morning it is saturday. april 15th. i m aymara walker. i m victor blackwell. it is so good to be with you on this saturday morning. we got a lot going on today. it s been a very busy last several days. indeed. here s what we re watching for you. president biden is weighing in on the supreme court s decision to temporarily extend access to an abortion drug while it considers the case. the next steps in the process, and why next wednesday could be a pivotal day in the abortion fight. this is not just about taking home documents. a 21 year old airman charged in connection with the leak of classified documents appeared in front of a federal judge friday. what we re learning about him and the questions being raised about who should have access to classified information yourself, florida are drying out, or at least draining out now after the floods this week with some areas they got nearly two ft of rain. we ll talk about where the recovery efforts stand and where we re seeing the
full week after the devastation left by hurricane ian. along our southeast coast. tomorrow, president biden and the first lady will tote puerto rico still recovering from hurricane fiona, and before making their way to florida on wednesday. to think the states first responders. tonight, hundreds of thousands of floridians are still without power, while the death toll from ian stands at 78 people confirmed dead. the head of fema, telling msnbc that she expects the economic cost of the recovery to require billions of dollars, and the impact of this storm to be nationwide. we are bringing the latest updates of just how much hurricane ian has impacted lives even beyond the southeast. but our political life is also being recalibrated. again, our supreme court begins its next session tomorrow. now with justice ketanji brown jackson fully instated, and the court primed to hear more impactful cases with major implications for civil rights. also, in federal court this week, the foun
damage to the south carolina coast where it struck today as a category 1 hurricane. this is the cherry grove pier in north myrtle beach, one of two that partially collapsed today. and just as on the florida gulf coast and later in orlando ian caused significant flooding in the charleston and myrtle beach areas and knocked out power to about a third of a million customers in south and north carolina. so we ve also just received some new video in of a high wave sweeping several people off a pier in miami. we have a big wave and about five people so that s in miami still from the high tide and the waves being kicked up by ian. six people were hurt in that. no one, thank goodness, was killed. state-wide, the death toll is now at least 42, and that is expected to rise. and the damage especially in places like fort meyers beach became even more apparent today. it is so severe that a coast guard commander told our wolf blitzer his chopper crews simply do not have monday landma
nomination. he is pennsylvania s leading far right figure. he was a champion of the big lie and the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. he will face democrat josh shapiro, the state s attorney general. shapiro is the first nonincumbent to run unopposed in a democratic gubernatorial primary since 1930. john fetterman easily won the democratic senate primary in pennsylvania. he might be the first person to do so from a hospital bed. he s out of surgery this morning after suffering a stroke and receiving a pacemaker hours before the polls closed yesterday. we ll talk to his wife to get an update on his condition. in north carolina, first term congressman madison cawthorn has now conceded after losing the primary to state senator chuck edwards. it is a major rebuke of someone who was once seen as a rising star in the gop, but whose political career saw scandal after scandal from embarrassing photos to those claims about ori orgies that put him on the outs with his ow
is shaping up for this year s midterms. this morning, we are keeping a close eye on pennsylvania s state gop primary where trump endorsed celebrity doctor mehmet oz still in a neck and neck battle as you see there with retired hedge fund executive david mccormick. we are making a ferocious charge but when it s this close, what would you expect? everything about this campaign is pin tight. we knew our message was resonating with the voters of pennsylvania and they showed it today and we are so incredibly grateful. senator minority leader mitch mcconnell pretending to wipe sweat off his brow when asked about his reaction to pennsylvania saying the gop is, quote, ready to win in november. he had serious reservations about barnett. madison cawthorn on his way out. the trump favorite conceded late last night. cnn s national correspondent athena jones and dianne gallagher this morning begin in lancaster, pennsylvania. here we are. pennsylvania. tight race. mail-in ballots c