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we will bring you that speech live. and in florida, grim new details about how many people were killed by a different hurricane, ian of course. and the new number just coming in. some officials now responding to criticism about their initial response to ian. we ve got our team standing by live on the ground. also this hour, we re live in district court in dc with opening statements happening now, in the conspiracy trial of leaders for the oath keepers. why the defense is hanging its case on something former president trump didn t do, and what prosecutors are saying today about what the defendants said were not enough weapons. we will talk about it coming up. and october, not spooked yet. rare good news lately from the market. the dow up 800 points. we will talk about what is behind the rally on wall street later in the show. i m hallie jackson on assignment for a story you will see later on in the month. joining me is gabe guiterrez in san germane puerto rico and sh ....
the attack on the capitol. high-ranking lifelong republicans, notable members of the former president s staff, detailing how he watched television as the violent assault unfolded. officials say he never called law enforcement or the pentagon to put an end to the violence. and while video evidence showed rioters hanging on every word from the then-president, we learned that trump initially refused to use the word peace when he finally sent a tweet to that mob. it was the then-vice president, mike pence, who ultimately called in the national guard as rioters were chanting to hang him. previous testimony revealed president trump thought pence, quote, deserved those chants. last night we learned that members of mike pence s security detail called loved ones in the midst of it because they feared they wouldn t make it out of the capitol safe and alive. to hear that was just stunning. and last night republican congressman adam kinzinger wrapped up the hearing with this ....
Only going to act upon orders from donald trump. but honestly that audio sort of shatters all that, because it indicates that stewart rhodes wished they had done something illegal, which would be bringing guns to the capitol and taking care of the problem right now. so, it sort of set it apart, regardless of whether or not donald trump called upon them, he was going to take action and that s essentially the government s argument. right now on the stand, you ve got an fbi special agent who s testifying, who actually went and met up with senators the night of january 6th and there was apparently 70 fbi special agents accompanying about 85 senators from that secret location. they escorted them all. that s something we haven t seen video of. you had almost a one-to-one, man-to-man defense on january 6th. he said senators were crying. he actually saw senators crying that night in that secret location. they brought them back to the senate. he said that the senate at the time looked like a bo ....
Fema here on the ground, 17 urban search and rescue teams here, dozens of dogs, going and trying to recover those who were lost in that storm, and that is the priority for them right now, just not for the fort myers area, but the entire barrier islands region. and then there is the support that is coming from the outside, from private organizations, like this woman i spo search and rec after katrina, after hurricane ike, and she said there s something different she noticed about her interactions with people here myers. i want you to listen to what she told me. they re smiling. even though they re hurting, you know. and you know they re hurting. if you ve been through it, you know the hurt. and a smile can take forever. the pain, you know. the jitters from their bodies, you know. body language speaks. body language speaks. and there s so much pain here, so much work that needs to be ....
The defendants about ten years ago. but the real twist here, the really unprecedented thing and we hear that word a lot but the really difficult thing is that there has not been a case before where the president the sitting president where the defense has been that the sitting president has asked them to do this or it was done at his urging. and that sets up a question, were they trying to defend the government or overthrow the government? so, we re going to have to see how that plays out. how potentially damning, carol, in your professional assessment, is that audio that prosecutors revealed in their opening statement? the regret that one of the oath keepers had about not bringing guns to the capitol on the 6th. that s very damaging, because, of course, it shows that he had a different intent than what he is now saying his intent was, and so there s nothing really worse for a defendant than having himself on tape, saying something different before that, and the fact that h ....