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
recovered from mar-a-lago last month, and it includes empty folders marked as classified. we re live in moscow as the nation bids farewell to the leading soviet who brought the cold war to a peaceful end. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. well, if at first you don t succeed, try again. it s 5:00 a.m. on florida s space coast and after last monday s scrubbed launch, nasa s artemis i rocket is ready for liftoff once more. have a look, this is the scene live right now from the kennedy space center. things go to plan, the unmanned mission will be able to launch this afternoon going beyond the moon and kicking off a new stage in space exploration. the artemis program could see humans return to the lunar surface and set their sights on mars and beyond. the vibe around the kennedy space center is electric right now. as nasa chief bill nelson explains, that could be one of the challenges. here he is. the launch team is very confiden
her because of her husband s role in the supreme court. without opening statements to the committee she said, i can guarantee that my husband has never spoken to me about pending case of the court. it s nine cloud rule in our home. it s awful full-able for anyone who knows my husband i think i could influence his jurisprudence. the main is independent and stubborn, strong character traits of independent and integrity. is that enough lisa, to reassure those that are pulling for clarence thomas to recuse himself from january six related cases? one of his wife for someone who still believes that the january six election was stolen. let s take jenny thomas on her word, that justice thomas does not discuss pending cases with her. it is the other part of that statement, alex, the troubles me. she says she trump guarantees that the part that you didn t quote is where she said she generally doesn t discuss political activities with him. the lawyer and me says, of,
minutes of the predicted launch time. cloud rule, we don t want any cue mu lus clouds around. radar right now quiet aside from a few scattered showers just offshore. again, the official forecast going forward is improving conditions through the course of that two-hour window that we have from 2:17 to 4:17 this afternoon. temperatures in the upper 80s. and kim, i ll leave you with this, adverse weather conditions the most common reason for scrubbed launches about 16% of launches from cape canaveral get scrubbed because of the weather. kim? all right. we ll be holding thumbs. thanks so much, derek van dam. appreciate it. well, we re now learning startling new details about exactly what fbi agents took from donald trump s home in florida. the full inventory was released on friday by a federal judge who is considered trump s request for a special master. we get the latest from cnn s sara murray.