newsroom. i m jim acosta in ft. myers, florida. first thing, we have some updated figures from here in the hurricane zone. sit the most current death toll of people who sadly did not survive hurricane ian here in florida. that new official death toll is now 74. 74 people here in florida have died now as a result of hurricane ian. of course, those figures are coming in. as they develop, we ll bring them to you. residents say there is a growing sense of fear that more bodies could be discovered. some areas remain fairly inaccessible to first responders. we ll show you what i saw on the ground. in the meantime, cnn has learned that a team that responds to mass fatality incidents has deployed equipment and personnel to assist medical examiners in boast counties here in southwest florida. officials in lee county where the majority of the deaths have concerned are facing a major concern. why were the first evacuation orders issued less than 24 hours before landfall? the county s ow
all of the work you re doing there on the ground to help so many people in need. for more information about how you could help these victims of hurricane ian go to cnn.com/impact. and the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. ian s death toll in florida is rising today. could we get some help down here. we have need for gas. there are four boats that just arrived moments ago. this community is never ever seen this high of fluiding before. now we re going into day four without electricity, that is when you get to the life-threatening range. we have no power, no phone service, nothing. the building is ripped off of their foundations and swept backwards. should have there been a mandatory evacuation that came sooner. i wouldn t have changed anything. this storm was very unpredictable. there is a degree of personal responsibility. i think people got complacent. lyman was completely liberated. a phenomenal strategic victory for the ukrainians. thi
bringing gales and heavy rain. as the rain moves through, temperatures will drop, so it will feel chilly despite there being some sunshine as the rain band moves eastwards. you can see this complicated weather story. low pressure to the north. the heaviest rain is across southern scotland, northern western england and wales. lots of heavy showers behind that rain across scotland and northern ireland. but in the south east, we are still mild, cloudy and dry at the moment, but that rain will push its way eastwards as the afternoon wears on. there could be heavy bursts for a while. it stays blustery for all areas, gusts in excess of a0 mph in the windiest spots. but the windiest weather will be associated with that weatherfront across the south east. plenty of showers, some of them thundery, for western scotland. temperatures will be lower in the afternoon than what we have had in the last couple of days. it stays blustery this evening and overnight, further showers rattling int
who held up a bank, to take out her own money. and we ll hear from south asia s fastest man about his secrets to success and his thoughts on the economic crisis facing his country. lets start with some breaking news and in the last few minutes, japan s coast guard and the south korean news agency yonhap have both said that north korea appears to have fired what could be a ballistic missile off its east coast and that it appears to have landed in the sea. this comes just after the united nations security council held an emergency meeting to discuss north korea s test firing of another ballistic missile overjapan on tuesday. that missile travelled 4,600 kilometers before falling into the pacific ocean. it was north korea s first missile launch overjapan since 2017. in today s session the us ambassador to the united nations accused china and russia on wednesday of enabling north korea. the d prk has enjoyed blanket protection from two members of this council. these two mem
125 people died in the crush. donald trump sues cnn for defamation and damages, claiming the network carried out a campaign of libel and slander against him. and reality tv star kim kardashian is being fined more than $1 million for illegally promoting cryptocurrency on instagram without revealing that she was being paid for it. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. for the first time in five years, north korea has launched a missile overjapan, sparking anger in tokyo. the launch is the fifth in recent days by north korea defying a un security council resolution ban on missile launches. the rocket came down in the pacific ocean and there are no reports of damage. joseph cirincione is an expert in north korean affairs and hejoins me now from washington. thank you for your time. let s start on the trajectory of this missile, straight overjapan, missile, straight over japan, however missile, straight overjapan, however high, still overjapan, assig forg