accidental shooting. ukrainian officials accuse russians of opening fire in several areas in spite of a temporary ceasefire ordered by president putin. mexico s president defends the military operation that captured the son ofjailed drug trafficker el chapo, triggering violence that killed at least 29 people. cheering and the flamboyant stars of the drag queen world hit the pink carpet in east london. the us republican kevin mccarthy has fallen agonisingly short in his latest attempt to be elected speaker of the house of representatives. he needed one more vote to secure victory, but has now failed 1a times, in a matter of days. there was a heated exchange on the floor of the chamber when mr mccarthy confronted one of the rebels, matt gaetz, who has repeatedly blocked his election. a 15th vote is now under way. david willis is our north america correspondent in washington. david, some extraordinary scenes on capitol hill. tell us what you saw from your perspective. what you
raphael warnock was just obviously a tremendously and profound person. i spent some time with him on the trail in georgia in the last election and you never lost sight of the fact that he was john lewis s pastor irreverent. he is a force of nature. thanks to you at home for joining us. when hurricane ian came ashore last afternoon, we knew it was one of the strongest storm to ever hit florida, or ever hit the united states period. and after a terrifying night in southwest florida, they like brought harrowing evidence of the destruction in storm like that brings. this is fort myers beach, one of the barrier islands that ian slammed into as a nearly category five storm. before the her again, it was a popular beach destination for resorts and restaurants. as you can see, much of it has been leveled. one local resident told local paper quote fort myers beach is gone. this is the causeway leading to sanibel island just west of the fort myers beach. it s the only road to that isl
our thoughts remain with those impacted by hurricane ian. for those who need help, please ask for it. and if you can give help, please, give it. on that note, i wish you all a very good and safe night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. when hurricane ian came ashore yesterday afternoon and what was one of the stronger storms to ever hit the united states, period, and after a terrifying night in southwest florida daylight today brought harrowing evidence of the destruction of a storm like that brings. this is fort myers beach, one of the barrier ion islands that in slammed into as a near category five storm. for the hurricane it was a popular beach destination full of resorts and restaurants. as you can, see much of it has been leveled. when local resident told his local tape paper, quote, fort myers beach is gone. this is the causeway leading to sandoval island, just west of
ashore yesterday afternoon, we were knew it was one of the strongest storms to hit the united states. day tligt day brought harrowing evidence of the destruction a storm like that brings. this is ft. myers beach, one of the barrier u lands that ian slammed into as a category five storm. before the hurricane, it was a popular beach defendant naugs destination. much of it is leveled. one local resident told the local paper, ft. myers beach is gone. this is the causeway leading to sanibel island to the west of for the murz beach. it s the only road to that island. it impassable. all the bridges to pine island also failed. this evening nbc nightly news anchor spoke with the mayor of sanibel for her concern about the people that didn t evacuate before the storm and maybe trapped there. we have significant numbers of people contact us, people they knew that were on the island. we ve been logging those meticulously and getting those out to our first responders. we had about 200
upwards of 776 today,i m here to say it is in the history books. we surpassed the scale of the storm and intensity and vers on ty of the winds. we will talk about that today and the generations of the blizzard of 22. western new york hit by a blizzard republican governor sends more migrants to the east coast will warning several children dropped off outside the vice president s house. and vladimir putin makes a suspicious statement about ukraine to end the conflict. good morning welcome to way too early. i m cori coffin in for jonathan lemire several people have died in the storm that impacted people this weekend. thousands of flights have been delayed. the storm is impacted erie county, new york hard where 12 people have died new york state officials report that the area was hit with four feet of snow at times, the storm s hurricane-force winds caused whiteout conditions. it caused the city s airport to shutdown new york times reporting that nearly three days, tha