convicted by marijuana possession. russian uzscaping putin s draft, fleeing to america. we learned two russians are in alaska after crossing the berring strait by boat just to escape putin s draft. the two russians we re told are requesting asylum after landing in this alaskan island. the clerk there the men told the villagers they had sailed their boat from north eastern russia, which is approximately 300 miles by sea away. this is the latest as we understand it. and the department of homeland security tells out front that the two russians came ashore in a small boat on tuesday. think about that. 300 miles and now fleeing to america. it s a desperate move, and it s coming as an official ukrainian source says that in the east of ukraine, ukraine has regained control over 93 settlements in the past two weeks. that s incredibly quick, and in the south 29 settlements have been retaken by the ukrainians. all of this leading to a new barrage of criticism. the russian deputy appo
dangerous move? and a story you ll see first out front. we re going to introduce you to a group of women learning to fire a gun for the first time. they say they don t feel safe in their cities anymore, and they are not republicans. let s go out front. and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, bracing, the state of florida, that s the right word for what s happening there tonight, bracing and preparing tonight for a direct hit as hurricane ian picks up speed. the storm is now a category 3. winds are 120 miles an hour. conditions are quickly deteriorating in the florida keys. tropical storm winds and a damaging storm surge are battering the island chain. that is tonight. now let me show you sombrero beach in marathon, florida. there you see the winds already hitting those palm trees. residents are being told to take cover. tornado warnings there have already begun. and this is all as ian is not even there. ian is still growing in strength feeding on those incr
the gavel, the house taking a break until 8:00 p.m. after kevin mccarthy lost his six the vote for speaker, republicans backing him saying enough with the nonsense, it is time to move forward so they can go after joe biden. they have gotten together and decided that they can only blackmail the republican conference in effect they are blackmailing the american people. it s because of their headlines about the chaos, this and that, yesterday our colleagues on the other side of the guy over tweeting their bags of popcorn that they had out, they love it. i plead with all, all of my republican colleagues, let cooler more rational heads prevail. i ve had a number of conversations with kevin, and basically said that this needs to break loose. he needs to make a deal, or he needs to step aside and give somebody else a chance to do that. judge jeanine: but the 20 plus republicans who oppose aren t giving up. i think the path is very difficult right now for kevin, at the core
tonight on the reidout no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. an epic fail and stunning humiliation for kevin mccarthy. who took the knee for donald trump, then gave away the store to the koo-koo fringe of his party but is still not speaker of the house. and we begin tonight with the new congress. the 118th. today was supposed to be swearing-in day, typically a big day for the country, filled with pomp and pageantry and often a feeling of hope and excitement as a new congress kicks off and implements its vision. for some, it serves as bring your kids to congress day, so that children get to see their parents or their grandparents take the oath, and perhaps make history themselves. history was certainly made on this opening day in the house of representatives when house democrats nominated their caucus chair, hakeem jeffries, of new york, to succeed nancy pelosi as speaker. i rise today a
director tweeted this. yes there is at the fetterman eggnog ration. was it a food tray or a veggie tray? on that note, i wish you all very good night. four of all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you tomorrow. omorrow. if you took a high school history class in united states, you probably spent at least today discussing this image. this is the iconic political cartoon of the campaigning of senator charles in may of 1866, a pro slavery congressman name preston brooks entered the senate and he entered the chamber carrying a metal tipped again and then he walked over to the anti slavery senator charles sumner, he beat senator sumner unconscious and then he walked out without anybody stopping him. it is one of the most famous instances of political violence in the country s history, by one member of congress against the other. but it was not unique. in the lead up to the still war, there are at least 70 instances of