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Transcripts For MSNBC Way Too Early With Jonathan Lemire 20240707

for almost 25 years. saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. just some of the scenes from florida yesterday. we got a better look at the destruction left behind by hurricane ian. we re tracking the storl again this morning. it is set to make land fall. the united states for a second time. meanwhile, congress is up against a deadline to keep the government running. and to provide critical awed for storm victims. also on the i had, the wife of a supreme court justice makes an alarming statement to the january 6th committee. that s all ahead on way too early. good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday, september 30th. thanks for starting your day with us. will we ll begin with the latest on ian. it has intensified into a hurricane again and is heading towards south carolina. after leaving a trail of absolute destruction in florida. it s expected to make land fall in charleston around noon today as a category one storm.

Transcripts For MSNBC Morning Joe 20240707

everywhere. i ve never seen damage like this in my whole life. it s unreal. reporter: boats tossed like toys. the lone bridge connecting the island cracked and crumbled with the storm s winds putting some sections totally under water. we had about 200 households that didn t evacuate on the island that we know of. reporter: anyone still trapped on the isolated island now waiting for rescue by boat or air. we joined the lee county sheriff as he surveyed some of the hardest hit areas to see the full scope of ian s power. you know that as we are speaking right now, there are people that want us and need us and we can t get to them. reporter: people like jack and betty. an elderly couple who hasn t been heard from since the storm hit their continue dope. the worst part is the waiting and the unknown and not knowing that they re okay. reporter: their son scott says his parents were unable to evacuate in time and forced to hunker down on their ground floor. but rescuer

Transcripts For CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20240707

political. cancer doesn t care if you re republican or a democrat. everyone can come together to fight this and he compared it to the moonshot saying you have to harness the resources of u.s. scientists and doctors and technology to be able to do this. elizabeth, in general since 1991, cancer deaths are down 31% according to the american cancer society. a lot of that is because of prostate cancer deaths down 50%, breast cancer deaths down 40% but a lot of that, i have to say, is because of screening, early screening and preventive measure, not necessarily curing the cancers itself. how feasible, how realistic is it to cut cancer deaths in half in 5 years? i reached out to a variety of experts asking that question this afternoon. i thought they d say, i don t know about that. they actually were quite positive and pointed to the statistic that you just pointed to, in 28 years they went down 32%. whatever reasons there were, we can do more of the same and they pointed to sev

Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Happening Now 20170920 15:00:00

coverage. adam is then fox extreme weather center. we begin with steve harrigan who is in san juan, puerto rico, right now. we speak of the rain is heavier than it has been all morning and that s creating flash flooding with some river gates being opened up. the winds have gusted here on the back end of this storm to over 100 miles per hour. the worst of the wins came at about 9:00 in the morning with sustained gusts of more than 104 to 5 miles per hour. those were winds enough to tear the sides of some buildings. we just saw bits and pieces of buildings fly through the air and tops of trees have also snapped off. this island now according to the governor is almost 90% without electric power. it may be 100% soon, that means people in this storm for writing it out around their own. no electric power, no emergency rescue services, if they have a portable radio, that s what they re hearing. otherwise they re hearing the balconies torn off. it s still too hard for the first responders t

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