort myers beach. they were there recently and the president just left under an hour ago at this point and you mentioned it was cordial. the president said he has done a good job responding to this hurricane but governor desantis is very thankful of the government assistance he r
is horrible here. shannon: will ask fema administrator dan criswell what is being done to help americans of the hardest hit areas? and we will talk with brian camp about his impact in his state and his offer to help his neighbors. we are ready to roll when they need us. plus we will get the latest on governor kemp s highly anticipated midterm a rematch against democrat stacy abrams. we have got brand-new poles with just weeks ago. then, rush it ramps up its rhetoric with its war on ukraine but russian president vladimir putin saying he will annex occupied territory in ukraine after referendums the west is called nothing but a sham. we will ask our sunday panel how pollutant escalation could impact prospects for peace. plus, a sitdown with fox and built who is been the only constant media presence on our southern border part he will discuss what he has seen firsthand and why he came to capitol hill to ask questions of our nation s leaders. and the people at the heart of th