from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news, overnight vladimir putin s military facing another critical setback as this massive explosion was showing severely damage to a key bridge between crimea and russia. part of that bridge has collapsed into the sea, disrupting a main russian supply route. let s go right back to kier simmons joining us from moscow. what can you tell us about this? well alex, it s another dangerous moment in this conflict in ukraine. 48 hours after president biden mourned of the escalation could lead in his words to a nuclear conflict. well now we have this bridge attack, now the ukrainians are celebrating and not taking responsibility for it. the russians are furious. with a nuclear threat looming, a major fire on the bridge linking russia to crimea. the blaze visible for miles reports of a, huge explosion at around 6 am local time. russian authorities saying that it was a truck
earlier demonstrated just how powerful those winds can be. there is the wind speed, as i am standing next to the building. i will take a knee. oops. i ll have to take a knee there. okay. you guys got it i m going back out. the powerful winds created record level storm surges in areas like fort myers and naples, florida. over 2 million are without power tonight. and flash flooding is still a major concern, with potentially up to 30 inches of rain predicted in some areas. let s go now to nbc news meteorologist michelle grossman for the latest on hurricane in. michelle, hurricane ian has been downgraded to a category one storm. what should residents in its path expect over the next 24 to 48 hours? i, they re great to see you. they can expect flood and rain we. need to prepare for that flash flooding. when it comes to water and hurricanes, that s the number one reason for deaths in hurricanes, it s the salt water, the storm surge that we talked about, and also fre
thank you for staying with us. i m alex within new york. this hour we ll have an update on the cancellation crisis that s frustrating customers and flight crews trying to get passengers back home. the pilots did show up. we were there to work and willing and able. southwest just can t match us to the aircraft. that s the problem. also this hour, a closer look at the political strategy for both president biden and former president trump as both men the plot their approaches to 2024. and hopes for a peace agreement in the war in ukraine are weakening as russian officials dismiss president zelenskyy s latest plan after major disagreements over who controls four key regions. we begin this hour with two big stories, weather and trvl. it s the same story for southwest airlines customers today as they see another wave of cancellation ace cross deparn buffalo where the weather is preventing residents from leaving their homes. joining me is blayne alexander at jackson airport in
stunning new numbers about just how many migrants border patrol has released back into the united states. now they are in a backlogged system, sometimes in the u.s. waiting to find out their fate for years. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, destruction and failure as president zelenskyy warns that putin is potentially preparing to go nuclear. it is because of video like this russian tanks and other fighting vehicles you can see all destroyed in ukraine s lightning-fast advance in the east. ukrainian president zelenskyy saying today that ukrainian forces have liberated nearly 1,000 square miles in this offensive. and you can see the destruction that happened in that wake. that destruction tonight is actually forcing russian cities like st. petersburg to cancel a celebration. we are learning that those soldiers have literally been living in pig stys in occupied parts of ukraine. this was a village pig shed that became home to those russia
your mind, he also said wherever you re sending it. doj believes he still has documents you shouldn t somewhere. back up against the wall, losing and facing dissent from high ranking insider. and biden with a threat to the world assessment. those rallying to herschel walker s defense must have known it could get worse and it did. jason johnson in for joy reid. reporting says even after 18 months, multiple requests from national archives, federal subpoena and fbi search of florida estate, government believes the president still hasn t returned all the documents he took from the white house. top intelligence official jay bratt communicated the complaints to the lawyers. unsure if there s evidence or just a suspicion because of the 58 empty envelopes with classified markings they found at mar-a-lago. one bunch he did return before leaving washington, related to 2016 probe into russia s links to the trump campaign. it was in such disarray, when trump gave it back, doj couldn