From former President Donald Trump as he gets to survey the damage in georgia caused by Hurricane Helene before speaking next Hour And Faldo stuff. The White House is said to hold a press briefing. Not as expected a short time from now and we will likely get plenty of questions on the Administrations Response and reaction to it. John we are getting worried that florida governor Ron Desantis will be holding a News Conference as well. We will be monitoring all of these events and bring them to you. Our coverage kicks off at the latest on the ground. Get out of the way. This is the main road. The bridge. There is a building right there between those two. Gone. All of this stuff, completely broken and flooded through. The storm had impacts far beyond our borders. Its Impacting Floridians and a tennessee mountains. We dont have internet service. No nothing. Thats the biggest problem. Communication. I saw a dumpster in the parking lot. Many more will remain without Electricity And Water and
abroad for safety. evan s friends collect and translate letters of support for him from all over the world, helping keep his spirits up and their own. evan is not a spy. evan is a journalist. and my greatest hope is that evan is released as soon as possible and can go home, can go back to work and go back to his family, can come and spend time with all of us again, as he should be doing right now. that s the greatest hope. the conditions in the camp have declined seriously. the barracks have black mold. but paul whelan is now facing his fifth christmas as a prisoner. are you worried that there s going to be another deal that you re going to be left behind again? yeah, i am worried that there ll be a deal to leave me here. with each case, my case is going to the back of the line that s being left in the dust. it is russia that put him here, but paul whelan wants america to push harder to get him home. sarah rainsford, bbc news. some breaking news. the irish government has deci
investigations, oh, a possible indictment and he s still re-litigating 2020. but, guess what? trump still has almost a 30-point lead in the rcp average over ron desantis and he leads biden in the head to head as well. but, of course, this doesn t speak to the battle ground states. that didn t fall trump s way last go round, as you remember. in two of those states according to a new public opinion s strategy poll, desantis not trump narrowly leads biden. of course desantis hasn t jumped into the race yet he hinted he will announce after his state legislature wraps its session in may. now this has worried some about this late timing desantis s which they claim may leave him ill-prepared against the former president s luggageening attacks and lagging in the on the ground organizing critical in states with an early nominating contest. well, for his part, trump continues what, to many, seem like petty attacks on desantis and the latest polls about, well, the latest about his so-ca
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phil keating and chad pergram from the white house. let s start with alex and roy hoff live from cape corral, florida. hi, alex. alex: we are in an area called matt lachet and the coast guard is leading major effort to rescue people who have been stranded on the pine island ever since the storm, this is a major operation, we have probably seen at least a hundred people in this location coming in by boat. those residents had been on the island since the storm including even volunteers who showed up just after it. some really have arrived here in terrible condition. ems personnel have been on hand assisting several people who have returned by boat. one man said he had been suffering with a broken hip for days and laura was very emotional. she told me that she lost her entire home and spoke with gratitude for those who came to save her especially after the effort she made to make sure that she needed help. it s very devastating. we are just great to have our lives. the water a