one of the big questions that will surround the ukraine defense contact group in germany on friday where 50 nations or so will come together to find and ship and organize weapons to ukraine revolves around the issue of tanks. congress and the white house engaged in a risky standoff as the u.s. reaches a 31.4 trillion borrowing limit. down by the river singer, songwriter, guitarist david crosby was an american music icon. david crosby was 81 years old. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, january 20th. 9 a.m. here in london. 10 a.m. in ramstein, the airbase in germany where western allies are gathering at this hour to talk about ukraine s military needs and how they can help. lloyd austin is hosting the conference of more than 50 countries. the u.s. has already announced another $2.5 billion in aid including striker combat vehicles, more bradley fighting vehicles and avenger air defense systems but ukraine s pres
this election comes down to really two positions. do you love america or do you hate america. the democrat party made it clear, not being provocative, i just listen, they hate america. tell me how they support it. i m not special leader for republican party but that is the nature of the beast. you vote for one or the other. if you vote for a third party, you are voting for a democrat. in my view, vote for all the republicans. we will deal with them later. we have got to stop what is going on in can this country, you either love america or hate america. you have to vote against the democrats. and for the republicans. again, i m not special pleader. ladies and gentlemen we re in a recession. i don t care how they try to spin it. two quarters of negative growth. that is what they call it. we re in a recession. we also have inflation teetering on double digits, we had massive deficit spending, borrowing, the printing of money, and even with inflation through the roof, democrats d
declaration in north carolina. this is as the state is bracing for up to six inches of rainfall. we are going to talk about it with the democratic candidate for senate in north carolina, jerry beasley. and we are talking about the state of the race, less than 40 days until midterm elections. i am simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. unprecedented, biblical, just a few words to describe the impact of hurricane ian. now taking its place as one of the worst natural disasters in our country s history. in just a few minutes, we are expecting an update from florida governor ron desantis, which we will bring you live. this week, hurricane ian slammed into florida s west coast, just shy of a category four hurricane. with winds of 155 miles per hour. ripping through south florida. then, coming back to slim south carolina and now, north carolina. we are hearing from residents who survived. we shouldn t be alive right now. we shouldn t be alive right now with that sto
hurricane ian regained strength, now once again a hurricane barreling towards south carolina as a category 1 storm with 85 mile an hour winds expected to make its third landfall just a few hours from now. the governor of south carolina after seeing the catastrophic damage in florida imploring residents in his state not to underestimate this storm. warning, we know what is coming. officials in florida say ian is likely the largest natural disaster in the history of that state, prompting the largest emergency response ever in florida. and the toll is coming in. at least 19 people killed so far, that number sadly likely to rise. more than 2 million people in the state it s a huge number remain without power. in fort myers beach the damage described by officials there is total devastation. look at those pictures, it s like a tornado just swept through there. 90% of that island destroyed, most of the homes there completely flattened. it just is destroyed and it s ruined an
into sharper focus. this picture shows fort meyers beach one of the hardest-hit areas before the hurricane and here it is after. homes wiped out. sea of debris and rubble stretching to the horizon. there is this marina during normal times in fort myers. and then after. a scene of utter destruction. the damage throughout florida. 2 million still without power. it will continue for some time. ten people are confirmed dead thus far. the number may change as search and rescue teams work their way through the flooded neighborhoods. we re moments away as dana mentioned and get an update from the florida governor ron desantis back in tallahassee. team fox coverage. city manager marty lawing is standing by. robert ray is back with us today. we begin with track of ian. adam klotz is in our studio watching that. we still have a hurricane as we remember this storm left the coast of florida as a tropical storm but we ve spent a good chunk of time over the atlantic ocean. winds curren