taking trump down. today, he gets it. so will his campaign be more focused on the presidency or the former president. and the destruction of a major dam in southern ukraine floods the front lines. releasing millions of gallons of water and turning entire towns into lakes. as bad as it is, the worst may be yet to come. we ll have a live report from ukraine in just a minute. but we start with an intriging mystery surrounding the investigation into donald trump and his handling of classified documents. we re now learning that a second grand jury has been hard at work down in florida in addition to the one in d.c. according to the new york times, they already heard from one witness, with at least one more slated for later this week. but we don t know who the witnesses are, who the target might be or why that second grand jury was empanelled. and we ll still learning new details about the high stakes, highly unusual meeting between special counsel jack smith and trump s three
new york. we have a lot of news to get to on this busy friday morning including a seismic development in the special counsel investigation into former president donald trump. his vice president, mike pence, appearing before the grand jury probing his former boss s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a source familiar with the matter. this morning, new reaction including this from a member of congress who investigated the capitol attack. i think that the vice president has a lot of information. i have no doubt really that he answered the questions openly, honestly, and fully. plus, russia unleashing on ukraine overnight with the worst strikes in weeks. the death toll still climbing at this hour. we re on the ground in that war-torn country with a live report. and later, extreme weather, the iconic yosemite national park closing over fears a massive snow melt could lead to unprecedented floods. intense flooding also suspected to have caused this train dera
that number could rise even higher as search and rescue crews work to reach cutoff areas, removing debris from destroyed homes and businesses along florida s southwest coastline and we re learning that miami-dade fire rescue crews are conducting helicopter evacuations on sanibel island. boris sanchez is there in fort myers, florida. boris, you just spoke with the lee county sheriff a few moments ago. what was said? reporter: fred, there have been a lot of questions today about the timing of when lee county ordered evacuations. we re in lee county right now in fort myers. what we ve learned is lee county ordered its first evacuations more than a day after forecasts met the county s criteria despite the fact the county has an emergency plan that suggests evacuations should have happened earlier. the county s comprehensive emergency ma or more of water would indicate the need for hurricane evacuations in the most vulnerable areas. a lot of lee county is a vulnerable area. one
hurricane ian regained strength, now once again a hurricane barreling towards south carolina as a category 1 storm with 85 mile an hour winds expected to make its third landfall just a few hours from now. the governor of south carolina after seeing the catastrophic damage in florida imploring residents in his state not to underestimate this storm. warning, we know what is coming. officials in florida say ian is likely the largest natural disaster in the history of that state, prompting the largest emergency response ever in florida. and the toll is coming in. at least 19 people killed so far, that number sadly likely to rise. more than 2 million people in the state it s a huge number remain without power. in fort myers beach the damage described by officials there is total devastation. look at those pictures, it s like a tornado just swept through there. 90% of that island destroyed, most of the homes there completely flattened. it just is destroyed and it s ruined an
at his disposal to defend the now annexed territories. president biden responding with a stern warning of his own. mr. putin, don t misunderstand what i m saying. ukraine s president zelenskyy is now pushing for accelerated admission into nato in the wake of putin s move today. rhetorical back and forth has ratcheted the threat of expansion of the war in ukraine to a new level. retired general jack keane with analysis of the situation. jacqui heinrich with the biden administration s response but we begin tonight with correspondent trey yingst from kyiv with vladimir putin s threats and allegations. good evening, trey. bret, good evening. the war entered a new dangerous chapter today as russian president putin annexed occupied ukrainian territory. under the guise of legitimacy and the kind of pageantry needed to convince people he is winning the war. vladimir putin signs decrees making four ukrainian regions part of russia. putin was joined by the four appointed leader