of royalties on an ai colab using her voice. as we gauge on into the brave new world of music. steve patterson, nbc news, los angeles. another career for you, steve. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports, let s get right to it. at this hour, the next potential candidate to take on former president trump is hinting that he s getting ready to jump into the 2024 race. we ll tell you when that announcement could come. plus, escaping war torn sudan, armed at u.s. drones helped escort hundreds of americans on a 500 mile journey over the weekend to a key port city after having to flee the country and fierce fighting. and zero leads a massive man hunt is underway in texas to find the suspect responsible for a mass shooting that left five dead including a 9-year-old boy. where that investigation stands now. plus, slow moving disaster, the mississippi river is set to crest today as homes are already seeing serious flooding across iowa and illinois
still cut off from the mainland. search and rescue operations are still under way. serious questions are being asked about whether evacuation orders came too late for some. nearly 2,000 people have been rescued so far according to the florida governor. thcht is footage from sanibel island, blue skies overhead. a neighborhood still flooded to the point that only way out is by chopper. we have two reports tonight. the first is from ft. myers beach and our randi kaye who is among the first reporters to get in and witness the enormous destruction and still on going rescue operations up close. this is what she saw. this is our first look from the ground at ft. myers beach, hurricane keyian s winds combined with the storm surge, chewed through homes and businesses. sparing nothing in its path. massive devastation. something somewhat used to my first deployment was hurricane katrina. so, you know, a lot of hurricanes over the years. this certainly is a big, big disaster. repor
asked about whether evacuation orders came too late for some. nearly 2000 people have been rescued so far according to the governor. this is footage from santa belle island. loose skies overhead, the only way out is by chopper. we have two reports tonight. the first is from fort myers, our randi kaye was among the first reporters to get an and witness the enormous destruction and ongoing rescue operations up close. this is what she saw. this is our first look from the ground at fort myers beach. hurricane ian s winds combined with the storm surge, they chewed through homes and businesses sparing nothing in its path. massive devastation. we are somewhat used to it. the first toilet was hurricane katrina. we have seen a lot of hurricanes over the years. it is certainly a big disaster. jennifer brown is a canine search specialist with florida task force to. her dog fears and fame are searching for human remains. they have worked dozens of missions since florida s task forc
russia s demands. that did not happen and now we re starting to see a renewal of strikes that appear to be heading to cities far from the front lines, not close to front lines, and in residential areas. russia claims the strikes they have carried out in the last three days have targeted military related infrastructure, reserve units, supply hubs for ammo, weapons and equipment. we have seen these strikes cause a lot of civilian bloodshed. in the dnipro region today, 34 people were injured after a missile hit a residential area there, according to local officials. they say the youngest victim injured in that strike was just eight years old. friday strikes, the ones you mentioned, there were 23 people killed in one apartment building in the city of uman, two others killed in dnipro. some of the youngest victims, they were buried this weekend, and the images we saw of the funeral, gut wrenching. we play a lot of it. we draw your attention to one
that will have consequences in the months ahead as moscow struggles to get a grip on the campaign. do we know where the russian forces retreated to? it seems as though they moved further east. a town that is complicated to explain. but essentially shifting east towards russia s only border. and that been something we ve seen slowly happening since about a month ago when the last russian route happened around the second largest city in ukraine. ukrainians we thought might regroup or pause. they kept pushing south and a bit east as well. it was the ultimate target. ukraine s been clear. if it hits the supply hubs that keep russia s army there fed and fueled, then they can see it crumble. the same thing happened with that town. that was the focus. now we re beginning to see the impact on their positions moving back towards their border. it s probably not going to be an overnight route like we saw oorn