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gio benitez reporting. here in new york city tonight, the mysterious fire breaking out in a luxury building, just hours after the fbi arrest of an exiled chinese billionaire. and a one-time close ally of steve bannon. and what authorities have just revealed tonight. aaron katersky in new york. this new cross-country storm moving east tonight. 18 states now on alert from california all the way to michigan. the midwest and south bracing for this. and then the northeast. rob marciano timing it out. your money. and the growing concern tonight beyond u.s. banks. one of europe s largest banks and the stock price plunging to an all-time low. authorities here with the reality check tonight on the safety of your money. and erielle reshef on wall street. the disturbing scene. seven sheriff s deputies arrested and charged with murder following an inmate s death in virginia. some punching him and using pepper spray. the deputies then allegedly holding him down for 12 minutes whi ....
we come on the air with new demands for answers from the head of intel, airlines scrambling to get planes back in the air and the congressman being put on the back burner, let s start with what is going down in the senate where key leaders are asking the director of national intelligence for more information on the classified documents found at president biden s former office, with the white house press secretary, and what she is saying now in the first comments from the podium, just in the last couple of minutes as we re learning more this afternoon on the republicans in the house who could be involved in any investigation into this. also this hour, the afternoon after the morning meltdown. new reporting on what is going down at the faa and with what is being done to prevent a runway repeat. the top democrat on house transportation live. congressman george santos promising to stay in congress but he may not have much to do, what republican leaders are saying about ....
category 4 storm this week, and we continue to follow ian as it moves into north carolina after making landfall as a hurricane there. it is now moving inland as a post-tropical cyclone, posing all sorts of problems for that part of the country. even though it s been downgraded, officials warn it still threatens the area with herb rain and flooding. in south carolina the storm flooded homes and vehicles along the shoreline, and as high winds pushed the storm surge even higher, two piers, one in pawleys island and another in north myrtle beach you see here partially collapsing. officials are now warning residents to avoid leaving their homes and to steer clear of floodwaters that could pose hidden dangers. the obvious one of the water itself, can isolate people, drown people, but it can also hide downed power lines, obstacles in the water, even contaminants in the water. the waters themselves are the most dangerous. ian slam med into southwest florida as a sever ....
in fort myers beach, it is even hard to bike through the destruction. the messages from residents there, if you can send help, we need it. sanibel and cap teva islands cut off from the main land, only accessible by boat or air after, as you know, ian destroyed this major bridge that connects them to the main land. many of the homes there are in pieces or completely washed away. the coast guard is now going door to door, still trying to rescue people. make sure you have a bag for your clothes, with i.d., cell phones, wallets. emergency officials will run barges to sanibel island to help with cleanup and recovery efforts there. but let s begin in south carolina, cnn s nick valencia is in myrtle beach. tell us what is happening around you right now. reporter: it is a little hard to hear because the wind is such a major factor, just in the last few minutes these gusts of wind have crept up to about 40 to 50 miles per hour. and, you know, the sustained wind is almost as ....
the southwestern part of the state. claudia, what are you doing now? i m so owe i m getting important stuff. my paperwork. my husband s personal things. i lost him two months ago. now i ve lost my only home. so i m packing it up, taking it to my car. you re packing it up in a garbage can? yeah. have you the goe gotten any p yet? no. but that s okay. i m strong. i can get it, get the important things. all right, claudia, god bless you. thank you. all right. i ll be all right. claudia says she s strong, and that s what people are relying on, at least in the first early hours here, their own strength. some people have been asking us for water, food, and of course communication is a tough thing as well with all the cellphones down. right now really it s neighbor helping each other here until help from more than 35 states arrives. tucker, back to you. tucker: we ll assess the path of the storm and the damage that it s wrought with hurricane expert bri ....