States following hurricane helene. Millions without power. The death toll still adding up. I m skyler henry in western north carolina, where flooded roads are slowing the recovery effort following hurricane helene. I m jason allen in cedar key, florida where people are now pushing their homes and all their belongings all to the curb. Also tonight, new fears of allout war in the middle east. I m imtiaz tyab in beirut, where nearly one million people have been displaced as israeli strikes across lebanon and here in the capital intensify. On the campaign trail, donald trump escalates his rhetoric and insults. Crooked joe biden became mentally impaired. Sad, but lying kamala harris, honestly, i believe she was born that way. Plus, why destruction looms for the supply chain. I m tim mcnicholas in elizabeth, new jersey. How a possible strike by dock workers could trickle down to your store shelves. And later, in a world overflowing with coffee choices, cbs in san francisco shows us a place g
by catering to the hard right. conduct like theirs is just asking for another january 6th to happen. that s of course chuck schumer, but it s not just democrats who are calling out fox news for trying to down play the violence of january 6th. some republican senators did not hold back their criticism either. we ll have their comments straight ahead. speaker mccarthy making no apologies for his role in all of this. we ll tell you how he is justifying handing over thousands of hours of security video. also ahead, the latest on the kidnapping in mexico that ended with two americans dead and two others in the hospital. plus, federal investigators digging deeper into norfolk southern s safety culture following two train derailments in ohio and a deadly collision yesterday morning in cleveland. good morning, welcome to morning joe, it is wednesday, march 8th. it is international women s day, and mika is getting ready for her big event in our next hour, including a conversatio
beside himself when he heard what was on those recordings. i think people are certainly waiting for him to speak out. there are quite a foov few evangelical voters who have been slow to get on the trump pain but got on primarily because they support mike pence. and the expectation is that he is not going to down play this.. he will speak out on it. but he s still going to encourage people to believe donald trump is the best candidate to beat hillary clinton. mike pence, especially in that vice presidential debate last week was a strong defender of donald trump. and we ll see if that continues now that the recording is out. eugene scott there for us. thanks so much. thank you. and, again, donald trump and hillary clinton facing off tomorrow night in the second presidential debate. this is comoderated by our own anderson cooper. begins rights here on cnn. well, the bombshell seemed to come out of nowhere. late afternoon, yesterday, during a major hurricane.
presidential debate. comoderated by our anderson cooper. it begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern, right here on cnn. the other big story we re watching, hurricane matthew. it is now sweeping the coastal carolinas as we sit and speak here. cnn s nick valencia is live in charleston. reporter: hey, there. hurricane matthew continues to batter the east coast of the united states. i m nick valencia in charleston, south carolina. an update on the worsening conditions here. you re watching cnn new day. will you be needing anything else? not a thing. beautyrest black. get your beautyrest.