we re going to take you to one of the hardest-hit areas where almost an entire island was decimated. and her rescue during the hurricane made headlines. a nurse desperately trying to get to work was caught in the rising floodwaters. thankfully a nearby reporter was there, saved her and saw her. and that is my guest tonight. good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, ian s fury still remains an extremely dangerous storm making its way through the carolinas tonight. let me show you this powerful video showing a pier in north myrtle beach torn into pieces as the hurricane came ashore. the storm surge ripping through neighborhoods like the ones i m showing you here, leaving even more destruction of homes in its wake. even these homes built up on sticks. so many of them deeply damaged. and parts of charleston s historic downtown also underwater. and tonight there is still concern for life-threatening floods as the storm could dump up to 12 inches of rain as it moves no
country. translator: this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, independence and freedom will be ensured. and those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. of course these comments come against the backdrop of the u.n. general assembly here in new york. the war on ukraine dominating those conversations. president biden is set to speak in a few hours from now. ukraine s president zelenskyy set to address world leaders remotely later today. all of this as russia occupied regions in ukraine announced referendums on joining russia this week. ukraine and its allies dismissing that move as a sham driven by fear of defeat. we re covering all the elements. let s begin with barbara starr at the pentagon. frederick layton is in washington d.c. and matthew chance in london. matthew, what do we know this morning? reporter: this speech taking place at
that should motivate you. will you sue him for us? we re going to sue him. we re going to be a real pain in the [bleep]. president trump cannot avoid justice in the great state of new york. since i ve been in office the past two years, my office has either led or joined to 68 lawsuits against this administration. martha: okay. you get the idea. after three years of investigating real estate properties on their books, a high profile announcement that she s suing all of the working trump family mens. andy mccarthy is here on developments this hour. but first, this huge story as well today. a cornered vladimir putin drafting up to 300,000 reservists, recruiting at russia s prisons as well to battle back ukraine. while warning america and its allies that he s not bluffing when it comes to his nuclear and war capabilities. a short while ago, president biden was at the u.n. calling for a unified push back to russian aggression, also calling out china for transparency over t
happened yesterday in the courtroom in just a moment. plus russian president vladimir putin gives a rare national address announcing significant moves in the war with ukraine. the russian president also talked about a plan that kyiv is calling a desperate sham. and president biden will surely have something to say about all of that when he takes the podium later this morning at the united nations general assembly. we ll preview that and the other topics he will likely focus on in his speech. good morning, welcome to way too early on this wednesday, september 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with major moves from russia this morning claiming that the west is, quote, trying to destroy us. vladimir putin announced overnight he s partially mobilizing the military in russia while also approving a move to annex portions of ukraine. in a rare prerecorded national address, putin said, quote, russia will use all the instruments at its dis
we begin with our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox weather center. rick? yeah, landfall about 55 minutes ago just around the georgetown, south carolina area. that s where the worst of the storm surge is. the storm surge on shore already. winds sustained were 85 miles an hour. a category one storm. we look at the satellite picture. looks like a mess. it s turning into a more typical storm that you might see in the northern latitudes or at least a combination between those two kinds of storms. the rain field will stretch out. we ll see the wind field stretch out as well across a lot of areas. in general, a weakening wind trend now that we have the storm over land. the winds gusting 46 miles an hour. that s an offshore wind. that is pushing water, not allowing storm surge there to be coming on. we have rain here. some of the storms out across east earn north carolina will have a tornado thread there. there s one tornado warning out there to inside of the outer