torn off buildings. the treacherous situation has led to rescues all across florida. the fire chief of fort myers says his department conducted 200 rescues overnight over the course of just a few hours. this video shows a group of good samaritans who call themselves the call your county cowboys, they pulled a man stranded in his car to safety. in orlando, a reporter who happened to be on the scene rescued a woman trapped in flood waters. the situation has led biden administration to pledge a fulsome response. president biden has officially declared ian to be a major disaster, a move that makes federal funding available immediately to several hard hit counties. president biden warned of tough times ahead for floridians. this could be the deadliest hurricane in florida s history. the numbers are still unclear, but we re hearing early reports of what may be substantial loss of life. we re going to learn a lot more in the coming hours, but we know many families are hurting, man
of biblical proportions. ian is a cat 4 storm bringing 140 mile-per-hour winds and leaving a wake of destruction in its path. the national hurricane center is warning of catastrophic window damage with an unsuburb viable storm surge of up to 18 feet. it is expected to dump 2 feet of rain across the state bringing unprecedented flooding and destruction. entire neighborhoods are now undersea as water levels continue to rise. homes are floating down the middle of the street and people are swimming in their living rooms. by the way authorities say it s a very bad idea. who knows what s in that water. and first responders rescue services can t escape the flooding either. this fire department in naples is completely under water. leaving the city s residents on their own. and things are even worse in the air where hurricane hunters are flying into the heart of the storm. watch. oh [bleep] jesse: more than 2 million people in the state were told to evacuate, with thousands more h
atlanta today speaking at a service at ebenezer baptist church where doctor martin luther king jr. once preached. lucas is live at the white house. democrats admit that this is not a good look right now for the white house. republicans itching to get their hands on those visitor logs. it is an embarrassment no doubt about it. is there more to it? i doubt it but we will find out more as he goes about his business. special counsel was called forget hours after we still at the presidents personal attorneys who have no personal security clearance still rummaging around the president s residence looking for things. that will be a crime scene. last week reporters at the white house have been pushing for answers. do you acknowledge that the fact that the white house did not reveal this to the public despite the fact that you have known about it for months undercuts the presidents promise of being transparent later. they were transparent. okay. i am saying to you. what
today king charles iii will travel to london with his wife camilla, now queen consort. the king will hold an audience with the prime minister, liz truss. parliament will gather at noon for mps to pay their respects to the queen. also, at midday, bell s will tell in tribute to the queen at westminster abbey, and windsor castle among other places across the nation. at 1pm, gun salutes will be fired in hyde park, edinburgh castle and elsewhere. there will be 96 rounds fired, one for each year of the queen s lie. later today the king is to make his first televised address to the nation. it will be his first address, of course, as head of state. and let me show you this image we have just received from aberdeen airport. that is prince harry boarding a plane to london. he arrived at balmoral at approximately 8p in last night and leftjust after eight this morning. 8pm last night. our royal correspondent daniela relph has been looking back at the final days and weeks of the queen
i think it s probably best that people work through it some more. i don t think voting tonight will be any different, but i think the vote in the future will. do you have a deal yet? not yet. a lot of progress. good morning, everyone. poppy and i are here and kaitlan is on capitol hill. day three of the speaker election, there she is. kaitlan, how you holding up? we ve been saying since day one you were there tuesday and it could go longer and it s playing out like you said. we expected it to go longer and now it has. when does it end? kevin mccarthy s desperate bid to become speaker drags on for a third day of voting. the stalemate has paralyzed the house. a big question today whether concessions kevin mccarthy made to lawmakers blocking his path, whether that s enough to get him to 218 votes needed to become speaker. the slow road to recovery for damar hamlin. the team says he s showing signs of improvement. we ll update you on that. prince harry with a stun