you. thank you. thank you, andrea. and thank you very much. that s it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. chris jansing starts right now. good day, i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. ron desantis and his decidedly unconventional campaign launch trying to income off the most unconventional presidential candidate in modern history, donald trump. we ll have the latest on the florida governor as he heads to the twitter verse with the world s second richest man for the big announcement now just hours away. how do you solve an impending economic crisis if some people don t believe a crisis exists. a war of words between treasury secretary janet yellen and conservatives questioning whether the u.s. is really on the verge of default. breaking this morning, nearly two dozen new charges filed against convicted double murderer alex murdaugh, carrying penalties of nearly 500 years in jail. details on the multimillion dollar fraud scheme he s
winds were so powerful, it washed out the bridge. o donnell: cbs meg oliver is in orlando, where sheriff s deputies formed a human chain to pull a woman to safety. vladimir putin defiantly claims ukrainian territory, in a bizarre ceremony to rally the russian people. cbs charlie d agata reports from ukraine tonight on the new threats and america s response. and, on the road. cbs steve hartman has the story of a 91-year-old super fan with a record to be proud of. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us on this friday night. as we come on the air, ian is now a post-tropical cyclone, but it is still bringing dangerous conditions to much of the east coast. ian slammed into the south carolina coast as a strong category 1 storm packing winds of 85 mil
safety. vladimir putin defiantly claims ukrainian territory in a bizarre ceremony to rally the russian people. cbs charlie d agata reports from ukraine tonight on the new threats and america s response. and on the road. cbs steve hartman has the story of a 91-year-old super fan with a record to be proud of. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. and as we come on the ear, ian is now a post-tropical cyclone but it is still bringing dangerous conditions to most much of the east coast. ian slammed into the south carolina coast as a strong category 1 storm packing winds of 85 miles per hour. the storm made landfall in the u.s. for the second times in georgetown with torrential rains and floodwaters. south carolina s governor is urging residents to stay inside. the storm will continue to bring flooding rain from the carolinas to the mid-atlantic, a
todd: hurricane ian plowing through western cuba yesterday knocking out power to the entire country and devastating the most important tobacco farms in the country used to produce cuba s iconic cigars. you are watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus, our reporters are live across florida this morning, we begin with senior meteorologist, janice dean who is tracking it from our studio. janice: they just upped the winds, that is a strong category four storm, the pressure has dropped by 10 millibars. it is strengthen as it approaches the coast, we r expecting landfall this afternoon. heightened awareness to the storm surge and for hours it will batter the coast and interior sections of florida. rain and wind and storm surge will impact coast of florida and inland will flood two-story homes at the coast. you don t have time, you can hide from the wind, you have to run from the storm surge. wind gusts in excess of 100 mile per hour for dura
rising causing residents to track towards higher ground. absolutely nuts. brian: more than 70,000 floridians are without power this morning. governor ron desantis urging residents to get out. time to evacuate is come to an end. you need to evacuate now. the governor will give another update in just about 30 minutes. we will bring that to you live. first, we have live fox team coverage janice dean tracking the storm s latest path. fox news weather we start with robert ray in fort myers. robert? good morning. you know, as light is about to come up here and these rain bands and window really intensify, conditions are deteriorating here in fort myers beach. the gulf of mexico, just a football field over there. churning up. i was just over there. when it gets light, we will show you that. you can see right now, these heavy bands as hurricane ian is right out there. the eye center is about 70 miles from where i m standing it s 30 miles wide and the window fell well over 300