women s rights are should down by the taliban firing weapons in the air shortly after this video was taken. we have fox team coverage with ryan in london and david, let s start with you. hi, anita, hi, griff. president biden is telling americans over in afghanistan, do not worry the united states is with you. if you eventually want to leave that country, we will be here to help you get out of that country. the president, as you just mentioned, is in wilmington, delaware at his home for the weekend spending a long weekend. he landed in philadelphia last night after touring hurricane damage on the louisiana coast for most of the day, then choppered down here to wilmington, delaware where he ll spend time with family. he managed to escape the white house and washington d.c. but the criticism of his decision not to bring home all americans continues to follow this president. he broke his promise to americans and he s continuing to break it because there are american citizens
that just get disregarded, but then they tried to weaponize text message, leaked them to put out a narrative that quite frankly that the president didn t act. and i can tell you, this is the the president did act, this is all about, you know, it is not about holding me in contempt, it is about coming after president donald trump and sadly that s what tonight s vote was all about. the panel voted unanimously to advance the contempt of congress charges against mark meadows, and today the body he used to serve in will vote on pursuing those contempt charges against him. joining us now, democratic congresswoman elaine lori of virginia, a member of the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack. the committee voted to recommend mark meadows for contempt. those text messages that were read out loud during that hearing last night, what did they reveal to you? why are they important? well, thanks for having me this morning. you know, i think it reveals to me as we
saying this is politically motivated. mr. trump says this politically inspired indictment could have been brought close to three years ago was tailored for placement in the middle of my political campaign, where i am leading all republicans. the former president and various others face charges, including violation of oath and filing false documents, all have been charged with violating georgia s racketeering law, which carries 20 years. defendants include handwriting former white house chief of staff, mark meadows and former attorneys, including rudy giuliani and sydney powell, lists scott mccaffey to preside over the case and join the fulton county superior court earlier this year. hours before the indictment, incomplete document listing the same charges briefly appear said on the fulton county court website before being taken down. my colleague bryan llenas pressed on what happened? i don t work that system, i will not speculate. next question. moved on to the next ques
because they have to go through that debris to make sure that they re looking for people that could hopefully still be alive, we can rescue. the coast guard is still on the job, carrying out much of that critical search and rescue work as hundreds of thousands struggle with lack of basic necessities, like power, water, and cell phone service. there s no water, there s no electric, there is little food. the problem, is you can t get in your car because those are all wrapped. there s no place to buy gas. you can t go to the grocery store because you can t walk there. cleanup certainly underway in south carolina. up and down the east coast as residents from the hardest hit areas in florida get a first look at what is left of their homes in the most vulnerable coastal areas. president biden announced yesterday that he hopes to visit florida tomorrow, and puerto rico on wednesday. puerto rico is still really from hurricane fiona. 75 people were killed, there more than 148,00
hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with a new update on the devastating toll hurricane ian has taken on florida. at least 64 people were killed across the state. as recovery efforts continue, the number is expected to rise. governor ron desantis at this hour giving a briefing on the storm response and recovery. hurricane ian slamming into florida as a category 4 storm, leveling entire communities. and today severe flooding is complicating rescue and recovery efforts. let s go back to boris sanchez anchoring from ft. myers, florida, for us. reporter: hey, fred. as you reported just a moment ago, the tragic news that the death toll has again climbed earlier today. it was sitting at 45 fatalities. now cnn has confirmed from state officials that it has reached 64 people killed as a result of hurricane ian. and those devastating, nearly category 5, storm force winds. obviously, this is a difficult time for so many across the stat