in fort myers beach, it is even hard to bike through the destruction. the messages from residents there, if you can send help, we need it. sanibel and cap teva islands cut off from the main land, only accessible by boat or air after, as you know, ian destroyed this major bridge that connects them to the main land. many of the homes there are in pieces or completely washed away. the coast guard is now going door to door, still trying to rescue people. make sure you have a bag for your clothes, with i.d., cell phones, wallets. emergency officials will run barges to sanibel island to help with cleanup and recovery efforts there. but let s begin in south carolina, cnn s nick valencia is in myrtle beach. tell us what is happening around you right now. reporter: it is a little hard to hear because the wind is such a major factor, just in the last few minutes these gusts of wind have crept up to about 40 to 50 miles per hour. and, you know, the sustained wind is almost as bad. f
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
o donnell: what happened on a highway overpass that caused this truck to overturn into a fiery inferno? signs of torture. the shocking images tonight from ukraine. cbs s debora patta goes inside a room where it s feared war crimes took place. reporter: right here is where the torture chambers apparently were. that s what we re going to see. o donnell: and, the stunning fraud scheme tonight. the hundreds of millions of dollars allegedly stolen from hungry children to buy fancy cars and homes. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this busy tuesday night. tonight, hurricane fiona is only getting stronger, as it moves through the caribbean as a category 3 storm with sustained winds of more than 115 miles per hour. the first major hurricane of the season slammed the turks and caicos earlier today, after devastating puerto rico with n
investigation into ron desantis s stunt. somebody saw fit to come from another state, let them down, prey upon them and then take advantage of their desperate situation just for the sake of political theater. plus lindsey graham doubles down on a losing political issue, and the state of play with a bit terms with my guest bernie sanders, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. donald trump s lawyers were in court today for the first hearing before the newly appointed special master, who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents. the fbi seized from trump s home in florida. in the courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents from mar-a-lago, and that he has privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to the 300 documents found with classified markings. that position that is lawyers argue today does not mak
he s here to tell us how it happens. here plus the devastation of puerto rico. the island is asking for help as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. donald trump seems to be getting a lesson in be careful what you wish for. today his lawyers squared off with the justice department attorneys in a brooklyn courtroom during their first meeting with the special master, judge raymond dearie. trump s lawyers soon discovered the judge was ready to challenge them. thierry was one of the former guy s choices to review the documents seized at mar-a-lago including several papal this marked as classified. trump vic as publicly declared already declassified some of the material and says the doj has no choice against him in the documents belong to him. but that argument has never been made by trump s lawyers. today is skeptical sounding judge dearie push team trump to describe exactly which documents trump allegedly declassified.