category 4 storm leaving a huge path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. we ll have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile, rescue crews have been busy trying to get people who decided to ride out the storm to try and save them. they re stranded now by rising flood waters and we re still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida. at this hour, it still has more to go. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it s thursday, september 29th. joe is off this morning. along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. without power this morning, first light this morning will begin to show the damage in florida. that s right. that s when we re going to start to see the story of what happened last night, what happened overnight. tropical storm now ian downgraded from a category 1 hurricane. in just the last hour, but still wreaking havoc across florida as it made landfall as a
expected tomorrow. governor ron desantis is going to be put to the test, forced to actually do his job. when he s used to spending most of his time hanging out on fox news and owning the libs. the approaching hurricane is also changed the january 6th committee s plans. we have our hands on some documentary footage of roger stone laying out trump s plot to steal the election. which the committee is expected to show when the hearing is rescheduled. also tonight, the senate takes up the electoral count act to protect democracy. and we re going to try to answer this question of why republican lawmakers still genuflect to trump and promote his lies. we begin with florida, bracing for ian, a major hurricane that could submerge large portions of the gulf coast. and it will be a test of leadership. governing, you see, is hard. it s unsexy, and not always television friendly. and governing through a crisis, well, that is where the proverbial rubber meets the road. president bide
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This is bbc news, i m lewis vaughanjones. our top stories: england are through to the semi finals of euro 2020 after a 4 0 victory over ukraine. they ll now play denmark while italy will take on spain in the other semi final. in miami, an approaching storm accelerates plans to demolish the rest of the apartment block where 2a people died and more than a 120 are missing. tens of thousands of brazilian protesters call for president bolsonaro to resign over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. hundreds of supermarkets in sweden are forced to close after a cyber attack that s hit companies around the world.
And tonight is another enjoyable night for everybody, and i ve got to say, even before the end of the game, i was thinking about the next challenge and that is the one for us. we have never been to a european championship final and it s another opportunity to make history. gareth southgate there. officials in the us state of florida say they are bringing forward plans to demolish the remains of an apartment building that collapsed just over a week ago, amid fears an approaching storm could destabilise what remains of the block. they are worried approaching storms could destabilise what remains. 2a people are known to have died in the collapse, with more than 120 still unaccounted for. david willis reports. for those leading the painstaking recovery effort, it s now a race against time. a tropical storm is bearing down on miami, packing winds of up to 70 mph. officials fear tropical storm elsa could send what remains of the apartment complex toppling on to those on the ground. so they r