Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News in former president Donald Trumps legal troubles. Just in last hour, the new York Court of appeals rejected trumps efforts to overturn the Gag Order in his hushmoney criminal case. Joining us now, msnbc legal correspondent lisa ruben. Good morning. What more do we know about the Courts Decision . Reporter you know, sometimes when a court acts we see an entire opinion. Other times when they reject an application we can see as little ads one word, the word rejected or denied. This is more in that latter category. All we know that the court has said is that former President Trumps application for them to hear an appeal on the Gag Order before his sentencing was rejected because in the courts view there was no substantial constitutional question directly involved. And i want to pause there on the word directly. That may be the Court Signaling that they understand that, for example, the entire case does present a v
puerto rico are still without power. many are waiting for vital fuel in the wake of hurricane fiona. the congressman who just visited the island will tell us what he saw on the ground. also we are taking a closer look at what to expect from tomorrow s highly anticipated january 6th committee hearing when the panel is set to clip from roger stone s new documentary. the obstacles are these weak-kneed bureaucrats in the white house council s office. now they must be crushed. meanwhile in russia as more military men flee the country, the kremlin now acknowledges issues with its latest draft in yet another blow to putin s military strategy in ukraine. the former president of ukraine will join us with more on that. we begin this hour with a very latest on hurricane ian, which made land falls in western cuba at 4:30 a.m. eastern bringing heavy rain and maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. the latest tracking shows ian could reach florida s western coast as early as wed
and hurricane irma, which veered at the last second. businesses are putting plywood up on windows. this is an ice cream shot trying to inject some levity, no ice cream for ian. sandbags are on the ground to prevent flooding. that s small potatoes in terms of mandatory evacuations. pinellas county and hillsborough county have about 2.5 million people collectively. the whole tampa bay area is 3.2. 75%, 08% of the people are in two counties that have mandatory evacuations. they re looking to move a million-plus people. that process started last night, 2:00 for hillsborough, 6:00 for pinellas. but you ll see the biggest chunks of people fry trying to get out today. the topography of this area, there are bays and inlets, barrier reefs, the bay on one side, the gulf on the other. the water has nowhere to go. storm surge right now certainly the biggest concern as the projections are between 5 and ten feet. for historical context, the last time a major hurricane struck tampa direct
Learn more at factsonhand. Com today. Tonight, as we come on the air, major news on the coronavirus vaccines. And here in new york, the governor sounding the alarm. Tonight, abc news confirming United Airlines is now flying the first batch of pfizers vaccine around the world and right here to the u. S. And news the second Vaccinemaker Moderna is now asking for emergency approval, too. Moderna now saying its vaccine is 94 effective against covid and 100 effective against the most severe cases of the virus. And tonight, news from one of the leaders of Operation Warp speed, now saying anyone in the u. S. Who wants a vaccine will have access to one by june. And the meeting tomorrow over who gets access to a vaccine first. Tonight, new yorks governor with a new warning, telling hospitals to start identifying retired doctors and nurses who can help with hospital staff here in new york and across the
country overwhelmed. Saying there could be a pause here in new york. Los angeles county tonig
rough surf in the keyes. flooded roads in fort myers beach, the community hit so hard by hurricane ian less than a year ago. the storm battering cuba overnight with high winds, rough surf, and flooding rain. fema urging families to heed the evacuation orders and get out while there s still time. if you are in a storm surge warning area, it could mean just traveling 10 or 20 miles to get out of the most significant impact areas. reporter: in tampa, they re racing to shore up critical inf infrastructure. for the second year in a row, they ve erected this aqua fence around tampa general hospital to hold back any storm surge and to protect the patients inside. tampa s mayor watching idalia s every move. as the rain moves in and the winds pick up tonight as you go to bed, what are you most concerned about? i m most concerned about those individuals that haven t heeded the warnings and haven t taken it as seriously as they should. reporter: our ginger zee just southwest of here on tr