crowd rushed the stage and caused panic and chaos. earlier in the afternoon, hundreds of people stampeded through a vip entrance. they knocked over metal detectors and ignored security staff there, as you can see for yourself. this is the third year for the festival, which is organized by rapper and producer travis scott. officials say that today s lineup is canceled and there is an investigation going on right now. they re working to identify all the victims, but what has been made clear, the folks that were transported, some as young as 10, and so really tonight is about that, is about connecting families with the information that they need. 10 years old. cnn s evan mcmorris is following the story. he joins us live. evan, it s good to see you this morning. help us understand what s going on. this is an ongoing story, so i m going to refer to my notes as i talk to you about it. we have a lot to learn about what happened, but we do know this is a tragedy that appears
wall street journal editorial page talking about how even by donald trump standards this was dangerous, violent rhetoric. we ll have the latest on that in light of everything that s going on. cpac tweets out russian propaganda, and then backtracks claiming the post was not authorized. we ll tell you what the conservative group is saying now and a lot of news in the sports world but we re going to begin this morning in florida where historic rescue and relief efforts are underway, five days after hurricane ian battered the state and left massive devastation in its wake. the u.s. death toll is now at 87 people according to an nbc news tally. first responders are searching the hardest hit areas for survivors. florida governor ron desantis says more than 1,000 rescues have been made across the state since the storm hit. fema officials say this is the largest search and rescue effort they have ever launched in florida and that u.s. federal response is likely to be unprecedente
oh. oh. don t goes goodman. bret. jesse: in politics it can be the kiss of death. remember thomas dewey holding up the dewey defeats truman newspaper? remember that? if you were born later you probably don t. i have seen it. it looks like they had fake news back then, too, didn t they? it looks like joe biden had his dewey moment this summer. remember when he declared victory over inflation? actually, i just want to say a number zero: today we received news that our economy had zero percent inflation in the month of july. zero percent. zero inflation last month. jesse: just like he declared victory too early over covid, same thing happened with inflation because, today, just like the rent is too damn high, so are prices. this just in, the august inflation report chief business correspondent christie romans has the numbers what are you seeing? forward cooling but too high. you have the overall inflation number 8.3%. you get inside these numbers, some of the year over
hearings. and there are big developments tonight on that front. you ll also hear from former trump white house press secretary stephanie grisham. she, like mulvaney, resigned from her administration post on the day our capitol came under attacked. stay tuned for both of them. the select committee, meanwhile, apparently just finalized plans for what could be its most critical testimony yet. our sources say the committee struck a deal for a closed door, recorded interview with former white house counsel pat cipollone set to happen on friday. he met with members in april for an informal interview. but since his name came up numerous times during last week s explosive testimony from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson, the committee subpoenaed him for formal testimony under oath. white house counsel pat cipollone mr. cipollone. pat cipollone. white house counsel pat cipollone. mr. trump s former white house counsel pat cipollone. there you go. there will, o