♪ buenos dias, good morning, and welcome to this special edition of "new day." it's saturday, october 1st. we're grateful to have you this weekend. i'm boris sanchez live in hard-hit fort myers, florida, where cleanup is underway and then took aim at the carolinas. >> good morning, boris. i'm amara walker. thanks so much for starting your morning with us. we do have a lot to get to. right now we're following the path of ian as it moves into north carolina after making

landfall as a hurricane. ian is moving inland as a post-tropical cyclone. even though it's been downgraded, officials warn it could cause heavy rain, wind, and floods. >> in south carolina the storm flooded homes and vehicles along the shoreline. you can see in this video high winds pushed the storm surge even higher, and two piers, one in pawleys island and one in myrtle beach both partially collapsed. officials are warning residents to avoid leaving their homes, to steer clear of floodwaters that could pose hidden dangers. >> the obvious one of the water itself can isolate people, drown people. but it can also hide downed power lines, obstacles in the water, even contaminants in the water. so the waters themselves are the most dangerous. >> ian slammed into southwest florida as a severe category 4

hurricane on wednesday. it almost became a category 5, packing sustained winds at 150 miles an hour. the storm is now being blamed for at least 45 deaths, though, officials believe that number is likely to climb as search and rescue crews are moving into areas that were previously blocked by debris and floodwaters. across the state, some 1.3 million homes and businesses are still in the dark this morning. and for many of those who were able to evacuate, they're unsure of what they're going to be getting back to once they return. >> my grandparents are still at the house. we have animals there. they don't want to leave the animals. so whenever we left in the boat, it was just a scary feeling like you don't know if you're ever going to see them again, see your house again, your animals again. so that's why i'm a little shooken up. you never know what you're going

to come back to. i mean we already lost both of our cars. it's a very scary feel. >> we're hearing stories like that all over this region. cnn has team coverage this morning. cnn meteorologist brittly it was is tracking northward but we have miguel marquez at myrtle beach. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: the worst is done certainly. look. this was a long time that this storm hung off the coast of south carolina. that's what was difficult for people to deal with here. water was the biggest issue, water from the sky in the form of rain, and then that surge coming in. also the tides. the tide coincided with that storm coming in, which really made things difficult. they are accustomed to storms in south carolina, but this one just hung off the coast for so long. the two piers here near myrtle beach, one here in north myrtle beach, one near pawleys island,

they're fishing piers, beloved by the community. people would go out there for years and decades and fish and keep records of all the fish that are caught on those piers. so those residents we spoke to say they're already going to rebuild those. we spoke to one person who was right near where that hurricane came ashore, where the eye came ashore. here's what he said about conditions. >> during the worst of it, like you could not see outside. rain sidewayings, really loud. in fact, the house that we're in, there were a couple of leaks every now and then, especially around the sliding doors. >> reporter: now, despite the fact that this was only a category 1, people paid attention to the warnings because florida was so hard hit. it was a shock to see it. from here, it was on everyone's mind that we spoke to here. the preparations and the seriousness with which they took the officials telling people to stay home, there were no

evacuation orders in south carolina, but people really paid attention to the storm. they really paid attention to what officials were saying, and everyone here thankfully stayed safe. boris? >> yeah. the damage here in florida, eye-opening. and the way that the storm intensified caught so many people off guard. glad to hear the folks in the carolinas heeded the warnings. miguel marquez, thank you so much. it's been striking in the past couple of days, seeing the very strong waves destroying pier after pier. let's go to cnn meteorologist brittly it was. it's still a danger as it's moving north, right? >> absolutely, amara. we're experts strong winds and heavy rain. we have many flood alerts in effect. here's post-tropical cyclone ian. we have winds like i said at 35, but as it moved inland, it

weakened significantly. we hit that friction of the land and it's completely wiped itself out compared to when it made landfall on the east coast and then, of course, down in florida. so the heavy rain continues to spin onto shore. roanoke and back into parts of the tennessee valley actually topping into some of that moisture. but heavy rain in west virginia back on up into new england. these are areas dealing with the heaviest rain here within the next 48 hours. of course, we actually picked up roughly about, let's say, 4 to 8 inches in some of these locations. you can see it all accumulate here. the reds indicating that heavier rain, but there's still more rain to come. not for these areas. however, these areas are what are under coastal flood advisories and warnings. what that is the wind blowing

rain back onto land. there will be 1 to 2 feet of inundation here in the next few hours. again, i want to reiterate water is not something you want to drive through. 6 inches is all it takes to lift you off the ground. 12 inches to carry your vehicle off. turn around, don't drown. the rain keeps falling over and over from parts of south and west into west virginia. this will continue into tomorrow morning. you see the yellows. that's indicating where we have more vulnerability to flooding, so more of a slight risk. heavy rain continues to fall as the system spins onto shore. you see the darker greens and yellows all through west virginia, hence, the flood watch that's in effect. this will push up through the mid-atlantic and into new england. the winds will continue on

through the weekend. although, they'll start to taper back as we get into sunday, amara. >> got it. britley ritz, thank you very much for that. boris? >> we're getting a closer look at the staggering destruction in florida. this morning we're coming to you live from north port myers. there is debris strewn everywhere, clothing, home wares, bicycle parts, toys across this mobile home park, and still the damage here, most of the homes are still standing. it pales in comparison to what we've seen elsewhere. cnn's brian todd gives us a closer look. >> nothing left, zero. >> reporter: the full extent of hurricane ian's destruction now coming into full view. aerial footage showing roofs torn off, homes flattened, house after house either flooded or wiped out. some buildings with nothing left but the concrete slab.

remote locations cut off from the mainland. these before-and-after images showing just how hard sanibel was hit. >> so the only place to access that is either by sea or by air. >> reporter: so far, more than 700 people rescued, the governor says. this car in orange county was filled with water up to the seats when the passengers were rescued. the coast guard making rescues by air from flooded communities along the coast. here a rescuer is lowered into the water, finds a woman in the house surrounded by water. >> make sure you have a bag with a dry pair of clothes, cellphone, wallets. >> reporter: the basket is lowered. she climbed in. she and her pet are hoisted to safety. volunteers are helping as well, using evacuated boats. harrowing stories from the deluge still emerging including from a survivor who took this video. >> initially the water pushed me

up the stairs and then sucked me back down as well. i got completely submerged under water, all above my head. >> reporter: among the residents returning to observe the damage, distressed but determined. >> how do you feel about all this? >> i feel like it's time for a rem remodel. >> that's a good outlook. can you rebuild? >> yes. >> reporter: even in places in orlando, floodwaters were still high. >> what we saw was more standing water, more than southwest florida where the surge came in. >> reporter: authorities warning of lingering dangers. what's the danger communities are facing right now? >> multiple, moirngs downed lines that might be re-energized. stay home and call us if you need us. >> reporter: the death toll now over 40. over a million without power. some could take days to weeks to restore. the figures of losses are

staggered. hurricane ian could have cost as much as $47 billion in insured losses. that could make it the most expensive hurricane in the history of the state of florida. brian todd, cnn, naples, florida. >> our thanks to brian todd for that report. nearly three days after hurricane ian made landfall in florida, search and rescue efforts are still underway this morning in some of the state's hardest hit areas. officials have estimated more than 700 rescues have taken place since thursday. volunteer groups are joining in to aid federal and state authorities too. one of those we've seen very frequently during these kinds of disasters are the cajun navy. they've been helping to comb through the wreckage to find survivors. joining us now is the group's president here in florida lending a helping hand at a very important time. gary hanner joins us now.

good morning to you. thanks for joining us. what have you seen so far as far as the results of hung ian? what conditions and damage have you come across? >> well, we've definitely come across some totally devastating scenes, you know, mostly elderly people who we're dealing with. one couple, the man was 98 years old and his wife was 96, and they had 2 feet of water in their house. so those are the kind of conditions that we're coming ac across. yesterday we were on pine island, and, again, just getting people off the island. and then there's people wanting to get back on the island. we had a generator and all kinds of supplies on my airboat when we went back out. so, again, we did that most of all yesterday, just back and forth, getting people off and getting people back on so that they can go assess their damage.

>> just to give context to the viewers at home, being from florida myself, i know some people watching may not, southwest florida is a ton of different islands all spread apart, and many of them are inaccessible right now because bridges have been demolished as a result of the storm. have you been able to get to areas like sanibel island that were previously cut off? because i talked to folks that say that's where some of the worst damage is. have you been able to get to those areas, and if you have, what have you seen there? >> you know, we haven't personally gone out. we've had so much to do at pine i la island. we were at fort myers beach. yesterday they were in arcadia because we've had all kinds of resurgence of water coming back in. i'm not sure where it came from,

but they closed i-75 last night. we did rescues till midnight. we could have gone all night, but we do have to get some sleep, a little bit. i guess that's what we're going to be dealing with this morning. we're going to go to punta gorda where a bridge has collapsed. and water -- last night there were people on their roofs again, people floating with air mattresses. yeah, it was a total chaotic scene last night. >> yeah. it's important to remember that with this much damage and this much water coming onto land, it's going to take a few days for people to actually be able to get out because there's just so much damage and it's so widespread. as you note, the work is strenuous. we appreciate what you're doing, gary. i imagine when you talk to some of these folks, including that couple you talked to in their 90s, it's going to be a difficult time for them because all that they have worked for their entire lives seemingly is

now toppled and destroyed. i know a lot of folks were reluctant to leave even though their homes were in shamabled. so when you come across people in that situation, what do you say to them, how do you relate to them, how do you help them in that strenuous time? >> well, we just -- you know, we try to be as compassionate as we can. we tell them it's going to be okay, that, you know, it might take a little time, but they will get things back. that particular couple lived on a canal, and they didn't even know where their boat was. the last they saw, the boat was in the back. but when they got up and started looking around, they don't even know where their boat was. there are boats lying everywhere. if i could say one thing, what we really, really need as rescuers and anyone, we need cellphone reception. sometimes we have to drive 40 minutes inland just to get enough cellphone reception to text and to make calls.

so we're volunteer groups. we don't have the fancy radio systems like everyone else. so we rely 100% on our cellphones, so we desperately need cellphone reception. i heard they have lots of portable cellphone towers, but they haven't put any around here. that's why i'm doing this interview by phone. i'm at a love's truck stop and we're all sleeping in our vehicles. it's been an absolute nightmare with the communication, so -- >> we appreciate you getting that message out there. we'll make sure to repeat it again and again to hopefully get something done about that because i noticed myself when we got here late last night, the cellphone reception is spotty at best, and it's so important in a rescue effort to be able to communicate with everybody around you. gary, what's your message to folks here in south florida -- southwest florida that might feel overwhelmed by everything that they've witnessed? you have experienced a lot of these storms in the past.

you've seen communities rebuild. what would your message be to those folks that are in a very difficult situation right now in rebuilding? >> just that, you know, try to find a little patience, you know. it will all get back together. it will take a little time, but you will get it back together as soon as they can get through this initial rescuing stage and all that. then they can start getting, you know, the equipment in to start moving all these boats that are on top of each other, start getting like fort myers beach -- it used to be a paved road. it now has 2 to 3 feet of sand on it. again, it will get fixed. i was in may field, kentucky, i was in eastern kentucky, kentucky for the flood. we tell everybody, i know it looks bad right now, but, you know, it will get better. >> gary hanner, the president of the united cajun navy. we appreciate that message of hope.

we appreciate your work. please keep in touch with us. let us know what more we can do to get a message out to make your important work easier. thank you, gary. >> thank you. all right. we are following several other stories for you this morning, including the biden administration unleashing a new round of punishing sanctions against russia after vladimir putin moves to annex parts of ukraine again. we're going to have the latest on the white house's response. plus, we are contitinuing t hear h harrowing stories of survivival after hurricane ian devastated parts o of florida. aheaead, you'll hear from one m who rode out the storm on his houseboat and lived to tell about it. ♪ ♪

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i'm boris sanchez coming to you live from fort myers, florida, as we continue to follow the devastation left by hurricane ian. we're learning this morning that

more than 1.8 million people remain without power across four states as ian bears down on the carolinas. just a few moments ago we heard from the president of the united cajun navy, this group that goes out and assists in search and rescue efforts. it's a civilian organization. he was telling us just a few hours ago his group was still finding people stranded on their roofs, submerged in floodwater. so the recovery effort here continues. it is a difficult one because a lot of areas in this southwestern part of florida are connected by bridges that have been cut off. and if you don't have a boat, it's very difficult to get to those places, assess the damage, and help those who need it most. coming up, we're going to bring you the story of one man who rode out the storm in his houseboat as ian moved in, notably one of the most impactful images we've seen

getting to fort myers, being the amount of boats strewn across land, parking lots, residential areas, all over the place. you'll hear if there fr. that man who rode out the storm in his houseboat coming up in just a few minutes. but for now let's send it back to amara walker in atlanta. amara, some of the images here will stay with me certainly for a very long time. >> i know it's your state. that's where you're from. seeing the images are breathtaking, and to be on the ground, i'm sure, has left an indelible impact on you. boris, thank you. look forward to hearing that story as well. in the meantime, swift and severe consequences. that's what the u.s. says russia is facing following annexing parts of ukraine. they've seized about one fifth of the country. he made the announcement in a formal setting at the kremlin yesterday. now, putin's actions follow so-called referendums in the region that many in the west and

ukraine have dismissed as sham referendums. president biden says putin's actions have no legitimacy. white house reporter jasmine write joining us live with more. good morning, jasmine. so what more is president biden saying about this? >> reporter: yeah. well, the president was clear that he condemns the action by president putin, what they call a false annexation of part of ukraine, that they will be met by these escalatinging and really expanded sanctions that the u.s. has worked on in advance of this announcement from putin in concert with their allies. and so when it comes to those sanctions, they are pretty expanded as i said. so first they're going to target the family members of russian government officials, government officials themselves. as you can see on the screen here, i want you to see, the head of russia's central bank is being targeted. the administration has found the

leader of the central bank has been pretty adept at keeping them at length. now they're targeting her and her deputy i. as well, another interesting part of the sanctions is they're trying to really clamp down and eventually extinguish russia's supply chain, specifically the one that's keeping the war effort really going. one of the other things they've said is the u.s. vows to come after and basically punish any entity, corporation, nation that comes to the aid of russia either politically or militarily. so we're seeing that really escalation of sanctions here. now, for the president's part again in response to president putin's formal address where he made clear nuclear weapons were on his mind, president biden issued a stiff warning. take a listen here. >> america's allies are not

going to be intimidated, are not going to be intimidated by putin and his reckless words. he's not going to scare us nor intimidate us. putin's actions are a sign he's struggling. america's fully prepared with our nato allies with every single inch of nato territory, every single inch. mr. putin, don't misunderstand what i'm saying. every inch. >> reporter: so there we heard from the president with a very direct message to president putin. when it comes to the actual risk level of them to use a nuclear weapon, national security adviser jake sullivan said there is a risk when you hear that kind of nuclear saber rattling from president putin, but he would not really describe whether or not it's escalated, and he said that the u.s. does not believe that eminent use or any indications of eminent use

of nuclear weapons. >> obviously something to be concerned with as putin feels cornered as the military has been making advances. on that note, ukrainian forces are making lightning advances through territory falsely claimed by russia. the landscape of one ukrainian town bears witness to the speed and intensity of the fighting by ukrainian troops. the story now from cnn international security editor nick paton walsh. >> reporter: hidden but unstoppable. ukraine's not bragged much about its march south from kharkiv to donetsk, but every rooftop or treeline suggests they've just been too busy advancing. day by day, reducing hoff much occupied ukraine, moscow has this day falsely declared russian territory with the

ultimate goal encircling this town. all the way through the forests through the mon industry town. the drive to this point probably the most depressing two hours we've spent on the road for the whole six months of the war, laying to bear the utter voracity of the war and this town itself is shocking. eight years ago at the start of the conflict, i lived on and off here for six months and just learned to appreciate its normality, its peace amid all the pines here, and that's just gone. it is the most fragile who remained when russia moved in. anna is one of nine people left in her block. she almost didn't make it. >> translator: the scariest was when the russians one night were in a fight in my courtyard. i was in the doorway trying to

hold a steel door shut. the soldier pulled on the door. i jumped and fell down into the basement. he tore out his gun, shot into the dark, and missed me. >> reporter: this mon industry looks down on the mess. luber asked me if they'll come back, the russians. they made such a mess of their new post office, she says. on her shirt, a lock of hair from her local beloved priest killed by shelling in june. i attached it as a protective amulet, she says. tell me, can i leave here now? even the carcass of here still rocked by shelling. but the church bells finally rang again two days ago. they brought lumilla to tears. it rang and i heard it, she says, and i listened, and it got louder. they're now out of the church

basement where they hid from the bombs and still try to live. she's saying it's cold down here. you can feel that. seven months underground. anxious to not show their faces. their politlight down here. their injured son was taken to hospital. she last saw him alive, but that's all she knows down here. there is little salvation here, only ruin turning to rust. there is no letup in ukraine's advances or of moscows imminent annexation. they assert claim, this land is now actually russian territory. the land here, a testimony to how the collision between this right and that wrong shred the very thing both covet. nick paton walsh, cnn, ukraine. > while many residents evacuated ahead of hurricane ian, others decided to hunker

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back here live in fort myers, florida, hurricane ian's force and destruction came to a shock to many floridians, even those who have weathered powerful storms before. many here opted to hunker down at home as ian unleashed life-threatening rains and wind. one man, though, decided to hunker down in an unusual way. he made the stunning decision to ride out the storm on his boat, and he lived to tell about it. cnn's randi kaye has his story. >> have you ever seen a storm like this?

>> no, not this big. i've seen other hurricanes, but not like this. >> reporter: when hurricane ian hit fort myers beat, boat captain mike staczyk was in for the ride of his life. he decided to ride out the storm in his boat. it's made of steel and thought he would be safer here than at home. he showed me what he saw as the hurricane gained strength. >> here's the one where the billing bill billing building collapsedover here. you'll see it in a minute. there's the billing. >> wow. it's just right in the water. >> yep. >> reporter: he tied the boat he was on to another large boat he owns. both weigh about 50 tons but neither was a match for hurricane ian. at about 3:00 a.m. mike was suddenly lifted up by the force of the water and the wind. >> we didn't get dragged around until the very end.

>> what did you think? >> we knew it was out of our control at that point. we were happy we blew inland because we knew we would land on the land and not out to sea. we were in the parking lot. we didn't know when we were going to stop. >> reporter: in hours mike and the boats landed in the street. while they're not a total loss, he took a total chunk out of it. >> it's cabin 6, a private deck. the wind did that. that wasn't even from the hit. the wind as it got more and more started peeling the side back. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, fort myers beach, florida. >> thanks so much for randi for telling that man's story. amara, one of the things we talked about last weekend as we were anticipating the storm, you spend a lot of time in florida.

folks here often shrug at category 3, even category 4 storms. this one went from a category 3 to nearly a category 5, only a few miles an hour difference between a category 4 and category 5 storm, and it did catch a lot of people off guard. i'm still stunned that not only did that guy decide to stay on his house boat, but that he made it and was able to share his story with us. stunning to say the least and probably not a good example for other people in storms moving forward. >> yeah, yeah. we have heard in the last few days, right, from people who did hunker down and many of them regretted staying behind even though they did survive. yeah, the story with randi where captain mike told her that he was happy that the boat was moving inland as opposed to being pushed out into the ocean where his boat could have sank. it's just harrowing, but also

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monday kicks off a new term for the united states supreme court and marks the first time an african american woman,

justice ketanji brown jackson, will take her place on the bench, but the new term comes at a time when public trust in the court has plunged. new gallup polling 58% of the americans disapprove of the job the high court is doing. joining us is cnn commentator errol louis. it's always good to see you, errol. friday just as ketanji brown jackson was sworn in, attended to by the president and vice president. as we said, she's the first black woman to serve on the supreme court. and we also saw the images of her making the traditional walk down the marble steps with chief justice john roberts. can we talk about the significance of what just happened? >> it's a big moment. good morning, amara.

it's a big, big deal. they're going to make a new seat for her over on the right side of the court. everything is done by seniority including where you sit, the robing area is, including marching in to go eat dinner every night. it's a wonderful moment to see the diversity of the nation reflected in the court. to have two black justices at the same time, never happened before. first black woman, never happened before. a younger woman who i think is going to lend her wisdom to the court for a long, long time. it really is a good moment. of course, we are in the middle of a big fight on the court, and her voice, i think, will be welcomed in the middle of that fray. >> speaking of that, we've been speak of the public trust in the supreme court is plunging. gallup polling shows just 47%. that's less than half of the u.s. adults saying they have a great deal or a fair amount of trust in the judicial branch.

and just to compare numbers here, we're talking about a 20% drop from two years ago. so it marks the lowest it's been since gallup starting measuring the trend 50 years ago. what do you make of that? how does the court maintain its legitimacy as impartial arbiters of the law? i mean, can they operate in this kind of climate? >> well, they're going to have to make a decision about whether or not they want to maintain their length macy and how they want to operate as an institution. the reality is you have a super majority now of conservatives who apparently have been waiting for many, many years for this moment so that they can push through a lot of different measures that run counter to public opinion, and not just narrow public opinion, but broadly deeply felt opinions about race and about marriage and about education and about privacy. i mean, it's going to be interesting to see if they choose to continue down that path, heedless of what it might do to their legitimacy.

this is not what we've seen in past courts. even the warren court, the famous period when we got the miranda ruling and brown versus board of education and a lot of other liberal measures, it was done with an eye toward public opinion and making sure the court was seen as legitimate. that's why the brown versus board of education desegregation ruling in 1954 was unanimous. chief justice warren went out of his way to make sure everybody was on board to try to take the country in a different direction. this modern court has no such concerns, and to the extent they want to ram things down people's throats, the public is not going to be very happy a about it. >> errol louis, unfortunately we're out ofof time. i had a lot more to talk about, but we'll have you back. thank you so much, errol, and we'll be right back. and no w get relief without a pill with tylenol dissolve packs. relief without the wat.

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