in port charlotte is just north of where ian made land fall. they were hit from above and below. the storm surge flooded the emergency room and tore apart the fourth floor roof which is where theic intensive care unit is. doctors there forced to evacuate the hospital s sickest patients. the top of the hour, ian is posing a serious flash flooding risk. it movesin closer to orlando. the he feblgts are being felt along the west coast. this is video here from daytona beach. this morning we haveon an nbc tm covering it all over florida. standing by to give us live updates of the impact of ian. we re getting a clear look at just how hard hurricane ian hit cuba. let s bring in our reporter. what more can you tell us about the conditions on the island. good morning. what s going on in cuba is an unmitigated disaster. and as we remember that ian slammed into cuba, a cat 3 hurricane focusing primarily on this area. it is the center of cuban f cigars. it was devastating. as of t
in the faulkner focus. it is nasty. the battle for the gavel. the first time as i mentioned in a century the vote needed more than a single ballot. resistance to republican leader kevin mccarthy. it got hotter yesterday in the final rounds of votes. he started losing support. now 20 mccarthy defectors going into the second day. they are backing ohio representative-elect they re all elect because they can t be sworn in because they haven t chosen a speaker those 20 like jim jordan for the job. jordan supports mccarthy. how will that work out? he said he is not interested in being the speaker position. leading the charge for jim jordan and against kevin mccarthy florida congressman-elect matt gaetz. many of his colleagues not happy. south carolina republican nancy mace tweeted gaetz full ego was on display and he will screw around and get another pelosi elected to the spot, her words. former speaker newt gingrich said the hold juts are hurting themselves. i think a numb
interest rates up again. tonight with the context long time capitol hill correspondent, and now washington post live anchor leigh ann caldwell, and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. welcome to the programme. initial results for its self styled referendums, in four areas it occupies in ukraine, show people have voted overwhelmingly in favour ofjoining the russian federation. the process has been denounced as a sham by ukraine and its allies, who view the referendums as a stage managed forerunner to russian annexation which the ministry of defence here in the uk says president putin is likely to do within days. nearly four million people from the eastern regions of donetsk and luhansk, and the southern regions of kherson and zaporizhzhia, were asked to attend polling stations there s been allegations of intimidation, as election officials went house to house accompanied by armed guards. the votes serve a deadly serious purpose as they will be used by the
going on in georgia. democratic senator raphael warnock and republican challenger herschel walker faced off last night. was there first and likely only debate before election day. team fox news coverage, and discovering the president he is in portland, oregon with that visit. let s first let s go back down to georgia, atlanta. with the election week looks like to come. hey there eric, it was a while debate indeed. as you pointed out by the only one we are going to see between democratic senator raphael warnock and republican star athlete herschel walker. the fireworks were flying this bard over series including abortion, take a listen too. it s too narrow and small and cramped space for a woman, her doctor, and united states government. he s a neat talker but did heat not mentioned there s a baby in that room as well? and the topic of election integrity walker acknowledge president biden legitimately won the 2020 election. senator warnock dodged but he would support t
performance showing the democrat in a dead heat with dr. mehmet oz. both men making final arguments. the vote count could last for days. this election is so transformative we have to make sure that who we are is reflected in washington and important for a bunch of reasons. you want to be energized and excited about america, go campaign in pennsylvania. there is so much at stake at this race. and it is all talking about it could actually be related to control of the senate. and also having the stroke and and, you know, i got knocked down but i got back up. dana: team fox coverage. lucas tomlinson is at the white house with more on the democrats final push on the campaign trail and reaction from our own josh holmes and we begin with rich edson in lancaster, pennsylvania. the polling is getting about as tight as it can go here. that s the case in a new poll just out now. from a allentown morning call shows a tie. 47% to 47% of a survey of likely voters. they surveyed