plus lindsey graham doubles down on the losing political issue, in a state of the midterms and i guess, bernie sanders. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris, is donald trump s lawyers were in court today for their first hearing before the newly appointed special master who is tasked with reviewing the classified documents, the fbi seized from trump s retirement home in florida. in that courtroom, his lawyers were essentially tasked with defending the indefensible. the ex president claimed that he had a right to keep the roughly 11,000 documents removed from mar-a-lago, and that he has some privilege that confers ownership on him with respect to that 300 documents pounds with classified markings. that position that his lawyers argue today does not make any sense. someone pointed out it all boils down to donald trump s belief that he is still, as of today, here in 2022, president of the united states. but the still has the powers of the ex
court in brooklyn this afternoon for their first conference with the newly in pointed trump picked special master, and judge raymond dearie. gary is a senior judge in the eastern district of new york.eis brooklyn is his turf. two hours after trump s team cast out on the government s assertion that these documents are classified, again, ca reportedly classified, with air quotes.encl yes, like this very clearly marked documents you see right now on your screen. reportedly classified. the special master, again, and pick by trump, especially says, i m inclined to think they are indeed classified. before i read this quote, quick classical lesson here. you should know that prima flashy evidence means on the hy face of it. here is judge jerry on these documents, speaking to trump s attorneys. the government, of course, once the classified documents off thh table for the moment at least. and i understand that. we re dealing with presumably highly sensitive information. if i m going t
path the danger is real to state the obvious. please obey all warnings. brian in florida desperate search and rescue efforts underway this morning. at least 10 confirmed dead. officials warn that number likely to climb. significant damage that i saw was on fort myers beach there have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and there is likely many more than that. brian: there you go. before and after photos showing the extent of the damage in fort myers. curfew being enforced there to prevent looting. more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have live team coverage this morning. meteorologist adam klotz is standing by with ian s latest track. but, first, fox weather correspondent robert wray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage. robert? yeah, it s tremendous. it s really everywhere you look. and especially when you start heading down to fort myers beach where all those rescues have occurred and where governor antioxidant just talked ab
got, less than a thousand power outages, but also just be prepared in case something turns or something happens this afternoon. ainsley: down in florida, desperate search and rescue efforts are underway this morning. at least ten are confirmed dead. but officials warn that number will likely be higher. the damage i saw was on fort myers beach. but they have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and is likely many more than that. ainsley: florida s governor will give a press conference, at 8:45 a.m., with an update on ian. we ll bring you that life. you will see some before-and-after shadows showing the intent of the damage fort myers. a crew is being sent down to prevent all the looting. can you believe that people would actually steal from other people when they are out of state? brian: more than 2 million people across florida still have no power. we have team coverage this morning. fox weather correspondent robert ray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage.
unclear but we are hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life. tonight, what we know about the damage, the loss of life and the rescue efforts plus the daunting prospect of rebuilding in an era of climate catastrophe. and as ian regains hurricane status, what we know about preparations beyond florida. senator raphael warnock of georgia. and what we are learning about what ginni thomas turn told the january six committee. did you speak with your husband when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. more than 24 hours after hurricane ian slammed into florida s west coast, it s not clear it will go down as one of the most destructive storms in the state s history. he came ashore just shy of a category five hurricane bringing 150 mile per hour winds, more than a foot of rain in some areas over just 12 to 24-hour period. that is a one in 1000 rain moment. we also saw record storm surge bringing the water level up 12 feet in