ian are unlivable. the scenes, apocalyptic. responders working by boat and aircraft. nearly 2,000 rescues in southwest and central florida since last week when hurricane ian hit the state. this morning, the number of customers without power is now below half a million in florida. president biden travels to florida tomorrow for a firsthand look at the devastation. cnn s randi kaye is live this morning in fort myers beach. randi? reporter: john, i know you ve seen fort myers beach from the air, but seeing it on the ground firsthand is certainly like nothing i have ever seen before. there were stairways to anywhere because homes were literally blown out of foundations. there were homes on top of homes. as you said, fort myers beach is still closed to residents, but we got a firsthand look up close with a search and rescue team out of miami, florida, and here wrap we saw. this is our first look from the ground at fort myers beach. hurricane ian s winds combined with storm s
violent criminals to be released from prison. we re we re going to play that and vet him tonight. but first, our countdowns. continues. y five shortwe aaway days away from these pivotalve midterm elections. and democrats have lost all touch with reality now. yesterday, we showed you the new devastating economic numbers.t inflation went up coreup inflation going up, food, rent, energy all the way up. the stock market, meanwhile, plummeted. it tanked. it dropped significantly. itignificathe biggest drop since the height of the pandemic. this but one month after the democrats passed their so-called inflation reduction ac t, or as i call it,reduct the tax, the poor, middle class and people on fixed income act t of twenty , twenty two . it doesn t actually do anything to reduce inflation. it will increase inflation. it. a is just a massive green n, deal spending bill that, wors as predicted, is making inflation far worse, making everythingg evensive more expenn ever. and now, by
tonight, brand-new januar 6th committee transcripts, jus in, as we analyze the full report, and where all of the investigations go from here. then, from dangerous weather to tripledemic illness on th rise what you need to know, heading into this holiday weekend. looking back at this consequential week, and th focus on fighting for democracy, and freedom, both here, an abroad our favorite historians, her to put it all in perspective as a special, extra earl addition of the 11th hour is underway, on this friday night good evening once again i am stephanie ruhle nearly 24 hours after its fina report was made public, tonight, the january 6th committe released a new batch of witnes transcripts. they are from interviews wit key people in trump administration, including, bil barr, pat cipollone, kayleig mcenany, hope hicks, and his daughter, and senior adviser ivanka trump we will break down what we are learning in just a moment, but first, the committee s repor is wrapping up
and it is billed as the book donald trump fears most, detailed profile of the former president s life by maggie haberman and she is here with her new book, confidence man. and a bombshell report dropping today revealing harassment and abuse in women s soccer. players coerced into sexual relationships and a league s extensive efforts to hide what was going on. welcome to the lead. we begin with the rising death toll from hurricane ian. officials say at least 104 people have now dooid ied in th. as a result of the storm. vast majority of them in florida. 54, more than half of florida s total dead, were all in hard hit lee county on the western part of the peninsula, the damage in parts of the county such as in ft. myers and sanibel island is simply put breathtaking. floridians who evacuated have started returning only to find their homes and communities unrecognizable and daunting cleanup ahead. boats flung to the middle of streets, even into people s yards. who do you
integration and they trash the populist opposition. donald trump is a populist and populism can be a very dangerous tool to ride the anger, not provide the answer. and that s the problem. the larger problem is a populist racist no nothing movement that is fundamentally inconsistent with democracy. but that was all wishful thinking from supply chain nightmares to food and fuel shortages to pointless wars, massive refugee crises. the wheels are slowly coming off. the globalization train. now, the media hate to report on this, but one of the big stories playing out over the summer is the rise of the free movement. i m talking about normal people around the world who are pushing back on the globalist agenda that s essentially dominated our politics since the 1990s. now, too often we re told that it s americans. they re the only ones who have concerns about globalization and what it means for our culture and our economy and our way of life. but around the world, working