alliance among them. at one point, a fight almost broke out on the house floor, but perhaps the most telling moment came at the very end. on his way out of the capital, at around two a.m. after finally taking his oath of office as speaker, mccarthy stopped to talk to reporters to give special thanks to a special someone. i do especially think president trump. i don t think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning, somebody wrote that out of what he was there, and he was all in. he was all in. kevin mccarthy maybe the speaker, but this is donald trump s house. built on the backs of trump s republican acolytes whose jobs depend on the support of donald trump s own base. but dynamics that were on display during a four-day speakership battle have continued to play out in the six months since. the chaos caucus republicans, many of whom are trump loyalists and some of whom participated in the attempt to deny mccarthy the speakership, brought the cou
And in ukraine, ukraine racking up more battlefield devastation. That is what were watching at this hour. The search for survivors in florida, rescuers going doortodoor in neighborhoods decimated by Hurricane Ian still nearly 2,000 have been rescued so far an the death toll from this Monster Storm Jumping to more than 100 people now. More than half of the deaths are in one county alone, lee county. The sheriff there is about to hold a Press Conference. Were going to bring you that live when it begins, when it happens. There is so much tragedy from this storm. Weve seen this for days now. But were also hearing incredible stories of survival. A fort myers man who clung to a palm tree for hours as the storm surge flooded everything in site. His daughter fearing the worst after their last desperate phone call. Theyre now reunited and they will join us this hour. Lets get started with the very latest on the recovery. Boris sanchez is live in fort myers. In this Press Conference about to beg
people who are rescuing animals from dangerously high waters. and eons disastrous aftermath. plus the supreme court s new term begins tomorrow with the new justice on the bench. some say that one of the cases on the docket could be the biggest threat to democracy since the january 6th insurrection. i ll go in-depth with the journalist who s been sounding the alarm about this case for months. later, we ve heard so many stories about election workers facing violent threats and false claims, would you believe, that actually inspired people to sign up to work holds? i ll speak live to someone who made that exact choice. good sunday morning to all of you. i m katie fang. we begin this hour right here in florida, where rescuers continue to search for survivors in the wake of hurricane ian. the death toll is tragically growing to 73 s search teams reach more areas of the community initially cut off, including in pine islands where our amazon news team got a closer look at the devast
with only around one in ten services running, as 50,000 workers stage a walk out in the biggest rail strike so far over pay and conditions. the action is getting stronger and the public is behind us so we are committed to it, we want a resolution and if the government can change their attitude, we can get a resolution very quickly. making landfall in the us for a second time hurricane ian strikes south carolina with heavy rain and powerful winds after leaving a trail of devastation in florida and cuba. and, demand for world cup stickers reaches fever pitch in argentina as a shortage of cards kicks off massive queues while others come up with some inventive alternative ways of filling their album. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president volodymyr zelensky has said that ukraine remains determined to liberate all of its territory, despite vladimir putin s declaration that four occupied regions are now part of russia. in his nightly address
the action is getting stronger and the public are behind us, so we are really committed to it. we want a resolution, and if the government can change their attitude, we can get a resolution very quickly. making landfall in the us for a second time hurricane ian strikes south carolina with heavy rain and powerful winds after leaving a trail of devastation in florida and cuba. and demand for world cup stickers reaches fever pitch in argentina as a shortage of cards prompts fans to come up with some inventive alternative ways of filling their album. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president volodymyr zelensky has said that ukraine remains determined to liberate all of its territory, despite vladimir putin s declaration that four occupied regions are now part of russia. in his nightly address, mr zelensky said the path for his nation was difficult but clear, and he was confident of victory. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin on friday, mr p