i was on the police department for almost 25 years. saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. i promise you i m never going to stay for another storm ever again here. however, i am one of the lucky ones. recovery efforts begin after utter devastation in parts of florida. while millions more people are now at risk as ian moves north. also tonight, he isn t tossing paper towels but governor ron desantis is handling this hurricane in a weirdly trumpy way. what we re learning about ginni thomas meeting with the january 6th committee when she wasn t texting the white house in the days leading up to the insurrection, she was encouraging states to reverse trump s embarrassing defeat. ian is one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the u.s. now, the state begins the colossal task of picking up the pieces. we get a first glimpse at the destruction. from what we have seen so far, it is staggering. this is ft. myers, homes completely des
And katy tur pick up our special coverage, next. Our special coverage, next good day, im Andrea Mitchell in new york along with my colleague, katy tur. The prosecution is quickly wrapping up its case in the first Criminal Trial Of A Former american president. The state is gets its chance now to repair any damage done by the testimony of its star witness. Moments ago, the defense wrapped up with Michael Cohen after three days of crossexamination. It was a grueling three days. The Big Wild Card is donald trump himself. Will he live up to his promise to take the stand or put his defense team rest without presenting a single witness . Dramatically demonstrating their argument that the state has failed to meet the burden of proof. Judge merchan has set a new schedule this week guaranteeing the case will not go to the jury until after the long memorial day Holiday Weekend. He announced this morning that Closing Arguments will not take place until next tuesday he says because he does not want
Johnson will meet with Columbia University jewish students tomorrow. Hell also take questions from reporters at Columbia University where protests have forced the school to shift to virtual classes. This comes as police on or near College Campuses in several cities are preparing for another night of possible confrontation with antiisrael demonstrators, Protester Encampments are growing in many places across the country. And many people there are resisting Police Orders to leave New York University students have been participating in the demonstrations in recent days. Correspondent Steve Harrigan is on the scene there tonight. Good evening, steve. Steve good evening, bret. They have been going at it already for about five hours here at its peak 1500 people. And they dont seem to be going anywhere soon. [chanting free, free palestine. From coast to coast. [chanting we will not, weve not rest] ivy leagues, large universities and colleges and even high schools propalestinian protests are s
Eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. We still have a few showers tracking through the area early this morning, but they will dry up. It is keeping temperatures in the 60s, though, with southerly winds at 5 to 15 mph. They will turn to the southwest. We will dry out and should see quite a bit of sunshine today, which will help for you in a few minutes. Decision 2016 coverage. Today both Vice President ial nominees head to pennsylvania. This comes after all eyes were on them at last nights debate. Much of a voice left. heres why minutes. At times, impossible to hear gentlemen, the people at home cannot understand either one of you when you speak over trumps tax returns but why wont he release his tax returns . Were answering the question about the business thing. Mike pence. On Hillary Clintons emails. Senator, if your son or my son handled classified information the way that Hillary Clinton did, theyd be court marshalled. That is absolutely false and you know it
To explain why he is in the race more controversy around state department under Hillary Clinton and ties to the Clinton Foundation. We have a lot to unwind. David the dow taking pedal after the gas, ending down 50 points after yesterdays record close. Despite a big runup in oil. Phil flynn, price futures group, fox business contributor watching the cme. Lori rothman from the floor of the new york stock exchange. Dow and take as brac but s p and nasdaq another high . You said it, david, lifetime high for the nasdaq. Last couple minutes the nasdaq locked in the latest lifetime high. You see it up just about five points. That is all it took. We had low volume all week. An interesting stat, the s p 500 index has not moved more than 1 in either direction, for 25 days now. It has been very slow summer. Stocks are yet at the elevated levels. Despite the pullback were still pretty close. You have to say these are lofty levels. It is interesting to see what powered index to the lifetime high. T