because it took this long, we learned how to go. we ll be able to get the job done. jesse: the dam could be breaking in the battle for the gavel. it kevin mccarthy inching closer than ever to capture how speaker but he s coming up a little short the arco mccarthy was able to flip 15 of 21 republican holdouts but not enough. needs a few more votes to save yours truly from the embarrassment of calling kevin speaker for the last few months. right now, republicans are taking a timeout until 10 to gorge on pizza. mccarthy has reportedly been cutting deals and offering concessions to win over they never kevin s but apparently still has some work to do. several believe one earns the position of speaker by raising enormous sums of money and there is no doubt that the individual that was nominated by mr. garcia is the lebron james of special interest fund-raising in this town. there is nobody better, but i would suggest that there are qualifications for speaker that are far more i
the gop battle for speaker. kevin mccarthy losing round after round for a third day, but is there progress in sight? violence erupting as the son of drug kingpin el chapo was arresteded in mexicoco. the deadly bomb cyclone slamming the west coast and now a new threat. the moving funeral at the vatican for pope benedict. royal bombshell. prince hararry alleging in his new b book he wasas physysically attttacked by brother r william. and hello, again, behind the scenes of neil diamond s surprise for fans after a health battle led him to retire from the stage. good times never seem so good good evening. we are getting our first detailed look at some of the evidence authorities say they have gathered against the suspect in the november murders of four idaho college students. just hours after his extradition from pennsylvania to idaho, bryan kohberger appearing in court where a probable cause affidavit was unsealed describing the dna trail allegedly linking a kni
putin is facing another round of military setbacks. and at our nation s border, the government says arrests have now exceededn just one year. we ll talk to the chair of a congressional hispanic conference, raul ruiz about that and much more. and we begin with our top story this morning, hurricane fiona strengthening to a category 3 storm after devastating parts of the caribbean leaving at least three dead in puerto rico and one dead in the dominican republic. now, the storm is now barrelling up the atlantic taking aim at turks and caicos. next, take a look at the intended path of this of this storm. meanwhile, let s take a look at puerto rico: we re expecting an update later this hour right there after fiona made landfall on sunday as a category 1 hurricane unleashing massive floods. two feet of rain and landslides. the island s power grid ravaged again, four out of five people still without power this morning. over 800,000 people do not have access to running water. th
parts of the state on a slow, this is really an issue, it s churning on the destructive crawl north. orlando now in the crosshairs of this historic storm that s produced record rainfall and storm surge. power outages are a major problem with more than 2 million customers in the dark across florida. water is just everywhere in many communities. in port charlotte, the storm blew the roof off of a hospital and it flooded the intensive care unit. ahead, we re going to speak to a doctor there, how they managed to protect patients and what the conditions now. fort myers has experienced some of the worst flooding in the storm. torrents of water just rushing into the streets trapping people in their homes. same for naples where officials say half of the streets aren t even passable because high water has inundated them. although it s weakened, there is concern about ian regaining strength and threatening the southeast, georgia, the carolinas, and all declaring emergencies in advance.
12 feet higher, devastating communities like for the myers, naples and some 2 million homes and businesses are without power in florida, that is 20% of the entire state and 96% of fort myers is in the dark. one official saying it could take weeks for the power to come back on in some areas. floodwater inundating areas like naples and port charlotte. these are pictures of that area leaving some people who decided to ride out the storm trapped in their homes, others rescued from their cars, berman. the danger also continues, we should note. reporter: it absolutely does continue. the storm not done yet. brianna, i m sorry for communication problems earlier. the fema administrator told me they are prepared for thousands of displaced people, thousands perhaps of long-term displaced people. so that is what people are up against here in florida right now. cnn s got live team coverage of ian still very much a powerful force. first i want to go to the national hurricane center. mike