ian. state and federal agencies are still in search and rescue mode now five days after the storm made land fall. we ll have the very latest on the hardest hit areas. also ahead, ukrainian forces respond to putin s illegitimate annexation of four territories in a significant way. as the army continues to build on weeks of momentum. plus, new developments connected to the fbi search of mar-a-lago. it appears there are more missing documents that the department of justice needs to track down. good morning. welcome to way too early. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin in florida. historic rescue and relief efforts are underway five days after hurricane ian battered the state and left massive devastation in its wake. first responders are scouring the hardest hit areas looking for survivors as the death toll continues to rise. according to an nbc news talley, that number now stands at 87. four of the fatalities were reported in north carolina where the storm struck
j.j. watt revealed that he went into atrial fibrillation on wednesday and had to have his heart shocked back into rhythm the following day. that condition known as afib is an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm that can lead to blood clots. very serious. while playing a few days later. after winning carolina watt told reporters he was cleared by doctors and didn t want to let his team down. quick note on baseball here with three days left in the regular season, aaron judge stuck on 61 homers. the mariners and play-off drought ended. phillies on the verge of doing the same. and the less said about the mets the better. time for the weather and let s go to michelle grossman for the forecast. lots and lots of rain out there. lots of rain. yeah. the dreary start to our weekend. ian impacting the northeast and mid-atlantic. we re looking at heavy rain
reporter: adding insult to injury, a lot of homeowners tell me they don t have insurance so they have to rely on fema. temporarily, that means staying in a shelter, an apartment, maybe even a hotel. long-term fixing something like this up could take months, if not longer. norah. o donnell: mireya villarreal, thank you. well, tonight, as ida barrels north, more than 75 million people are under flood alerts from georgia to massachusetts. let s get the forecast now from cbs lonnie quinn. hey there, lonnie. hello, norah. you have a storm that is not a hurricane, it is not a tropical storm, but this is going to have an impact on a lot of people with some big rain out there. take a look. as of right now, that storm is pushing to the northeast. it s currently in the tennessee valley. by tomorrow we are looking at very heavy rain in pennsylvania and you are looking at a tornado threat, anywhere from washington, d.c. up into portions of south new jersey. you have an upper level jet strea
you re certainly going to get a big volume of rain coming in to the crescent city. and the other thing that a point we made the last time we were up, is that the time to get out and move around, the time to evacuate, that s over. off couple peopl you have a couple people, like the reporters who will come out on the street but most of us have a good retreat plan in place. you do see some people who want to get out on the street, walk around, and see what the hurricane is like, that has happened. keep in mind, this is going to get more intense. as i look at the barometer another news crew out driving around as i look at the barometer, not quite to hurricane barometric pressure. so that means we re not quite into hurricane-force winds. anticipate as this hurricane ida moves rapidly, this is going to get worse in the coming hours. so we ll see how the damage develops, but certainly, increasing intensity with the wind and the volume of rain out there. eric? eric: you know, mike, you
there s a lot of rain out there. flash flood warnings all over the place out there. brutal. wow. keep an eye on that for us, chad. thank you. in the meantime, the dallas cowboys are in deep trouble after another tough loss to the buffalo bills. carolyn manno has more in the bleacher report. the cowboys didn t have it as bad as those people handling the nutcracker but it might have been close. a lot of people were also calling for jason garrett s job and that s not going to change after a thanksgiving dud. buffalo pulling out the turkey trick play. double reverse wide receiver brown to singletary. nobody in sight. 9-3 overall. dak dancing. stuffing their faces all the way to a win. the cowboys are 6-6. they still haven t beaten a team with a winning record this season. meantime, the saints are the first team to punch their tickets to the playoffs thanks to a big day from taysom hill. hill rumbling 30 yards through