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hello and thank you for being with us. im ana cabrera in new york. hurricane ian is taking aim and florida is bracing. the powerful storm is expected to get stronger over the next few hours. a cat 4 before the end of the day. the track is shifting a bit, but it is still expected to be a major hurricane when it slams into florida tomorrow night. tampas mayor says that area is expecting a, quote, devastating amount of water. evacuations are under way. people are boarding up homes and bus...

necessarily focused on just the direct path and the direct impact of the storm. we are going to see some direct impacts along the west coast of florida and into the panhandle. but everybody in florida is going to have potential impacts from this storm. >> ill be joined by marcus coleman, a veteran of fema and dhs who responded to multiple hurricanes. hell have the latest information about where things stand now. the next january 6th hearing is just 24 hours away. and with several month...

Nobody had ever seen. >> you know its interesting, because he was so good at both really at heart he was a baseball player. is there a sense for you as you go through his life that had a started off playing baseball petite with all the injuries pin that he might have actually become more iconic baseball player? maurepas >> my child talent, his first ever major league was on december 2nd 1986. he beat out of grammar to second base which is preposterous. and behind the, played all these spots rick...

Putting it in a drawer. locking it, telling cuomo he wasnt being taped and then saying personal things. if he were to testify, we would point out can you believe that this man would not lie in order to stay out of jail? >> speaking of taping, mr. mayor, on meet the press this morning, omarosa, who was fired from the white house eight months ago, played a tape or nbc played the tape of john kelly firing her in the situation room eight months ag . she claims he threatened her, the early stories th...

The highest ranking mafia person ever to testify. im not comparing the two but is not unusual in trials for somebody that pleaded guilty to a crime to use as a witness. >> is not unusual and it is not unusual to try on -- it becomes a question on how bad is it and how clear is the impeachment? the reality is that on tape, michael cohen said all of the things that you would need to completely come to the conclusion that the president did nothing wrong. anything he says now will have to contradict...

Now, of course, has blocked it. so, it looks like its politically motivated. like he doesnt want the american public to have a balanced view. but, of course, its very difficult to ascertain and that information will not see the light of day. or at least any time soon. which is very upsetting for many people. >> seems the democrats will keep pushing on that issue. the other story that is in play this day, the white house on the defensive in this resignation of the speech writer david sorenson. th...

On a mission. they said at a certain point, they decided to engage it with a helicopter. they were also able to take it down and capture the remains of this drone. in retaliation, they said they went after the command and control center of this drone. they say that iran has a command and control center near palmira inside syria. they said they had eight jets go after that command center. they came under heavy an it i-aircraft fire from the syrians. on the way back, one of those planes did go dow...

Administration since george w. bush and pruprotoed to a current position in may and leaving to take a senior executive job at walmart. lets talk more about all of this with leslie, leslie teaches international relations at university of london. live for us at our london bureau this hour. pleasure to have you on the show. the optics of the u.s. president wla blocking it and the why behind it. what are your thoughts? >> it looks very much like its politically motivated. there was a vote on the hou...

Has been going after iranian targets inside syria. the jet crashed in israeli territory. both pilots survived, but one was severely injured. the strikes in syria came after an iranian unmanned aerial vehicle entered israeli air space from syria. were covering the story from all angles. our seniorer international correspondent ben wedemen live in beirut, lebanon. but lets start with ian lee. what more can you tell us? the details of what youre learning. and exactly what happened here. and what ar...

From syrian forces. now, thats what weve seen has happened today. these syrians, it does appear. i dont think there is any point around it, the israelis did bring down an f-16. this is a real game changer. this is the first time in decades that the syrians have been able to bring down an israeli warplane. and this is going to change the entire dynamic of how israeli planes operate over syria. clearly, the syrians now have much more sophisticated missile or air defense systems that theyve put int...