segment on the infamous chinese spy balloon. gillian: well, attorney general merrick garland has made a significant decision now about the investigation into president biden s son. house republicans are pressuring garland to make multiple people involved in the investigation available for transcribed interviews. so far, garland is not giving in. david spunt joins us from the justice department tonight hi, david. hi, gillian, good evening. we are waiting to hear what that decision is from the attorney general. i m told a decision has been made. there are still some discussions going on and a response is being worked on. perhaps we are waiting for that to get over to capitol hill before we can actually see a copy of that written response to a request for the attorney general to make roughly a dozen people connected to the hunter biden probe available for transcribed interviews. house judiciary chairman jim jordan oversight chair james comer and ways and means chair jason
puerto rico are still without power. many are waiting for vital fuel in the wake of hurricane fiona. the congressman who just visited the island will tell us what he saw on the ground. also we are taking a closer look at what to expect from tomorrow s highly anticipated january 6th committee hearing when the panel is set to clip from roger stone s new documentary. the obstacles are these weak-kneed bureaucrats in the white house council s office. now they must be crushed. meanwhile in russia as more military men flee the country, the kremlin now acknowledges issues with its latest draft in yet another blow to putin s military strategy in ukraine. the former president of ukraine will join us with more on that. we begin this hour with a very latest on hurricane ian, which made land falls in western cuba at 4:30 a.m. eastern bringing heavy rain and maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. the latest tracking shows ian could reach florida s western coast as early as wed
Gillian? gillian: all right, nate foy in montpelier for us. thank you. the national weather service is surveying storm damage in the chicago area and northeast, illinois. fierce winds there ripped roofs from building and downed trees and sent residents fleeing yesterday. confirmed tornado was spotted on the ground near chicago s o hare airport. weather teams suspect there may very well have been others. and this record setting temperatures are hitting out west. las vegas is forecast to reach 118 degrees over the weekend. fox weather correspondent max gorden is there right now 107 degrees. right now as we are on our way to 109, it really feels like a furnace out here. but this is going to be nothing compared to what we are expecting later on in the weekend on 1718 degrees, if we
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Tapper. we start today with our national lead. at any moment president biden is expected to speak after touring storm damage in new york and new jersey. the remnants of hurricane ida killed at least 50 people in the northeast. you see him here earlier today in new jersey. this afternoon president biden pointing to the recent string of extreme weather as a sign that climate change is already here. and also using that opportunity to pitch his massive infrastructure plan as necessary to combat climate change. but as cnn s jeff zeleny reports, a battle is raging inside his own party on how to get it done. reporter: president biden offering hugs and compassion, surveying storm damage today. thank god you re safe. reporter: a week after hurricane ida s deadly wrath struck new jersey and new york. a first-hand look at neighborhoods devastated by floodwaters where residents are still sorting through what s left of their ravaged homes. the losses that we witnessed today are profound.