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Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News in former president Donald Trumps legal troubles. Just in last hour, the new York Court of appeals rejected trumps efforts to overturn the Gag Order in his hushmoney criminal case. Joining us now, msnbc legal correspondent lisa ruben. Good morning. What more do we know about the Courts Decision . Reporter you know, sometimes when a court acts we see an entire opinion. Other times when they reject an application we can s...

puerto rico are still without power. many are waiting for vital fuel in the wake of hurricane fiona. the congressman who just visited the island will tell us what he saw on the ground. also we are taking a closer look at what to expect from tomorrows highly anticipated january 6th committee hearing when the panel is set to clip from roger stones new documentary. >> the obstacles are these weak-kneed bureaucrats in the white house councils office. now they must be crushed. >> meanwhile ...

and hurricane irma, which veered at the last second. businesses are putting plywood up on windows. this is an ice cream shot trying to inject some levity, "no ice cream for ian." sandbags are on the ground to prevent flooding. thats small potatoes in terms of mandatory evacuations. pinellas county and hillsborough county have about 2.5 million people collectively. the whole tampa bay area is 3.2. 75%, 08% of the people are in two counties that have mandatory evacuations. theyre looking...

Learn more at factsonhand. Com today. Tonight, as we come on the air, major news on the coronavirus vaccines. And here in new york, the governor sounding the alarm. Tonight, abc news confirming United Airlines is now flying the first batch of pfizers vaccine around the world and right here to the u. S. And news the second Vaccinemaker Moderna is now asking for emergency approval, too. Moderna now saying its vaccine is 94 effective against covid and 100 effective against the most severe cases of ...

Live tonight from washington and mary, we also learned that president-elect biden injured his foot over the weekend playing around with the family dog? >> reporter: yes, david, joe biden slipped and twisted his ankle while playing with one of his dogs over the weekend. d doctors discovering a small hairline fracture. biden will now be in one of those medical walking boots for several weeks. david? >> all right, mary bruce tonight. mary, thank you. and overseas tonight, new reporting at this ho...

And how was it that the crew was able to make it off the boat bu? all these questions remain unanswered at the passengers were not? all these questiremain unanswered at this point but such a tremendous loss of life the ntsb team is sending 16 he investigation. >> gadi, thank you. to the other major headline tonight. hurricane dorian still people to help with this investigation. >> gadi, thank you to the other major headline tonight. hurricane dorian still an extremely dangerous category 4 st...

Pack. tonight the florida coast bracing for scenes like this, the powerful category 4 storm battering the bahamas, causing catastrophic damage across the islands. >> we need help, please. someone please come help us. >> reporter: the storm speed moving west at least 1 mile per hour is prolonging the suffering there. >> attention, attention. a mandatory evacuation has been issued. >> reporter: meanwhile there have been evacuations along the florida, georgia, and south carolina coast lines with po...

Appear to include someone with a similar intention of yesterdays unnamed shooter and had a photo of a frog with a gun as a little icon avatar there. >> people do -- >> theyre actually looking into that anonymous blog post. >> to see if its the same guy? >> to see if its linked. >> we dont have the link to the christian. be curious what your doctor -- >> a lot of stuff in his profile that doesnt fit his profile. was he doing it for publicity? well tell you what we know. in the meantime, this. n...