vivek murphy back. he was confirmed by the senate last night. he should be sworn in soon. tonight the senate also confirmed the official who will be vivek murphy s bos, dr. rachel levine was confirmed tonight to be assistant secretary of health. that is a history making appointment. dr. levine is now the first transgender official to be confirmed by the senate, the highest ranking u.s. government official in history. she will be the number two official at hhs. all republicans but two voted against her. susan collins and murkowski voted for her. dr. levine s boss will be the new secretary of health and human resources. no republican 1234er9s voted for him at all but democrats were nevertheless able to confirm him on a party line vote. in order to become health secretary he had to leave his previous job, which was attorney general of the state of california. there had been a bunch of discussion that congressman adam schiff of california, frequent guest on this show. he had such
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it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota in new york. hurricane ian has killed at least 13 people. it s the strongest storm to hit the west coast of florida in nearly 20 years. local officials say we should brace for that number of victims to rise. the life and death danger from ian continues as it pushes northeast, still pummelling florida. rescuers were pulling people from high water all day and night. survivors describe no time to wait as people had to carry children, as you can see, through chest-high waters. ian made landfall just west of cape coral. our cnn drone shows the devastation there. i mean obviously you can just see these are supposed to be streets, but they are completely flooded. nearby ft. myers and naples further south are both decimated. countless neighborhoods are still submerged in the floodwaters at this hour. the communities of sanibel and pine island are now cut off from the mainland after ian washed away parts of this causewa
begin to assess just how many lives have been lost. the high waters, homes, buildings and roads ripped apart, ongoing search and rescue missions, and the damage is not just along the coast. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with the first look at the death and devastation left behind by hurricane ian across southwest and central florida. this same system first made landfall in cuba then onto florida s west coast. now ian is about to strengthen and make its third landfall. let s show you what ian has done already. this is fort myers beach this morning. chunks of metal and trees thrown across the streets, buildings ripped apart, cars destroyed a. resident who has lived there his entire life said this is the worst hurricane he s lived through. bear islands have been cut off near ft. myers. all the bridges have failed and massive sections of the sanibel causeway were washed away by the storm surge, severing the only connection they have to the florida mainland. s
a 1st step towards tougher gun law is republicans and democrats say they ll consider a bill to controlled firearms. this is, this is a tragic parody. you are state election official is reveal how they were threatened by donald trump, who wanted them to overturn results of the 2020 presidential election. ah. we re going to begin with some breaking news in afghanistan. at least 50 people are set of being killed after a 5.9 hours quake rocked the southeast of the early hours of widens day morning. it happened about 44 kilometers from the city of halston near pok t called province. the quaker could be felt in the afghan capital kabul, as well as pakistan s capital islamabad. we re going to have more on not sorry, we ll bring it to you as it develops the worst floods in decades in india and bangladesh have killed more than a 100 people. and left 9500000 stranded and struggling to access food and clean drinking water. both countries have deployed that armies to help with section re