category 4 storm leaving a huge path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. we ll have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile, rescue crews have been busy trying to get people who decided to ride out the storm to try and save them. they re stranded now by rising flood waters and we re still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida. at this hour, it still has more to go. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it s thursday, september 29th. joe is off this morning. along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. without power this morning, first light this morning will begin to show the damage in florida. that s right. that s when we re going to start to see the story of what happened last night, what happened overnight. tropical storm now ian downgraded from a category 1 hurricane. in just the last hour, but still wreaking havoc across florida as it made landfall as a
elect george santos remains defiant after admitting to several lies. cbs s caitlin huey-burns on how lawmakers could respond. health watch cbs s dr. jon lapook explorers a medical breakthrough for jung patients with heart defects. and furnishing hope how a washington, d.c. non-profit is providing those in need with furniture and a brighter future. # this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. good evening and thank you for joining us. i m jericka duncan in for norah. we have breaking news tonight out of the supreme court. it ruled the covid 19 border restriction known as title 42 will remain in effect. plus embattled congressman elect george santos is facing calls to step aside after admitting he put a little bit of fluff on his resume. but first, we begin with the travel nightmares at the nation s airports. bad weather and staffing issues left passengers stranded and leggage piling up. since friday, 20 thousands flights ca
november the 5th, i m alex velshi, there are only three days left of 2020 midterms, said to be one of the most important consequential elections in modern history. not only is control of both chambers of congress up for grabs, but the integrity of future elections will be decided by a number of key races this year. that is because the majority of republicans running for congress in statewide office, 291 of them according to the washington post, about the question or flat out lied about the legitimacy of the results of the 2020 elections. and many of them are likely to win. those candidates are largely sycophants of the twice impeached insurrectionist ex president donald trump. who have either been diluted by his big lie about a stolen election that never happened, or simply repeat the big lie for their own political benefit. it is a dangerous lie, that is already led to an insurrection at the seat of our government, and i have this year s midterm elections, election officials
We dont take whole trees. You do. And how billions of pounds of our cash is funding this. Logging naturalforests and converting them into pellets to be burned for electricity, that is absolutely insane. Theres no other word for it. This is britains biggest Single Source of electricity. The Drax Power Station in yorkshire used to burn coal, but its switched to burning wood pellets as part of the uks drive to cut Carbon Emissions. And that means the company has received around £6 billion in green subsidies. Theres just one problem. Burning wood pellets actually gives out more Greenhouse Gases than coal. Now, Carbon Dioxide is invisible to the human eye, so you cant actually see all of the carbon coming out of that chimney, but wood burning releases plenty of it, even more than coal. So were actually paying for this Power Station to kick out more Greenhouse Gases than before. And drax is in line to get billions more from the taxpayer. Actually coming out of those chimneys right now is mo
to its crackdown on protest sparked by death of a young sparked by the death of a young woman in the custody of the morality police. and find out how robbie s life was transformed while he was still in the womb. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the thai government says the entire nation is in grief after a former police officer killed at least 38 people in a gun and knife attack at a nursery. he then killed himself and his family following the massacre. most of the victims were children. thailand s king is expected to visit the town and our asia correspondent jonathan head is at scene. a warning, this report contains distressing images. people crying, wailing this is a community now consumed who wasn t there, and then opened fire. he was slashing the knife. he didn t use the gun. he kept slashing in there, it s all by knife. translation: he was in the middle of reloading the gun. | i held my hands up and begged for mercy. i didn t know what to do