when the accident happened. kentucky s governor rushed to the soldier s duty station, which is called fort campbell and had this to say this morning. today is a tough and a tragic day for kentucky. for the four campbell and for the 101st. the nine individuals. we lost our children of god. they will be mourned and missed by their families. by their communities. we ve also heard from the secretary of defense lloyd austin, who said in a statement . my heart goes out to the families of these service members and to the members of the 101st airborne division who bravely and proudly serve our country every day each and every day. i m saddened by this tragic loss, and i am working with army leadership to make sure our troops and their families received the care that they need in the wake. of this accident. cnn s dianne gallagher is live at fort campbell. diane what more are you learning about this tragic accident? so alex. there is an aircraft safety team that is on their way from fo
raphael warnock was just obviously a tremendously and profound person. i spent some time with him on the trail in georgia in the last election and you never lost sight of the fact that he was john lewis s pastor irreverent. he is a force of nature. thanks to you at home for joining us. when hurricane ian came ashore last afternoon, we knew it was one of the strongest storm to ever hit florida, or ever hit the united states period. and after a terrifying night in southwest florida, they like brought harrowing evidence of the destruction in storm like that brings. this is fort myers beach, one of the barrier islands that ian slammed into as a nearly category five storm. before the her again, it was a popular beach destination for resorts and restaurants. as you can see, much of it has been leveled. one local resident told local paper quote fort myers beach is gone. this is the causeway leading to sanibel island just west of the fort myers beach. it s the only road to that isl
our thoughts remain with those impacted by hurricane ian. for those who need help, please ask for it. and if you can give help, please, give it. on that note, i wish you all a very good and safe night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. when hurricane ian came ashore yesterday afternoon and what was one of the stronger storms to ever hit the united states, period, and after a terrifying night in southwest florida daylight today brought harrowing evidence of the destruction of a storm like that brings. this is fort myers beach, one of the barrier ion islands that in slammed into as a near category five storm. for the hurricane it was a popular beach destination full of resorts and restaurants. as you can, see much of it has been leveled. when local resident told his local tape paper, quote, fort myers beach is gone. this is the causeway leading to sandoval island, just west of
department has been deeply engaged on this, as has been our embassy in moscow. can i follow up? you said even citizens residing in russia should leave that evan was an accredited journalists there you saying it s not safe for even people who are accredited, you know, with the ministry or working for international organizations are message to american citizens residing in russia is that the travel advisory warning is a level four and that they should leave. and if they need assistance doing so they can get in touch with our mission in moscow. sean go ahead. the russians, the state department spokesman, they re updating reporters on the case of evan gersh covic, the wall street journal reporter who was arrested in russia and has is now facing accusations of espionage accusations that, of course, the wall street journal and the united states have said are untrue. the state department they re saying that it will likely be several days before
hurricane maria, was over 3000. just yesterday, the u.s. commission on civil rights, part of the federal government, to released a study, comparing the responses to hurricane harvey, and hurricane maria the commission found glaring disparities, and responses, to those two hurricanes for instance, quote, within the first nine days after landfall, survivors received at least $100 million, in fema dollars while maria survivors, receiving at least slightly over 6 million in aid. 6% of what survivors on the mainland got. the commission reports the factors lead to despair and factors, including president trump s hostile, biased, and critical declarations made against american citizens residing in puerto rico. now, under a different president, american lawmakers are facing a similar situation to the one in 2017, after hurricane fiona, and in. one on a mainland, one in puerto rico. it has been two weeks since