law career helped me become governor. gave me advice on being a good dad. he s one of the people i talk to most in the world, and very rarely were we talking about my job. he was an incredible friend. we also lost julianna farmer, jim tutt, josh barrack, each amazing people whose families grieve them, whose community will morn and be miss. these are irreplaceable, amazing individuals, that a terrible act of violence tore from all of us. kentucky governor andy beshe making the comments about the mass shooting in louisville, hours before a fifth bank employee died at the hospital. we ll get a live report from louisville for the latest on the surviving victims and the investigation in a moment. plus, one of the two tennessee lawmakers expelled from the house floor for protesting gun violence gets his seat back. we ll have more on that development and what s next for the other lawmakers straight ahead. also this morning, we ll take you through the legal battle over a common
and looking at the spec kag tack coul spectacular images, it is considered one of the greatest fireworks displays each new year s eve. and in taipei, the fireworks were shot from the tallest high r rise. they ring in the new year with the same breath taking performance it always performs. and in dubai, the city s skyscrapers serve as the center piece. and now let s go to athens, greece which is ringing in 2023 right now. no wedding saturday within the month of june and in new york crowds are always forming in times square, the celebration returning to full capacity after two years of scaled back celebrations. gloria, people turned up there this morning waiting for all the fun and festivities to start shortly. reporter: that s right. and you know the big attraction is times square. it is new year s eve. but for a lot of these folks, the big attraction is the rehearsal right now. and these folks have been waiting all day to see him. i ve been here since 6:30 a.m
let s get started. we begin this hour with an update on the aftermath of hurricane in, even in this early stage, experts believe ian will be one of the costly storms to ever hit the u.s. and potentially the deadliest. the death toll now stands at 77, 73 in florida, four in north carolina, more than 1.2 million households still without power in florida, making rescue efforts that much more complicated. nbc s guad venegas is on the ground for us in fort myers, one of the hardest hit areas on the west coast of florida. guad, you have been there for a while. what are we seeing as we go 48 hours after this deadly hurricane made landfall? ayman, a lot of moving parts here. the governor speaking about the efforts to fix the power grid here. they want to make sure that people have power, but there is also the search and rescue missions taking place in fort myers beach [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] and we had to get him out. there s othe
update on the aftermath of hurricane in, even in this early stage, experts believe ian will be one of the costly storms to ever hit the u.s. and potentially the deadliest. the death toll now stands at 77, 73 in florida, four in north carolina, more than 1. 2 million households still without power in florida, making rescue efforts that much more complicated. nbc s guad venegas is on the ground for us in fort myers, one of the hardest hit areas on the west coast of florida. guad, you have been there for a while. what are we seeing as we go 48 hours after this deadly hurricane made landfall? ayman, a lot of moving parts here. the governor speaking about the efforts to fix the power grid here. they want to make sure that people have power, but there is also the search and rescue missions taking place in fort by his beach and other islands. they re asking people and those areas, of fort myers beach pacific lee, not to evacuate. they were allowing some of them to go back. it s be
terrorist attack in new york and the plane that crashed in pennsylvania and the so-called plane that crashed into the pentagon. it s odd. there is never any evidence for a plane shown in the pentagon. after one full alex jones as you just heard sh marjorie taylor green has been rewarded by kevin mccarthy with a seat on the house homeland security committee. because, of course. kevin is also playing with fire over america s debt ceiling. maxing out the national credit card when they were in charge. republicans are threatening to simply stop america s bills. plus, gun fanatics believe in starting them young. putting guns into the hands of children, even marketing assault style rifles for kids. and now in multiple instances, we re seeing the disastrous of a results of a sick, sick aspect of a uniquely american culture. we begin the reidout with republicans rewarding the far right contingent that they just can t seem to break free of. after kevin mccarthy literally sold his s