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newsroom. i m jim acosta in ft. myers, florida. first thing, we have some updated figures from here in the hurricane zone. sit the most current death toll of people who sadly did not survive hurricane ian here in florida. that new official death toll is now 74. 74 people here in florida have died now as a result of hurricane ian. of course, those figures are coming in. as they develop, we ll bring them to you. residents say there is a growing sense of fear that more bodies could be discovered. some areas remain fairly inaccessible to first responders. we ll show you what i saw on the ground. in the meantime, cnn has learned that a team that responds to mass fatality incidents has deployed equipment and personnel to assist medical examiners in boast counties here in southwest florida. officials in lee county where the majority of the deaths have concerned are facing a major concern. why were the first evacuation orders issued less than 24 hours before landfall? the count ....
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful the beat with ari melber starts right now. welcome to the beat. we begin with what many are saying is the revelation of something we knew but continue to see in more depth, a kind of staggering weakness of speaker mccarthy. as you see him giving out rewards to the very people who broke with him and tortured him before finally relenting this that historically chaotic beginning to the new congress. there s also some santos news so first the full picture today of what mccarthy has given away to the rebels who according to many republicans and this is again mccarthy s allies, they say those folks were politically extorting him. the lesson that mccarthy may be teaching which is why it matters in the news tonight and in the future is that his weakness can be exploited on any number of issues so this caucus which held the speaker bid hostage is getting assignments thi ....
lisa boothe, and todd piro. starting us off our senior national correspondent william la jeunesse on more of what we know so far. william. cheryl this is one of the biggest mistress of the air, how can someone stab for people to death in the same night, quadruple homicide get away with it? in scranton, pennsylvania, 2500 miles away from the murder scene in moscow, idaho. law enforcement sources say police arrested this man in his mid-20s from 3:00 a.m. this morning. they are reporting the suspect is 28-year-old brian christopher kohlberg or. he is being held for extradition no bail and the arrest was made by pennsylvania state highway patrol and the fbi and is being held at the local jail. he is able college student but does not attend university of idaho. he may not be the sole killer of 20-year-old zeneca and 20-year-old ethan jason. before the kids were all partying, megan and dissolve it was last seen around 2:00 a.m. they ll four seem to have been stabbed multipl ....
it looks pretty. griff: clear skies come i think. lisa: when adam was talking earlier, 73 in miami, although it is not too bad in new york today. griff: it is getting warmer. katy perry, three days away from the new year. joey: that is right. griff: exciting. lisa: very much. we are also seeing chaos play out at the southern border as starting the mic startling new video with migrants to break into a texas ranger s home. it is not the first time this has happened on his property. joey: meanwhile el paso migrant crossings are dropping dramatically. this is why. the national guard put up razor wire fencing. griff: lucas live with more, hey, lucas. illegal border crises plummeting with the mile-long stretch in el paso eight days after the texas national guard reinforced the barbed wire fence. u.s. forces expanding the perimeter after texas governor greg abbott adding more shipping containers to the border. arizona was using the same strategy until sued ....
and tom homan are here to weigh in. but first. our luggage is missing, mia. canceled southwest, hopefully will get a refund. i have three kids. gillian: stranded travelers are begging southwest air to get its act together as the holiday travel meltdown is stretching on yet another day, flights going nowhere. welcome to america reports. gillian turner in washington. great to be with you. anita: always great to spend two hours with you, gillian. john and sandra have the day off. southwest customers are not only struggling, but a good chunk of the hundreds of thousands delayed passengers have no idea where their luggage is. they are desperate to find bags with crucial medicine and baby gear. gillian: those hopes hoping to be rebooked today, not having much luck. more than 2300 southwest flights so far have been canceled already. the airline says the trouble is not going to end most likely until early next week. anita: and the big wigs blame the blizzard for ....