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propagated is this but he certainly did not knock it down. i think earlier we had the former deputy mary did all phrase in nicely.watch. >> he lied through his teeth and he threw the people he is responsible for, not just the american people but the people who put their lives on the line, under the bus. >> i would say that he robbed his people, his own people of due process. your thoughts? >> yeah, you got it on national tv, slandered. not saying something bad about the agency, tal...

still cut off from the mainland. search and rescue operations are still under way. serious questions are being asked about whether evacuation orders came too late for some. nearly 2,000 people have been rescued so far according to the florida governor. thcht is footage from sanibel island, blue skies overhead. a neighborhood still flooded to the point that only way out is by chopper. we have two reports tonight. the first is from ft. myers beach and our randi kaye who is among the firs...

the very first time since 9/11. two thousand one because of a computer glitch at the federal government. later, congressman byron donalds and his wife, also erica , will join us to respond to the unbridled, vicious racial attacks from small-minded, msnbc, dnc viewers following last nights very contentious interview with joy reid. so stay tuned. by the way, we also at our grade at the end of the show, not getting enough as. well see what happens. >> but we begin this wednesday night wit...

president barrels toward conclusion, we put it all together. >> i got three men walking down a street carrying ar-15s. >> the explosive testimony. >> i heard the president say something to the effect of, i dont care that they have weapons. let me people in. >> new insight from witnesses. >> i said, you want me to take my state, 3.2 million voters and just throw them out the window? >> was he asking you to commit a crime? >> i dont know what he believed. >> the unanswered questions. >> ...

and later we will take a closer look at the movement to ban certain books in schools and libraries across the u.s. what can be done to fight the bans, thats coming up. ♪ >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn "newsroom," with kim brunhuber. we begin in the atlantic basin where tropical storm ian continues to strengthen. fueled by warm energizing waters off the caribbean the latest forecast shows it growing to a category 4 hurricane over the gulf of mexico before slamming i...

and we celebrate a0 years of christmas classic, the snowman, and its iconic soundtrack, walking in the air. good morning. its christmas eve. our top story. around 250 million people in the us and canada are under severe weather warnings, as an unprecedented winter storm sweeps across north america. from alaska to texas, bone—chilling temperatures, blizzards and icy winds have caused widespread disruption and left more than a million homes and businesses without power. at least 12 dea...

also tonight, ukraines major counteroffensive now under way. what the president revealed to us about the new push. we ask, how does this war end? zelenskyy saying of russia, we cannot have dialogue with the terrorists. and tonight, zelenskyy asking the u.s. to designate russia a state sponsor of terrorism. and this evening, president zelenskyy and what he said about his own safety. do the russians want him dead? what his intelligence team has hold him. he talks about his wife, his chil...

asked about whether evacuation orders came too late for some. nearly 2000 people have been rescued so far according to the governor. this is footage from santa belle island. loose skies overhead, the only way out is by chopper. we have two reports tonight. the first is from fort myers, our randi kaye was among the first reporters to get an and witness the enormous destruction and ongoing rescue operations up close. this is what she saw. >> this is our first look from the ground at fort...

ian are unlivable. the scenes, apocalyptic. >> responders working by boat and aircraft. nearly 2,000 rescues in southwest and central florida since last week when hurricane ian hit the state. this morning, the number of customers without power is now below half a million in florida. president biden travels to florida tomorrow for a firsthand look at the devastation. cnns randi kaye is live this morning in fort myers beach. randi? >> reporter: john, i know youve seen fort myers beach ...

it is the top of the hour. good morning, im poppy harlow. glad youre with me. right now officials in florida are working trying to identify and locate those still missing after hurricane ian ravaged several parts of the state. and while the search and rescue missions continue, more than 2,000 people have been pulled to safety despite that the death toll has risen significantly over the last 24 hours. at least 101 people across 11 florida counties died as a result of the storm. hurrica...