one meteorologist in georgia could barely stand up against the intense sustained wind gusts today. this is just moments ago. >> i can't even keep my head up because the winds are so strong out here, it is blowing the sand directly into my face. i'm also holding a towel across my leg because this sand, when it pushes you back, it really hurts. you can see the sand, it's like a sand storm that is out here right now. it is just whipping all of this sand up on our skin really feeling like needles. and these winds certainly feel hurricane force. i'm having trouble even keeping myself held up. >> there's nothing to hold on to there. a tornado warning is in effect right now in parts of north carolina. or breaking news coverage of this tropical storm continues right now with anderson cooper right now with anderson cooper 360. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com john berman here in for anderson. we are at a truck stop in perry,

florida. this is the location and a part of the state that took enormous damage from hurricane idalia, now tropical storm idalia, which still does pose a serious threat elsewhere. you can see the damage it did here at this truck stop. the storm passed directly overhead here, and it took that awning behind me and simply just tipped it over. and there was brick and metal that was holding it in place that's now just shredded. this exploded brick and twisted metal, with the awning leaning completely on its side. you can take a look. this is actually what it looked like right where i'm standing earlier today, as the worst of the wind hit. you can see the awning. there it is. and that's it tipping over. here in perry, it was a wind and a rainstorm. along the gulf coast, though, it was all about the storm surge, a surge not seen in a lifetime. this is alexis -- and yes, where

she was in the hometown she had recently returned to, swimming down the street was how she ended up getting around. alexis will join us shortly. we're also going to speak to a resident of another hard-hit area, the barrier island of cedar key, a man who told us last night he was staying in part to help any neighbors who were hunkering down. and in a moment, the latest on where idalia is right now, where it's going, and who is at risk. first, though, the scope of it all so far from our randi kaye. >> reporter: keaton beach, florida, in the bull's eye of idalia. just look at what's left of this home in keaton beach. the roof is gone, but miraculously, the big screen tv is still attached to the bedroom wall. this structure was also badly damaged. at this home, the waves and high water overwhelm this porch, nearly burying it. >> there will be impacts far beyond the eye wall.

>> reporter: impacts the big bend region of the state hasn't seen in more than a century, like 125 mile an hour winds, heavy rains, and a storm surge big enough to soak neighborhoods s. >> we're hoping our house isn't a houseboat when we come back. >> reporter: one family had a real scare when trees nearly toppled on their home. >> i just heard something crack. look, there it goes, there it goes. oh, my gosh. no! it's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay. >> reporter: in that same area, this happened. >> look at it. oh, here we go. oh -- oh, oh, my gosh! the whole roof just came off the house, mike. >> oh, my gosh! >> reporter: also near perry, florida, the rain and wind toppled this gas station.

in some areas, the conditions were so dangerous -- >> this is just the thick of it. we are in the middle of it right now. you can hear that roar. >> reporter: driving even for storm chasers, hazardous. >> oh, my god. oh [ bleep ]. >> not even the governor's mansion in tallahassee was spared. florida's first lady posting this photo of what she said was a 100-year-old oak tree that split in two and fell on the mansion. she said she was home at the time with their children, but nobody was hurt. making matters worse, the lack of power. hundreds of thousands of customers in florida were left in the dark, which also became a problem as the storm tracked east across georgia, promising another long night. randi kaye, cnn, palm beach county, florida. >> those pictures really do tell the story. and as you saw there, cedar key

sustained serious damage. last night we spoke with resident and playwright michael bob it, one of the voices you heard off camera in randi's report. he was riding out the storm. thankfully he made it through, and he shot some incredible video through it all. and he joins us now. michael, i have to say, it's wonderful to see your face after everything you went through. how are you and your neighbors, how are you doing tonight? >> we're surprisingly well. the community came together. one of the great things about this island is we live in community with one another and we've got each other's backs. it was a difficult evening and a difficult morning. but seeing everyone out cleaning up the streets and checking on their neighbors, it's a little bit of a silver lining to a really tough situation. >> this is the first chance i'm getting to see the video you shot, and i have to say, it takes your breath away when you

look at what you went through. what was it like? >> well, let me tell you, i'm just going to turn around here. that video you just saw. here's the aftermath. that was an amazing -- this was the far away inn. these are old school florida villas and they were just picked up and carried into the gulf. so, that was heartbreaking to see. before i moved here, i used to stay in this very cottage, number one down here. and it was hard to see because the owners here, they knew that this property floods. but it's a real trial by fire. and if you look down by the water, all along the ocean are -- there are chairs and microwaves and hair driers. it's a pretty surreal experience. and when the wind was kicking in the middle of the night and when the water was coming toward us from all three sides and looked like a la vie thin trying to reach out of the water to devour

us whole. at the end of the day, we had no serious injuries. i was able to talk two of my elderly neighbors into leaving the island at the last possible moment. my neighbor's house across from me was submerged to the roof line. but we had no injures. we're here, we'll rebuild. all in all, i feel incredibly blessed. >> was there ever a moment through it all, michael, where you thought to yourself, i made the wrong choice, i may not make it through this? >> no, not really. i mean, again, i mean, i'm a floridian, and i've been through hurricanes since i was little. there was a moment when i thought, you know, this is going to get real, real, real rough. but i didn't make the decision to stay -- [ inaudible ] -- it was a line in the sand moment for me. the real scary moment was --

[ inaudible ] there goes mine. so, i was comfortable with my decision the whole time. but i'll be honest with you, i was scared out of my mind. >> i can't blame you. i'm scared out of my mind looking at the video. michael, we're picking up a lot of wind on your phone, so if you can try to shield the phone in some way, we'll be able to hear much better. you had, at one point, you had boats -- you had boats at the ready to use if you needed them to help rescue your neighbors. did you end up using those boats? >> oh, yeah. just as soon as i thought that the surge was no longer coming, i was in a kayak up and down checking on my neighbors, checking on the historic district. i never ended up getting the motorized skiff in the water. there was just too much debris. there were parts of buildings and houses and cars and submerged pickup trucks

everywhere. so, i never ended up getting the motor in the water. but i spent a good amount of time. i think if you watch the weather channel, someone said, there's an idiot in a kayak. i was the idiot. >> that's a moniker you can be proud of for the rest of your life. you saw buildings -- you saw buildings float away. can you describe what you saw floating away? >> it was, like, the end of days. it was hard to see, especially because i knew the people that owned those buildings. i knew the couple that had invested their whole life savings into buying the far away inn. and watching it just disappear was heartbreaking. this is an area where it's incredibly difficulto ge insurance. and to know that they were going to just basically bear the brunt of rebuilding this, it was incredibly hard to see. >> what does cedar key need in the coming hours and days? >> well, i can't believe i'm about to say this because i'm a

southerner, where we like our government small and local and limited. but we have had a remarkable response from the federal government, from the state government, and especially from our local government. our mayor here, keith davis, is the finest example of a public servant i've ever met. throughout the storm, he was here with me doing what he needed to do to get resources in place to help the island. although governor desantis, if you're watching, if you would like to send us some of those trucks you sent down during ian, we would be happy to have it. all kidding aside, we've got what we need. the resources are in place, and we're already about the business of rebuilding this island. we'll be open for business soon, and we'd sure love to see you all on the island. >> there are dry buildings now. were there buildings that were untouched on the island? >> not in the commercial district. i would say 100% of our restaurants, our hotels, our shops, they're inundated with water. but there are a good number of vacation rentals and homes, at

least 50%, that survived. >> michael bobbitt, as i said, it's wonderful to see you. i should make clear to the audience, what you did, you know, every official you speak to advises against. the officials, you know, they want you to evacuate when they say to evacuate. i'm not here to lecture you at all. i'm thrilled to see you. i'm glad you made it through. it was kind of you to help those who did stay behind. thank you for sharing your videos. >> god speed, cedar key. >> what images? what a story? we do have some new video posted on social media showing what people outside florida are now dealing with. this is a highway in goose creek, south carolina. and that, through the windshield, is a car in the exact wrong place, as a tornado cuts across -- oh my goodness, cuts across its path. after flipping, it hit another

car. amazingly, the only injuries in both cars were minor. that is so eerie to see that car just upended. idalia remains a threat to life and property. with details and the latest national hurricane center bulletin, let's get right to meteorologist chad myers. chad has been busy the last 24 hours. what areas are seeing the biggest impact now? >> i think that tornado threat is likely the biggest threat. there's still wind, 65 miles per hour blowing down the beaches. and there's also flooding into charleston. it is now the eighth largest high tide ever. and that's still going up. so, those numbers could go down a lot. we could be top five or top four. we'll see. but it is the tornado threat that we know right now is the largest threat along the coast. every time one of these cells from the atlantic comes on shore, it may be spinning. i know there is a tornado on the ground just to the west of wilmington, north carolina,

about 30 minutes ago because we could see the debris on the radar spinning around there to the west of wilmington. there have been more than that as well, at least four tornados now. some of them waterspouts that came on shore, but that's still a tornado if it hits something. but a little bit of a gap here along the myrtle beach zone. but on up toward wilmington, more weather there and more storms will likely rotate in from the atlantic. there is still flooding going on. there is still heavy rainfall, especially kind of on up toward the piedmont. i was watching the kiowa island, south carolina camera. the ocean was rough that day, my friend, an awful lot of white water out there, kiowa island. 450,000 people still without power. notice how dark these counties are. that means more than 90% of customers in those counties are without power. that is going to take some time to put back up. there is the rainfall here across the carolinas, at least

another 4 to 6 inches with the flooding possible tonight. and after dark it's going to be hard to see that flooding, so really be careful. john, i'm going to back you up 120 hours to the forecasts from the national hurricane center. they started out way down here near cancun. i know this looks like a spaghetti plot with no color. but these are the forecasts for the national hurricane center. believe it or not, from 120 hours to what the present is, the spread was only 55 miles. and in fact, the very first forecast that was put out five days ago missed landfall by ten miles -- ten. now, it was a category 1 at their forecast, and it turned to be a major hurricane. we know the category is the hardest thing to forecast. but when you can get it five days away ten miles from where it actually hits, you've done your job. >> i've had officials tell me today that the accuracy of this

forecast saved lives, chad. and you can understand why. just remind us again what's in store for the rest of the night. >> well, we still have a 65-mile-per-hour storm. it's not that far from savannah. it's the surge that's into charleston right now. we know it's kind of over the battery. it's into the city itself. and water is still going up. the tide is still going in. that same story for myrtle beach, for surfside, all the way up even toward the carolinas. another thing that's going on is that if you remember from a few days ago when you saw me, we were talking about franklin out here, a 150-mile-per-hour storm that didn't hit anything, but it made waves. and those waves are being added to the waves from our current tropical storm. so, it is rough surf for sure out there all along the carolina coast. >> all right. chad myers, it's not over yet. i am sure we will hear from you again soon. thank you very much. in a moment, the woman who started out surveying the damage

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we are in the middle of it right now. you can hear that roar. i mean, it is the sound of a category 3ish storm. and this is the power. >> what a perfect description there, the roar of a hurricane. the entire feel of it, even before the wind starts to blow and the rain starts to come down, is simply other worldly and not in a good way. at the top of the program, we showed you some remarkable video of a woman on anna marie island swimming through flood waters. her name is alexis de leone, and he joins us now. thank you, alexis, so much for joining us. it's wonderful that we are looking at you right now. can you walk us through what you experienced -- or maybe i should say swim us through what you experienced as the storm began to pick up? >> yeah. thanks for having me. i'm super glad to be here.

it was scary to say the least. you know, we decided to stay out there and not leave the island. so, that was a pretty scary decision in the first place, but we kind of knew this storm wasn't going to be as much wind and rain as we're typically used to with storms. so, we just knew that storm surge was going to be coming in. mixed with that high tide, that was the scariest part. you know, once we started seeing the tide come up, we waited until -- it was starting to go back down before we started venturing out and we realized it wasn't coming up into our house. we had some neighbors who came up next to the trailer park. they are flooded through there. so, we decided to venture out. that's where you saw that clip there, just down the street from us. >> i'm looking at this video now for the first time. that's an awful lot of water. that is an awful lot of water. you said you decided to stay because you heard that the winds and the rains weren't going to

be serious. but you knew there was going to be storm surge. when that storm surge was coming in, did you feel like you'd made a questionable decision? >> well, you know, after seeing hurricane ian last year, i think it kind of gives every floridian that little scared moment in the back of your head, you know? we act all tough and we're all ready for the storms and excited and whatever, but you never know what can really hit you in that time. i think once me and my sister, we saw it coming up. it got a little scary, once we started realizing how high it was actually coming up. golf carts, cars were flooded, the trailer homes. it was up to our knees, our waste. it got pretty high. >> filmed swimming, which is amazing to see. normally when you see someone in a situation where they have to swim through storm surge, there's a lot of times that won't end well. but explain how it got to that

point where you had to swim through it. >> so, yeah, swimming. when we got down to that part of the street, we had originally walked through there. and that water is actually probably about waist high there. and we were wearing, you know, our shoes, and they were just getting pelted through the bottom with debris and shells and barnacles, i mean, anything that you could be walking over in that time. so, we felt in that moment, in that specific spot in the street, it was probably best just to swim so we were above the ground. and then shortly thereafter, we were luckily able to walk out. but it was still covering up half our bodies walking through the streets. >> what made you decide to film it, to shoot the video and then post it on tiktok? >> i mean, i tiktok everything else in my life. i'm a -- so i do that, and you know, record the rest of my life. last year during hurricane ian,

i actually did the same thing. and i've had hundreds of people in my town and people who vacation here -- it's such a big area that everyone knows -- they really thanked me for and were really grateful they could see the damage that was done and how well we did or didn't do in that time. really i was thinking about a lot of those people and showing them what was going on and easing their minds a little. >> and are people reaching out? are your friends and neighbors who left reaching out to you and saying, hey, how is my home? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. i mean, i have hundreds and hundreds -- probably thousands, over 1,000 dms on tiktok and instagram. comments, several hundred comments, of people giving me their exact address, their street. hey, can you go by here. the island was shut down until about 5:00 p.m. today. so, no one could get on. no one knew what it was like. i was one of the very few people still out there. so, i was just going up and down each block videoing as much as i could and just posting it so

people could maybe see their house and see that it was okay throughout the storm. >> alexis, we appreciate you being with us. we appreciate you sharing your experience with us. again, i should note that this is the type of thing officials warn people against doing. they say this is not a wise thing to do. nevertheless, we are glad you made it through. we're glad you can smile tonight about the experience. to the north of anna marie island, hernando county also suffered serious damage. joining us now is sheriff al neen hice. sheriff, i understand there were several rescues done this morning in your county. how many and are there still people out there who need to be rescued? >> fortunately, there were only one or two. one of them was a little bit more dramatic than some of the other ones. we had a lady and her young son that were in their vehicle on a bridge in pine island, which is kind of in the northwest part of

our county. it's a beautiful island. and they decided they wanted to leave the island right at the peak of the storm surge. and they were stuck on a bridge out there. and for a couple of hours, we were trying to get them off. and fortunately, working with fire rescue and one of the division chiefs of fire rescue, mark saul, he was manning the airboat there. and he was able to get to them and get them back to shore safely. they were checked out very briefly by fire rescue and were able to be reunited with family. to say it was -- i just happened to be there at the time myself with one of our county commissioners. it was heartwarming to say the least, because it could have turned out very badly. >> lucky for them that you were there and able to get to them. has there been any significant damage to homes and other structures? >> yeah. we have -- i think that fire -- actually we had a similar situation to what you're seeing on the screen now in hernando

beach. we did have a house fire, at least one or two. i think there was one in -- as well right at the height of the storm surge. and unfortunately, fire and rescue couldn't get to them right away. so, it took some time, and i think there was some significant dang there. we also have several dozen houses with water in them. we're still assessing them. i am very happy to report that as of right now, we don't know of any injuries, much less any fatalities that occurred because the vast majority of people heeded the warning and understood it was much better to be on dry land wishing they were out on the beach than to be out on the beach wishing they had gone to dry land. so, fortunately, the residents here have been through this a few times and heeded our warnings. and the ones that did stay on the beach, we were fortunate that the storm surge occurred during low tide. so, it wasn't near as bad in hernando county as it could have been had the storm been six

hours faster or six hours slower. it would have been much, much worse for us. >> that is wonderful news and i hope it sticks, no injuries in your county. what do you think the next 24 hours look like for you? >> well, the next 24 hours is obviously trying to make those people that have sustained some damage, particularly water damage in their house, trying to give them peace of mind that the sheriff's office is going to be out there keeping their homes safe, whether they're in their homes, whether they're not able to stay in their homes. and we're going to have people out on the water and of course on the land. we're going to have a lot of deputies in the area making sure that some of those people that would stoop to taking advantage of this situation in a criminal way, we're going to make sure that that doesn't happen. and if we do catch anybody, they can rest assured they're going to be held accountable for that. >> all right. hernando county sheriff, thank you so much for being with us.

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my house is -- i don't know if it's there or not. >> have you anyone you're in touch with? >> yeah, there's a guy he's a couple of miles up the coast. he says it's horrible. he said trees have fallen in the yard. he said, he's scared. we've never seen that before. category 1, that scared us, man. usually a category 1 or tropical storm, we come to perry and ride it out. this right here is bad. this is bad. >> there certainly parts that have never seen anything like this before. idalia is now a tropical storm, but the storm surge it created set records for highest water levels in multiple locations in florida. with me now, carlos suarez in gulf port. carlos, can you show us what it looks like where you are? >> reporter: well, john, the folks out here spent the day taking a look at all of this fleeding, and tonight they're spending their time taking a look at these sailboats that

washed ashore overnight. we're talking about at least three sailboats that broke free last night as this hurricane made its way north. we were talking about a storm surge of anywhere between 4 to 6 feet. so, we're told that one of these sailboats on the far end of the beach broke free of its line. and when that happened, it took out a second and a third sailboat. that third sailboat ended up taking out a part of the dock. now, we began the day over in hillsborough county. that is home to the tampa bay area. that is where we saw some of the more significant flooding. homes there saw anywhere between 3 to 4 inches of water come in overnight. the concern going into the storm, of course, was this storm surge. and that really did materialize. as we made our way on to pinellas county here in gulf port, we came across yet another 3 to 4 feet of flooding out here. the good news, john, at this hour is that much of that water has receded. much of the power out here has been restored.

and those two mandatory evacuation orders for both of those counties have been lifted. in fact, the cleanup and the recovery effort out here is well underway. a number of businesses, restaurants, even a couple of bars are hoping to get things going over the next couple of days. john? >> that is good news for the residents there. carlos suarez, great work, as always. with me now, someone who was with us last night. chase norwood. his family owns the local marina in steinhatchee in florida. it's wonderful to see you. i'm so glad you made it through and your family is okay. you made the decision to stay and to protect your marina. how did it go? >> it went pretty well. so, you know, we didn't know exactly what to expect. we were watching the storm very carefully and watching it very close. but we were expecting the storm surge to come around high tide in the middle of the morning

around 3:00. so, this morning we were down at the marina at 3:00 looking to see how the storm was doing and see if we had any water. and we didn't get any surge on the high tide. so, we started to think that maybe it ain't going to be that bad of a storm surge. then right around daylight whenever it was saying that the eye of the hurricane was going to be here, right around 7:00, when you can start to see some -- see out the windows and stuff, the winds started picking up. we started to get around probably, like, 70 to 80-mile-an-hour winds. and in a ten-minute window, the water just flowed in like a river. it was probably coming in at least 10 to 15 miles an hour. it was just a giant current. you can see it going down the middle of the river, a giant rip. it flooded everywhere quick. it was just like a flash. so, it was no joke. i mean, if we were, you know, near danger, the house we stayed

in was, like, 20 feet above sea level. so, we were really high up. but if we were in, like, you know, back in the woods like a lot of these people's homes were, we would not have stayed in town. but we were fortunate enough to have a nice place to stay at. but overall, i mean, it could have been worse. you know, we could have had major things going down, you know, major buildings gone down. but overall, you know, it's probably the most intense hurricane that this area has ever had. but i think it's -- you know, we were actually kind of blessed for what it could have been. >> i'm looking at the pictures, and i'm thinking where my car was parked last night, as i was visiting with you. and the water is above -- i mean, the water line is above where the top of the car would have been. so, obviously the water rose an awful lot. how much damage did the marina suffer, and how much is it going to take to get things back to normal? >> so, we probably took on about

an 8 to 9-foot surge. where your car was parked, it was definitely over that. i think it was only a foot from touching the roof in the inside of the marina on the first floor. so, the marina itself, you know, it survived a couple hurricanes where we've had water come inside the store. so, that isn't really a main concern on the damages. but our docks out front, we had some of the concrete pylons just collapse near, like, the kind of center part of the channel. and the docks put so much pressure on those concrete pylons collapse. and half of our docks broke up and they're all bundled up in a giant ball. so, that's a major damage we had. but behind our marina, we had this big building that's our mechanic shop. and it's kind of -- it's like a tarp-type building. but it got tore up. it's all broken apart in pieces. we've got some pictures on

facebook of what it looks like now. it's just a giant tarp/barn. so, we tried our best to strap it down, but the wind just store it up. so, we got a handful of rentals that took on a lot of water, a lot of furniture damage. one of our properties that we have that's kind of toward the mouth of the river that a lot of our employees stay at got really bad flooded. and the windows were blown out in it. the front door was completely blew out. and a lot of the belongings and personal items got destroyed because they just kind of raised everything up thinking that it was only going to come up maybe 3 to 4 photo. this is inland too. and it pretty much picked everything up in there and it's like a washing machine, just destroyed that whole entire house. so, it was a lot of damage. but, like i said, we didn't lose, you know, buildings.

>> you didn't lose anything important, which is each other. i'm so glad you made it through this. i know it'll be a lot of work to clean up, but i know you'll do it. i look forward to seeing you in better times. we need to go fishing. chase norwood, thank you so much. >> no b pro. thank you. just ahead, tracking idalia's next move. we're going to have a report from north carolina on the fallout there. ♪ ♪ wake up, gotta go! c'mon, c'mon. -gracie, c'mon. let's go! guys, c'mon! mom, c'mon! mia! [ engine revving ] ♪ ♪ my favorite e color is... because, it's like a family thing!! [ engine revving ] ♪ ♪ made it! mom! leave running behind, behind. the new turbocharged volkswagen atlas.

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. again, idalia is now a tropical storm, bringing the threat of flooding. and as we showed you earlier, tornados in the carolinas. just a few moments ago, we got word that water levels tonight in charleston harbor are now the fifth highest on record. at the beginning of the hour, as chad meyer ls told us, they were the 8th highest. so, they are climbing fast. dianne gallagher is in north carolina. how are conditions there? >> reporter: you know, john, about 30 seconds ago, it was torrential sideways raining here in carolina beach. that has stopped. and that's kind of what we've been experiencing this entire time, almost this band effect.

the winds have died down again out here. just an hour ago we actually had to rush into the lobby of a hotel because of a tornado warning, two tornados spotted in the area as well as a water sp spout in the area. and we're going to see more of that throughout the night and seeing wind picking up out here. we're in a tornado watch until 4:00 in the morning. and the emergency manager of the county tells me that their biggest concerns are potential for moderate flooding and moderate wind. early this morning around the time that most people might be commuting to work. this is still a several-hour event into the future for the carolina coastline. now, here in carolina beach, the town manager says that, look, we have trouble spots that flood anyway. but as everyone has been discussing from florida, georgia, south carolina, and here, the king tide complicates things when it comes to that storm surge, only expected to be about 1 to 3 feet in the hanover, wilmington, carolina

beach area. but because of that king tide, some of these low lying areas may experience moderate flooding. that do anticipate that to be early in the morning on thursday. they anticipate we're going to see wind gusts throughout the night peaking at about 40-mile-per-hour gusts around 7:00, they tell me, a.m. tomorrow. now, look, they say that they hope that the doom they have on the beaches will prevent some of that flooding, especially in the areas like where i am now. but, again, we're seeing the gusts come through, john. in the 7:00 hour, there was just intense sheets of rain sideways. the ocean itself looking angry. you can see it coming in. the tide is all the way up again. there are still people out and about, but they've asked anyone who's not an experienced surfer, not an experienced swimmer, especially if you're visiting the area, don't go in the ocean. and really just don't go out until maybe after 9:00 or 10:00 tomorrow morning in this particular part of the country, noting that there are a lot of

visitors. we've talked to them today who were here before labor day weekend. so, they're asking people to stay out of the water. also because of hurricane franklin out in the ocean, those swells combined with what is coming from idalia are creating a very difficult ocean for people who are not experienced swimmers to just be out there with their children or anything like that. so, the key here is asking visitors not to get into the water and potentially all the way into this weekend even after the weather improves, john. >> dianne gallagher up in north carolina, going to see the wind and rain for several more hours. coming up we're going to have more from here in florida. next, though, more health concerns for senate minority leader mitch mcconnell who froze yet again today at the microphone when speaking with reporters. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins us after a quick break. ( ♪ ♪ )

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>> in just a moment we're going to have more from florida on the aftermath of idalia. first another televised health

scare for mitch mcconnell. he is 81 and today while taking questions from reporters in kentucky this is what happened. >> what are my thoughts about what? >> running for reelection in 2026. >> oh, that's a -- >> did you hear the question senator, running for reelection in 2026? all right i'm sorry y'all we're going to need a minute. senator. >> okay. >> somebody else have a question, please speak up. >> not easy to watch. a spokesman for senator mcconnell says the republican

leader felt momentarily lightheaded and paused. this is the second time this happened, just last month mcconnell strows for 30 seconds during a capitol hill press conference. >> a string of - - >> image? anything else you want to say? you want to say anything else to the press? go back to the -- >> let's go back to -- >> go ahead john. >> so as you can imagine even a

single episode like that and someone of any age is cause for concern. with us now is senior chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta. sanjay it's hard to watch that. as a newer neurosurgeon whatr observations? >> john i will tell you the list of things that could cause things like this are surprisingly long. there are a list of things. they said he was lightheaded, less likely to explain some of this, someone who is lightheaded, they might need to sit down something like that, he was frozen in place. the freezing episode of his body of his face of his speech of his hands, his hands are clenching the side of the lectern. you see his aide kind of trying to lift his hand for about 30 seconds, this time around as

well. so is this some sort of parkinsonian kind of thing when someone's medications are wearing off they can freeze like this. other things, mini seizure, or ti aferlt, transient -- tia, tran schent ischemic attack. , they did not seem surprised. as we mentioned we saw this twice. you get the sense that this happens quite a bit. they kind of know what to do. typically they think right off to the hospital but clearly they were sort of dealing with it as it seems like they've dealt with it in the past. >> obviously the leader had several healthy scares this year. what do you think of the sequence of events? >> i remember back in 2019, you may remember john he had a significant fall back thin, actually fractured his showrmtd -- shoulder, it was pretty significant. he has had episodes where he is

at press conferences and had troubles hearing the reporter's questions, felt again in july and at the end of july where he had this previous episode that could best be described as freezing while talking to reporters, same thing as happened today. we know he had polio as a child that's tacetted his walking -- affected his walking but he has had significant falls. he also has what we call some times the neurological masked faces, where you don't have as much expression. that could be associated with parkinsonian issues as well. >> they let him stay there, his aides. should the person be taken right to the hospital? >> i think that's the question. if this were a first time sort of thing, like when we watched that in july, we would say absolutely, we got to get this

checked out but i think there was a little bit of lack of surprise that this had happened. so again we don't know what's going on there exactly. but for example if someone has parkinson's disease, they might have episodes of freezing like that before they could get they're medication again and he does have these periods of time where he does have these issues. he is seemingly fine a short time later. whatever it is it comes and goes seemingly as well. >> sanjay, thank you so much for helping us understand it or try o, at least. >> got it.s just a >> we'll be right back. save 50%0% on the sleep number limited edition smart bed. plus, free home delivery when you add d a base. shop now only at slsleep number. having triplets is... -amazing -expensive. so, we switched to the bargain detergent, but we ended up using three times as much and thclothes still weren't as clean as with tide. so we're back with tide, d the clothes are clean again. do 3x e laundry and get a tide clean.

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