bermuda before moving out to sea. let s get right to puerto rico. you just got back from touring some of the serious damage with the national guard. what all did you see? reporter: we actually got our first chance to get into the interior part of the island. we went where we could see mud slides were blocking the road and keeping some communities out there isolated so we went in with the national guard as they tried to clean that up. where i am right now, ana, we are in the southern part of the island and the cleanup here continues. take a look at the mud on the van as the cars go by what folks in an area that was completely inundated just a few days ago are dealing with now and that is because of the water. let s talk about the power because that s something that the governor just addressed minutes ago in a press conference. he says that he feels pretty confident that a good chunk of the island will have power by the end of tomorrow. one exception the south where we are ri
governors flying asylum seekers to the northeast. a migrants advocacy group just filed a federal lawsuit against florida governor ron desantis. and in ukraine right now cnn is on the ground with rare access to the front lines of a heated battle between ukrainian defenders and russian mercenaries. stay tuned for our report from the war zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the trump legal team already at odds with the special master it requested, refusing to provide evidence the former president declassified documents seized from his florida home. cnn s justice correspondent jessica schneider has the latest on the mar-a-lago investigation. reporter: tonight the special master bringing together trump s lawyers and attorneys for the juls s department to hammer out how to proceed with the review of the 1 # 1,000 documents taken from mar-a-lago including 100 docum
elect a speaker since the 1850s continues to play out. he has not yet reached a deal with the senate, mccarthy remains optimistic. lawmaker reportedly even making more concessions to hard line conservatives, some say they still will not support him. sandra: we will likely know a whole lot more as the minutes go on here. we are watching it with you. some mccarthy allies are acknowledge never enough compromise for some hold-outs. warren davidson is backing mccarthy s bid but more than four never kevin lawmakers who will never vote for him. we will have more with the congressman-elect, davidson. he is in front of the camera right now, we ll get to him in just a moment. john: fox news live team coverage, martha will join us with more perspective on the speakership fight, and chad pergram kicking things off this afternoon, live from capitol hill and here we go for a 12th time. here we go again but also some changes. we indicated earlier this morning kevin mccarthy was going
the wuhan lab in china for gain of function research. but yet dr. fauci hasn t come before congress in the house of representatives. the american people deserve answers on covid-19 and speaker kevin mccarthy has given the republican majority the tools necessary to make that possible. [applause] the democrats have spent the past six years investigating a president for potential wrongdoing in ukraine and russia. now let me say this loud and clear. the republicans will also investigate a president for potential wrongdoing in ukraine and russia as well as china. the american people have a lot of questions for dr. fauci. christopher ray, merrick garland, secretary mayorkas. we cannot ask those questions until we elect our speaker. under speaker pelosi was a full-time committee to harass the previous president, to advocate for wage, social issues which the oversight committee had absolutely no jurisdiction and committee totally uninterested in the american taxpayer. in a republican
racing to protect their majorities at the ballot box. and just 23 days left before midterm elections, the prevailing wisdom at this point is that a republican takeover of the house of representatives is certainly possible. among the likely consequences of the takeover, a congressional hearing is to punish democrats. and if some members get their way, and impeachment of joe biden. it caused a prediction for democrats in the senate. they re only slightly less dire. the loss of even a single senate seat or dash any hopes of holding or expanding their majority in that. leaving them with a another contentious evenly split senate like the one that they ve been doing these past two years. it doesn t help that key senate races in georgia wisconsin pennsylvania and in nevada have tightened up. leaving democrats to question how the contest got and remains so close. it s looking like a complicated picture for the party no matter what happens. we are giving you a clear view of it tonight