first of all, how are the conditions in sarasota right now? are you seeing rain or high winds yet? >> thanks for having me, boris. here where it's still -- it's a little overcast. we haven't seen the rain or the wind pick up. we have had intermittent showers throughout the night and the morning, but here we're just finalizing our preparations for the storm which is supposed to hit hardest here this evening and into the night. >> walk us through those preparations. what are you encouraging people in the community to do? >> sure. well, here, obviously, with city hall, we're making sure that we have our generators out. all of our city functions are prepared for any kind of loss of power. we're working with our power company fbl to -- and our uh utilities department to make sure any breaks in service are addressed quickly and we're recommending that people play this one smart. folks here are very adept at dealing with the storms, floridians in general are adept at dealing with the storms so they know they need to bring in the loose items from outside or around the house or outside on t

if you're in sarasota july 3rd he is going to in sarasota. >> by the way texas could you have a good-time we have left. if you are in sarasota, 40,000 people in ohio july 30th will be in sarasota, florida, you like being on the road again? >> we love the people. >> texas, do you have a good time tonight, thank you all for coming. let not your heart be troubled, we will see you back after the fourth. have a great holiday weekend, god bless america, god bless texas. thank you for being with us. jeanine: this is the ingraham angle from new york city. britney is in 3 but bill cosby is. complete legal analysis ahead plus raymond arroyo will be here a little later to document the latest troubling biden moment in the pandemic of forever quarantine in his seen

if you are in sarasota, 40,000 people in ohio july 30th will be in sarasota, florida, you like being on the road again? >> we love the people. >> texas, do you have a good time tonight, thank you all for coming. let not your heart be troubled, we will see you back after the fourth. have a great holiday weekend, god bless america, god bless texas. thank you for being with us. jeanine: this is the ingraham angle from new york city. britney is in 3 but bill cosby is. complete legal analysis ahead plus raymond arroyo will be here a little later to document the latest troubling biden moment in the pandemic of forever quarantine in his seen and unseen segment but first back in march president biden led the american people to believe that july 4th would be a time for reopening. >> there's a good chance you, your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard and your neighborhood and have a cookout in the barbecue and celebrate independence day. that will make this independence day something truly special. where we not only market or independence as a nation but we begin

for many areas of tampa to sarasota down to ft. myers. the closest approach to the sarasota/tampa area will be overnight tonight. then landfall tomorrow morning near cedar key and a rain storm heading up through the carolinas, mid-atlantic region on friday. the main concerns will be the storm surge tonight and then tomorrow the heavy rain. kate >> bill, thank you >>> that storm is threatening the search for survivors from the building collapse near miami. morgan chesky is in surfside what's happening there >> reporter: yeah, kate, it's really a twofold problem between wind and lightning we are standing just across the street from what was champlain centers south. any time it strikes nearby forces everyone off that pile for at least half an hour. now just within the last hour, the death toll rising yet again. 36 people now confirmed dead more than 100 still missing, and the funerals of those victims just beginning kate >> so sad. morgan, thank you. >>> the pentagon announced the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan is more than 90% complete, l

, at the sarasota fairgrounds. wfla even reports that people have been camping out since yesterday in anticipation of seeing their dear donald, either that or the free fireworks show that follows. this after the president traveled to texas for a propaganda stunt which turned into a typical grand-standing trump tirade about anything and everything. he does have something new to rail against tonight, charges filed against the trump organization and its long-time cfo allen weisselberg on tax related crimes to which the company and weisselberg have pled not guilty. how this may be just a bit of the story we could see right now and how it could hit the former president where it hurts the most in a bit. >>> accompanying the former president on his texas trip a number of house republicans to show their devotion to the guy who lost them the house, the senate and the white house. it's been reported that several members of the delegation were joined by a blogger who reportedly attended the january 6th capitol riot but has no

this one here in sarasota, florida.against the investigation in new york that led to the indictment of the trump organization. the former president saying he is being pursued over politics. >> this is the kind of persecution that they're doing as an example in new york, and they are doing it all over. that you would see in a third-world nation. this isn't for us. it's reminiscent of a communist dictatorship targeting your political opponents for, really, it is, think of it, prosecution. they prosecute people. good people. fabulous people. people that love our country. honest people. >> reporter: earlier in the day trump world also announced that next week the former president will be delivering remarks on free speech and the first amendment. one more indication that donald trump does not plan to shirk into the shoes while the trump organization faces legal jeopardy in new york. joe john, cnn, sarasota, florida. >>> and a standoff in massachusetts started as a traffic stop, escalated into this nine-hour encounter between

polluted gallons of water from a phosphate bay was dumped in the watend crosby studies red tide at sarasota's lab oratorylabora. >> tyler is worried he is running out of time. are you worried about your livelihood? >> 100%. my fear is that this entire region has potential to be a dead zone. >> ben tracy, cbs news. tampa bay. >> more than 200 of the world's leading climate scientists are meeting virtually to finalize a land mark united nation's report on climate change. we sat down with john kerry, president bide know's special envoy for climate, to discuss what can be done to get world leaders to take action. ly floods sweep europe.cana. and china. and heat waves hitting the u.s. >> this is a direct impact of the climate crisis. >> john kerry told us these are now every day signs of the devastation unleashed by climate change. >> do you feel there's a nuisance of urgency internationally to do something faster against climate change? >> i think there's a growing sense of urge answer and i it's not at the peak level it needs to be in a coordinated basis around the planet. there's an enormous am

reportero: sin embargo, "elsa" pasÓ por los cayos y sarasota, hay aviso de tormenta tropical hasta laque no hubo daÑos considerables ni vÍctimas. jorge: a pesar de que "elsa" no fue tan duro, por quÉ las autoridades todavÍa llaman a la prudencia? reportero: por varias razones, una, porque los Árboles podrÍan haber quedado pendientes y en jacksonville una persona muriÓ cuando el Árbol cayÓ encima de un camiÓn, atrapando a los ocupantes. otra de las razones es porque todavÍa existe la posibilidad de formaciones de tornados y ademÁs los cables podrÍan haber caÍdo al suelo y estar cubriendo por inundaciones. en la ciudad de perry, esto ha pasado. ilia: una embarcaciÓn procedente de cuba naufragÓ por la tormenta. por lo menos nueve personas estÁn desaparecidas, 13 ocupantes fueron rescatados por la guardia costera. borja: vamos con albert sobre la informaciÓn de "elsa". albert: tengo el informe, 45 millas, ha perdido contacto con el ocÉano, lo que alimenta, pero los vientos son intensos en florida y georgia, jacksonville y savannah, con vientos intensos. va a seguir subiendo por el sur de

if you're in sarasota july 3rd he is going to in sarasota. >> by the way texas could you have a goodheart not be troubled we will see you back after the fourth happy holliday weekend god bless texas and thank you for being with us. i'm in for laura and come tonight and this is seeking fro angle from new york city. britney is not free but still cosby is. complete legal analysis ahead. raymond is going to be here a bit later to document the most troubling moments for biden. first back in march the president-elect of the american people to believe that july 4th

listen to what he told the crowd at a rally in sarasota, florida, over the weekend. >> they go afterying taxes on a company car, a company car. you didn't pay tax on the aptme. you used an apartment because you need an apartment because you have to travel too far where t pay tax, or education for your grand children. i don't even know -- does anybody know the answer to that stuff? >> let's dig deeper with the state attorney for pal beach county in florida, dave aaron berg. did the former president just admit to almost everything his company has been accused of in this criminal indictment? >> good evening, wolf. now you see why so many lawyers are bald. it's because stuff like this makes them want to pull their hair out. these are admissions. they can and will be used against the trump organization which has already been indicted. they won't help allen weisselberg and come back to be used against donald trump if he's ever indicted in this case. what you saw in sarasota, wolf, is a preview of his future defense if he's ever charged which i call the sergeant schultz defense from "hogan'

we have these heavier bands that are really impacting sarasota into the tampa area, and that's going to increase for at least the next 24 hours. right now, we still have an hurricane it's 65 miles southwest of tampa, florida. we still have the ford north movement of 14 miles per hour and it's continuing to be on track to with the sustained winds of 75 miles per hour. we're gonna continue to watch this movement, what happened in the last few hours is wind -- and it will allow the system to intensify. we will continue to watch this overnight, we do have storm surge concerns that stretch even for the keys, all the way into the panhandle. tomorrow morning, we will continue to see the storm system offshore but really, the center of circulation will not make its way into see your keys, and a potential way fall into midday. then we will continue to watch, tracking elsa, all the way into wednesday evening. thursday, evening as well. for the carolinas, all the way into west virginia. we will still see the storm system tracking into areas of the northeast as we continue into friday. long go wi

another trump rally, in sarasota, florida. this would be post-indictment.nor, ron desantis, has sent word, please, don't do that. so, they've got a conflict there. governor's saying don't do it because we have a mass-casualty event we are still recovering from. fairly, you know, close by in surfside, where president biden was today. it'll be -- you know, this -- this is another test of -- i don't know what it is. the -- the -- the trump psyche. whether he actually tries to have that event, while they're still searching for bodies on saturday. >> well, i mean, obviously, you know, we know that trump doesn't care, at all, about the search for the bodies. doesn't care at all about any-human life or any of the -- the -- the family members or anybody that's impacted in a human way. i think this is a really simple one, lawrence. trump has been listening to people say that ron desantis is the next trump for the last-six months. and i would say, the thing that will most induce trump to do this event is if ron desantis continues to tell him not to do this event. tru

former president donald trump using the indictments against his own company to rile up supporters in sarasota, florida. >> stunning detalss in the britney spears conservatorship case, including a 911 call she reportedly made the day before testifying in court. what's next for the pop icon, and why lawmakers are suddenly interested. >>> we say good morning. it's sunday, july 4th. i'm kendis gibson. >> we appreciate you spending part of your holiday weekend with us. i'm lindsey reiser. the macy's fireworks show, of course, you can watch it on nbc tonight. this is some behind the scenes footage of the setup. they will be set off along several barges on the east river, and the empire state building also going to be setting off fireworks as well. >> the empire state building will have a starring role in tonight's festivities. it's going to really feel as if, yes, america is back. what a wonderful thing. >> we're excited to celebrate that new normal. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest news this morning. new developments in the surfside condo collapse. search efforts have

the former president defiant last night during a long-winded rally here in sarasota, back in front of a crowd. and doing what he has done continuously over the last few years whenever he has faced with legal wrongdoing like this ongoing probe that has been happening in manhattan and in the state of new york. he has called it fake and partisan. listen to what he said last night. >> this is the kind of persecution that they're doing as an example in new york. and they're doing it all over. that you would see in the third world nation. they mobilize every power of government to come after me, my family, my wonderful employees and my company. solely because of politics. >> now, guys, the trump organization has pled not guilty. we saw that happen the last few days. but the posture here is clear, we heard it from trump yesterday. but we've also heard it from his legal team over the course of the last few days and weeks as these charges were imminent and then filed. they have repeatedly pulled the same posture and trump according to these lawyers, was outraged by these charges. we saw that o

trump was in sarasota, my hometown, this past july 4th weekend.hat we can to take the house back in 2022 and fire speaker pelosi once and for all. eric: congressman greg steube of sarasota, florida, great, great town, great location. >> thanks for having me. eric: thanks for joining us. of course. arthel? arthel: well, california's staking its own ground on kids wearing masks in schools this fall despite new guidance from the cdc. what's behind the move, plus the latest on the fast-growing delta variant. that's up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ sometimes you wanna go ♪ ♪ where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪♪ ♪ and they're always glad you came ♪ welcome back, america. it sure is good to see you. (realtor) the previous owners left in a hurry, so the house comes with everything you see. follow me. ♪ (realtor) so, any questions? (wife) we'll take it! (realtor) great. (vo) it will haunt your senses. the heart-pounding audi suv family. get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. to run a growing business, is to be on a journey. and along the ride, you'll have many qu

right now the forecast is calling for 3 to 5 feet for sarasota into cedar keys and this is going to causeor flooding in this area on top of the rain that we're already seeing, torrential rain coming down currently. on top of that, up to 8 inches across central florida into the panhandle. some sections could pick up 10 inches. we're also going to be watching south georgia as well as the flood threat. except flood watches to be going into place in the next few hours. also, the severe weather threat. we have these heavier bands that are making their way across the keys right now into southwest florida and this is sparking up a few tornados that we saw earlier today, a tornado watch still remains in place for this area. the wind speeds, we do have hurricane hunters that are out right now. they only extend about 20 miles, but that will continue to really pick up across cedar keys going into later this afternoon into this evening. so, the storm still a hurricane. potentially, will be downgraded because it's starting to split apart, chris, but we have a long way to do with the flood threat. >> t

donald trump rallying tonight in sarasota. tell us what is happening. ali, what is going on there right now? >> reporter: alison, each of these rallies does feel like a continuation of the one before, and that's to say in how they look, how they feel and certainly in what we're going the hear from the former president. i just got off the phone a little while ago with a trump aide who said substantively he's going to have a script tonight, but expect a lot of off-script remarks. that's something that they're leaning into, especially as trump starts to become much more public over the course of this summer. last week we saw him really kick off the beginning of a summer where he's going to take a much more public posture out here on the campaign trail. this is a continuation of that. theme attically, what we're going to hear is the former president talking about a lot of the old grievances that we've been hearing from him over the course of the last few months, even years. these rallies really haven't changed that much in terms o

i opened up for my father last weekend for the fourth of july in sarasota.nd applause] and why i know this is real, i saw 45,000 people rsvp for an event. they sat out on a saturday of their fourth of july holiday weekend, the greatest holiday in america. [cheers] >> for like eight hours in 100 degree heat. heat index because they'll say no, no, no, it was 98. right? i will be canceled i have to make sure i caveat and-- it was 98 with 99.9% humidity so it was really damn hot, okay? they sat out there for eight hours and then it rained for three hours. and i don't mean like drizzle like we're seeing today, i mean like torrential downpour and i asked, i'm going to be speaking to an empty crowd. they go, no, sir, 137 people went inside to dry off because there was a little concession area beau, but they're back in now. we lost zero, eight hours on a holiday weekend plus three hours of rain. guys, this is a movement. [cheers and applause] i got on that stage and i was like, this is a pretty good crowd and i saw an american flag hanging from a crane 400 yards beh

the coastline spinning around and you can see those bands of rain heading on shore near fort myers sarasotaso in the tampa area so far, much of miami has been spared by that near the issues there. but right now the storm system looks like it is going to affect most of the western half of florida. here's the very latest. you can see the core is still off the coastline. that's important tropical storm force winds extending outward about 70 miles. we have seen some stronger gusty winds along the coastline. but the strongest winds still right around the core in the strong or severe thunderstorms right around that area as well. here's some of the winds we've seen over the past few hours has been gusting to 2030 plus miles per hour. the areas shaded. >> in yellow there. those currently under a tornado watch so seeing some gusty winds developing near the coastline. but storm system looks like it's going to be coming on shore. sustained winds now 75 miles an hour making it a category one hurricane moving along the coastline near tampa as we head through the night tonight and then possibly coming on

way to georgia and south carolina now let's talk about the storm surge, three to five feet in sa sarasota to cedar key right now that we're going to be watching throughout the afternoon, as we see that potential landfall for the keys and southern florida, one to three feet. not in the clear just yet. along with massivefalling below for san diego. the desert southwest still very hot, in the triple digits. with these tropical threats now expanding we'll look at the carolinas, even sections of the northeast coming up, guys. >> thanks, janessa. >>> still ahead, the emotional night on america's got talent. >>> remembering the twa 800 disaster huge it's reshaped aviation 25 years later. and so is walgreens, with pharmacists who you know, who know you. so, when you're ready, they'll be ready to give it to you safely, for free. this is our shot at bringing our communities back together. providing healing, not just for some, but for all. this is our shot. this is our shot. this is our shot. does scrubbing feel like a workout? scrub less with dawn platinum. this is our shot. its superior formula br

. >> reporter: in sarasota, the cleanup is already underway. >> pretty much what i was expecting. >> way calmer than i thought it would be. i thought there would be limbs down everywhere, but it sort of missed us. >> all things considered, where we looked at 72 hours ago, i think the impact have been less than what we thought would be reasonable, so we are fortunate. >> officials say additional flooding is still a concern over the next few days because the ground in northern florida is already saturated from heavy rain last week. liz crawford, cbs news, st. petersburg, florida. >>> search and rescue efforts at the collapsed condo building in florida have now turned into a recovery mission. emergency workers say there's no longer a chance of finding survivors in the rubble after searching for two weeks. at a private briefing today with families, authorities say they will continue to search for the remains of loved ones. so far, 54 bodies have been found and 86 are still missing. >>> still ahead on kpix 5 and a streaming on cbsn bay area, it's one of the biggest renovations having righ

. >> now, that is very unusual.fld into >> reporter: mile mile studies red tides at sarasota's marine laboratory. tide to get out again because of the sloshing back and forth. >> reporter: tyler capella worries he's running out of time. are you worried about your livelihood? >> 100%. my fear is this entire region has potential to become a dead zone. >> reporter: ben tracy, cbs news, tampa bay. >> o'donnell: there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." what's behind the jet fuel shortage that's led to a number of flight cancellations. and the investigation after a home is blown to pieces. and a dramatic rescue caught on camera. what police and bystanders did to save a mother and her baby. . (thunder) we took the truck that helped build this country... and made it so it can power our homes. we took the vehicles businesses use to keep the lights on... and made them run on the same thing that turns the lights on. we took the original 0 - 60 head turner... and gave it zero vehicle emissions. we took the familiar... and made it revolutionary. facing leaks takes stren

he is going to in sarasota. >> by the way texas could you have a good time to make lex? let your heart not be troubled we will see you back after the fourth happy holliday weekend god bless texas and thank you for being with us. i'm in for laura and come tonight and this is seeking fro angle from new york city. britney is not free but still cosby is. complete legal analysis ahead. raymond is going to be here a bit later to document the most troubling moments for biden. first back in march the president-elect of the american people to believe that july 4th was the time to reopen. >> there is a good chance you your family and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhoo and have a cookout or barbecue and celebrate independence day. we want only marked the independence as a nation but begin to mark our independence from this virus. not only are we getting the usual variant of your mongering. also subtle hints about what direction the plan is going to take the country in the coming weeks. in los angeles county on monday they recommended that e

you look at where the cone is, you can see that it is likely to impact land anywhere between about sarasotap to parts of the panhandle kind of just to the east of panama city. um, so in tuesdayre going to see this kind of play out and it does look like it's going to pick up a little steam before it hits land, but it does not look like it's going to become hurricane status. that'll be 74 mph or more. it will take it back to the bay now and take a live look at oakland, where we've got the low clouds out there and certainly, you know, we're under the influence of low pressure that is off the coast. you can see that counterclockwise circulation. there is high pressure off to the east over the four corners and as of right now, not really affecting us, but that will change current temperatures up. side right now. 55 degrees in san francisco, about 59 in oakland, 60 and conquered up in the north bay 54 in santa rosa 61 down in mountain view, when does come down a bit unless you're in fairfield, where it's gusting 37 miles per hours. we got a little breezy this afternoon as that marine layer starte

direct plea to trump's team asking trump's team to cancel a rally that is currently scheduled for sarasotaida, on saturday. one florida republican telling the outlet that trump and his team need to, quote, read the room. let's discuss. amanda, the trump team says they're not cancelling. the rally is more than 3 hours away from surfside, florida so it won't impact rescue efforts. they say they're going to collect donations at the event for surfside victims. still the optics, desantis saying don't come, our state is focused on this horrible disaster. >> does desantis really think he's going to be able to tell trump know. part of the reason ron desantis has been able to become popular and has been viewed as the potential 2024 republican nominee is because he's never really been under trump's thumb, right? as a florida republican governor, he's never had to be responsible for trump in the way that, say, a nikki haley has or a ted cruz, where he actually has to answer for trump's actions. if trump comes into ron desantis's back yard and starts going on about the rigged election and everything e

susan, in just a few hours, former president trump will hold a rally in sarasota, florida.ays. and as you see, thousands are there some three hours before the rally is scheduled to start. now it's his first appearance since his company and cfo were charged with running a 15-year tax scheme, and it's being held just a few hundred miles from the site of the horrific building collapse in surfside, florida, which according to "the washington examiner" angered republican governor ron desantis, although the governor now denies this. what political conditions is the former president in as he takes the stage tonight, susan? >> well, he is going to his people. so they are going to cheer and yell and hoot and holler, and my guess is we'll hear something about locking someone up, we'll hear enemies lists, and we'll hear a lot of witch hunts, but it will just be a rehashing of everything else he said. the only thing that may make a little news is that he'll respond to the charges put against him, against his company, the trump organization this week as you said. but other than that, re

then he had an event in sarasota florida, the charges against his company and allen weisselberg, not about the border. i'm curious to see how it's all playing out. we are watching various republican hopefuls and what they are doing, governors trying to manage the situation and then there is trump who was on the same old message of grievance, where does this go? >> that's a great question, especially for july 4. trump, based on talking were with people who were close to the president, he feels that these charges against the trump organization, as long as he isn't personally charge it is a benefit because it keeps his name in the news. they keep going after people that are close to him but at the end of the day he is not charged. some of the things he was saying yesterday, i had to reread them again to make sure i didn't imagine it. he claims they are going after people who are avoiding taxes like on cars or children's tenement tuition. he talks about that avoiding taxes is the american way. and all the allegations that are yet unproven. and he talked about the arrest of allen weisselb

at a rally in sarasota, florida, over the weekend trump tried to dismiss the case as politically motivatedaim that cfo allen weisselberg received off the books compensation. >> they go after good, hardworking people for not paying taxes on a company car. you didn't pay tax on the car or a company apartment. you used an apartment because you need an apartment because you have to travel too far where your house is. you didn't pay tax. or education for your grandchildren. i don't even know. does anybody know the answer to that stuff? >> he should. he was the president. he has good lawyers. he's apparently failing to appreciate that he's still under investigation, and anything he says can be used as evidence. a manhattan grand jury indicted the trump organization and weisselberg last week charging them with tax fraud, conspiracy and other charges alleging a 15-year scheme of tax evasion. >>> to the holiday now. a reawakening in the nation's capitol. thousands of people packing the national mall sunday to celebrate a nearly normal fourth of july and to take in the fireworks. we get more cnn's s

but just north of port charlotte, going into venice and the sarasota area, we have seen 10 to 11 inches of rainfall estimated on radar. that is certainly enough to cause some flooding. and you also add in the fact that the storm is almost coinciding exactly with high tide in the tampa/clearwater area and areas to the north, and that just adds insult to injury when it come the to the storm surge. we think it could reach levels of 3 to 5 feet. from here, it makes landfall sometime this morning along cedar key, that is around the big bend, and then it pushes across the coastal georgia, up along the carolinas, mid-atlantic and then later on this week, it is impacting new england as a 50-mile-per-hour storm. because it is taking this track, we do have tropical storm warnings up and also watches up for portions of coastal georgia and the carolinas. it will carry all of the thunderstorms with it as it takes this track. so we are looking at the potential for more in the way of heavy rain, gusty winds up the east coast as it takes this journey. >> we appreciate you keeping an eye on its track th

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. >>> meanwhile former president trump is moving ahead with a rally in sarasota, florida, scheduled ifs weekend, this despite reported pressure from governor desantis to cancel it as rescue workers continue to search for survivors in the condo crash. he insisted desantis is, quote, focusing on his duties as governor and the tragedies at surfside and never suggested that plans in different parts of florida should be rallied. "the herald" tribune reports that if the rally muns forward. governor desantis would be spurred to decide even as the surfside death toll keeps rising. >>> joining us now, national political correspondent from politico meredith mcgraw. thank you for being here. i know you've covered the president's recent events. let's talk the rally in the context of what's going on with surfside and the concerns from the governor about what to do, and, of course, this all comes as we expect indictments from the former president's company. [ indiscernible ] >> -- for the former president, he's barreling through with holding a rally over the weekend despite a rumored push from the g

. >> former trump used his independence day event in sarasota florida to address the criminal chargesy business and one of his most trusted executives. >> never before has new york city and their prosecutors or perhaps any prosecutors criminally charged a company or a person for fringe benefits. fringe benefits. murders? okay. human trafficking? no problem. but fringe benefits, you can't do that. >> now, this is same strategy we have seen from trump over and over, attack the prosecutors, and down play the charges. would it work for him again, either as a legal matter or politically, dave? >> politically, sure, right, because today's republican party is defined by white grievance politics. that's exactly what you heard last night. that's exactly what donald trump will tin to peddel. as a legal strategy, though, it doesn't matter what he said last night. for prosecutors to bring charges in new york, they had to identify a pattern of behavior that showed an intend the evade taxes. this is not a simple mistake. we all make mistakes on taxes, and tax bureaus do not throw you in jail or bri

advisory is that they have now issued a hurricane watch from just to the north of sarasota all the way to the north of cedar key. and so from west central florida on into the big bend of florida is under a hurricane watch. the national hurricane center is saying that this system does have the potential of getting close a category 1 status by the time to makes landfall up the west coast of florida come tomorrow morning. as you see here, we have heavy rainfall across the florida straits and as the system pushes to the north,en conditions wilo downhill. we've had thunderstorms on monday and then more thunderstorms across miami dade this morning. and we'll continue to see that. in surfside, we'll see stormy gusty squalls as we go through tuesday. and then wednesday, thursday, it is back to the typical south florida rainy season weather. here is the updated cone for you. as tropical storm elsa passes to the west of key west, it will stay to the west of the west coast of florida right offshore, but notice that the system will gather strength to a 70 mile-per-hour storm before it makes landfa

at his rally in sarasota over the weekend the former president railed against the indictment and somef in the process. >> they go after good hard-working people for not paying taxes on the company car. you didn't pay taxes on a company car or company apartment. you need an apartment because you have to travel too far from where your house is and you didn't pay tax or education for your grandchildren. i don't know. do you -- does anybody know the answer to that stuff, okay? but they indict people for that. think of how unfair it is. never before has new york city and their prosecutors or perhaps any prosecutors criminally charged a company or person for fringe benefits. fringe benefits. murder's okay. human trafficking, no problem. but fringe benefits, you can't do that. >> okay. meanwhile as arizona's largest county undergoes yet another review of the 2020 election, new reviews shows the trump white house pressured them to stop the certification of joe biden's win in that state. on january 3rd, the chairman of the republican committee said he was given a call and he didn't return the

to the charlotte, citrus, hardy, hernando, hillsboro, manatee, miami-dade, pasco, piniellas and sarasotan portion of cuba and end up in the florida straits and start impacting florida with the eye of the storm looking to be on the west side of florida so we obviously do what we do when it comes to the tropical storms and the hurricanes. that's just what we do. kevin guthrey has been designated as an officer for the duration of the storm and our executive order will assist the division and the state emergency response team in responding to the storm and ensuring floridians are prepared for possible impact. now, as we mentioned yesterday, we have a building here in surfside that is tottering, it's structurally unsound. though the storm is not likely to push in this direction, you could feel gusts in that area, we don't know, it's definitely a possibility and so, i know the mayor and both mayors have had supported demolishing the building. we brought in on the state level, the department of transportation engineers to examine the remaining structure and proposed different paths forward for

pete, you've got bradenton, sarasota, all going to see it by this afternoon.etween that and the big bend, something like a cedar key or just south of there. three to five feet of surge there down to one to three feet if you're in key west or up the coast there and i want to mention it doesn't stop. of course, it moves through the southeast and there will be heavy rains even in south georgia or south carolina, charleston in tropical storm watch, and eventually elsa tries to reform off the jersey coast and impact parts of the northeast and new england and i will be tracking all of this. for now we head back to you. >> that's a lot to keep track of, ginger. we know you got it covered. thank you so much. >>> that tropical storm is also threatening the rescue effort in surfside as crews search for survivors. victor oquendo is in florida with the latest. welcome back, victor. >> reporter: yep, good morning, michael. crews are now able to work in an expanded area with the rest of the building demolished but they have to do it in some rough weather. take a look. tropi

tens of thousands of people show up, they withstood scorching heat, and sarasota to attend that rallyted. it was a great trump rally. i do disagree though that he doesn't have an agenda. he has very much an agenda. as america-first agenda talking about immigration and jobs and things like that is at the very center of his platform and i would argue that in the six months that joe biden has been in the white house, those issues have only become more pointed in his message is -- his america first message, donald trump's america first message has become only more sellable and more popular in the six months that joe biden has been kind of goofing things up. >> mike: catherine, this appearance comes after a grand jury returned a 15 count indictment against the trump organization and alan weisselberg, chief financial officer, how do you assess those legal issues and their impact on the former president's political future? >> well, this is the real question, isn't it, might? these are serious charges against the organization, against weisselberg but the real thing to think about is what come

the tampa and sarasota airports are shut down right now and officials are urging residents stay indoors. duke energy has pre-staged 3,000 employees from other states in north florida ready to go and restore power after elsa passes. derek van dam is live in tampa. tell us what you are seeing there. >> reporter: good morning. we've scoured the area of tampa, we went to south tampa and bay shore boulevard, the areas that normally blood. and it looks as if they have been spared the worst from what was hurricane elsa last night when we arrived and the storm notably collapsed on its in many regards. but still a lot of concerns especially in some of these bands, these feeder bands we've talked about. these are bands of rain that get fed in from the gulf of mexico and they basically move over the same location. so flood concerns still a possibility today. anywhere from cape coral to orlando, the i-4 corridor running north and south along interstate 75, remember brief spinup of tornadoes are also a potential today. a lot of times those tornadoes are weak, but there is a lot of pine in central fl

i've already seen reports of over a foot of rain across just south of sarasota.so localized flooding a possibility. brief tornadoes. storm surge here has come to an end thank goodness. john? >> derek van dam for us in tampa. keep us posted. thank you. >> will do. >>> we have some breaking news. unsealed court records show that after the attack on the capitol, the fbi infiltrated a group led by a capitol riot suspect in northern virginia and members of that group talked about surveilling the capitol, testing homemade bombs and also seceding from the u.s. joining me now, cnn law enforcement correspondent whitney wild as well as d.c. metropolitan police officer michael fanone who was assaulted as he tried to protect the capitol on january 6. this, whitney, if you can take us through your reporting, this centers on wong. he was arrested last week. >> reporter: i need to do a shout out to my amazing team for doing the story for us, staying up to go through the court records. basically here's the deal. there's this guy wong, fbi agents under cover contacted. they basic

but all the way from cape coral and into sarasota. also bonita beach up towards tampa.ld see a system that's strengthening just a little bit more. the computer models are suggesting maybe still at tropical storm strength but as we all know, very warm water temperatures here can lend itself to some restrengthening. could see isolated tornadoes, localized flooding and we can expect some storm surge which will vary in some areas. maybe one to three feet possible. back to you, fred. >> thank you for all that information. karen maginnis, appreciate it. >>> up in, former president jimmy carter and roslyn carter are about to mark a milestone. ♪ when technology is easier to use... ♪ barriers don't stand a chance. ♪ that's why we'll stop at nothing to deliver our technology as-a-service. ♪ a lot of people think dealing with copd is a walk in the park. if i have something to help me breathe better, everything will be fun and nice. but i still have bad days flare-ups (coughs), which can permanently damage my lungs. my lungs need protection against flare-ups. so it's time to get re

when i was listening to him at that sarasota rally, i just thought, this is the ukraine investigation trump stood up and said, so what if i did it, which is exactly what his then chief of staff mick mulvaney said at the white house podium when asked questions about leveraging ukraine aid for dirt on joe biden, "so what if we did it," right? the fact that so many reporters are classifying this as a fringe tax benefit instead of the fraud and systematic crime that it is, tells me he is winning that broad argument. so no, it probably won't matter. but then i wonder this. even if prosecutors had him dead to rights on a text, email, wiretap, are we really going to throw a former president in prison? i mean, really? i don't think our political climate would sustain it. >> that's an interesting question. elie, in my hands i am holding a copy of "hatchet man," out tomorrow. it is wonderful. it goes into bill barr and what he means going forward. to that end, you talk about the justice department and the damage that has been done there. what needs to happen in your mind to fix the justice depa

all that are shaded in yellow naples, fort myers to our kate all the way sarasota and further north uptampa. all currently under tornado watches as systems tend to create small tornadoes as they continue to wrap around. you see the winds to that are picking up those gusts along the coastline over 30 miles an hour. and of course, right near the core of that low that's going to find the strongest gusts. the hurricane force winds extend our about 20 miles. so most winds mostly hurricane force winds. right now staying off the coast. sustained winds 75 miles per hour moving to the north just north of tampa through the evening and that possibly making landfall as we head into a lot of part of tonight early tomorrow as a category one and then making its way all along the south eastern half of the country before moving out in the atlantic again, possibly getting tropical storm strength once again. guys, back to you. thank you, nora. still ahead, a 2 years after a tragic crash killed a 15 year-old. >> a bay area families on taking legal action against tesla. plus, why air bnb is blocking thousa

there was thousands of people in cleveland, thousands of people in sarasota just last month. >> but ofto win, so the broader question is, why people who know what he is, who know what he's done still stand with him. rachael, michael, thank you both so much. >>> coming up, hunter biden, businessman, author, now he's an artist, why the president's son's new venture is raising eyebrows and ire and a whole lot of ethics questions, again. >>> now to a new nbc news investigation into a secret art sale by president biden's son hunter, taken up painting and plans to start selling his artwork. the asking price up to half a million bucks per painting. here's stephanie gosk with more. >> reporter: powerful and impactful work, according to the gallery owner who will sell hunter biden's art this fall. art critics aren't so sure. >> well, it's not as bad as i might have thought. >> reporter: others tougher, one calling it hotel art but the gallery values some of the paintings up to a half a million dollars. >> you could get a work by matisse or degalles for a similar amount of money. >> reporter: ho