new cnn reporting spotlights the momentum and the maneuvering inside the house gop effort to impeach the homeland security chief. and a revenge plot stoked by delusions of a rigged election. police arrest a former republican candidate in new mexico. they say he paid cash, gave gunmen address, even pulled the trigger in a scheme targeting the homes of elected democrats. up first for us this hour, the president of the united states unable to escape the gravity of a self-inflicted crisis. just moments ago president biden at the white house, you hear it there, appearing with the dutch prime minister. you can hear the president getting shouted questions. he gave no answers about the documents story that simply will not go away. the president s public posture sticking to the confines of what his lawyers have already said or avoiding questions altogether belies private angst inside the west wing. sources telling cnn the west wing mood where aides waiting along with everyone else to
be felt nearly 300 miles from the center, which means that millions of people across the south from georgia to virginia will be affected. this is the scene in the towns of myrtle beach and south port, south carolina. they are facing life threatening storm surge from hurricane ian. we are also getting a fuller picture of the devastation on the ground now in towns across florida. the new york times describing it this way. quote, the scale of the wreckage was staggering. even to florida residents who had survived and rebuilt after other powerful hurricanes, this storm pulverized roads. it toppled trees, gutted downtown store fronts and set cars afloat, leaving a soggy scar of ruined homes and businesses from the coastal cities of naples and fort myers to inland communities across the state including orlando. at least 14 deaths have been linked to the storm. more than 1.8 million people are now without power. more than 700 rescues have taken place including these from sanibel i
it was emotional in many ways, several children. i counted what appeared to be a recently newborn infant, at what point in the journey, we don t know. these migrants came here today at the naval observatory which has the vice president s residence behind that. vice president has been asked since thursday, what she thought about this, there was no response to that she waved off those questions, and her husband did respond to migrant buses arriving here and called the whole thing shameful but washington dc is a sanctuary city and the mayor talked about this yesterday. because washington dc is not a border community the city lacks infrastructure to care for the people here, probably 100 thursday, 50 we ve seen so far today. this is a large city but the infrastructure and sanctuary city cannot accommodate people being dropped off by governor abbott s office. florida governor ron desantis not going to stop these buses because it is there only mechanism to help overrun border commu
we are right now awaiting an update on this case any moment from san francisco s district attorney. coleman is in san francisco with everything we do know so far. good evening, christina. good evening, bret. yes, authorities say the suspect admitted to breaking into pelosi s house through the back door with a hammer. is he now facing two federal charges. one count of assault of an immediate family member of a u.s. official and one count of attempted kidnapping of a u.s. official. if convicted, he could fails up to 50 years in prison on both charges. police say 42-year-old david depape broke into the home woke him up and demands to see his wife. when he told him he went be mommy home for a few days he said he would wait. he was able to slip into the bathroom and call 911. he went to the door and grabbed onto the hammer he was holding. when he arrived. depape gained full control and swung it into his head. depape was arrested immediately. during mirandized and recorded interv
the reason is simple, russia is for big. ukraine is too simple. russia itself is the largest country on planet earth with a relatively huge economy for the region and 145 million people who live there. ukraine has a population of about 40 million. it s the poorest country in europe. it s got an average annual income that s much lower than albania s. so just by looking at the most basic wikipedia numbers, if ukraine remained a sovereign country, ukraine it would have to reach a negotiated settlement with russia. pitch battles were not going to do it. that s not a moral judgment. you can root for the ukrainian military all you want. it s still a fact. the second thing that was immediately evident about this war was how unusually destructive it was, and was going to be. it wasn t just ukraine that was getting pummeled, though it certainly was, it was the entire western economy, including our economy. russian energy fuels europe. a recession in germany was certain to lead to a re