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worked to restore power and rescue teams combed through the wreckage, hospitals face challenges of their own. we will discuss how healthcare facilities are managing in the wake of hurricane ian. segment north korea test fire is a ballistic missile of japan sparking international condemnation. we are live in tokyo with the latest. as russia's parliament meets to rubber-stamp the kremlin's annexation move, ukraine's forces advanced on the ground turning back russian troops in the south. thanks for joining us. more than 100 people are now confirmed that in florida after hurricane ian slammed into the state and crushed everything in its path.

many communities are nowhere near close to recovery. residents lack basic resources, neighborhoods remain flooded, and rescue efforts are on the way. so far, authorities have managed to save almost 2000 people. many of them were stranded on hard-to-reach islands. they have also restored electricity to more than 2 million customers. about 150 thousand without power. >> reporter: unrecognizable in part still underwater, hurricane ian's destruction and paths a vast, search and rescue efforts continue days after the storm toward the florida. residence in desoto county hit by river flooding our stock. airboats are key to getting supplies in and out. >> of these airboats are taking people into town. it has been going for a while.

>> reporter: the death toll climbing rapidly. >> a lot of people running out of medications are a lot of people running out of water. until we can get everything up and going, we are trying to get them out. back hundreds of residents cut off from the mainland have been rescued with no timetable to be rebuilt. >> we are encouraging everyone to get off the island. we also need to understand this is everyone's home. they need to get it back and protected. >> reporter: there are mounting questions in lee county or what the first mandatory evacuation orders came wednesday before landfall. officials are standing by the decision-making saying they based the decision on the forecasted path. >> remain the cast. >> reporter: the own emergency plans show evacuations should have happened earlier,

specifically when there is a 10% chance of six feet or higher storm surge. it was sunday night when the national hurricane center mentioned 4-7 the search for the area. verse mandatory were not issued until tuesday morning. 24 hours later, it would town -- encourage people to leave which made a facebook note saying the county's decision would it, to the next day. >> i am confident in the decisions that were made. yesterday, i san ramon i would change anything. >> reporter: officials say residents didn't want to leave where they were ordered to or not. spirit they received full >> we have so many retirees here and elderly that need more time to be able to get to

places or people that don't have vehicles. >> reporter: they said ft. myers beach could be without power for the next 30 days. that is how dire the situation is out there. and pine island, the national guard has started to drop food by air after hurricane ian jerked out a branch. >> florida hospitals are also struggling to get online following hurricane ian. and of hospitals were damaged in the storm including one that lost its roof.

issues of putting a strain on the system as well and hospitals are reluctant to discharge patients who have lost their homes. >> mary may he was the president and ceo of the florida hospital association. >> it is important to underscore emergency preparedness is foundational for hospitals, and certainly hospitals in florida. readiness to face hurricanes is front-end center in their preparedness. certainly, the impact of ian, as devastating as it has been, it has certainly been disruptive to healthcare services. we depend on 24/7 access to hospital services.

we had very few hospitals that sustained any significant damage to their facilities as a result of the hurricane. >> that is absolutely extraordinary. when we are looking at images right now, of course we are all saying extraordinary and extensive devastation and destruction across much of the state. hospitals have generators as temporary backup when there is a loss of power. when you expect to have all hospitals on the power grid? >> in the span of less than a week, given the impact, especially in southwest florida, to the electrical grid, there has been significant restoration of power. there were five hospitals in the hardest hit county that had

such significant interruption in service both electrical support as well as the public water supply. all of those hospitals are now back with their power fully restored . a lot of progress in a short pier unit of time. >> i did want to ask about that. the impacts to this hurricane on those hospital patients who had to relocated for safety concerns and probably most critical care. why -- what is the situation? >> hospitals are very prepared for patient transfers for evacuations. generally, you want to sustain

hospital operations before, during, and after a storm. what the hospitals were forced to do when the public water was disrupted was to transfer some of the most critical care patients. will work with hospitals all around the state. they made beds available. they deployed every since to help the relocation so critical care needs was still being met at the receiving hospitals. it is truly amazing the level of coordination and cooperation that is stored that appeared in a short amount of time. >> what is your greatest concern at this juncture as you wait for the states to get back to some level of normalcy?

>> is going to take significant time to begin restoring some structure. we want to make sure individuals and family. in many areas of the state: the largest is in the hospital. at the same time we are depending on those individuals to help support access to services. it will be a long road ahead of. . mary mayhew, thank you for joining us and for all that you do. take you. >> thank you very much.

for the first time in five years, north korea has fired a ballistic missile directly over japan. is an escalation that was condemned by washington officials believe it was launched shortly before 7:30 . the missile crashed into the pacific ocean. korea has launched five missiles the last 10 days and has fired the most in a single year since kim jong-un took power in 2012. >> paula hancocks is following developments.

>> we have seen a flurry of short range of the past few days. this is the fifth launch we have seen in that short periods of time. what we saw tuesday morning was the most significant missile launch. it with an escalatio n. this is a record-breaking year. 23 missile launches have been carried out by north korea this year alone. they are ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. it is something that hasn't been seen in of carrie

in north korea. it is a significant escalation, the type of this launch. the fact that there was no warning from north korea. the fact it flew over japan it felt. there was no warning for flights or ships in the waters. this was something that was picked up on in the white house statement condemning this launch saying it shows a blatant disregard for the un security council positions. a blatant disregard of international safety norms. has been condemned by washington , and tokyo. they say it is a serious provocation that threatens on the peninsula. in addition, there was a phone call that was not answered by north korea. . the unification administration korea did not pick up the phone this morning. what has been the reaction in japan to this escalation?

>> as a result of the ballistic missile. this morning, the jailer was issued to areas believed to be at risk, specifically japan's northernmost island. servants could be heard here in tokyo. take a listen. despite the warning and of the sirens, life continued as normal across japan with many people ignoring the warnings. some . at a press conference the

missile was fire. depends prime minister called the test outrageous wall the chief cabinet secretary also weighed in calling today's launch a threat to the public. here is more what they had to say. we have strongly protested against north korea in the strongest terms. >> this is an act of violence following recent repeated launches of ballisti c.

>> this may be the third time this particular missile has traveled over japan in the eighth time it has been test. newly released records from the u.s. national archives show the agency alerted lawyers for donald trump in may of last year that they were missing two dozen boxes of records. among them, letters from the north korean leader. the archive says the documents were not turned over as almost by white house counsel pat cipriani. cnn has period s.

still to come, ukrainian forces are making gains on the battlefield as vicious parliament is for our. she is being forced into an awkward about-face. we are back with that and more in just a moment.

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russia's upper house of parliament is scheduled to meet and move forward on representing sent being vladimir putin's -- to illegally and. they voted to approve the annexation of some regions despite being violation into actions . to have captured 110 of the western bank of the river. they are also said to be advancing into the region. >> the prospect of these hostilities is obvious.

more occupiers are trying to escape. the enemy army is suffering more love. clear joins us live from london. as the russians continue to see us about how considers efficient questionin g. >> had the leaders of several of the other parties, not putin's party. they were criticizing the states of the armed forces a has stood the communist party. is that he doesn't understand what commanders are doing when it was obvious ukrainian forces were . they are not overtly

criticizing president putin himself or even the principles behind the war, but they are criticizing the state of the russian armed forces. was he that playing on the battlefield as ukraine continues to advance. as to how these annexations affect things on the battlefield, the parliamentary those don't change anything. there is no dissent. they are trying to give an official front of these annexations where they don't know what the territory is annexing. the u.s.

is assessing scenarios over what they would do if president putin used his nuclear assets for example munching the u.s. is considering responses to possible escalation in ukraine, including fears moscow could use tactical nuclear weapons. officials caution the u.s. has not detected any preparations for and nuclea r. >> we have been taking this seriously from the beginning of this three invasion in february of this year. we obviously take that . the

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iranians abroad. >> that has been fierce criticism from members of the investment the. as you can imagine the biden administration has expressed outrage and said they have been alarmed since two's see the town warehouse . in the united kingdom, it has been summoned by the british foreign office. later today the european parliament will be meeting to discuss the situation in iran. top of the agenda will be proposals for further sanctions, tougher sanctions on the regime as well as call for a independent and transparent

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hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i'm max foster in london. just ahead -- this came apart on everyon