Watching the Middle East teetering on the brink of all war after iran launched a massive Missile Attack on israel, sirens sounded across the country as the bombardment unfolded high in the sky. Israeli Air Base was hit, but the Israeli Defense Forces says, its Iron Dome Missile interception system, stopped a large number, almost all, in fact, of the nearly 200 missiles launch, preventing what could have been obviously death and large scale destruction. Now, iran says this was in retaliation for israels killing of hezbollahs leader, Hassan Nasrallah, In Lebanon last week. Thank you for staying with us On Fox. As we continue our Breaking Coverage of these dramatic developments in the Middle East, im jonathan hunt, live in los angeles. Israel now vowing fierce response, but iran says any retaliation from israel or its allies, including, of course, the united states, will be met with an even more severe response. All this, of course, happening just hours before last nights ,first and only
let s get started. we begin this hour with an update on the aftermath of hurricane in, even in this early stage, experts believe ian will be one of the costly storms to ever hit the u.s. and potentially the deadliest. the death toll now stands at 77, 73 in florida, four in north carolina, more than 1.2 million households still without power in florida, making rescue efforts that much more complicated. nbc s guad venegas is on the ground for us in fort myers, one of the hardest hit areas on the west coast of florida. guad, you have been there for a while. what are we seeing as we go 48 hours after this deadly hurricane made landfall? ayman, a lot of moving parts here. the governor speaking about the efforts to fix the power grid here. they want to make sure that people have power, but there is also the search and rescue missions taking place in fort myers beach [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] and we had to get him out. there s othe
update on the aftermath of hurricane in, even in this early stage, experts believe ian will be one of the costly storms to ever hit the u.s. and potentially the deadliest. the death toll now stands at 77, 73 in florida, four in north carolina, more than 1. 2 million households still without power in florida, making rescue efforts that much more complicated. nbc s guad venegas is on the ground for us in fort myers, one of the hardest hit areas on the west coast of florida. guad, you have been there for a while. what are we seeing as we go 48 hours after this deadly hurricane made landfall? ayman, a lot of moving parts here. the governor speaking about the efforts to fix the power grid here. they want to make sure that people have power, but there is also the search and rescue missions taking place in fort by his beach and other islands. they re asking people and those areas, of fort myers beach pacific lee, not to evacuate. they were allowing some of them to go back. it s be
they say disturbing posts and videos were discovered on social media. there are questions tonight about why no red flags were raised, possibly stopping him from legally buying at least five guns. alex perez and pierre thomas are standing by. we re also learning more about the seven people killed. their names made public late today. the 78-year-old grandfather, the beloved wife and mother, dedicated to helping her community. and the financial adviser who at 88 was still taking the train to work in chicago every day. the dead and wounded range in age from 8 to 85. president biden ordering flags lowered to half staff. also tonight, more than 40 million under threat of severe storms from montana to the east. damaging winds, very large hail and a new flood watch just issued. news tonight about wnba star brittney griner s hand-written letter to president biden. pleading for hlp while on trial near moscow. the white house is now out with a response. overseas tonight, russia
about why no red flags were raised, possibly stopping him from legally buying at least five guns. alex perez and pierre thomas are standing by. we re also learning more about the seven people killed. their names made public late today. the 78-year-old grandfather, the beloved wife and mother, dead kated to helping her family. and the financial adviser who at 88 was still taking the train to work every day. president biden ordering flags lowered to half staff. also tonight, more than 40 million under threat of severe storms from montana to the east. damaging winds, very large hail and a new flood watch just issued. new tonight about wnba star brittney griner s hand-written letter to president biden. the white house is now out with a response. overseas tonight, russia solidifies its hold in eastern ukraine, but at a huge cost. ukraine s military now braces for a renewed russian assault in the region. rudy giuliani and senator lindsey graham are among seven or former p