category 4 storm leaving a huge path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. we ll have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile, rescue crews have been busy trying to get people who decided to ride out the storm to try and save them. they re stranded now by rising flood waters and we re still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida. at this hour, it still has more to go. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it s thursday, september 29th. joe is off this morning. along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. without power this morning, first light this morning will begin to show the damage in florida. that s right. that s when we re going to start to see the story of what happened last night, what happened overnight. tropical storm now ian downgraded from a category 1 hurricane. in just the last hour, but still wreaking havoc across florida as it made landfall as a
Schieffer tonight, planning for a u. S. Military strike against syria. As the death toll rises, the pentagon makes preparations for action, but will the president give the goahead . David martin that has story. The fastestgrowing wildfire in the country now covers 165 square miles and it is just entered Yosemite National park. Theresa garcia is on the scene. Something is killing dolphins along the east coast. Terrell brown has the latest on the search for clues. And on the road, Steve Hartman catches motorists smiling in a nosmiling zone. Never so happy to get a ticket in my life. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Schieffer good evening,
scotts off tonight, im Bob Schieffer. Cbs news has learned that the pentagon is making the initial preparations for a Cruise Missile attack on Syrian Government forces. We say initial preparations because such an attack wont happen unless and until the president gives the green light, and it was clear during an
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