category two hurricane, quicklyin tensefying as it gets closer to florida. residents of tampa area are preparing for the worst as warnings about ian grow more dire. and nasa will deliberately slam a spacecraft into an asteroid soon in a historic test of earth s defensing. we re getting the first live image this is lauer. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off tonight, i m alex marquardt in the situation room. we begin with all of krvn exclusive new reporting on the january 6 investigation including the new revelations about mark meadow s communications. cnn political correspondent sara murray has our report. reporter: as donald trump and his allies made a final push to overturn the 2020 election. there is still plenty of time to certify the correct winner. reporter: retired army colonel phil wald ron. the core of these voefting systems are rife with vulnerables. reporter: communicated with then white house chief o
all-time record high totals for the month of september. new york city taking a direction hit from the tropical storm with subways turning into walls of water and floods pushing cars down streets. the storm once again turning deadly when basement apartments were submerged, trapping residents. while the east got too much water, the bone dry west in the second decade of extreme drought, finally hit a tipping point. lake mead dropping to the lowest level on record, triggering severe unprecedented restrictions over how much water states could use from the connecting colorado river system, hitting arizona agriculture the hardest. the pie is drinking and there is less water for everyone in the 21st century. to help address the mounting issues, the bipartisan infrastructure bill was signed into law in november. included are historically levels of funding for climate resilient and weatherization.