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good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members but says those counted so far suggest support for strike action, possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident & emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should "carefully consider" the impact on patients. and as our health edit...

i'm john berman in ft. myers, florida, and the storm has intensified again. 85-mile-per-hour winds, heading towards the carolinas. this after tearing the destructive path across florida. it is expected to make landfall in south carolina around midday, somewhere between charleston and myrtle beach. it could produce life-threatening floods there in the carolinas. this is already liskely the largest natural disaster in florida's history. i'm standing in the middle of some of the damage, in a marina where the boats have been washed up on to the shore here. parts of florida have been seri...

santos is facing scrutiny after admitting he lied. and now federal prosecutors are getting involved. plus, more troubles for southwest airlines. the airline cancelled thousands of flights again today. also this morning, a new round of russian missile strikes targeting ukraine's energy grid, officials say it appears to be one of moscow's largest attacks to date. ♪♪ good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this thursday, december 29th. i'm sam stein in for jonathan lemire. congressman-elect george santos is now under investigation by law enforcement for the lies he to...

i understand why sometimes it may be tempting just tune out. just to watch football or hd tv or the great british baking show. whatever floats your boat. but i'm here to tell you pittsburgh, the tuning out is not an option. moping is not an option. the only way to make this economy fair is if we, all of us, fight for. and the only way to save democracy if is if we together fight for it. and it starts with electing people who know you. who see you, who care about you, who stood in your shoes, you did that two years ago when you sent joe biden to the white house, he is fighting for you...

keep coming. willie? >> yeah. start in florida, though, this hour, mika. millions of residents are bracing for hurricane ian as that powerful storm barrels towards the state getting stronger by the hour. just this morning it became a category 4 hurricane expected to make landfall in the southwest coast of florida as early as this afternoon. the center of the storm forecast to move over the central past of the state with winds reaching more than 130 miles per hour. the national hurricane center also warning of dangerous storm surge and flooding with up to 18 inches of rain expected in...