>> 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 is it tipping over. here in perry, it was a wind and a rain storm. along the gulf coast, though, it was all about the storm surge. a surge not seen in a lifetime. this is alexis de leone 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 are also going to speak to a resident of another hurricane hit area, the barrier island of cedar key. a man who told us last night, he was saying 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. >> keaton beach, florida, in the bull's-eye of idalia. just look at what is 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 overwhelmed this porch, nearly burying it. >> there will be impacts far beyond the eyewall.

>> impacts the big bend region of the state has not seen in more than one century. like 125 mile an hour winds, heavy rains, and a storm surge powerful enough to flood neighborhoods. >> that building on the and right there is going to come apart. >> and powerful enough to soak homes. >> we are just hoping that our house is not a houseboat when we get back. >> in paris, florida, one family had a real scare when trees nearly toppled on their home. >> oh, 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. >> in that same area, this happened. >> a look at this, here we go, it's the house, oh! oh my gosh! the

whole roof just came off the house, mike. >> oh my gosh! >> also near perry, florida, the rain and wind toppled this gas station. in some areas, the conditions were so dangerous -- >> it's just the thick of it. we are in the middle of it right now. you can hear that roar. >> 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 into 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 tallies story and as you saw there, cedar key sustained serious damage. last

night, we spoke with the president and playwright michael bobbitt, one of the voices you heard briefly off camera and randy's report. he was riding out the storm. thankfully, he made it through. some shots he shot some just incredible video through it all and he joins us now. michael, i have to say, it's wonderful to see your face after everything that you went through. how are you and your neighbors, how are you doing tonight? >> we are surprisingly well. [inaudible] always does in the time of tragedy, it came together. one of the great things about this island is that we truly live in community with one another and we've got each other's backs.

it was a difficult evening and it difficult morning, but seeing everyone out of cleaning up the streets, checking on their neighbors, it's a little bit of a silver lining, it's to a really tough situation. we >> 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 because that video you just saw, here's the aftermath. this was an amazing, this was the far away and, these are old school -- 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 bear cottage number one here. and it was hard to see because the two owners here, they knew that this property floods, but it's just a real trial by fire. and if you look down here by the water, all along the ocean, there are chairs and microwaves, hairdryer's, it's a pretty surreal experience. when the wind was kicking in the middle

of the night and when the water was coming toward us from all three sides, it looks like a leviathan trying to reach out of the water to devour us all. it was biblical stuff. at the end of the day, we had no serious injuries, i was able to talk to 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 injuries. we are here, we will rebuild, we will do what cedar key does. 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. again, i am a floridian and i've been to hurricanes since i was a little. there was a moment when i thought, you know, this is going to get real, real rough, but i didn't make the decision to stay. [inaudible] it was the

line in the sand moment for me. i was [inaudible] where i needed to be and [inaudible] the real scary moment was this [inaudible] [inaudible] there goes mine, so i was comfortable with my decision the whole time, but i will 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 are picking up a lot of wind on your phone, so if you can try to shield the microphone in some way, we will be able to hear you 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 motorist given the water, there was just too much debris the or parts of buildings, houses, cars, submerged pick up trucks, everywhere. i never ended up getting the motorized scif in the water, but i spent a good amount of time, i think if you watch the weather channel, someone said, there is 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, he 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 own those buildings. i knew the couple that had invested their whole life savings into buying the faraway and and watching it just disappear was heartbreaking. this is an area where it's incredibly difficult to get insurance and to know that they were just going to basically have to 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, he heath davis is a fine 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 public trucks who sent down during -- we would be happy to have it, but all kidding aside, we've got what we need. the resources are in place and we are already about the business of rebuilding this island. we will be open for business soon and we were sure love to a see you all here on the island. >> there are dry buildings now. where their buildings that were untouched on the island? >> not in the commercial district. i would say 100% of our restaurants are hotels, are shops, they are inundated with water. but there are a good number of vacation rentals and homes, at least 50%, that

survived. we >> michael bob, as i said, it's wonderful to see you. we 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 video, thank you for sharing the experience. michael bobbitt. >> nice talking with you, john. godspeed, cedar key. we >> 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, truly, the only injuries in both cars were minor. that is so eerie to see that car just upended. again, we can't stress this point too much. it dahlia

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 for the last 24 hours, what areas are seeing the biggest impact now? >> i think that's one tornado threat is likely the biggest threat. is still wind, they're still wind 65 miles per hour blowing down the beaches and there's also no flooding into charleston. the national weather service in carlson saying it's now the eighth largest high tide ever. so, and that is still going up, so those numbers could go down a lot. it could be top five or top four, we will 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 can see the debris on the radar

spinning around there to the west of wilmington. there have been more than that as well. many, i would see at least four tornadoes now, some of the water spouts that came onshore, of course, but that's dilatory nato. if it hits something. but a little bit of a gap here along myrtle beach zone, but then on up here toward wilmington, so more whether there. more storms will likely rotate in from the atlantic. there is still flooding going on. there's still heavy rainfall, especially kind of on up toward the piedmont. well, i was watching the kiawah island south carolina camera, it is very rough. the ocean was rough that day, my friend, and off a lot of whitewater out there, kiawah island. 450,000 people still without power. notice how dark these counties are. that means more than 90% of all 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, 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 were the forecast from the national hurricane center. believe it or not, from 120 hours to what the president 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 one in their forecast and it turned into be a major hurricane. we know that 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 have had officials tell me today that the accuracy of this forecast saved lives, chad. 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 that it's kind of over the batteries 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 are talking about franklin out here. a 150 mile per hour storm that didn't hit anything, but it made waves, and those waves now 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 is not over yet. i'm sure we will hear from you again soon. thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> in a moment, the woman who started out surveying the damage on a bike, then on foot, then as you see her here, swimming through the street where she lives. >> wow. that's, like, -- >> this is the thick of it, we are in the middle of it right now. you can hear that roar. it is the sound of a category three-ish storm and this is the power. >> you know, what a perfect description

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are in the middle of it right now. you can hear that roar. it is the sound of a category three-ish storm and this is the power. >> you know, what a perfect description their. 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 otherworldly and not in a good way. at the top of the program, we showed you some remarkable video of a woman on ana marie island swimming through floodwaters. her name is alexis de leon, and she 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, 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 definitely not leave the island, so that was a pretty scary decision in the first place, but we kind of knew this storm was not going to be as much wind and rain as we are 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, you know, it wasn't coming up into our house, we had some neighbors where it came up and so, the trailer park, they were all flooded through their. so, we decided to venture out and 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 is 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 were not going to be serious, but you

knew there is going to be storm surge. when that storm surge was coming in, did you feel like you had made a questionable decision? >> well, you know, after seeing hurricane ian at 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 already for the storms and excited, whatever, but you never know what can really hit you in that time. so, i think what's me in my sister, we saw it coming up, it got a little scary. once we started realizing how high it was actually coming up, you know? golf carts, cars were flooded, the trailer homes, i mean, it was up to our knees, our waste. we were riding bikes through it, so it got really high. >> so, the swimming, which is amazing to see and i have to say, 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 and we'll. but explain how it got to that point where you had to swim through it. >> so yeah, the 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, barnacles, and i mean, anything that you could be walking over in that time. so, we felt in that moment in that specific spot of the street, it was probably best to swim, so we were above the ground. and then shortly thereafter, we were likely able to walk out, but it was still, you know, covering up the top of the bodies walking through our streets. >> what made you decide to film it? to shoot the video and then posted on tiktok? >> i mean, on tiktok, i take stock everything else in my life. i'm a van life or, so i do that and before the rest of my life, and last year during hurricane ian, i actually the same thing and i've had hundreds of people in

my town and people who vacation here in such a big area that everyone knows, that we're really thankful and grateful for, it and they could see the damage that was done, and how well we did or how well we did not do, in that time. so, really, i was thinking about a lot of those people and showing them what was going on, and easing their minds a little. >> and our people reaching out? are your friends and neighbors who left reaching out to you and saying, hey, how is my home? >> oh yeah, i mean, i have hundreds and hundreds, probably thousands, over 1000 dms on tiktok and instagram, comments, several hundred comments of people giving me their exact address, their streets, everything. hey, can you go by here? because the island was shut down until about five pm today. so no one can 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, you know? videoing as much as i could and just posting it so people could maybe see their house and see that it was okay -- >> well alexis de leone, 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 are glad you can smile tonight about the experience. to the north of ana marie island, hernando county also suffered serious damage. joining us now is sheriff al need heise. sheriff, i understand there were some rescues done this morning in your county. how many and are there still people out there who need to be rescued? >> yeah, fortunately, there were only one or two. one of them was a little 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 north west part of our county. it's an island out there, 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 hours, we were trying to get them off. and fortunately, working with fire rescue and one of the division chiefs of fire rescue, mark south. he was manning the airport 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 we were able to be reunited with families. so, to say, i just happen to be there at the time myself and one of our county commissioners, and it was heartwarming, to say the least, because it could've turned out very badly. >> yeah, lucky for them that you were there and able to ge t to them.

has there been any significant damage to homes and other structures? >> yeah, we have i think that fire actually that we -- had a similar situation from what you're seeing on the screen now in hernando the. we did have a house fire, at least one or two, i think there was one in weeki wachee as well. -- unfortunately, a fire rescue couldn't get to them right away, so it took some time and i think there was some significant damage there. we also have several dozen houses with water in them, we are still assessing them. i'm 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 race it was much better to be on dry land, wishing they were out on the beach then to be out on the beach wishing they were going onto dry land. so, fortunately, the residents who have been through this a few times and he did 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've been, had the storm been six hours faster or six hours slower. it would've been much, much worse and worse. >> that is wonderful news and i hope it sticks, no injuries in your county. what do you think the next 24 hours looks 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, where they are not able to see in their homes, and we will have people on the water, and of course, on the land. we will have a lot of deputies in the area making sure that there's some of those people which stooped to taking advantage of the situation in a criminal way, we are going to make sure that doesn't happen and if we do catch anybody, -- they will be held accountable for that. >> all right, hernando county sheriff al nienhuis thank you so much for being with us. thanks and best of luck in the coming days. >> thank you for your coverage. we appreciate you helping us get the word out. have a good night and stay safe. >> thank you.

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>> my house is down. inky is a, guy he's a couple miles up. he says horrible. centuries or fall in the. already. scared >> we have never seen this before, category one has scared us, man, i mean usually the category one or tropical storm, we come prepared and write it out. this right here is bad. this is bad. >> there certainly are parts that have never seen things like this before. adalja is now a juggle storm, but the storm surge it created set records for highest water levels in multiple locations in florida. with me now, carlos sarees in gulfport. carlos, can you show us what it looks like where you are? >>

well, john, the folks out here spent the day looking at all of this flooding. and tonight they are spending their time taking a look at these sailboats that washed ashore overnight. we are talking about at least three sailboats that broke three last night's hurricane between north. we are talking about a storm surge at the time of anywhere between 4 to 6 feet, we are told that one of the sailboats on the far end of the beach where we are right now broke free of its line, and when that happened it took out a second and a third sailboat, that third sailboat ended up taking your day part of the dock. and we began today over in hillsboro, county, that is home to the take the 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. i'm not really did materialize. now as we made our way on to pinellas county here in gulfport, 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 vaccination orders for both of those counties have been listed. in fact, the cleanup and the recovery effort 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? >> it's good news for the residents, they're carlos who are, his great work as always. with me now, someone who was with us last night. chase norwell, his family owns the local marina in the patchy, florida. chase, it's wonderful to see you. and i'm so glad you made it here with your family, and they're okay. you made the decision to stay and protect the marina, how did it go? >> it went pretty well. so, you know, we didn't know exactly what to expect. we are watching the storm very closely, and watching a very close. but we are expecting the storm surge to come around and high tide. in the middle of the morning, around three. and so this morning we are down the marina

at 3:00, looking to -- see if we have any water. we don't get the surge on the water -- maybe it won't be that bad of a storm surge. and right around daylight, the eye of the hurricane is gonna be here, around 7:00, and you can start to see some of the windows and stuff. winds started picking, up we started getting around probably 7 to 80 mile an hour winds. and probably within a ten minute window, the water just flowed in like a with river. and it was probably coming in at least 10 to 15 mile an hour, just a giant current and you can see it kind of going down in the middle of the river. a giant rip. and when i say it flooded everywhere quick, it was just a flush. so it was no joke. i mean, if we were near danger, the house we stayed in was 20 feet above sea level. so we were really high up. but if we were back in the woods like a

lot of these people's homes were or we would not have stayed in town. but we are fortunate enough to have a nice place to stay at. but overall, i mean, it could've been worse. you know? we could have major things going down. major buildings going 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 lust for what it could've been. >> i am looking at the pictures and i am thinking where my car was parked last night as i was visiting with you in the water. it's 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 to the marina suffer, and how much is gonna take to get things back to normal? >> so we probably took on about an 8 to 9 foot surge, like where your car was parked it was

definitely over, i think it was only a foot from touching the roof and the inside of them on the first floor. and so the marina itself, you know, it's survived a couple of hurricanes where we have had water come inside the storm. so that isn't really a main concern on the damages, but our docks out front. we have some of the concrete pylons that collapsed near the kind of center part of the channel. and the docks put so much pressure, those concrete pylons collapse and half of her dogs kind of broke apart. and it all bundled up into a giant bowl. it's a major damage that we had, but then behind our marina we have this big building that is our mechanics shop. and it just kind of like a tarp type building. but it's, i got torn up, it's all broken important pieces, we've got some pictures on facebook. what looks like now. it's just sitting on both both boats right now, it's a

giant tarp oren. and we tried our best to drop it down, but the winds just tore it up. so we got a handful that took on a lot of water, a lot of furniture damage. one of our properties that we have that is kind of towards the mouth of the river and that a lot of our employees stay at, he got really bad flooding and the windows were blown down on the front door was completely blown out. and a lot of their belongings and personal items got destroyed, because they just kind of raised everything they could, knowing it's gonna come up. maybe 3 to 4 feet. this is inland too. and it pretty much kept everything up in there. and just like a washing machine destroyed the whole entire house. so it was a lot of damage. but, like i said, -- a >> lot of damage, -- >> you didn't lose anything important, which is each other, i am so glad that you made it through this, i know it will be a lot of work to clean up i

know you will, do it now look for to see me again in better times and we can go fishing. chase norwood, thank you so much. >> no problem, thank. >> you just ahead, tracking adalja's next move, we are gonna have a report from north carolina on the fall out there. all, right, again adalja is now a tropical storm bringing the threat of flooding, and as we showed you earlier, tornadoes in the carolinas just a few ♪ ("un monde pliable" by jeongpill song) ♪ ( ♪ ♪ ) (camera shutters) ( ♪ ♪ ) (camera shutters) ( ♪ ♪ )

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>> all right, again idalia is now a tropical storm bringing the threat of flooding, and as we showed you earlier, tornadoes in the carolinas just a few moments ago we've got where that water level -- in charleston harbor and at the fifth highest on record. and at the beginning of the hour, as chad myers told, us they were the eighth highest, so obviously it is climbing fast. diane gallagher is up the coast a bit from there in carolina beach. north carolina. dianne gallagher, how are conditions there now? >> john, about 30 seconds ago

it was torrential sideways raining here in carolina beach. that has stopped, and that is kind of what we have been experiencing this entire time, almost this band, effect, the winds have died down again out here. look, just an hour ago we actually had to rush into the lobby of a hotel because of a tornado warning. two tornadoes spotted in the area as well as a waterspout in the area. and we are gonna see more of that throughout the night. and you can kind of see the wind picking up again here. as we are in a tornado watch until 4:00 this morning. and the emergency manager of new hanover 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 new hanover, wilmington, carolina beach area. but because of that king tide, some of these low lying areas may experience some moderate, flooding. they do anticipate that to be early in the morning on thursday. here for this area, they anticipate that we are going to the wind gusts throughout the night. peaking at about 40 miles per hour gusts around 7:00. they tell me, a.m. tomorrow. now, look, they say that they hope that the dunes that they have on the beaches will prevent some of that flooding, especially in areas like where i am now. but, again, we are seeing the gusts come through, john, in the 7:00 hour. there was just intense sheets of rain, sideways, the ocean itself looking angry and you can see it coming in. the tide is all the way up again. there are still people out and about. but they have asked anyone who is not an experienced surfer, not an experienced swimmer, especially if you are visiting

the area, don't go into the ocean. and really just don't go out until maybe after nine or 10:00 tomorrow morning, in this particular part of the country. noting that there are a lot of visitors, we have talked to them today. who are here before labor day weekend. so, they are asking people to stay out of the water. also because of hurricane franklin, out in the ocean, those swells combined with what he is coming idalia from 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, which is going to see the wind and the rain for several more hours to come. stay, safe dianne gallagher. coming up, we will have more from here in florida. next, though, more health concerns for senate minority mitch mcconnell who froze yet again today at the microphone when speaking with reporters. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins us right

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>> just a moment we are gonna have more here from florida on the aftermath of idalia. first, another televised health scare for senate minority leader 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. >> -- [silence] >> did you hear the question, senator, running for reelection in 2026? >> [silence] >> all right, i'm sorry, y'all, we are going to need a minute. >> senator? >> yes. >> okay. --

>> -- outside, senator? >> okay. >> somebody else have a question? please speak up. >> it's not easy to watch. a. spokesman for senator mcconnell said the republican leader felt momentarily light headed and paused during the news conference. this is the second time something like this has happened. just last month, mcconnell froze 30 seconds during a capitol hill press conference. >> -- this week has been good bipartisan cooperation, and a string of -- [silence] -- [silence] >> -- wait a minute.

>> are you okay, mitch? anything else you want to say? -- to your office? do you want to say anything else to the press? >> go ahead, john. >> let's go back -- >> go ahead, john. >> so, as you can imagine, even a single episode like that, in someone of any ages cause for concern. with us now is cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. sanjay, as i said, again, it's hard to watch that. as a neurosurgeon, when you see senator mcconnell have a similar moments today had this a month ago, what are your observations? >> john, it's hard to watch. as you said, i will tell you that the list of things that could cause this sort of thing is surprisingly long. i mean, there are a few things. i think they said he was light headed. i think that's less likely to explain all of this. usually, when someone is

light-headed, they may feel dizzy, they may need to sit down, or something like that. he was frozen in sort of in place. this freezing sort of episode of his body, of his face, of his speech. off his hands, his hands are quenching the side of the lectern. you can see his aid coming over there and trying to sort of left his hand and he sort of had it frozen in place there for other seconds. so, is this some sort of park in sonia parkinsonian -- or even ita tia -- which is a transient ischemic attack -- seen this twice, but you get the sense that this happens quite a bit, which -- and typically, you think, straight off to the hospital -- and -- seems like they have done in the past.

>> so, obviously, the leaders had -- sequence of events. >> i remember back in 2019 -- you may remember, john -- he had a significant fall back then. he actually, fractured his shoulder. it was pretty significant. but if you look at this year alone, there have been a couple of falls earlier in the year. he has had episodes where he has had press conferences and has had trouble hearing the reporters questions. he fell again in july and then it was the end of july where he had this previous episode that again, could best be described as freezing while talking to reporters. same sort of thing you just saw that happened today. so, there has been a few. we know he had polio as a child. that has affected his walking. but he does have -- he has had significant false -- falls masked face, masked -- facies we just don't have -- a significant expression --

and that can be associated with significant parkinsonian -- >> sanjay, you mentioned what his aides did -- something like that happens, should the person be taken right to the hospital? >> i think that is the question. if this were a first-time sort of thing, like we watched in july, you would say, yeah absolutely. we have to go get this checked out. but i think there was a little bit of a lack of surprise that this that happened. so, again, we don't know what is going on there exactly. but for example, someone who has parkinson's disease, they we're taking a medication, and the medication more off, they might start to have episodes of freezing like that before they could get there medication again. and he does have these periods of time where he has these episodes. but then, he seems, as manu raju reported earlier, seemingly fine for a short time. so whatever it is, it comes and goes, seemingly as well. >> sanjay, thank you so much for helping us understand it or try to at least. >> you've got. it >> we'll be right back. we need to scale with customer demand...

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