it s forecast to reach major hurricane status baring down on cuba. the storm s path otherwise uncertain, but floridians are prepare ing for the worst. people are filling sand beings to protect against the heavy rains and storm surge. long lines outside of stores as people look to stock up on supplies. you can see the empty health ises there. bottled water, wasn t of the hot est items. florida is under a state of emergency. governor ron desantis activated the national guard. joining us is michael brennan, acting deputy director for noaa. thank you so much for being with us on this morning as we re watching ian approach here. give us a sense of where you are watching and when you re expecting landfall. well, you can see ian right now is located about 90 miles southwest of grnd kay men with intense activity developing near the center. we have seen this intensify rapidly. if we look at the forecast now, we re expecting ian to turn from its northwestern motion and move towar
plus, an alarming new claim from former republican congressman about a call that came from the white house during the capitol attack. and also ahead, the top republican in the house unveils the gop agenda if they win in november. but the plan is being slammed and focused more on talking points than substance. good morning. welcome to way too early on this monday, september 26th. thank you for starting your day with us. we start with a new interview by republican congresswoman liz cheney over the weekend. the wyoming representative who lost her re-election bid in a bitter primary battle last month says she ll do whatever it takes to keep former president donald trump from taking back the white house in 2024. and that includes campaigning for democrats and leaving the republican party if necessary. we cannot afford to be a society where we re tearing each other apart. think about what the leaders say about american democracy. they say our elections can t really they don
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
conspiracy theory. opening statements were delivered for stewart rods in a courtroom today. they re accused of plotting to overthrow our government by force on january 6, 2021, among other crimes. all five have pleaded not guilty. three other members of the oath keepers have pleaded guilty to the sedition charge, as part of plea deals. two more sedition trials are scheduled to take place this year. but this is the first time in over a decade that federal prosecutors have argued that americans plotted to violently oppose the u.s. government. they re opening statement featured videos capturing the oath keepers actions at the capitol that day, along with messages and other communications among the defendants. stewart rhodes himself never entered the building on january 6th, but he was videoed on the capitol grounds. the doj has a recording from rhodes from four days after the attack saying his only regret is that the oath keepers should have brought, rifles, end quote on januar
it just broke the other day. but the washington post is reporting that the former president asked one of his lawyers to tell the national archives earlier this year that he returned everything that they have requested. that lawyer s name is alex can. he refused, because he wasn t so sure that it was true. more to come on this a little bit later in the broadcast. plus, 39 days until the midterms. can you believe? it the former guy who is not on the ballot anywhere is attacking, this is the story, what do you think about this? one attacking senate majority leader mitch mcconnell mcconnell. claiming that he has a quote, death. which slamming his wife with a racial slur. not even spelling her name correctly. see, that shout-out. there you go. that is racism. like casual remark about a death wish not even two years after a blood thirsty mob attacked the united capital, hunting for lawmakers in the halls. well there is no other way to put. it it is despicable. it is disgusting. eve