HAPPENING TODAY — PRESIDENT BIDEN HEADS TO FORT MYERS FLORIDA — TO TALK WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS WHO EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE WORST OF WHAT HURRICANE IAN HAD TO OFFER.
THE STORM HAS LEFT 84 PEOPLE DEAD — AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS STILL WITHOUT POWER.
TODAY’S VISIT IS EXPECTED TO BE A RARE BREAK FROM POLITICS — WITH BIDEN JOINED BY FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS AND SENATOR RICK SCOTT.
THE U-S AND SOUTH KOREA CONDUCTED LIVE FIRE DRILLS TODAY.
THE DRILLS — ARE IN RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA FIRING A BALLISTIC MISSILE FARTHER THAN THEY EVER HAVE BEFORE.
BUT…THERE WAS A HICCUP IN TODAY’S RESPONSE.
A MALFUNCTIONING SOUTH KOREAN BALLISTIC MISSILE BLEW UP AS IT PLOWED INTO THE GROUND DURING THE DRILL — STARTING A FIRE THAT CONCERNED LOCAL RESIDENTS.
SOUTH KOREA’S JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF REPORTED NO INJURIES FROM THE INCIDENT.
FINALLY — THE ANNEXATION OF FOUR UKRAINIAN REGIONS IS OFFICIAL — AT LEAST IN RUSSIA’S EYES.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN — SIGNING THE ANNEXATION INTO LAW TODAY.
HOWEVER — THIS HAS NOT STOPPED UKRAINE FROM TRYING TO TAKE THOSE REGIONS BACK.
LAST NIGHT — UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SAID HIS MILITARY HAS TAKEN BACK DOZENS OF TOWNS IN THE ANNEXED REGIONS IN JUST THE PAST WEEK.
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