right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the death toll from hurricane ian now reaching 100 in florida alone, as search and rescue efforts grow more urgent and people are asking, should the barrier islands have been evacuated sooner? north korea firing its most provocative nuclear test in years over japan, sparking air raid alerts and evacuations there. a joint u.s./japanese and south korean drill also. what will kim young undo next?

john kerr by joining us live. herschel walker accused of extreme hypocrisy. his denial and what his son is saying today. good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. more than 400,000 florida res departments are still without power, six days after hurricane ian made landfall. for floridians, the reality it could take years to rebuild. shaq brewster has been speaking with residents in ft. myers beach. how difficult is it to drive through viewing the damage, living with it. >> reporter: so much damage. especially when you move away from the beach. we are three miles from the beach, two miles from the river. i wanted you to see the extent of the daniel here. every house in the neighborhood, literally every house in the neighborhood you are seeing what it looks like their house, the

full home outside on the front lawn. right here behind me, this is the first time that we have seen a fema team in this neighborhood. neighbors saying it's the first time they have seen a fema team. a sense of what they do. they come around, they have the app on their phone and they go through seeing if there's emergency in the home. they came up to this home. they provided them water. it's an elderly couple. they have been working pulling out all the items outside their house. they dropped off those two tubs of water there. this is something that you are seeing throughout the neighborhood. i want you to see some of the images. mattresses, anything that was about four and a half feet, about chest height, that was the point in which there's a water line inside the homes. very clear, very distinct. you see all of those personal items out on the curb. neighbors saying that some of them have insurance, some of them don't. some of them have hurricane insurance. some of them have flood insurance. they don't know what that process will be like.

this is the first time they have been seeing fema help. they know they have a long recovery ahead as they are engaged in the cleanup right now. about six days after the storm. >> shaq brewster, thank you. it's unbearable to think about what they're going through. the florida chief financial officer, state fire marshall joins us. thanks for being with us. i know how busy you my be. bring us up to date on what the state, the federal government can do to help these poor souls. >> it has been an amazing undertaking. we have 16 teams, urban search and rescue teams, 1,200 men and women, trauma surgeons, structural engineers, search dogs. they have covered 71,000 structures since the storm has hit. some of the teams started inspecting structures hours -- literally, two, three hours after the storm. they are doing a hasty search.

they are going to every single dwelling and literally checking, hello, is anyone there? if they have found somebody, then they administer immediate help and in several cases, they have saved lives. they are doing that right now. this is the largest deployment of urban search and rescue from 11 states in the history of the state of florida and history of the united states to one county. >> do you think there are still people there that you haven't found? could this death toll go higher? >> there's definitely -- they are finding people every day. they hear some of the challenges. as your reporter was showing about the flooding. i talked to a young lady, a red cross shelter last night. there was this woman there about 70 years old. her and her son were standing on top of their dining room table, which was on top of their kitchen cabinets -- or countertops. this is what they did to survive the flooding.

in her case, she's lost everything. this is where fema will have a part of a financial resolution. this is why it's so important -- congress typically acts with a disaster declaration after a disaster. they have not done it yet. they will meet for a continuing resolution. my hope is they will go ahead and do what they should do and make those resources available like they have done for every major declaration disaster in the history of the united states since fema has been doing their job. >> thanks to you, to the state and local officials and federal officials, fema and the people who are just trying to help their neighbors. thank you very much. good luck. we appreciate you. >> all the best. a trial for five members of the oath keepers continuing in washington today. prosecutors told the jury defendant stewart rhodes, the

founder and leader said days after the insurrection his only regret was not bringing more rifles to the capitol. a former federal prosecutor has been following the trial and joins me now. talk to me about the prosecution case today. they called an fbi special agent helping to protect senators during the insurrection. take us through the strategy of the case they are building. >> reporter: andrea, specific agent -- fbi special agent michael palian started testifying yesterday. he is still on the stand today. he is in direct examination from the prosecutor. it seems like we're going to move into cross examination pretty soon here. what he is doing is he is kind of building an evidentiary foundation brick by brick. it can be tedious. what he is presenting to the jury is message after message, text messages, signal chatscons

oath keepers are talking to each other. he is making it clear there was planning that went into what the oath keepers did on january 6, including stocking up weapons, an arsenal in a motel just across the river from where we are in virginia ready to be if necessary on january 6. what i think the evidence is showing, this sort of distinguishes the oath keepers from the thousands or tens of thousands of other people who attended the rally on january 6 and then were inspired, encouraged to march to the capitol and perhaps take matters into their own hands. these oath keepers, this group was really determined to keep donald trump in power by any means necessary. >> this is a hugely important case. thank you very much for being

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former director of asian affairs in the national security council. this is serious. there were five launches last week alone, smaller, short-range missiles. this is medium range, not an icbm but it could carry nuclear weapons. >> sure, that's right. i think north korea has been increasingly emboldened in their testing. as you said, they have not tested a missile over the japanese archipelago in quite some time. all the missiles aren't capable of nuclear warheads. they are pushing the envelope here. this is the 23rd missile event of the year. a very large number of missiles. they're really trying to take advantage of the fact that the biden administration is very focused on the war in europe, to cement their status as a nuclear weapon state that can threaten the u.s. homeland. >> what is likelihood -- you have been watching through satellite imagery -- planning

for a nuclear test? >> that's definitely a possibility. as you said, our imagery looking at the nuclear weapons test site is they are fully prepared to do it at one of their tunnels. it's really a decision that's left up to the political leadership. with regard to the timing. they have in the past previewed -- they have used a ballistic missile test to preview a nuclear test. so it's possible that they could follow this with a nuclear test. just add more to the biden administration's agenda on top of the war in europe and the situation in the taiwan straits with china firing missiles over taiwan. >> at the same time, the u.s. -- the biden administration has been sending overtures to kim jong-un since they took office. he has not responded, to our knowledge. what more could they be doing?

>> it's hard to say there's more they could be doing. there's some that say there should be hurting of sanctions. but i don't think there's a lot of interest in that in the policy establishment in d.c. or in the biden administration at all, because these sanctions are for nuclear proliferation. the administration has tried to reach out and offer humanitarian assistance to help north korea with their covid situation separate from denuclearization. there appears to be no response from the north koreans. they really seem to be bent on following this path of establishing themselves as a nuclear weapon state before they are willing to talk to anybody else, including the chinese. this is happening just before the big party congress in china when xi is supposed to get his third term in office. north koreans don't appear to be listening to anybody right now. >> troubling.

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because he timed this just days before china's big party convention. >> yeah. very troubling development here with this most recent launch. certainly, not the first one this year. but they are the most recent and there's a range that's of concern in terms of how long the missile was able to travel. particularly over japan. that's one of the reasons why the president wanted to speak with prime minister kishida to reassure the prime minister the united states takes seriously our commitment to japan's defense. you saw the exercise we conducted with japanese fighters as well as an exercise that we conducted over the west sea with our south korean allies. this is not unusual. in recent months, unfortunately, we have had to conduct these kinds of exercises in response to north korean provocative actions. it's obviously a violation of the u.n. security council resolutions. we will keep consulting with allies and partners about the

best way forward. this is destabilizing. it does nothing to enhance security and stability in the korean peninsula or in the western pacific. >> how worried are you about a nuclear test, which he hasn't done since 2017? >> we are watching that as best we can. i don't have anything specific to say today about what the chances are. obviously, that would also be deeply concerning and deeply destabilizing to security in the region. also, of course, a violation of national security resolutions as well. certainly, the united states and the international community would most likely have to respond in some way to ratchet up continued pressure on kim jong-un. we have said that we are committed to the denuclearization of the peninsula and to north korea and that we are willing to sit down with kim jong-un without pre-conditions and to start a diplomatic path forward. we have said that repeatedly.

repeatedly, he ignored that. we would urge him to be willing to sit down and have those discussions so that this doesn't have to come to blows. >> is there anything else that we can offer? >> i think we have been nothing but frank and candid about our willingness to sit down with no pre-conditions. we have been frank and candid, as president was with the prime minister of japan, that we take seriously our security commitments. we are aligned it japan and south korea. those are serious security commitments which we will honor. we're going to make sure that short of diplomacy, that we are ready from a military perspective to protect our interests and those of our allies in the region. >> ukraine has been advancing and forcing russia to retreat. more advanced by ukraine today, more retreats from russia. as vladimir putin gets

increasingly cornered, his back against a wall, we saw him speech on friday, which, frankly, struck some as alarming. is there some concern that this is not just the mad man theory, but that vladimir putin could do something truly crazy? >> we are obviously watching events unfold very, very closely, as you might imagine. we are in constant touch with our ukrainian counterparts at all levels of the government. we have been monitoring as best we can mr. putin and his activities since the beginning of this invasion, back in february. we will continue to do that. we have been concerned about potential escalation of this war, which is in nobody's interest, no matter how it gets escalated. you asked what he could do. what he could do is pull his troops out of ukraine. he could do the right thing by ending this war today. short of that, clearly, he shows no signs of being willing to stop the fighting. in fact, everything you are

seeing shows you he wans to keep that going by annexing these territories. short of doing the right thing, he could agree to sit down with mr. zelenskyy and have a negotiated settlement. find a peaceful way out of the war. >> we heard reassuring comments from lloyd austin, from other officials, you as well, that we have seen no signs of nuclear weapons, any movement or pre-positioning. would we necessarily see anything? how would we know if he is going to do something from his territory? >> i can tell you that we have been able to monitor his nuclear capabilities as best we can. that continues to be right up until today. we monitor as best we can. what i can continue to tell you today is we haven't seen any indication that mr. putin has made a decision to use those kinds of weapons, weapons of

mass destruction, certainly not nuclear weapons. we have seen nothing that would give us pause to change our own strategic deterrent posture or ability to defend our allies and partners on the european continent. we watch this as closely as we can. >> let me ask you briefly about iran. we have seen the protests now for several weeks over the death of the 22-year-old woman. it's now the third week. the supreme leader is blaming the u.s. and israel, which is totally off base. we know that. but how widespread is this? is this close to a tipping point or close to what we saw in 2009 with the revolution? is this sporadic? is there any way to assess that? >> it's difficult to say at this point. clearly, the protests are becoming more widespread. clearly, the regime feels like it's under increasing pressure now from its own population. these are by and large women who are protesting. it's not just women. that's how it started. these are young people who want

to move into modernity. they want to be connected. the united states is going to continue to do what we can to help them stay connected to the world through technology and the internet. we have held accountable the morality police in whose custody that young woman died as well as other iranian officials. we will continue to look for ways to hold the regime accountable. the regime is accountable. they are responsible. they are the ones through their actions and their deeds have precipitated these protests. as we have said before, we urge them to do the right thing and allow for peaceful protests and not try to dictate the lives and choices of iranian women and youth. >> john kirby on all things troubling around the world. thank you very much. thanks for being with us today. with five weeks to go until the midterms, the hot georgia rate could get tighter after

shocking allegations against her . >> dale: -- herschel walker. the republican candidate who wants to ban all abortions urged a woman in 2009 to get an abortion after they conceived a child. she provided a canceled check and a get well card. they corroborated the details of the accusation with the woman's close friend and had a receipt from the abortion clinic. walker denying the allegations. >> i sent out so many get well, so much of anything. i can tell you, i never asked anyone to get an abortion. i never paid for an abortion. it's a lie. i'm going to continue to fight. they're not going to take the seat. they better work harder. >> walker's son is blasting his dad in a video posted to twitter. >> family values.

he has four kids, four different women, wasn't in the house raising one of them. the abortion part drops yesterday. it's handwriting in the card. they have receipts. gets on twitter. lies about it. i'm done. done. >> he tweeted, i love my son no matter what. nbc news reached out to the walker campaign. they pointed us to the denial. joining us now, erin haze, susan page and mark murray. erin, i know you are a native of atlanta, now in philly. react to the report. >> that's right. normally, either one of these developments would be a blow to a campaign at this late hour. as you know, these are not normal times. gop voters in georgia, i've been watching this, they have stuck with walker as he made

controversial and erratic comments. he sidestepped the revolution of children he had previously unknown to the public. he is in a close race despite allegations of domestic violent allegations from his ex-wife and his story that have been debunked. we need to say that walker is denying, again, as you saw in the clip from fox, that he paid for or asked anybody to get an abortion and is planning to sue for defamation. we know that abortion is a central issue in the midterms. that's the case in this georgia senate race. what will the impact of this have on his voters, particularly women of both parties who are fired up by this issue? >> mark murray, a super pac is

not pulling ads. rick scott is out with a senate campaign committee endorsement saying that this is just a democratic smear. he seems to be resistant to all of these kinds of attacks, including serious questions about his qualifications for this job. >> there are two big reasons why senate republicans are standing walker right now. number one is the fact the senate map. if republicans end up losing georgia and if they end up losing pennsylvania, where they are behind on that race, they don't necessarily seem to be -- they seem to be trailing in arizona, it's hard to see where else they could actually end up coming to flip control of the united states senate. that's how crucial georgia is to the entire map in math for the republican party. the other reason why they're not pulling out just yet is our political unit has researched this and the window to be able to change nominees, to get

somebody else was 60 days of the election. we are 35 days away from the election. you are too late to be able to change and have somebody else deciding to run. for those two reasons, it's not surprising to me republicans are standing behind him despite all -- this is not just the first revelation or allegation against him in this race. >> susan page, he is a trump backed candidate. that's how he got this position in the first place. a football star. how do you assess it? >> it may not shake the faith of his most solid supporters, but this cannot be helpful. it raises questions about hypocrisy on his part. it folks attention on abortion. he opposes it even in cases of rape and incest. that's a position at odds with where most americans are, including most republicans. we saw two years ago, the senate came down to the georgia senate

races. we could have that situation this time. >> erin, let's talk about pennsylvania, the senate race there. you are in philadelphia now. there's a new poll showing that john fetterman is six points ahead of republican oz. others are closer than that. fetterman has been plagued by not only his health issue, because he suffered a stroke three or four days before the primary election, but the fact he was not as transparent as many would say a candidate has to be about"the new york times"n about it and other medical writers. he is running against a doctor, although a doctor who has his own checkered public comments and positions on medicine. >> certainly. some of the checkered past is being reported just this week in the press. fake medical solutions that he

was selling and really profiting from in the millions at the height of his popularity when he was kind of a tv celebrity before he transitioned into politics. certainly, john fetterman's health has been at issue. he has recently returned to the campaign trail and by all accounts he is on the road to recovery. but certainly, issues of his lack of transparency early on did raise questions about whether he was going to be healthy enough to campaign and to serve. challenges about his health from dr. oz don't seem to be shaking anybody's faith much in pennsylvania. the bottom line is that this is going to be a very close race, despite the concerns about john fetterman's health and despite concerns about dr. oz, whether it's about his residency, his

pennsylvania residency or about his history as a medical professional. >> sorry. susan, i wanted to drill down on that poll. you do have fetterman up six points now. that would seem to indicate maybe in recent interviews, he has not been out that much on the campaign, but he is beginning to pick up his pace. they are doing one debate october 25th. in the interviews i have seen, he does seem to be able to answer questions. >> that october 25th debate will be crucial, special scrutiny on fetterman. look what dr. oz has done. he has succeeded through a barrage of ads to raise questions about negatives. he has driven up his negative biz 17 points compared to june. he has not approved his own position. his favorable rating, 34%. that's dreadful for a candidate

who hopes to win in a few weeks. >> mark, let's talk about wisconsin. we talked to barnes yesterday and the republican incumbent ron johnson has said controversial things. he is saying it was not an armed insurrection. >> that is the -- this comes as republicans have been hitting barnes on the airwaves for saying he is for de-fund the police, for cash bail reform. as we heard he ended up saying, what about january 6? how can you be for law enforcement when you are on the wrong side when it comes to january 6? look at the totality of the race, republicans have been able to start spending over the airwaves, this is the contest that moved the most over the past month, barnes had a little edge within the margin of error and now that's reversed and ron

johnson is ahead. wisconsin was decided by 10,000 votes in the 2016 presidential vote. i would imagine that's probably our margin for this senate contest and the gubernatorial one. expect a close race. >> we're not going to know right away. >> probably not. >> mark, susan, erin, it's great to have you here. thank you very much. decisive for democracy. the supreme court justices hearing arguments in a case that could determine the fate of voting rights in america. that's next. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. no, he's seizing the moment with merrill. moving his money into his investment account in real time and that's... how you collect coins. your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company. it's the subway series menu! 12 irresistible subs... like #4 supreme meats. smoky capicola, genoa salami and pepperoni! it's the dream team of meats.

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alcindor. representation matters. >> representation absolutely matters. i am encouraged by what i saw today. i saw justices appreciate that fact and recognize the importance of the voting rights act and the importance of the court's precedent in stating the voting rights act is a statute that's remedial. it's intended to protect voters who have not always had equal opportunity and equal representation. i'm very proud of the excellent oration from our senior counsel in our case. the arguments were made this ought to be slam dunk. this is the type of racial gerrymandering that we have seen alabama do before and that needs to be completely denounced by

this court in a resounding way so that we don't continue to see communities across this country rendered voiceless through a gerrymandering process that's racially discriminatory. >> yamiche, you have done a deep dive on how critical this is. tell me what you learned. >> it's a landmark case dealing with voting rights, race and gerrymandering. i sat down with the plaintiffs and the defendant in the case. listen to what they told me. for generations, alabama has been home to civil rights battles. activists say there's a new front line for equality. redistricting. >> we would ask federal courts would intervene and require them to look at the pop population, voting history of the state and produce maps that give black

alabamians a chance to elect candidates of their choice in a way that actually represents their population in the state. >> evan is talking about the supreme court case bearing his name. the case centers on voting rights and gerrymandering. currently, one of the state's seven congressional districts is majority black. that's 14%. alabama's population is 27% black. other plaintiffs say the newly drawn congressional map dilutes the voting power of black residents. they are demanding the state create a second majority black district by breaking it up. >> we had to fight for freedom. we had to fight for the right to vote. we are fighting for redistricting. >> democracy is under attack. the country as we know it, if we continue on the road we're on right now, we will not be able to recognize or even spell democracy in this country. >> the defendant, alabama secretary of state john merrill didn't draw the new congressional maps.

but he is confident the state will defend them. what's your response to civil rights activists and voters who say that the current congressional lines are diluting african american voting power in this state? >> if they are not pleased with that, then they need to change the constituency of the alabama legislature or the congressional delegation. people in our state have the opportunity to choose where they live. they can locate or relocate wherever they want to. >> that's absurd. that's offensive. that tells you how big the problem is. >> this former attorney general eric holder has focused his attention on fighting gerrymandering. through a new group, the national democratic redistricting committee, he helped file lawsuits throughout the country over the past few years, including this case in alabama. >> it's a microcosm of a larger gerrymandering negatively impacts the nation but

disproportionally impacts people of color. this is a question of fairness. >> evan, whose ancestors were enslaved six generations ago, he said losing this case would be devastating. i talked to alabama's attorney general right here, right in front of the steps. he is confident they were able to make a good case. they feel like they can win. we will see what happens. >> from being inside and listening to the arguments, what was your takeaway as to which way this might be going? any clue? you have a super majority of conservatives on the court, of course. >> yes. i have to be confident that the law and the facts will prevail. there's month question we should win under the voting rights act. it's a very clear case of racial discrimination. this is something that i think the justices can't shy away from. we heard in much of the questioning today that the

justices recognize what is at stake, that they recognize that this is a situation where the voting rights act was specifically intended to protect voters. i am very hopeful -- i know we put on the very best possible case you can to protect the voting rights of black alabamians and to ensure that our democracy as a whole is based on fair and equitable maps. it's based on a fair and equitable process. that's not one that governs alabama's congressional districts and congressional elections today. >> grateful to you for coming rushing out. yamiche, as always, great reporting from alabama. thank you. coming up, the ugly truth. systemic, widespread and deep-rooted. some of the findings about abuse and sexual misconduct inside u.s. women's soccer. the details next from anne thompson. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. (vo) with their verizon private 5g network, associated british ports can now precisely orchestrate nearly

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u.s. soccer say it is will take immediate action after a damning report revealing systemic abuse and sexual misconduct spanning multiple team, coaches, and victims within the organization. the independent investigation was conducted pit former acting u.s. attorney sally yates on behalf of the u.s. soccer federation. ann thompson is following the story. it's just horrific. but it's not surprising. >> it's not surprising at all. in fact, what really struck me reading the report is how similar it is to other scandals we have uncovered like usa gymnastics. but what this report makes clear is that the organization here, national women's soccer league, failed to protect its players. >> reporter: this morning a damaging look behind the scenes of the national women's soccer league as a few report describes

years of verbal and emotional abuse and sexual misconduct within the organization. calling it systemic, spanning multiple teams, coaches, and victims. investigators conducted more than 200 interviews and spoke with over 100 current and former players. according to the report, teams, the league and the national federation repeatedly failed to respond appropriately when confronted with player reports and evidence of abuse. >> we're talking about sustained, degrading and manipulative conduct that was all about power. >> reporter: former acting u.s. attorney general sally yates led the independent investigation, commissioned by u.s. soccer last year after multiple reports described allegations of abuse by nwsl coach ps. >> how widespread was this? >> the the barriers were not there. the consequences were photo there.

thus it allowed a systemic problem to flourish for years. >> reporter: the athletic breaking the report of past players accusing paul riley of sexual and verbal abuse. the allegations created an uproar across the league, including player protests during games and riley's ultimate firing. shim played for riley on the portland thorns telling her story on "today" last october. >> it's so prevalent. it's not just this team or this coach. it's across the league. it's across the sport. we have to do something about it. >> reporter: the report also alleges the systemic abuse in women's soccer isn't just at the professional level. >> verbal and emotional abuse is common in youth soccer as well. >> reporter: in the wake of monday's investigation, u.s. soccer saying it's taking action. the federation president calling it art heartbreaking and troubling. paul riley, who we mentioned in that story, he was the coach, we reached out to him, but he hasn't gotten back to us for

comment. however, when he did speak to the athletic last year, he denied all the acusations. >> it just seems like every few years we hear another horror story. are we hearing it from the players? >> the players certainly formed the basis of this. they came forward to accuse three coaches, one of whom is paul riley. and the question is now is this the opening of the pandora's box. will more people feel comfortable to come forward and tell their stories in an effort to prevent this abuse from happening again. >> anne, what about children's soccer and the effect on school. >> that was the alarming part of this. what the investigation found is the verbal abuse starts in the youth leagues. what happens is the young women, the young girls get yelled at and then they become

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good day. i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. right now, multiple court battles are unfolding. cases that go directly to the heart of this country's character and what it stands for. in washington, the trial of five members of the antigovernment group the oath keepers began with the prosecution using the defendant's own words against them as they allegedly tried to con contact a rebellion to keep president biden from taking power. in the supreme court, arguments have begun over a voting map in alabama. the naacp claiming it's a tool of racial discrimination designed specifically to diminish the black vote. a lower court agreed with that, but with the high court yet to weigh in, the dissputed map is still official. meaning it is the one that will