the secret planning for president biden s very dangerous travel to kyiv and the direct messaging he s sending to vladimir putin as the russian leader is expected to unleash a major new military offensive in the weeks ahead. key white house official john kirby joins us this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and this is a situation room special report. president biden is in poland this hour after personally delivering a strong message of support to the people of war-torn ukraine. his high-stakes, high-risk trip coming at a pivotal moment in the fight against russia s unprovoked invasion. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly is traveling with the president. good morning, mr. president. reporter: for president biden, a dramatic moment months in the making. one year later, kyiv stands, and ukraine stands. democracy stands. reporter: to mark the resilience of a nation and u.s. support after mor
i have been a fan of brand for decades ever since his talk show big brothers big mouth it is show that was so outrageous legal wouldn t even let us show it. which sucks but even at the start of his career he was aw brilliant brain in search ofucks food at a time when the shelves were bare but now most abrupt change in any career since o.j. simpson. [laughter] brand was a great comedian, successful actor, bigger than most rock stars it helped that he looked like rases putin had sex with janis joplin and play rock stars in movies because he was better at it than they were and before sober proved no amount of drugs could take himug down so comedian movie star married to hyperarctic and tall and handsome and inspired me to get hair plugs on my chests. and what does he do? h he walks away from it, he walks away from it like hunter biden strolling away from a strippers baby. literally he lets it go. and for what e to dleo a podcast because you know we don t have enough of them.
because they have to go through that debris to make sure that they re looking for people that could hopefully still be alive, we can rescue. the coast guard is still on the job, carrying out much of that critical search and rescue work as hundreds of thousands struggle with lack of basic necessities, like power, water, and cell phone service. there s no water, there s no electric, there is little food. the problem, is you can t get in your car because those are all wrapped. there s no place to buy gas. you can t go to the grocery store because you can t walk there. cleanup certainly underway in south carolina. up and down the east coast as residents from the hardest hit areas in florida get a first look at what is left of their homes in the most vulnerable coastal areas. president biden announced yesterday that he hopes to visit florida tomorrow, and puerto rico on wednesday. puerto rico is still really from hurricane fiona. 75 people were killed, there more than 148,00
the former president keeping election lie alive at his rally in michigan. it took a month, for one thing, to let biden in their. they had a whole month to cheat or whatever they did and it was supposed to be a one day election. next hour, our friends at the good buyers are going to join us with the up close trump faithful that rally as well. and miss nbc has confirmed the 78 people have died after the path of destruction, including excuse me. for people in north carolina, somebody for in florida, more than hundred thousand customers without power and that s improvement for more than 2 million, in the dark over the weekend began. and to bring liz maclachlan who standing by for us there. liz, give us a sense as we spoke yesterday of the absolute destruction there. we know now that the rescue efforts are ongoing on? that s right, yasmin. crews are working day and night here in fort myers right now. you can see some of the demolition crew behind me, residents won t
million meal is into the area, and leaders of water. right where the state has a point of distribution setup, so we can get that food and water to individuals that need it. ian is also believed to be one of the most costly storms to ever hit the united states, threatening homes and businesses and completely washing away roads. more than 700,000 florida residents still do not have power. this weekend, we learned the president and the first lady planned to travel to florida wednesday to survey the damage. the bidens will also visit puerto rico tomorrow to address the devastation hurricane fiona left on the island two weeks ago. the storm killed at least two dozen americans and power still is not fully restored. plus, 10% of the island remains in the dark. but let s start this hour in hard-hit fort myers, florida. msnbc correspondent vlad is talking to survivors. vlad, my friend, you spoke earlier with people who are evacuated from their flooded homes in fort myers beach. tell