An hour ago to a category 4 but a serious and deadly storm that will have the target of the West Coast of florida in its sights sometime later tonight and early tomorrow morning. Im Bill Hemmer in orlando. We do a split show today. Dana you are missed but glad youre there. This is americas newsroom, im dana perino. You have covered many of these hurricanes, bill. I think that even you are saying wow, this one is big and monster by comparison even. Bill you know, i think it is storm 21. Im back at a hotel where i was five years ago. Florida will take a wallop here. They were predicting earlier today there will be a part of the West Coast of florida that will have a Storm Surge of eight to ten feet. Think about that now. Those low lying Barrier Islands that have been so built up over the past 50 years. The Population Increase on the West Coast of florida. This is going to be a doozy. Experts describe milton as a once in a Century Storm and folks in tampa are taking heed. Very tough. We r
Because effects are being felt on the other side of the u. S. As far off as new york. Charged with undermining National Security but a russian protest leader Maria Kolesnikov could go to prison for up to 5 years. And Japans Parliament picks the next Prime Minister if he days to his priorities include fighting the pandemic and reviving the economy. And timely harding with all of your sports news the former head of world athletics would mean diac has been sentenced to 2 years in prison after being found guilty of corruption well bring you more on that story later this news hour. Well a 2 pronged weather assault in the United States has people fleeing wildfires one part of the country and rushing to avoid severe flooding and another slow moving Hurricane Sandy has made landfall on the gulf coast threatening to unleash heavy rain and catastrophic flooding and another powerful storm is also brewing in the about to take her. And teddy could hit being the new to as an early as this weekend an
people who are rescuing animals from dangerously high waters. and eons disastrous aftermath. plus the supreme court s new term begins tomorrow with the new justice on the bench. some say that one of the cases on the docket could be the biggest threat to democracy since the january 6th insurrection. i ll go in-depth with the journalist who s been sounding the alarm about this case for months. later, we ve heard so many stories about election workers facing violent threats and false claims, would you believe, that actually inspired people to sign up to work holds? i ll speak live to someone who made that exact choice. good sunday morning to all of you. i m katie fang. we begin this hour right here in florida, where rescuers continue to search for survivors in the wake of hurricane ian. the death toll is tragically growing to 73 s search teams reach more areas of the community initially cut off, including in pine islands where our amazon news team got a closer look at the devast
with over 6.2 million people under a hurricane warning here. sandbags lining the charleston streets, the governor says he knows what is coming. and now, zooming out, still trying to comprehend the tol tolerating pain, and the death toll. and now, sanibel island is only reachable by boat, and city after city in florida decimated by hurricane ian. and in fort myers, decimated by heaps of concrete and debris and the people trying to pick up their lives and send help. we lost everything last night, everything. the family is okay, and the dogs are okay, and the parents are okay, and we have lost everything, and we have been in the house since 1987, and everything is gone, pictures, memories, everything. and now, going to charleston where the community is waiting, and we have miguel marcus there, and the high tide just as the hurricane is set to come ashore, and what are you seeing? yeah, it is pretty miserable right now, and this is the worst that we have seen. the winds are
also tonight, ukraine s stunning advances breaking through russia s front lines in regions the kremlin illegally annexed just days ago. new images of the horrors russians left behind. the highest-profile trial so far over january 6th now under way. how prosecutors say the far right oath keepers plotted an armed rebellion to keep donald trump in power. the scathing report on women s pro soccer. the systemic abuse and sexual misconduct it uncovered. the manhunt for a possible serial killer on the loose in northern california. the image of a person of interest police are searching for. and kim kardashian s trouble with the feds. why she s been fined more than $1 million. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. back tonight from florida, where the aftermath of hurricane ian grows steadily more grim. the storm-related death toll now reaching 104. 100 of those deaths in florida, at least four others in north carolina. hundreds hav