we cover the devastation caused by hurricane ian. here is the newest information coming in this saturday evening. the storm s death toll in florida now stands at 66. this is the scene in north port, which is in sarasota county. state officials say the latest known death is that of a 62-year-old woman also from that county. she apparently drowned after getting trapped in her vehicle. take a look at the massive amount of water people risked traveling through today east of sarasota. they re in their car. this is a car, not a boat, makes its way down a very flooded state highway. sheriff s deputies and firefighters went door to door in the community of hidden river warning people about a potentially levee beach. on cape coral, they are checking on victims who may need urgent help. fire rescue say they have been collecting people and pets and taking them to a fire station where helicopters are ferrying people to safety. this afternoon, governor ron desantis said while more than ha
at this hour officially under russian martial law. putin takes steps amidst the punishing counter offensive. we ll take you to the front lines. our reporter was feet away from incoming fire. you ll want to see this report. and also breaking this hour, we re learning trump s team is deciding whether to allow federal agents to return to mar-a-lago because they say that he still has stuff as a federal judge now says, trump lied under oath about his claim of a stolen election. and senator marco rubio pulls a total 180. he once told a parkland victim s father that he supported raising the minimum age to buy a rifle. now he s taking it back. that victim s father is my guest. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front, the breaking news. martial law. putin s martial law now at this hour is in effect in parts of ukraine just after midnight local time. russian president vladimir putin doing the move not seen from russia since world war ii. martial law. and this o
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing a busy news day with us. president biden taps the strategic petroleum reserve, 15 million barrels is barely one day of what america consumes but the price of gas is hurting the midterm prospects and thehe is trying to show he trying to ease your pain at the pump. no blank check for ukraine. a promise to boot democrats from committees. no promise to rule out cutting social security and medicare. kevin mccarthy gives a window into his agenda. should republicans take back the house. martial law. russia signs off on new decrees from vladimir putin trying to exert more power over ukraine. president biden in a new move designed to help your budget a bit and hopes also maybe his outlook. in just a short while the president announces a batch of new oil drawn from the strategic petroleum reserve, some 15 million barrels and his energy team today won t rule out releasing more oil over the w
on your wallet. president biden will announce a move to help keep energy prices down for americans less than three weeks before the all-important midterm elections. the president will announce the release of another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic preserve. of course, in the past few days gas prices have been dropping in some areas but on average they re still up 17 cents a gallon from a month ago. of course, the cost at the pump factors into the economic worries voters will carry to the polls and could be a problem for democrats since they re the party in power. cnn s phil mattingly is at the white house. phil, what do we expect to hear from the president? you know, ana, not a lot of levers the president can pull in an international economy and global market like the oil market. this, what the president will announce is one of them. both an actual action, announcing the sale of another 15 million barrels from the strategic petroleum reserve but also in sending
parts of occupied ukraine. ukraine responding by applying to join nato and the deadly attack on a humanitarian convo dozens killed. the historic moment as justice ketanji brown jackson makes her supreme court debut. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from ft. myers beach, florida. good evening. landfall once again. and a third day of its deadly and destructive assault on the u.s., hurricane ian made landfall once again near georgetown, south carolina, as a category 1 storm pounding coastal communities with 85-mile-a-hour winds. myrtle beach swamped rescue operations under way. the storm blowing a shrimp boat on to the beach. part of a pier in pawley s island was torn apart. while parts of histoc