country s push for more aid in the war. here at home, the white house is facing new criticism and fallout over its muted response to classified materials found at president biden s home and former d.c. office. a law enforcement official telling nbc news, the justice department has not asked the white house not to speak about the facts of the case. while new reporting from the wall street journal reveals that according to multiple sources, the doj considered having fbi agents monitor a search for classified documents at his homes but decided against it. also this morning, disturbing new details about the shooting plot police say was orchestrated by a failed republican candidate in new mexico. the suspect accused of paying men to target the homes of democratic officials is set to appear in court this afternoon. new video from a ring camera appears to show him knocking on a door, identifying himself for name and asking for one of the lawmakers. hi, my name is solomon pen
quote, for weeks or months. there you see the calm waters now. that was nothing like that in the midst of the storm. in lee county officials try to defend their actions after facing hard questions over just how soon they ordered people to evacuate. critics asking why those mandatory evacuations were not issued there until one day before ian s land fall, surrounding counties have been told to evacuate. this morning the death toll from hurricane ian is climbing. boris sanchez has the latest. reporter: the death toll rising from hurricane ian. as people recall harrowing tragedies and those lost. storm surge came all the way up and they had the windows were sucked out. these guys pushed their wives out the windows to where a tree was and they were looking at them and the guys were holding on and they just looked at their wives and they said, we can t hold on any more. we love you, bye. and that was it. does they make it. no, they didn t make it. speaking to john sayin
kate bolduan in for erin bu burnett. going, quote, medieval, that s steve bannon. bannon is defiant on his podcast. pray for our enemies, okay? because we re going medieval on these people. we re going to savage our enemies, so pray for them. who needs prayers? not maga, not war room, and certainly not steven k. bannon. after leaving court today, bannon spoke briefly to reporters. listen. look, it was a very good first day. it was a long day for jury selection. and so it goes. now bannon faces two criminal charges for his failure to comply with a house january 6th investigation. it s been ten months since he received a subpoena from the committee. the case is a major test of how much power congress really has when a witness defies a subpoena. bannon, one of the biggest purveyors of trump s election lies was a key figure in the lead-up to january 6th. days before he was outlining trump s plan win or lose. in his words then, trump is just going to declare victory and ba
From north korea and why ukraine should be paying close attention. Sara sidner is off. Im kate bolduan with john berman, and this is cnn news central. This morning, the manhunt expanding for a escaped killer. The area is expanding. The police were previously searching a twomile area where Da Knee Low Kcavakavl Danilo Cavalcante has been on the run. What have we been learning . This is where the new manhunt area has been. Now, new information is that the manhunt area is expanding. The Police Believed emphatically that he was in a twomile radius two miles south of the prison, but this morning we have learned that it is expanding further south. We are now five miles south of the prison. What is particularly important is that they are searching this area near Longwood Gardens and it is a popular tourist destination, and the reason they are searching this area is because last night at 9 00 and 8 30, they captured dane will, O Cavalcante On The Trail Cameras on the trail cameras. He is not w
On air. Moments ago we just saw the Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell on the senate floor, the first public appearance with cameras since the recent freezing episode in front of reporters. Also right now, a Sentencing Hearing is Underwayer To T underway for the chairman of the proud boys, Enrique Tarrio, the last of the five to be sentenced for their convicted role in the january 6 attack on the capitol. Prosecutors are pushing for 33 years in prison for tarrio because he was convicted on Seditious Conspiracy charges. Defense attorneys are making their best arguments against that. Also a major show of force coming up on the lead. Secretaries from three branches of the milt calling on senator Tommy Tuberville to stop his hold on all Military Nominations because he objects to the pentagons abortion travel care policy. And in Washington Post oped, they call tubervilles actions, dangerous to national security. That from the secretaries of the navy and the air force and the army, all t