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
underground and israel believes hostages could be there as well. i ll speak to the republican and democratic leaders of the house foreign affairs committee, chairman mccall and ranking member back from israel. all as president biden prepares for a critical summit with china s president xi jinping today. can they reset relations after a year of escalating tensions? and republican presidential candidate chris christie joins me, the first of the candidates to go to israel and learn more about the challenges, as well as the challenges we discussed. i will be on the debate stage in alabama, i will be on the debate stage. you and i know why donald trump is not on the debate stage. it s because i am. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. doctors say that israeli tanks are now at the er doors of gaza s largest hospital complex, as troops move room to room, building to building, in what israel is calling an ongoing targeted operation against hamas. inside the
On October 7, the Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise large-scale rocket attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip and breached the border, killing and capturing over 200 people in neighboring Israeli communities. In response, Israel launched retaliatory strikes and ordered a complete blockade of Gaza.
Emily anita, she s on james island in south carolina. liz is in florida. liz, i want to start with you. you are standing in the middle of just stunning destruction. i have been watching you for the last couple of hours. can you tell us what you are seeing? yeah, absolutely. this road just crumbles of concrete now. the only way to get to and from pine island from me. you might see rescue cues walking around, they are starting to survey the damage. starting to restore communications, still spotty self-service here. just cars floating in the water, boats washed up on land. some homes only a stairway to where a doorway used to be. you can see some remnants of what was once a peloton still sits upstairs, a fridge with the cover just torn off. food still neatly tucked inside. some of these restaurants were here for a century, now gone. some homes are completely gone.
Boots and trudging into the plant operating room. the problem, however, during the russian occupation of chernobyl and potentially other plants, the communications and the monotorting capability was basically shut off. so i don t think we really know very well right now what the levels are, what the concerns are, what the clean up is, but this is where the international i atomic energy agency is doing a terrific thing by going himself with a team to chernobyl and among the things they will do is restore radiation monitors, restore communications. by the way, thank the operators for their heroic work in the face of the russian occupation. so i think we ll know more as