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policy both at state, city, federal i simply ask you to do something. because doing nothing, which is what we ve been doing, is not working. we have to do something because this is just getting out of hand across our city and across this great nation of ours the louisville doctor who treated victims of monday s mass shooting is among the growing voices calling for action on gun violence we ll have the latest on the survivors and the investigation straight ahead plus the manhattan district attorney is now suing one of donald trump s top allies in the house. it s the latest escalation in the political fight over the former president s indictment. and we ll have a break down of what to expect today during president joe biden s visit to northern ireland all right, good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, april 12th i am sam stein in for jonathan lemire the manhattan district attorney leading the prosecution of donald trump is suing a top house r ....
violence i m a survivor of a workplace shooting to the people who survive whether you are physically hurt or not, i know that you re hurting, too we re here for you as well to the survivors and the families, our entire city is here to wrap our arms around you. the mayor of louisville, kentucky, consoling his grieving city after a deadly mass shooting there at a bank we ll have a live report for the latest on this tragedy in just a moment meanwhile one of the two tennessee lawmakers expelled from the statehouse for protesting gun violence gets his seat back. we ll have more on that development and what s next for other lawmakers straight ahead and also this morning we ll take you through the legal battle over a commonly used abortion pill as the justice department fights a ruling from a conservative judge in texas. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, april 11th i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire we begin with the second deadly mass shooting ....
in the capitol city kyiv, russian forces are retreating from this quote, unquote, annexed region of kherson. that s the indication that the civilian leaders there are giving the russian installed leaders. that s the indication that russia s generals are giving as well. putin seems to be trying to take a stronger grip on power there. remember in kherson seven months ago when the rush 1457b troops rolled in, there were street protests. the pernicious rule has led to the arrests, detentions, disappearances of many, many young people who dissented against the russian occupation. now the russian leaders forcing them to leave. russian imposed owe fil offics have told them it s not safe to stay. up to 60,000 forced out. boats used to ferry them away and their homes to an uncertain two days ago. reporter: they re concerned russia is whipping up hysteria compelling people to leave . translator: i ask you to make take my words seriously and to understand them meaning as pr ....
considerable damage in parts of south carolina. you see it in this video. that storm ripping through a pier causing part of it to collapse. now, it also submerged this neighborhood with a strong storm surge that, in fact, was several feet high. it was so bad this man it was so bad this man had to wade through knee-deep water inside his own home. thankfully the water there is starting to recede, and some areas in the state have been spared the worst. but in florida the damage has been severe. at least 45 people have now lost their lives and hundreds of homes have been turned, well, you see there just piles of debris. the coast guard is trying to rescue survivors. president joe biden said more help is on the way. it s just a crisis for florida. it s an american crisis. we re all in this together. i ve spoken to governor desantis on multiple occasions as well as this morning as well as mayors and county officials both republican and democrat from places most affected. ....
it is 5:00 a.m. and with daylight will come more of a sense of damage and countless homes have been destroyed. but in the middle of all that devastation, we re often seeing inspiring scenes like this, a local reporter saving ae iing ad nurse who was pleading for help. he had to carry theoryher to sa his back. pawleys island, the storm washed parts of the pier away. authorities are still assessings damage and working to restore power. and brian todd is in naples, florida with a closer look at the damage there. nothing left. zero. the full extent of hurricane ian s destruction now coming fully into view. aerial damage assessments showing coastal florida neighborhoods with roofing tore off, homes flattened, house either flooded or wiped out. some buildings with nothing left but the concrete slab. remote lotions locations cut of the mainland. these images showing how hard sanibel was hit. only way to access that is either by sea or by air. reporter: so far more th ....