state of emergency tonight, it comes as florida is dealing with catastrophic damage from in, at least 17 people dead tonight. there are fears that that number will go up. cnn s chief climate correspondent is bill weir, and he joins me now. bill, hello once again to you. you say this is some of the worst damage you ve ever seen in your career. covering these disasters. tell us what you saw? well, by that i mean, don, there are certain sort of moments and scenes in storms that are just burned into your brain, katrina for a lot of the reasons that we all know. that was such a man made disaster in so many ways, same with maria in puerto rico. you think about those comedians. michael which took apart the panhandle. but i will always remember, i will equate even with what i saw today in st. james city. that s on pine island. and this is a tight little community, a lot of manufactured homes, mobile homes, people whose vote might be worth more than their home, and all of it complet
united kingdom tomorrow. prince william, who is now the heir apparent to the throne of the uk. queen elizabeth s death was met with an outpouring of grief from world leaders, from people around the globe. president biden, in fact, just moments ago paying a visit to the british embassy to pay his respects. on the streets of london where it is late tonight, this is the scene. people still gathered outside the gates of london s buckingham palace. keep in mind they are mourning and honoring a woman who has been a constant for almost everyone there. 80% of people who are living in the united kingdom were born during her rule. throughout the day we have seen the memorial outside the gates of windsor castle grow. now a literal sea of flowers. shortly after they announced queen elizabeth s death, this incredible image, a rainbow breaking through the clouds over buckingham palace. the announcement of her death setting into motion a meticulous plan of action that could go on for well o
how far will u.s. and allies go to try to calm rising tensions in the region? plus, a heartbreaking find. the california family that was kidnapped, found dead. the youngest victim, only 8 months old. what detectives are saying about the person they believe is responsible. welcome to the lead. president biden taking his first steps possibly towards the decriminalization of marijuana on the federal level. he is pardoning all prior federal offenses of quote simple marijuana possession. this will clear convictions for several thousand americans. president biden is now also encouraging governors to follow his lead and pardon those convicted on similar state charges. the biden administration also says it will continue to review the federal classification of marijuana. right now, it is still a class 1 drug alongside heroin and lsd which means according to the government, cannabis has no accepted medical use at the federal level despite study after study. it is legal in 37 states
fabulous sit-down interview. so those are super compelling. and, thank you for giving us a lot of material for tonight. but with president biden, what was your biggest take away from that? i thought it was interesting how he would not call putin irrational, but said his goals in his speech were irrational. and you saw there, i guess i misheard or misunderstood, or assume he was calling putin irrational after he said putin s speech was not. and he jumped in and cracked him eat. no, i did not say. that i said his speech was. and i thought that was interesting. i was trying to parse it a little bit. and i m not sure what the significance is. and he also said there s gonna be consequences for the saudis, i want to what they will be. i thought we d parse it out. it is a point was essentially look, don t mistake him for a fool. he s doing this intentionally, and the sanctions that happened will have to come from somebody who believes are acting rationally, even though it s a lo
you will remember for the defiant stance made by the ukrainian forces at the start of the invasion, there s new video of a russian helicopter being destroyed by a ukrainian missile strike. ukraine says its forces have destroyed multiple russian assets on the island in recent weeks and that a russian support ship that is named for a famous soviet athlete is on fire, being towed away from the island. a claim that we should note cnn has not been able to verify. cnn does have new reporting that the intelligence community has now launched an internal review of how it assesses the fighting power of foreign militaries. this comes amid criticism that officials failed to make an accurate assessment in afghanistan and in ukraine. joining us now this morning is cnn s katie bow little lis one of the reporters who broke this story as well as david sanger who is a white house and national security correspondent at the new york times. thank you both for being here this morning. katie, i w