night that the president and first lady will head to puerto rico last night which was rocked by hurricane fiona 25 deaths in puerto rico have been connected to the storms. reuters reports that as of friday, 230,000 homes and businesses remain without power. fiona bore down five days after the anniversary of hurricane maria, which wreaked major havoc on the island before moving up the east coast. after puerto rico, the first couple will head to florida to examine the damage caused by hurricane ian. with wind speeds that top 155 miles per hour, tens of thousands of buildings were leveled, millions of people lost power. so far, nbc news confirmed at least 77 people have died from the effects of iain which barreled into florida s west coast as a category four storm on wednesday before veering to the east overland, reentering the atlantic ocean and making a second landfall as a category one hurricane and the carolinas. nbc s steve patterson is in fort myers beach where i left hi
alabama. it s called melvin mill again. it also concerned, allegedly, gerrymandered maps. it involves the voting rights app and whether or not this app can have their votes deliberately diluted in congressional map drawing. tell me how these are connected and the influence you think they ll have. well the voting rights cases very important. as you say, the question is whether, an alabama court will have alabama had to draw a second majority district in which african americans voted the majority, without violate the voting rights act. his star claim before the court is that the voting rights act, which was invented in the 1982, would require the majority districts whenever they lacked a whether that act is his self unconstitutional. basically, whether the principles of the constitution prevented congress from saying that there will obligations to create voting districts for the
the key question is whether president putin will achieve his political objectives through military means. and how long can ukraine hold out on its own? jonathan beale, bbc news. oil prices surged to their highest level in seven years as a result of the military action in ukraine. uk wholesale gas prices also rose sharply today, up by 60%, threatening to push up heating bills even further. while the uk gets very little of its oil and gas from russia directly, there are concerns sanctions could constrict supplies, driving up global wholesale prices. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has the details. the economy is an important battle ground here, the key weapon for the west against putin s russia, and it is also the way in which these huge events will most clearly affect households across the uk. you can see the profound impact
defence capturing kyiv. so i think the defence of kyiv is vital to the position defence of kyiv is vital to the position of the ukrainian forces. the key position of the ukrainian forces. the key question is whether president putin will achieve his political objectives through military means. and how long can ukraine hold out on its own? jonathan beale, bbc news. oil prices surged to their highest level in seven years, as a result of the military action in ukraine. uk wholesale gas prices also rose sharply today up by 60% at one point which will push up heating bills even further. while the uk gets very little of its oil and gas from russia directly, europe does, and as the west uses the economy as its main response to vladimir putin, our economics editor faisal islam looks at whether we will all pay the price. the economy is an important battleground here the key weapon for the west against putin s russia, and it s also the way in which these huge events will most clearly af
control. western intelligence officials fear they could become encircled. the us and britain are among the few countries that have supplied ukraine with weapons, but these are mostly short range and i take and surface to air missiles. the best chance may be to defend the cities. the key question is whether president putin will achieve his political objectives through military means. and how long can ukraine hold out on its own? they have targeted certain we look at how the oligarchs influence the russian president. trips are crossing the border from crimea commerce missiles obstruct the capital, kyiv, and airports under