from the national hurricane center, but first live in tampa, nicole valdez. hey, nicole. ainsley, brian, steve, good morning. florida attorney general saying this is the storm we all have feared. she called the chance of us seeing anywhere from 5 to 15 feet of storm surge, detrimental for the tampa bay area. and unfortunately we are seeing the impacts of hurricane ian across florida. brand-new video from the florida keys, you are already seeing flooding beginning in portions of monroe county. it s part of one of the reasons why we already know hundreds of thousands of people are under mandatory evacuations right now. here is a look at all six counties that those people are living in. really all along florida s gulf coast and we are already hearing reports that the number of counties issuing the mandatory evacuations are expanding. it s why people are boarding up their homes, getting all the resources, going to the grocery stores, packing up their cars, getting ready to driv
them. this as elon musk says this company will no longer pay for critical satellite after he was told to, quote, f off. will a judge s decision come too late to make any kind of a difference? and they re called the triple threat. three latina women on the ballot in texas. they are republicans and what they re saying about abortion, the border and taxes even has democrats listening. let s go out front. i m erin burnett. inside putin s depraved draft. in a video that you will see first out front, we are seeing just how far russian officers are going to draft new fighters. this video is from st. petersburg, and what you are looking at is russian draft commissioners. they re waiting for men to exit a building. the woman that you hear, you just heard her voice and you see her there, you can hear her saying, who are you? look, they ve got papers. they ve been standing guard here since 7:30 in the morning. the older tells her not to film, asking her if she has kids. why are
mar-a-lago. it s information so sensitive that many national security officials don t have access to it. also ahead, we have got new surveillance video that appears to show evidence of interference in the 2020 election as a fake elector is seen escorting several people into a county elections office in georgia. plus, there are urgent calls for action in ukraine to prevent a nuclear meltdown at europe s largest power plant. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 7th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with that new reporting from the washington post. people familiar with the matter tell the newspaper that a document describing a foreign government s nuclear secrets was among the top secret items seized from mar-a-lago a month ago. the post did not identify which government but there are only eight other countries with nuclear capabilities. the paper sources also didn t specify where inside the
secretaryjustine greening, sir malcom rifkind, who served as foreign and defence secretary in the thatcher and major governments, and catherine haddon from the institute for government. hello, welcome to the programme. after one of the driest summers on record, the notoriously fickle british weather turned of course it did just at the very moment liz truss arrived in downing street this afternoon. and as the heavens opened, drenching the loyal conservative members who had gathered to greet her, the sketch writers might have been tempted to draw analogies with the deluge of issues, that are now piling up on the new prime ministers desk. not that she seemed fazed by the challenge ahead. this is a storm we can ride out, she said, to become the modern brilliant britain i know we can be. i m honoured to take on this responsibility at a vital time in our country. what makes the united kingdom great is our fundamental belief in freedom in enterprise and in fair play. our people
intensifies his nuclear rhetoric amid a faltering military campaign in ukraine. the biden administration says it has told russia privately exactly what the consequences would be for using a nuclear weapon. we ll have the very latest on that. plus, a head turning new revelation concerning the attack on the capitol. what a former adviser to the january 6th committee says about a phone call between the trump white house and a rioter while the attack was underway. also this morning, tropical storm ian has just strengthened into a category 1 hurricane as it continues its track toward cuba and florida. we re watching that. and it is just six weeks until voters decide the balance of power in congress. we ll tell you where things stand this morning and what s in play. good morning and welcome to morning joe, it s monday, september 26th. we begin with the new polling from the new york times that shows 54% believe donald trump threatened american democracy when he left office. 51