e. jean carroll takes the stand in her sexual battery case against the former president. the new warning that the judge issued just moments ago. and a race to get four mississippi jail escapees back in custody. one of the men is now accused of killing someone after he broke out of jail. we are following these major developing stories and all coming in to cnn news let s begin on capitol hill where there has been a shift this morning, it seems. house republican leaders are now confident that they have the votes to pass speaker mccarthy s $1.5 trillion debt ceiling bill and while there were big questions and probably still are, they could still vote today. do you hear all of the caveats i m throwing into this? what did kevin mccarthy have to throw in on to get all of this? manu what is the very latest you re hearing about this? there have been months after negotiations will pass the house as soon as today. it will require 218 votes in the republican-controlled votes
rachel: good morning, everybody. we go straight to a fox weather alert. florida is still reeling from the devastation caused by hurricane ian. we watched everything just go flying by. we lost so much at this point so we appreciate everybody. we are very much concerned about the storm. i should have left. i shouldn t have stayed. most of the time, we are all kind of doing our own thing just listening to the winds, which were horrible for hours. reporter: the storm soaking the mid atlantic making way up north and the death toll in florida and the carolinas unfortunately continues to climb. alexandria hoff is live in fort meyers beach this morning with more. good morning, alex. reporter: good morning. we re on san carlos island part of fort meyers beach and this is a challenging rescue and sadly a recovery operation has had to become and look at mangled pieces of metal and boats on top of hopes and look at residences and think, my goodness, i hope they were among
we have florida still reeling from the devastation from hurricane ian. we re concerned about the storm. i should have left and shouldn t have stayed. listening to the winds, which were horrible for hours. the storm now soaking the mid atlantic making its way up north and death toll in florida continues to climb. pete: alexandria hoff is live in fort meyers beach. alexandria. well, good morning. we re here on san carlos island, part of fort meyers beach and aside from the utility crews working up the street and the occasional police siren, the scene is quiet, it s still and sad. it s really easy to understand when you look at the wreckage behind me why this rescue and recovery and these operation haves been so challenging, but they ve been productive. according to the lee county sheriff s office, 6 to 700 rescues were made and the sheriff is reporting 35 deaths in the county as well and the numbers may rise as individual counties are reporting. about 30 minutes north o
deal, and i want you both to know that don t count on me in the back half of the fourth hour of this show, because the vikings game starts at 9:30. rachel: that s so early. pete: they re playing in london. so i ll have the game on my phone, you guys carry the show. will: i m glad you clarified, there are people asking why i m wearing tennis shoes with my suit, if i m going to copy pete. all the way. [laughter] i lost a bet. i lost a bet to pete. he beat me at fantasy football, so i am sporting minnesota vikings gear with, and you ve got a london a.m. kickoff. you ll be watching football while we do the muse. rachel: and, boys, explain what the bet and if you lose fantasy football team. pete: well, the bet is, i don t know that a will s committed ye- [laughter] rachel: come on, will. let s be daring, join the bet. pete: neither of those are true. will: that i m going to wear a dress? pete: if rachel is number one in the fox & friends fantasy league, and right now are you 2
least eight and wounding dozens more. a new week, a monday. good morning, everybody. i m bill hemmer live in new york city. hello. dana: i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. this escalation is striking at a time when people overnight the destruction of the lone bridge connecting russia to crimea happened over the weekend. a key supply line for russia. vladimir putin targeted civilians. zelensky said russia is trying to wipe us off the face of the earth. they want to destroy our energy system and they are hopeless. the second target is people. they chose such a time, such goals in order to cause as much harm as possible. bill: check out the video here. one missile left a massive crater feet away from a children s playground. dana: the first major attack on kiev since june. 1 of 10 major cities targeted in the assault. bill: the white house trying to clean up president biden s remarks from last week on the russia nuclear threat. he said the u.s. was facing