we ll talk about the war in ukraine and how it is going. putin s nuclear threats and the annexation of ukraine s lands. and fears of a chinese attack on taiwan. also, just what is vladimir putin thinking? i will talk to one of russia s richest men who knew the russian president well before putin jailed him. finally, the new term of the supreme court starts tomorrow. [ chanting ] i will give you a sneak peek of my newest documentary, supreme power, inside the highest court in the land airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. but first, here s my take. italy and sweden are about as different as two european countries can get. one is catholic, mediterranean, sunny and chaotic. the other protestant, northern, chilly, and ordered. over the decades, they ve had very different political trajectories. but both are witnessing the striking rise of parties that have some connections to fascism. in each party, this has coincided with collapse of support of the center her, a
that number could rise even higher as search and rescue crews work to reach cutoff areas, removing debris from destroyed homes and businesses along florida s southwest coastline and we re learning that miami-dade fire rescue crews are conducting helicopter evacuations on sanibel island. boris sanchez is there in fort myers, florida. boris, you just spoke with the lee county sheriff a few moments ago. what was said? reporter: fred, there have been a lot of questions today about the timing of when lee county ordered evacuations. we re in lee county right now in fort myers. what we ve learned is lee county ordered its first evacuations more than a day after forecasts met the county s criteria despite the fact the county has an emergency plan that suggests evacuations should have happened earlier. the county s comprehensive emergency ma or more of water would indicate the need for hurricane evacuations in the most vulnerable areas. a lot of lee county is a vulnerable area. one
newsroom. i m jim acosta in ft. myers, florida. first thing, we have some updated figures from here in the hurricane zone. sit the most current death toll of people who sadly did not survive hurricane ian here in florida. that new official death toll is now 74. 74 people here in florida have died now as a result of hurricane ian. of course, those figures are coming in. as they develop, we ll bring them to you. residents say there is a growing sense of fear that more bodies could be discovered. some areas remain fairly inaccessible to first responders. we ll show you what i saw on the ground. in the meantime, cnn has learned that a team that responds to mass fatality incidents has deployed equipment and personnel to assist medical examiners in boast counties here in southwest florida. officials in lee county where the majority of the deaths have concerned are facing a major concern. why were the first evacuation orders issued less than 24 hours before landfall? the county s ow
let s get started. we begin this hour with an update on the aftermath of hurricane in, even in this early stage, experts believe ian will be one of the costly storms to ever hit the u.s. and potentially the deadliest. the death toll now stands at 77, 73 in florida, four in north carolina, more than 1.2 million households still without power in florida, making rescue efforts that much more complicated. nbc s guad venegas is on the ground for us in fort myers, one of the hardest hit areas on the west coast of florida. guad, you have been there for a while. what are we seeing as we go 48 hours after this deadly hurricane made landfall? ayman, a lot of moving parts here. the governor speaking about the efforts to fix the power grid here. they want to make sure that people have power, but there is also the search and rescue missions taking place in fort myers beach [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] and we had to get him out. there s othe
the former president keeping election lie alive at his rally in michigan. it took a month, for one thing, to let biden in their. they had a whole month to cheat or whatever they did and it was supposed to be a one day election. next hour, our friends at the good buyers are going to join us with the up close trump faithful that rally as well. and miss nbc has confirmed the 78 people have died after the path of destruction, including excuse me. for people in north carolina, somebody for in florida, more than hundred thousand customers without power and that s improvement for more than 2 million, in the dark over the weekend began. and to bring liz maclachlan who standing by for us there. liz, give us a sense as we spoke yesterday of the absolute destruction there. we know now that the rescue efforts are ongoing on? that s right, yasmin. crews are working day and night here in fort myers right now. you can see some of the demolition crew behind me, residents won t