tonight with the context, the writer and broadcaster chris morris and leigh ann caldwell, longtime capitol hill correspondent and now an anchor for the washington post live. we re going to start with the latest from the war in ukraine. in a major speech today the russian president vladimir putin had a dire warning that the coming decade could be the most dangerous since the end of the second world war. president putin defended moscow s so called special military operation, saying the expansion of nato, and the west, were to blame. he accused western nations of trying to impose their politics, culture and way of life around the globe. translation: russia is not - challenging the elites of the west, russia is simply defending its right to exist and to develop freely. the west is not able to single handedly able to govern humanity but it is desperately trying to do it. most peoples of the world no longer want to put up with it. on the ground fierce fighting continues across
three in the afternoon. a fourth leak is discovered in the nord stream 2 gas pipeline in the baltic, nato calls it a deliberate act of sabotage. and tributes are paid to the american rapper coolio who has died at the age of 59 in los angeles. coming up on the bbc news channel. it is victory for warwickshire on the final day of the county championship, which means relegation for yorkshire. good evening and welcome to the programme. the prime minister has insisted that her tax cutting plans are right for the economy and she will not be changing course. in her first interview since the chancellor s mini budget last friday, liz truss argued that record in the pound and record rapidly rising borrowing costs in the uk are part of a global crisis that has been sparked by the war in ukraine and she said the government s strategy would support people and businesses hit by rising energy prices. here is our economics editor faisal islam. an engine factory in darlington. the chancellor,
parts of the state on a slow, this is really an issue, it s churning on the destructive crawl north. orlando now in the crosshairs of this historic storm that s produced record rainfall and storm surge. power outages are a major problem with more than 2 million customers in the dark across florida. water is just everywhere in many communities. in port charlotte, the storm blew the roof off of a hospital and it flooded the intensive care unit. ahead, we re going to speak to a doctor there, how they managed to protect patients and what the conditions now. fort myers has experienced some of the worst flooding in the storm. torrents of water just rushing into the streets trapping people in their homes. same for naples where officials say half of the streets aren t even passable because high water has inundated them. although it s weakened, there is concern about ian regaining strength and threatening the southeast, georgia, the carolinas, and all declaring emergencies in advance.
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winter storms from the pacific northwest to new england, texas to tallahassee, we ve seen temperatures plunge in some places by tens of degrees an hour. coastal flooding, gail forced winds, blizzard conditions, roads iced over causing massive pileups, including the one you see here on the ohio turnpike that took one life at least. we re also seeing more than a million homes without power tonight, more than 5,000 flights cancelled. c cnn polo sandoval is live for us and drivers are stranded on icy roads and omar jimenez is at o hare. we begin with polo sandoval. what can you tell us about the stranded drivers and what they re facing tonight? reporter: it is going to be a very long frigid night, jim for county officials as they will be out in these conditions going through hundreds of stranded cars inn erie county and rescuig people inside. officials said this is something they feared of happening so they implemented at 9:30 this morning a driving ban hoping people would stay