changing senate rules to make that happen. we must stand strong and stand together to make sure january 6th marks not the end of democracy but the beginning. freedom to vote act takes on election subversion to protect nonpartisan electors, officials, who are doing their job, from intimidation and interference, it s also time to pass the john lewis voting rights act. i ve been having quiet conversations with members of congress for the last two months, i m tired of being quiet. the threat to our democracy is so grave, we must find a way to pass voting rights bill, debate them, vote, let the majority prevail. and if that bare minimum is blocked, we have no option but to change the senate rules, including getting rid of the filibuster for this. i support changing the senate rules, whichever way they need to be changed to prevent a minority of senators from blocking action on voting rights. and why has president biden made this his number one focus? according to brennan cente
they re going to lay down the law and not do it. we re not there yet. i m in favor. it s coming, don t worry. i m in communication with your kids on this, don t worry. planning the revolt. thank you, my friend, much appreciated. happy new year. and thanks to you at home for joining us at this hour, happy new year to you as well, good to have you back with us. in washington, dc they celebrated the first day after the holiday by getting a huge pile of snow dumped on the capital city and shutting down most of the federal government because of it. happy new year. this is how we re starting. in addition to most federal offices being closed because of the snowstorm at the capitol today, the senate is supposed to be in session this week. they were supposed to taking at least one senate vote today. but that all got slid to tomorrow because of the storm. that said, this afternoon the capitol physician, the doctor for the house and the senate, sent a sobering, detailed letter t
year s day. a powerful earthquake triggering tsunami warnings and evacuations. this is video of the moment the quake struck. we re not getting much video because coms are down and they have closed all the power stations to protect them. but this is one neighborhood on one part of that long western coast of japan. this was the strike ahead of the tsunami which i ll talk about in a moment. but you can imagine what people are going through late afternoon in japan that time. and as soon as the quake struck, everyone was told by the government in emergency announcements that see that explosion there on the left has the house appears to collapse. everyone was told to go to higher ground because we had a series then of warnings from japanese officials about tsunamis. some are still standing. warning 16-foot high tsunamis possibly coming in. so far they have been hitting just about over a meter. the weather agency says there could be more aftershocks as well from the earthquake the
this new year s day. evacuations and tsunami warnings triggered after a massive earthquake, this is video of the tremors rocking a train sdags in cen station in central japan. tsunami waves could be as high as 16 feet. here you can see people hiding under tables at a bowling alley as the earthquake shook that building. japan s weather agency says that powerful aftershocks could continue the next three days with potential building collapses and landslides. this is video of the aftermath in some buildings that have already been destroyed. let s go to hanako montgomery in tokyo. and we re only getting a rough picture here because the communications are really bad and the power stations had to be closed down because they were under threat. reporter: yeah, max, as you said, this was a very powerful earthquake and already a tsunami warning triggered for the entire west coast of japan. we also know it was a shallow earthquake. and this is significant because with shallow earthquak
ian are learning more about how their lives are upended by one of the most powerful storms to ever hit florida. minutes ago we learned that power will likely not be restored in many areas before next sunday. think about that. but ian is also proving to be one of the most deadly in recent years and officials in florida say that at least 66 people are confirmed dead and more than half of the fatalities are here, amid the widespread devastation in lee county which is home to fort myers, sheriff says there that more than 600 rescues in that county alone, and more than 100 1,100 across the state. and there is a threat of a levee collapsing which is a 15-foot wall crashing into the neighborhood. officials reopened a stretch between north port and englewood and there have been lanes that had been shutdown in both direction, but it is reopened now. and earlier governor ron desantis said that overflowing lakes and rivers have created havoc. there are other areas that may be experien