[cheers and applause] thank you, thank you for receiving us with open arms. even if they are covered with black sabbath tattoos and number 77 sunscreen. let s cover some news before we go to the monologue. an american who was trapped in ukraine for eight months says he evaded russian troops by prevpretending to be irish. in other words, he was drunk. comedian gallagher sadly has passed away at age 76. his family scheduled a private ceremony. followed by smashing him with a giant hammer. [laughs] laura: we had to show the picture of the watermelon. amazon s jeff bezos and ncb giving his fortune to charity, earning praise for hunter biden who gave most of his fortune to charity a month and the other girl dancing wednesday night shift. [dracula sanctuary city of philadelphia.- [cheers and applause] sparking outrage from migrants who packed for martha s vineyard. this isn t what i signed up for, said one refugee named beto o rourke. the department of energy is projecting he
elected. a speaker has not been elected. yes, the circus is still in town and the group of 20 serial insurrectionists opposing kevin mccarthy, they are right about one thing, this man has no business being speaker of the house. if he can t navigate his way around the basic vote to get the job he s not remotely capable of leading especially a radical caucus filled with this iteration of republicans. and we do begin tonight with the never ending republican fight over the next hour the never ending republican fight for speaker. over the next hour kevin mccarthy should be wise to learn this one lesson because he s going to be facing this hell over the next hour. any tolerance of insurrection breeds more. in the next hour as i mention the house will return to try to get done what they could not do earlier on this ground-hog day of voting. but beyond showing in realtime kevin s inability to do the job this dumpster fire is making it clear the republicans keeping republicans par
tropical storm force winds. the greatest concern right now is in the gulf coast where a combination of heavy rainfall, massive storm surge and rivers already at flood stage could send up to 12 feet of water into low-lying areas. the january 6th smcommittee canceled tomorrow s hearing because of the storm. jennifer gray is in the weather center. i want to start with a new bulletin. so what have we learned now? we have 120-mile-per-hour winds with gusts of 150. it s still moving to the north-northeast at about 10 miles per hour. basically it s paralleling key west right now. the lower keys have received tropical storm force winds, and conditions are only going to deteriorate across the southern peninsula of florida throughout the overnight tonight. tropical storm force winds will be arriving across south florida within the next couple of hours and throughout the day tomorrow and the early afternoon. or early to mid afternoon. we should be seeing a landfall. so 8:00 tonight, b
hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m john vause, at the cnn center in atlanta. as we head into the midnight hour on the u.s. east coast, almost the entire state of florida is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian, a monster storm stressing 500 miles across. which earlier made landfall on cuba, blocking out the eyelids electricity grid and causing a nationwide blackout. 11 million people right now are in the dark, waiting for morning to assess the damage. as of, now there are no reports of fatalities. since leaving cuba, ian has grown in strength, fueled by the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, as it heads towards florida, now category 3, with sustained winds of 135 miles per hour. along with life-threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and strong powerful winds. all they, long tuesday, residents across the state braced for the hurricane to make landfall. now expected the first forecast, and further south.
hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all over the world. you re watching cnn newsroom. i m kristie lu stout. it is now 2 am on the u.s. east coast. almost the entire state of florida is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian, a monster storm stretching 700 miles across and getting stronger. causing a nationwide blackout in cuba, ian is turning in the gulf of mexico as a category three hurricane with sustained winds just shy of a category four. and along with life-threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and powerful winds. now, conditions will deteriorate throughout the night ahead of the expected landfall in the coming hours. more than two and a half million people are under some form of evacuation warning. state authorities say the time to leave is quickly running out. people in southwest florida, this is going to likely make landfall as a category 4 hurricane. there will be catastrophic flooding, and life-threat