good afternoon, i'm chris jansing here at nbc headquarters in new york. hurricane ian could potentially strike again in the next hour or two. forecasts have it making landfall in south carolina as a category 1 is storm. president biden speaking to the governor there earlier this morning. but don't think a category 1 means out of the woods, because take a look at this area between myrtle beach as the state prepares for what could be a life-threatening storm surge. folks there have already seen the sobering message of destruction spelled out in rubble across florida. at this hour, at least 14 people are confirmed dead, 250,000 displaced, nearly 2 million still without power and more than 700 rescue missions have been carried out so far across the state. including these air lifts off sanibel island after the hurricane destroyed any access

to the mainland. and above the shear scale of the wreckage, the storm left some areas completely unrecognizable. one person told the tampa bay times lee koth looks like a bomb has been dropped. momentarily, we'll go live to fort myers beach where this side by side shows the destruction to the popular pier. here's a man from fort myers who had a terrifying experience. >> i stayed here as long as i could until i got scared for my life and went across the street. the it didn'ts last too long. the big bad wolf puffed it away. i watched my house disappear with everything in it. right pfr my eyes. >> right before his eyes. i want to bring in kat park in

south carolina where hurricane ian is expected to make landfall soon. what are the conditions you're seeing? what are you hearing about what you're expecting in the next couple hours or so? >> reporter: so we have been out here for several hours now. i can can tell you the landscape has changed dramatically. behind me is the ashley river. you see some of the saw fwras. the water has risen considerably and it's almost completely covered at this point. there's a marina right there and a lot of the boths are tettered. we haven't seen anything too crazy out here, but the boats are wobbling back and forth because as you mentioned, the wind gusts here are pretty intense. we have been hit with several rounds of heavy bands of rain. we're expecting to see that ongoing throughout the afternoon as well as into the evening. we are getting reports of we are in the water front. we're seeing some ponding in the

parking lot. i do want to mention that we're hunkered down in a safe location. we have shelter because the winds are just so strong, as you can see. and we just heard from the governor and his state officials just a moment ago. he was talking about some areas in south carolina, the charleston region seeing wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour. flash flooding, we should also note, is seriously something that people should take seriously. people are still in the danger zone, even though ian is barrelling this way. it looks like it's going to veer upwards towards myrtle beach to the east. but we're not in the clear just yet. widespread flooding, a major concern. flash flooding is supposed to be something that we have to keep an eye on until about 4:00 this afternoon. but we want to point out that it does make landfall here in south carolina in the next hour or so, this would be the first time

since 2016, that's when hurricane matthew barrelled through this area. but as you can see, we're not out of the woods just yet. not in the clear. officials are warning people to stay on high alert. >> i understand the warning, but are you seeing any sort of preparations that have been taking place around the city? as you mentioned, the downtown area in particular, which can be prone to flooding. >> yeah, so the preparations really should have taken place yesterday. we were out yesterday in the downtown area. and this area is prone to flooding. they are used to storms like this. hurricanes, so we saw a lot of the businesses boarded up. they pulled in all of the patio furniture and they tethered things down just to make sure that you don't have anything just flying away becoming projectiles. they definitely prepared for the worst, hope rg for the best. but they are experiencing some downtown flooding at this hour. this is just the beginning.

>> thank you for that. stay safe. steve patterson is surveying the damage in fort myers beach. steve, last time i checked more than 400,000 people were without power in lee county where you are. what's the situation and, my goodness, it looks terrible behind you. >> reporter: he can't hear us. we have some technical difficulties, which is actually surprising wit don't have more given the situation on the ground. our thanks to kathy and steve. we'll get back to steve if we're able to reconnect with him. let's bring in meteorologist samara theodore, who is tracking the storm for us. >> right now, we are talking about landfall. and at the moment, it's getting a little muddy as far as the eye is concerned. so it will be interesting in the next hour or two to see if we have an official landfall. regardless, we're getting that landfall type of impact. so is out towards charleston where you just saw in the live shot, that's where the heaviest rain is coming down. they actually have an outflow

pushing through. a lot of the water is pushing outward. you head up the coast in georgetown and myrtle beach, that's where we're seeing some of the highest surges right now. we have about over a four-foot surge in myrtle beach. we have reports of that coming in at the moment. it seems as though it's gotten past the dunes in myrtle beach. that's being pushed in there. that's going to go on record for the third highest storm surge they have seen there historically. we're still clocking in at 85 miles per hour as far as the wind gust is concerned. it's definitely picked up speed moving to the north at 14 miles per hour. the heaviest rain bands are whipping well into south carolina at the moment and all the way up the coast into north carolina in parts of virginia there. as we continue to look at the winds, we did get a 92-mile-per-hour wind gust that clocked in in charleston harbor not too long ago. we're looking at some of the

stronger winds near charleston and myrtle baef. the big concern as we head through the remainder of the day is going to be this flooding. it will begin to weaken, but that's when we'll see a lot of the effects being far felt and far reaching farther inland. we already have flash flooding warnings lining the coast. very dangerous. 15 million people will be impacted by that. looking at the storm threat, that will continue for the next couple hours until it moves on shore. the good news is we are going to be experiencing low tide as it's making its landfall right now. and the last thing i want to mention is the tornado threat. we will continue to see a severe weather threat as we head through the remainder of the afternoon. and if you take a look now, you can see that tornado watch that's been issued. i know my graphics are all over the place, but the big picture here is we're starting to get into the landfall now. we'll see soaking rain down in charleston. we'll continue to see that

threat for storm surge pushing into myrtle beach. while this is not a category 4 storm like when it hit the west coast of florida, it's a cat 1 and packing a punch. regardless of how strong or weak a storm is, you'll see the strong impacts along the coastline right now. so we're going to be on guard for the rest of the night. really tracking the rain. that's going to be the big thing we're talking about tonight. the flooding concern as we see that ramp up with some of the heaviest bands moving well into south carolina. so flooding is going to be a major issue. >> is that unusual for a hurricane to make landfall twice? >> i wouldn't say unusual. we have seen it before. but right now, just looking i think at the overall dynamic and structure of ian, seeing how strong it was, the fact it was able to regain strength like that and hit as a category 1 on to the south carolina coastline is definitely uncanny. >> samara, great to see you. thank you so much for your work over the past several days. right now, parts of florida are losing the life load of of

their communities. landmarks that bring a community together. and make a ton unique. in venice, hurricane ian just gutted one of the largest community theaters in the country. this is the venice theater. the roof ripped off. a gaping hole is left behind. i want to bring in the executive director of venice theater. murray, i'm sorry for what you and all the folk there is are going through. tell us what it was like and to experience that and to see, i think you have been at that theater since 1995, am i right? to see what's happened now. >> that's correct. i received a text from a board member about 1:15 that day saying what happened to the theater. and then quickly followed by we will find a way. i knew that wasn't good. and received a photo a few moments later and that showed the damage that you're seeing now. it was a gut punch. it really was. fortunately, looking at it perhaps there are portions of

the building that we'll be able to salvage. we'll start back. venice theater is not a building. it's a community of people. and it's the life blood of the town. it's not going to go away. it's just going to be different for awhile. that's for sure. sdwl how do you begin to figure out where sto to start, what you're going to do next. >> we started with securing the area. now we'll start the cleanup. we have engineers coming in tomorrow to assess the remainder of the building and make sure it's stable and safe. then we'll get the various professionals on site to get the new structure back up to code and making sure it follows better hurricane preparedness than the building that was built 100 years ago. we had 100 mile an hour winds hitting 100-year-old building

for more than 4 hours at a stretch. ask eventually, the old building couldn't withstand it. >> what was it like for you during that period? where were you and what did you see and feel? >> we were at home. it was rather frightening. not nearly as forfort myers. that's dvastating. we had minor damage at home. and lots of flooding in the street and some of the homes flooded. fortunately in our neighborhood, nobody died. there were no significant injuries or anything like that. we were very fortunate. but it was pretty horrendous listening to 120 mile an hour winds for 4 or 5 hours. it just didn't let up. we were sitting through

hurricane charlie in 2004. that was a cloudy day compared to what this was. i have never seen anything like this. >> now you have to move on. and they say the phrase community theater. organizations are very much a community. what are the conversations like among that community for you and what can you tell us about the way the theater community and larger city is coming together. >> we host an international festival every two years. we received comments and e-mails from people from 40 countries. >> 40 counties? >> 40 countries, that is correct. more than 40 states. our friends across the country. and within our own community, i have already received calls from local foundations, from city officials vowing to do whatever

they could do to help us rebuild. that doesn't counts the hundreds and hundreds of volunteers and donors that we have already that are already getting in touch with us saying what do we need to do to help. it's incredibly gratifying to know that the community will come together to help us rebuild. >> what doo you need most right now? what do you tell them when they say, how can we help? >> let's wait until we know what the extent is and what we can do. we will need funds. insurance will be great, but we will need funds to rebuild. we also have a 30-member staff that we have to try to taek care of as much as we can. because they are the life blood of of that theater as well. it's a matter of know whag we're going to need fund wise, get the analysis done and move forward as quickly and safely as we possibly can. i have no idea the timeframe, but we're not dead in the water.

we did do have another performance space and other buildings that came out unscathed. but the building that you're seeing that was destroyed is the main auditorium. and that's where most of the people in our community would see shows. that's the main thing we have to address and to make sure whatever we do next is going to be stronger, better, and services the community just as well. so we just hang on with us. stay with us. follow the news. help when we call for it, which will probably be pretty soon. >> there's no doubt in the history of the theater community that often for better or for worse, and probably both, challenging times bring on a lot of creaivity. so maybe that will be the case here as well both in the rebuilding and in what you bring to the community in the months and years to come. murray chase, thank you for taking the time. we wish you so much luck. >> thank you for having me.

i want to go back to steve patterson who are is sur vague damage in fort myers beach. tell us more about all the folks without power and clearly all the folk who is have lost their homes. >> reporter: you can see some of the cleanup behind me. it's almost like no matter where you stand, you have a 60-degree panoramic of destruction. behind me, you maybe able to see what appears to be a boat into a house. the foreground, don't know if these are several businesses or one business or one home or multiple holmes, but it's destroyed and mixed in back there. this goes down the coast, down this dock for several more yards. then you come to the foreground here, what appears to be a storage shed, metal, pierced, destroyed. you can see the inside of the contents there. the pavement here has been ripped out. this is a walking dock. and you can see what's left of

this come up on shore. the pole ripped out. it scenes like this are every of where. this isn't the worst of it. in town there are rows and rows of homes and businesses. all of this sort of mixed in with power lines, power poles, people's items from essentially past lives now after everything has changed for them. these scenes of destruction all over this town, no matter where you dpo. above me you maybe able to hear it. it sounds like a rescue helicopter. i'm assuming it's one of those that maybe going back and forth through some of the pairier islands here. we know people are trapped in some of these islands. about 200 residents decided to stay. so we have maybe dozens that haven't been rescued yet. we'll check in with authorities as we go. but right now, it's all about search and rescue. it's all about restoration of power. there's still millions of people in the state without power. hundreds of thousands in this area.

and i don't believe power right now is the priority because there are still so many people that may need assistance. there are still so many scenes that are probably too dangerouses for restoration of power. there may be live wires strewn about through the city. we have seen utilityers. we have seen people trying to help. people who may own property along the dock like this or in town that are trying to clean up and sift through the wreckage. and this is a process that may take some time, days if thot weeks, its no months, if not the better part of this year and into next. so i can't tell you when power will be restored. we may learn more today. what i can say is the scene is incredible. it's unbelievable to see and unbelievable to walk through. i haven't managed to talk to anybody on the ground. you see people back there.

i don't know it they are homeowners, but they must be heartbroken. because this doesn't end. it's endless. so this operation will continue for awhile as people get back and survey what's left of what they own. >> a couple things. first, if you have an opportunity to talk to any of those people, let us know. we'll come back to you. but you talked about the rescues and obviously life is the the most important thing. then they will work on the other stuff. do the authorities who you have spoken to feel like they have a good handle now on how many people are still out there who are in a dangerous situation and need to be rescued? >> reporter: you think so in talking to them. because they have done a preliminary assessment. i can't imagine with the amount of wreckage that is built up in some of these places, the amount of people that are cut off on an island that maybe close to here, after a bridge collapse, that they have a full count. because you can't necessarily get crews into those areas to

put that assessment down. so i'm not sure. and then yesterday we had something like 500 people rescued in 24 hours. today i have heard at least 100 so far. and you think how could there be more rescues after today. but there will be. so even it they gave us a number, i'm not sure they would know the full amount. it's why we don't have a full count or a preliminary count on the death toll. we have a trickling we have made contact with this person and we located this body or been to this house and reported this person missing and found this person deceased. so that's a very slow process. i don't think it's one that will be fully accounted for for some time. >> steve patterson in fort myers beach, thank you so much. if you have more to tells us, we will come back to you. we're going to be covering the latest on the hurricane all day here on msnbc. we'll dive deeper into what's happening in the devastated fort

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look at this video. it shows the horrific destruction in fort myers. this is a city of 83,000 people, put you wouldn't recognize it. located more than 15 miles from the beach and it's one of the hardest hit parts of the state. entire neighborhoods were wiepd out. "the new york times" describes it this way. the storm pulverized roads, tommed trees and set cars afloat. leaving a soggy scar of ruined homes and businesses from the coastal cities of naples and fort myers to inland communities around orlando. i want to go to fort myers. the city's mayor joins me now. mr. play your, i know you have said this is by far the worst storm you have ever witnessed. let's start with lives. are there people who need to be rescue asked have you lost any of your residents in the storm? fbz. >> i have been told we have not had any reported loss of life in the city. s we have conducted upwards of 200 rescues.

>> 200 rescues, and i understand there's a lot of people who are displaced in the health system. one of your county's largest health system announced it began evacuating patients. what is the the status of hospitals in fort myers and what's your greatest concern right now? >> we only have one hospital inside the city limits. we are working closely with them while they are restoring it as quickly as possible. >> one of the concerns, obviously, is always water. so have they moved patients out of that hospital within your city limits? >> to my thoj, that has not occurred yet. we're supposed to touch base with them this afternoon to give them a status update to make that decision. >> i also don't need to tell you florida has more seniors per capita than any other state, meaning millions of family members are desperate to find out information to help.

i read one man's neighborhood was under 4 to 5 feet of water, and his daughter called him as he stood in the water in awe of the destruction. this place is dwoen. there's no reason to come. there's nothing here. , he said to his daughter on the phone. tell me what you're seeing around where you are, mayor. >> to kind of put things in perspective, i'm in the river district of downtown fort myers. i'm stocking on dock a-26. unfortunately, it's on the patio of a restaurant more than a block away from the river. i'm going to swing around and behind me hopefully you'll with be able to see the boats that have been tossed up on to land. they were tossed around like they were toys. >> tell me what that was like when you were experiencing it and what were you hearing from the citizens of fort myers. >> my contact with people after

the storm ended, unbelievably in good spirits. thankful that it wasn't worse. they look to our neighbors and our friends to the south, fort myers beach, sanibel island, they know those areas have been dvastated. so they are very happy. they know we have a long road of recovery, but our emergency response teams are out there. the roads are being cleared. we are working on getting the water and the power restored as quickly as possible. >> when kind of road are you looking at? are you looking at many, many months? potentially years? so far, mr. mayor, are you satisfied with any contact that you have had either with state officials or federal officials? >> i have received calls from both the president and the governor, with their pledge of support. i feel very confident with the efforts they are going to

contribute. we're going to get the roads cleared probably by this weekend hopefully. water and electricity is a little more challenging. we're seeing electricity come on slowly. as far as the rebuilding of homes and businesses, that's going to be months, if not years. >> it's certainly noter day that the mayor of fort myers gets a call from the the president of the united states. unfortunately, it's under these circumstances. what did he tell you? >> he just pledged the federal support. he ensured me that he had been in contact with governor ron desantis, and he had given the governor all that he has requested as far as aid goes. >> i'm seeing a lot of movement behind you. i'm seeing cars. are people coming back? are they surveying the damage? what's the activity around the city right now? >> it's very active. i wish people would stay home because it's really not safe to be out here moving around.

but people are curious to see the level of damage. they are probably tired of being stuck in the house without air-conditioning. so it's kind of hard to get upset with them, but it's really not the best scenario to be out moving around. >> fort myers mayor kevin anderson, i know you have a lot ahead of you. so taking the time to talk to us, we very much appreciate it and wish all of you in that city a fast and good recovery. thank you so much. >> thank you. up next, elderly people stuck in massive flooding in orlando early this morning. crews pulling them to safety. we'll go live to orlando where the water is still feet high in places. you're watching "chris jansing reports," only on msnbc. when cold symptoms keep you up, try vicks nyquil severe. just one dose starts to relieve 9 of your worst cold and flu symptoms, to help take you from 9 to none. for max strength nighttime relief, nyquil severe: ♪♪

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we're getting news in from police department north of charleston, south carolina. the end of the pier has collapsed and is, in fact, floating south. we don't have any pictures of that yet, but you can just imagine the number of things that have been floating into places where they should not be. we have seen pictures through this hour. we'll keep an eye on south carolina because we could see second landfall of hurricane ian any time now. in the meantime, there's a lot for aid workers to do. world central kitchen has rushed in to help in florida providing food and assistance as they often do as thousands try to pick up the pieces. that organization was created by chef andre, set up a kitchen and distributing food. the group provides meals during disasters all around the world. currently, they are concentrating in the area between tampa and naples. they also are partnering with

local volunteers and chefs to reach as many people as possible. world central kitchen's director of operations joins me now. how bad is the situation? how great is the need? >> the need here is huge. the hurricane caused widespread damage, devastation. families are displayed and don't know when they are going to be able to return home. so world central kitchen has been on the ground since monday and started serving meals yesterday. we'll have served 40,000 meals to communities around fort myers, who are recovering from this terrible storm. >> i thought when i checked yesterday, it said your team was prepared to make an estimated 20,000 meals. now you're talking about 40,000 meals. what are you looking at moving forward and for how long over the next days, maybe even weeks? >> we are preparing to scale up.

we understand that this is going to be a large-scale and long-term response. so we have a kitchen set up in tampa that's cooking already. we're setting up another kichen in fort myers tomorrow that will be able to serve even more food. we're also bring on board a numb of food truck partner, restaurant partners, caterers, anybody in the area that wants to jump in and help out and get as much food out to families as possible. >> when you say get food to families, do they have to come to you, are you going to shelters? how is the distribution working? >> it's going to be a mix of both. we're still understanding and learning where are the needs and how can we best get food to people. the priority over the past 48 hours has been to set up food trucks and send hot meals, sandwiches, salads to a variety of different parking lot locations around where the impact of the storm was the strongest. so we put out a call on social

media. people know where they can come get food from us. over the past two day, we have seen long lines of folks waiting for water, food, everyone is coming to us. but we are prepared to serve shelters as well. we're looking at hospitals that are without power, without water. mobile home resident who is have lost everything. so there's just a tremendous amount of need and we're still learning a lot as we uncover that. >> given the devastation, where do you even get the food? where do you the get the supplies? >> we brought in as much food as possible as we could before the storm began. so we have had product on hand, equipment, our paps, our food trucks, our water all staged before the storm even started. since we knew supply chains would be affected and we're going to continue to source food from anywhere possible to just get as much into fort myers as we can. >> you folks at world central

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can take you to a dark place. president biden at the white house on the response to hurricane ian. let's listen. >> we want to gyp jup date you on what we have done since i last spoke to you 24 hours ago. i directed that every possible action be taken to save lives and get help to survivors. because every single minute counts. it's not just a crisis for florida. it's an american crisis. we're all in this together. i have spoken to governor ron desantis on multiple occasions as well as this morning, as well as mayors and county official, both republican and democrat, from places most affected. and i spoke with governor mcmaster of south carolina this morning as well. last night i received a request for an emergency declaration from governor mcmaster, which i

approved right away. this allows for immediate federal funding for the state to shelter people and provide other essential support. by approing it early, ahead of the storm's landfall in south carolina, we can get supplies in and provide shelter, if it necessary. my message to the people of south carolina is simple. please listen to all the warnings and directions from local officials and follow their instructions. and as you all know, the situation in florida is far more devastating. we're just beginning to see the scale of that destruction. it's likely to rank among the worst of the nation's history. you'll all have seen on television homes and property wiped out. it's going to take months, years to rebuild. our hearts go out to all those folks whose lives have been devastated by the storm. america's heart is literally breaking. just watching people watch it on

television. i just want the people florida to know we see what you're going through. we're with you. we're going to do everything we can for you. i say to the rest of america, imagine yourself in that situation. water rising, walls collapsing, streets turned into literally i rivers. charter boats on top of automobiles. watching the home and the community work so hard to establish, literally washed away. and folks across the country are now waiting to hear from parents and grandparents, who live in florida, just hoping and praying they're okay. at my direction, we pre-deployed the largest team of search and rescue experts in recent history. because so many of the rescuers need to take place now, need to be there in place now, in the water now. the united states coast guard has been deployed as well. six fixed wing aircraft, 18

rescue boats and crews, 16 rescue helicopters, which were in the air all day yesterday, and are at it again today. working with the defense department, national guard, state and local first responders, they've rescued 117 people on southwest florida coast, and fort myers, and naples so far. just this morning, i spoke personally with lieutenant commander of the coast guard, christopher hooper, who is leading the search and rescue operation. he emphasized this is one fight, everyone working together, coast guard, the defense department, customs and border patrol, florida fish and wildlife, local officials, they're doing everything they can to rescue people. he said, mr. president, we will not rest at night until we know they're safe and sound. he talked about how they rescued a 94-year-old woman, who had the courage to be hoisted up on to a helicopter. the wind blowing and as well as a one-month-old baby.

at the same time, a one-month-old baby as well. and so much in between. he also speak to aviation survival -- i also spoke to aviation survival second class technician, second class, zac lesh, who described how difficult the decision is for people to leave everything and come to safety. i told him how proud of him i was, and thanked him for all the work he and his coasties are doing to save lives. i'm grateful for the brave women and men, federal, state and local men and women working so hard, working as a team, from the governor to the federal folks. in the past 24 hours, my administration has approved four more counties in florida for disaster assistance in addition to the nine counties we announced yesterday. what that means is the federal government is covering 100% of the cost to clear the massive debris left in the wake of the

hurricane in these counties. it all needs to be cleared out for communities to begin the hard work to try to get back on their feet. that declaration also means that we will cover all the extra costs for emergency personnel who are saving lives and providing for public safety. because phone lines and internet might go out, fema is registering people directly, directly, to be able to get help. setting up disaster recovery centers in shelters all across the state. so we can get survivors registered for the help they need, as quickly as they can possibly get it. if you can't get to a center, we're sending out mobile teams in the communities to meet people where they are. getting the power back on is also critical. i want to recognize, and this is, i think, impressive, 44,000 utility workers, and restoration personnel, from 33 states, and the district of columbia. we're working around the clock to help get power back on for

millions, millions of floridians who have lost it. i have ordered the personnel from the army corps of engineers to florida with more than 250 generators to allow power supplies for key locations such as hospitals and shelters. and last night, my homeland security adviser met with sector leaders to ensure that they're coordinating with owners and operators of the grid so nothing will stand in the way of getting the power back on. yesterday, i was briefed by the leaders of fema, the coast guard, and the army corps of engineers, and other organizations, that are at the tip of the spear right now. i directed them to provide me with information, i'm aware of housing and health facilities and power and cell service and other critical infrastructure, has been most affected, so we can prioritize and focus efforts and expand them where the help is needed the most. and in addition to what we're

doing in florida and south carolina, we remain focused on recovery efforts in puerto rico as well. and i will say it, as long as we stay with it, and stay at it, as long as it takes. i spent a lot of time with people in the aftermath of disasters. i have immense gratitude for the first responders and emergency crews who always show up, no matter what. times like these, americans come together, they put aside politics, they put aside division, and we come together to help each other. because we know if it were us who just lost our home or a loved one, we'd hope people would show up to help us as well. the red cross volunteers, volunteers as far away as organize and the dakotas, and utility workers from minnesota, and nebraska, and vermont, have traveled to florida in the past few days to help do whatever they can. that's america. that's who we are. we're going to keep doing

everything we can. and we'll do it as the united states of america. god bless all of you who are hurting. may god protect the troops and all those brave souls risking their lives. i want to say one more thing. i want to also speak to mr. putin's remarks this morning. you know, america and its allies are not going to, let me emphasize, are not going to be intimidated, are not going to be intimidated by putin and his reckless words and threats. he's not going to scare us nor intimidate us. putin's actions are a sign he is struggling, the sham referendum he carried out, and his routine he put on, no worries, not on -- the sham routine and showing a unity, and people holding hands together, the united states is never going to recognize this, and quite frankly the world is

not going to recognize it either. he can't seize his neighbor's territory and get away with it. it is as simple as that. and they're going to stay the course. they're going to continue to provide military equipment, so ukraine can defend itself, and this territory, and its freedom, including additional resources that the congress is going to divvy today of $13 billion more to help ukrainians defend themselves and fight back. and we're fully prepared to defend, and i'll say this again, america is fully prepared with our nato allies to defend every single inch of nato territory. every single inch. so mr. putin, don't misunderstand what i'm saying. every inch. and i have been in close touch with our allies. we're announcing new sanctions today as well that include the

new authorities to sanction anyone who provides political or economic support to russia's fraudulent territory claims and i've been in close touch with our nato allies who are united in our resolve to take on his aggression. i thank you all very much. you also asked me earlier about the pipeline, and let me say this. it was a deliberate act of sabotage, and now the russians are pumping out disinformation and lies. and we will work with our allies to get to the bottom of exactly and precisely what happened. and as at my direction, i've already begun to enhance our allies and the protection of this critical infrastructure and we will be sending divers down to find out exactly what happened. we don't know that yet exactly and we don't just listen to what putin is saying. we know what he is saying is not

true. thank you very much. >> president biden touching on sort of the most critical stories today, one of them you just heard the end there, he said putin, we're not going to be intimidated, you're not going to scare us, talking about the announcement by the defiant vladimir putin that he is annexing four ukrainian territory, but the whole intended purpose of this was to talk about the update on what is happening right now with hurricane ian. katy tur is here now for her hour. he said very clearly for this administration, the number one priority, get help to survivors, every single minute counts, we know this, as part of the obama administration, i am remembering back in 2011, they set a record for 99 disaster declarations in a single year. now you're looking at a place where there's the potential for tens of billions of dollars in recovery. >> it is extraordinarily bad in florida. and it's so bad that it's hard

to take it all in, just by looking at the photos. we have a lot of the numbers to try to help explain how bad it is. chris jansing, thank you very much. ian is about to make the fourth landfall, the second in the united states, the eye is headed just north of charleston, south carolina. and this is what it looks like right now. the wind is picking up. as you can see. and the relentless rain has already flooded streets downtown. we'll show you that. the anticipation there is heavy. especially with all that we can now see in florida. day two of recovery. and the scale of the disaster gets even worse. entire neighborhoods look more like a toddler's tossed-up toy box. homes leveled. belongings strewn everywhere. boats on city streets. the old way to start to comprehend it, as i was telling chris, is to consider the numbers. as "the new york times" reports, fema says more than