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the former president keeping election lie alive at his rally in michigan. it took a month, for one thing, to let biden in their. they had a whole month to cheat or whatever they did and it was supposed to be a one day election. next hour, our friends at the good buyers are going to join us with the up close trump faithful that rally as well. and miss nbc has confirmed the 78 people have died after the path of destruction, including excuse me. for people in north carolina, somebody for in florida, more than hundred thousand customers without power and that s improvement for more than 2 million, in the dark over the weekend began. and to bring liz maclachlan who standing by for us there. liz, give us a sense as we spoke yesterday of the absolute destruction there. we know now that the rescue efforts are ongoing on? that s right, yasmin. crews are working day and night here in fort myers right now. you can see some of the demolition crew behind me, residents ....
that destruction left behind in just three cities in florida. and clued in fort myers. we will go there in just a moment and now coming to be known as ground zero. satellite images showing areas there before and after the storm. survivors continuing to speak out about what they have endured. i sheltered in a closet until part of the roof came off. and then the wind came in there so that i just went behind the bed. and stay there. nothing about gratitude that we are here and for all that the people out there do. i will never ever not evacuate again. the power of that storm i mean if that would ve crashed into the side of the house. we would have been swept away. all right happening now in sarasota county in west central florida. possible levee break, that is threatening flooding about to 15 feet in the hayden river community. the sarasota county sheriff s office tweeting a warning saturday morning. and then urging residents to shelter in place if it is safe to ....
those who cause chaos that day. but i will tell you, they were angry from the standpoint of what happened in the election, because they re smart and they see, and they saw what happened. i believe that was a big part of what happened. so, also this hour backlash today to a comment from a white house spokesperson aimed at abortion activists, that come even as the president himself urges those on the front lines, to keep fighting. keep protesting. keep making your point. it s critically important, we can do a lot of things to accommodate the rights of women, in the meantime, fundamentally the only is if we have a national law against roe v. wade. that s the bottom line. and as one community in illinois continues to bury those lost to a july 4th student, is counting its blessings july for shooting there stopped at the last moment by attempt from a citizen. i m gonna talk to richmond mayor, lavar stony, about how it all went now also talk to a teenager, who said say ....
and over again. why is it always a young and angry man? what can be done to stop this american carnage? oh put that question to the national security. later, wealthy evangelical conservative couples were able to wine and dine supreme court justices while making comments about the issues facing the court. i have some thoughts about desperately needed reforms for the highest court in the land. all of that and more is coming up. there s, the latest news you might have missed. this morning, the body of shinzo abe was return to tokyo. he was shot while giving a campaign speech from one of his parties candidates yesterday. the investigation into the assassination continues today. police are saying that the detained suspect used a homemade gun. the violence shock japan. the national police agency reported only ten shootings in all of 2021. janice is reporting. reporter: katie, japan is in mourning forge st. joe abby. he was assassinated in a brazen attack. this is a place ....
testimony of other witnesses. i think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in the hearings to come. have a january 6th hearing is another mounting investigations of his actions. clearly getting s to trump s head as he lashed out in las vegas. biden has established committees to go after republicans. it seems as if the justice department and local and state prosecutors have become weaponized. thereafter politicians, not the people who are murdering people on the streets. trump reportedly even considered releasing steve bannon from his nonexistent executive privilege claim to unleash him on the committee. in a moment i will speak to senator ben cardin about the january six committee after the july 4th mass shooting in highland park, illinois. that community is engaged in what has become a sad american ritual, laying the dead to rest, after one of the senseless attacks yet again. this hour also, the shocking assassination of former japanese prime ....