decisions in minutes with major cases like affirmative action, student loans and lgbtq rights still undecided. this as tomorrow marks one year since the most consequential decision in a generation. it was devastating on top of terrifying, on top of infuriating. one year after the court overturned roe, where the battle over reproductive rights stands today. also ahead, the titan tragedy, what went wrong, and did the navy know the search was hopeless before anyone else? plus, if you ve been waiting to buy or sell, you don t want to miss this. more on a shake-up in the housing market that we haven t seen in a decade. let s begin this morning at the supreme court where, again, we re awaiting news any moment with the court s term winding down, we could get decisions on some major cases, on affirmative action, lgbtq+ rights and student loans. while we wait, we can t forget the significance that tomorrow will bring, one year since the overturning of roe v. wade, a year tha
before that catastrophic implosion. a light fast repair just days after a fiery collapse. the major highway that millions rely on back open for business in philadelphia. and attorney general merrick garland commenting just a short time ago on those charges against president biden s son hunter. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with nbc news s ryan reilly on what we just heard from attorney general merrick garland. unexpected for the attorney general to talk about it. he doesn t answer a lot of questions. but what did he have to say this time? i think based on the allegations that had come out through the whistleblower, he felt responsibility to lay it out here. essentially what he said is he has not taken any action in regards to this hunter biden investigation. take a listen. mr. weiss, was appointed by president trump as the u.s. attorney in delaware and assigned this matter during the previous administration would be permit
from an mess nbc rolled headquarters, welcome in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with the big story of survival and recovery, mostly in florida that state hit hardest by hurricane ian. the total death toll from that storm is estimated 78 people. power outage numbers are down from reporting last hour, now it s over 21,000 in north carolina and just over 7000 in virginia without power. 1200 in south carolina. search and rescue operations are still underway, with the coast guard leading most efforts as 100 of thousands struggle with basic necessities like power, water, cell phone service. here is fema director demon chris just short time ago. we have well over 2 million people without power immediately following the storm and the power companies there have done a numbing job of getting the majority people back online. i think where the difficulty comes in, jonathan, is that there are so many homes especially in fort myers beach, area that are compl
brown jackson as the courts new term begins tomorrow. i am jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. this sunday, residents and relief workers are on rescue missions, coping through the rubble as floridians grapple through the trauma and devastation left by hurricane ian. water came up to about here. when it got to there, the way they were saying on the news i thought it would eventually go over our heads. i called my daughters and i said goodbye. it was very traumatic. i went into the water and save three people. i lost one friend, i couldn t savor. she got washed away. the devastation is unbelievable. i was a paramedic fireman for 25 years. it is just unbelievable. nbc news has confirmed at least 77 deaths have been caused by ian and florida and north carolina. more than 800,000 floridians and tens of thousands in the carolinas remain without power. creating a new facet of this emergency. some hospitals in the area now scrambling to evacuate critically ill patient
the scope of hurricane ian s devastation is becoming clearer for days after the category four storm slammed into the coast of southwest florida, with record-breaking strength. 85 people are dead, 81 in florida, and four in north carolina. the death toll rises each time rescue crews reached new areas. and searches are going on around the clock. but some people are still stranded and waiting for help, like these residents of sanibel island. there has been no communication, nobody official has come on to the island to tell us what is going on. we don t have places to go, we have no cars to get their. lack of food, medicine, clean water, and electricity. these are all on the list of tops concerns. more than 1 million people are still without power across four states. now, president biden says he and the first lady will travel tomorrow to puerto rico, which is still reeling from hurricane fiona, and tour damage in florida on wednesday. our hearts, to state the obvious, it