hey everybody, good afternoon. i am yasmin, we are continuing to track in which is now claiming the lives of at least 38 people. florida governor ron desantis is holding a news conference right now updating the situation that we have been monitoring for the last couple of days. he updated a number of power outages in the state, as well as relief efforts that are ongoing to the most devastated areas. more than 1.5 million americans remaining without power right now and that state of carolina. and virginia as well. which is where we found in at this hour as the storm is continuing its northward track. thankfully losing some steam along the way but still bringing some serious conditions along with it. the storm leading devastation in its wake wherever it heads. we have new videos that you see on your screen there, showing

that destruction left behind in just three cities in florida. and clued in fort myers. we will go there in just a moment and now coming to be known as ground zero. satellite images showing areas there before and after the storm. survivors continuing to speak out about what they have endured. >> i sheltered in a closet until part of the roof came off. and then the wind came in there so that i just went behind the bed. and stay there. >> nothing about gratitude that we are here and for all that the people out there do. >> i will never ever not evacuate again. >> the power of that storm i mean if that would've crashed into the side of the house. we would have been swept away. >> all right happening now in sarasota county in west central florida. possible levee break, that is threatening flooding about to 15 feet in the hayden river community. the sarasota county sheriff's

office tweeting a warning saturday morning. and then urging residents to shelter in place if it is safe to do so. some of the images come out and they're completely devastating already. florida growing joy to joy to ensure that warning gets to all of the residents that are there right now. i want to bring in nbc's jesse courage was standing by for us. in sarasota county, talk to us to see as you're in the car there. and it's a fluid situation that you are dealing with there. talk to us about what we know about this possible levee break where folks are, how they are trying to make sure the folks are in a safe place if this actually happens? >> he hasn't yasmin the reason we are in the car right now, what is going on behind this year. we can see a line of cars. an rv there and a lot of people backed up on a road. we were just turn this direction. we are not allowed to go that direction, and police officer who directed us this way. i asked if the road was flooded,

he said it has been washed out. we have seen with our own eyes, other roadways washed out. we have seen communities and even inland, that are completely flooded over and also there is this concern over a levy. possibly having broken. showing a tweet that the sheriff's a partner directed us to hear, in sarasota county. i believe we have the street, we can see right here. the image on the right or want to direct you to, we can see there's an arrow there. that appears to show what are going over the top, of her levee. if that is in fact happening, that would suggest that yet another community may be flooded out. we know from the sheriff's department and early morning hours, they started they got a 9-1-1. they started making george or knocks and shots to try to check on people. i asked if they have an idea if

anybody might be missing. reporting in danger, and the sheriff's department says we do not have any reports of missing fatalities. that is good news, the sheriff's department public information officer also said that they do believe that some people may have chosen to stay in that neighborhood. we went to the area, it is a private community. and they couldn't over the street over there. i guess i was a calm scene, there wasn't any kind of frantic situation and people were driving back in there. as well and i think that situation and what we are seeing playing out behind us here on the road waves. speak to the fact that even though we are now two plus days since ian may landfall in the united states for the first time and hit the florida area. we are still seeing an evolving situation where people are continually having to deal with floodwaters and infrastructure issues. we are trying to get to the scenes to show the devastation's, and highlight the challenges that people are facing. people are getting to loved

ones and people are trying to get to their homes. the see what damage has been done, as well you can imagine. of course are also teams that are trying to go and to fix infrastructure. i cannot tell you how many different trucks we have seen what those cherry pickers on the back. that could be helping fix powerlines. e helping fithey appeared also g redirected like we have been and it is adding time to the transit. reception access to gps on a phone map and all of those things are being impacted and so you can imagine how many different people are trying to get to these areas for any number of reasons and it's getting harder. in some ways. -- what more come up along the way. we are trying to connect with members of our team who are on the road and were separated from us along the way. it's very much an evolving situation. speaks to the devastation that he and his causing well beyond

the winds. well beyond that initial storm surge in the initial flooding from the rainfall that we saw farther west in the orlando area. further east. we are now those images showed dealing with a still evolving flood threat in parts of the state. >> anything they can do to prevent a process beau bridge jesse? at this point? our final break? >> again as men we are putting back to the image and it appears in that image that a man already broken. i asked for further clarification from the sheriff's department, and we ask the right people to take a scenario. and it's hard to see because that system that version of it. when i zoom in on the image and i look at it on my phone. you see there is a green shirt below the red arrow right? that is a little bit of a blue patch in between the trees. that appears to be water, you know possibly going over the top of it. and we cannot get any closer but i can tell you in the

neighborhood surrounding that community. which is very rural, plenty of farmland. there are yards and -- turn into puddles. and to call them puddles is an understatement. large swaths of land are underwater over there. well beyond the area so no question, there is still a lot of water just standing in much of this community. >> all right jesse,. -- >> he hasn't, it does not seem to be that urgent and that mormon. that is some hopeful news, it didn't seem that there was any kind of frantic scene over there with first responders rushing, and seems to be whatever is going on over there contained which is hopefulness jasmine. >> all right jesse for us, thank you for staying on top of its jesse and we appreciate it. you and your crew as always, please stay safe amidst all of this. want to bring in liz maclachlan who standing by for us in matlacha, just off essentially

as i'm looking at the map here, letters where you are you are about just a little bit west or so of fort myers. incredibly hard hit by this hurricane. talk us through what you're seeing on the ground there this afternoon? >> yasmin, the senior absolutely sad and so real. this one queen and quirky fishing town in pastel, just completely flattened. you can see the scene behind me. -- why fear getting used to the evan flow of seaside tourism. not completely torn apart, remnants of behind. and as you mentioned we are just off of pine island the only way to get their's by this road. isn't much of a road anymore, looks like it was not concrete but something like papier-mâché. that is really pulling felt in

the rooms to this tragedy in the monster storm and one of the most powerful and causes to ever hit the u.s.. and now, rescue crews are attempting to still get people from the island isolated from their waterlogged homes. we spoke to with residents you might see them walking amongst the rubble. about how they're dealing with everything, let us listen. >> you know it's a beautiful town and very tight-knit community. and obviously every how structure is on the water here in matlacha. we are fortunate the building is still standing, you walk down the road and to buildings and everything from there on down as it had been washed away or been leveled. or about to be leveled. >> the rebuilding could take years according to the governor and it could take months to restore power to pine island where they are left in the dark because this passageway is just completely obliterated as you can see. cars floating in the water,

there are boats stranded onshore. it is a complete mess and a lot of folks that we talked to said that they may not come back. they may not rebuild. paradise lost if you will. >> i just want to be clear because as your camera man pulled out there i realize you're standing on a road. it's completely crumbled -- things we have never seen before liz. so if you can talk more about that, how residents are feeling about being in this place that got hit so hard. every storm that is passed, or worse in the last. and they're feeling popular and wanting to remain there. consider what may be to come if they were to rebuild. >> it's really just a sad scene on some of these restaurants rep for the communities where there for a century. this was the only way in and

out of pine island. access is going to take a really long time to recover. and with climate change we are expecting stronger storms. a lot people are talking about that, thinking about what their future decisions may be and if moving inland might be their only option. yasmin? >> our atlas maclachlan for, us we appreciate it liz. bringing us the startling images and what is taking place over the last couple of days. of course our thoughts and prayers are with all of the folks to that of lost and so much of the last 72 hours. thank you for that lives. with that, want to go north now. and charleston in south carolina where he's fine jack brewster. charleston to a certain extent, it got pretty lucky especially considering some of the images we are seeing of course in florida. on the west coast of florida, landfall was a little bit north of charleston. but nonetheless top throw you are seeing there? we're >> not dynamic that you described as the exact one that

i'm hearing here in charleston. ribed as ti see the damage and devastation in florida, yes i did get impacted by it but it has not been anything close to what they've been dealing with. this route is about five minutes ago was completely cleared but you see city crews have been working pretty quickly to quayle's remaining roads. -- we know the power at one point in the area was out for about 100,000 people. has now been restored, car outages in the few thousands of people in this area. that's not to say charleston was spared from the storm. it was yesterday around this time when we know that hurricane, category one hurricane ian made landfall about 60 miles from where we are now. and charleston, we're getting 70 mile an hour wind gusts. they were seeing flooding in many areas, especially in the downtown area. and there was about 24 hours ago, i was reporting the police department.

charleston police department was hunkering down because and the conditions that they were experiencing. you get a sense that folks here, we are prepared for it and they did not get the strong effect that they were expecting so the situation is cleaning up right now. folks are cleaning up right now but the cleanup that they have to deal with as much less and then they once feared when they saw the storm barreling their way yasmin. >> certainly, amidst what we have seen take place from north of charleston all the way south obviously to the absolute destruction we are seeing in parts of florida. jack brewster, thank you as always my friend. once you go back now to florida once again. fort myers to be specific which is one of the hardest hit areas in the state. a little bit east of where we saw a list standing. joining me now is the city's mayor, kevin anderson. mayor anderson, thank you for joining us on this. cannot imagine what your community is feeling today. just a few days now after the storm has passed through. the images are just devastating. talk to me about what you have

been seeing there so far. what your community has experienced? >> so you know, actually fort myers is very lucky. while we took a direct hit, we did not sustain the damages nearly what fort myers beach, sanibel, matlacha and -- sustained. we dealt with some wind damage and flooding. we have had now reported loss of life. the people in fort myers, the ones i've had contact with are in a good -- very thankful that it was not worse. and they are praying for their communities around us who suffered much greater loss. >> so describe to me specifically what we have been seeing and fort myers. we were showing images as you are speaking of fort myers beach. which had absolute devastation and a wipe out after the storm passed through their. it seems like you guys as you said got a little bit more lucky.

what this situation, think about the cleanup now post storm in your area. what lies ahead for you? what are the challenges? >> so our streets are already been cleared and majority of them are open. our city crews will be picking up the debris. seven days a week until they are done with it. the power is slowly coming back on, our biggest challenges as water. our water plants are without power. we have lost the internet system that helps us monitor the water system. and we probably have anywhere from 12 to 1:24 leaks that we have to first locate. and isolate and repair before we can really let the water start flowing. >> yes and i were looking at images of fort myers, a heck of a lot of damage or to say the least. even by saying that you guys got lucky. of, course you convert images we saw fort myers beach, we can

understand why you say that. i am wondering, when we talk about getting back to normal, right mayor. kids have to go back to school, eventually if you have power issues. water issues as well, what are the plans for that? >> it is my understanding that the schools will be closed through next week. of course that is by the school district and the separate elected board. continue the cleanup and continue working on getting the water restored. the closer we get the water restored the better off the recovery will be. we have also had suspended permanent fees for any permits that are associated with repairs due to the storm. -- we had a business and downtime

not suffered water intrusion. was already a clean up and ready to open up. >> wow, well mayor we appreciate you joining us this afternoon. certainly if you, we'll keep in touch as a community continues to recover. not only your community about the ones around you as well. we thank you for lending with us this afternoon. our coverage everybody the instruction is continuing throughout the hour, also ahead, the former president's violent political rhetoric. we have to talk about that. why he says mitch mcconnell has a quote death wish. coming up next, hours ago russian troops announcing a retreat from a creek of strategic city in ukraine just today after russian president vladimir putin claimed the region as his own. i will be right back. i will be right back roster ever assembled. for more on the new boss, here's patrick mahomes. incredible - meatballs, fresh mozzarella and pepperon- oh, the meatball's out! i thought he never fumbles. the new subway series. what's your pick?

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without a huge victory. while the russians are claiming to have withdrawn from lame into an area outside of this town. ukrainians are saying that they actually have 5000 russian soldiers and circled in a town as well as surrounding villages. that is potentially humiliating blow for the kremlin. because encirclement is something that the russian forces have been trying to do to the ukrainians and the donbas for months. in the spring and they have been unsuccessful, each time ukrainian forces managed to retreat. now making a stunning sweep of this town. the operation on the heels of another stunning counteroffensive. that took place in the area i'm at now in the kharkiv region. sweeping through hundreds of towns and villages. and what seemed at the time as a surprise and it was a real question mark hanging over the kharkiv operation in

particular. was that because of a surprise, that they just catch the russians off-guard? was there something more systematic and what we are seeing right now in layman suggest, potentially and the russian military is having a real systemic issue. and potentially, what that means for this conflict going forward. at this point it looks like ukraine has all of the momentum. also worth noting that where lehman is located. it's located in the donbas, an area of ukraine that the russian president just announced the annexation of yesterday. he has been? >> select all not little bit if we can aaron because all of this happening, amidst within the last 24 hours as you just mentioned. putin annexing and announcing he was going to annexed parts of ukraine. including this region. wondering how the white house is reacting to all of this. >> yes, that is right in a

ceremony as today. president putin announcing the annexation of 15% of ukraine. something that was deemed as wildly to be an illegal maneuver, the result of a sham referendum in the eyes of the west. something that president biden says he will absolutely not recognize. take a listen. >> americans allies are not going to be intimidated. they are not going to be intimidated by putin and his reckless words and threats. the sham routine that he put on this morning that showing the unity and people holding hands together and the united states is never gonna recognize it. and quite frankly the world is not gonna recognize that either. he can seize his neighbor territory and get away with it. symbolize that. >> ukrainian officials that i've been speaking to say that they are extremely concerned that what president putin is

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that can exit the mainland was left battered and broken. maybe the damage up close, it's almost frightening to see just how easily and shoes were tons of concrete and steel. but to be the damage from above, heartbreaking. when you realize this is the only way an entire community can reach the place that they call home. we jointly county sheriff car mine are in an area survey of sanibel. to see the devastation firsthand. >> [inaudible] howard synonyms why beth retired sanibel three years ago. it is that it to evacuate at the last minute but still felt the full wrath of ian's fury. >> we felt the ferocious winds for about of the day, we were safe. >> morgan with that report, we thank him for that. want to bring in now -- who's joining us from a nearby

fort myers beach which is also been absolutely devastating. i was speaking to the mayor of fort myers, who said they felt like he and conversant the devastation that they have been seeing and fort myers. we have to look at some of the images, there are some areas completely flagged. homes like matchsticks essentially falling on top of each other. what are you seeing there? >> yasmin, i have covered the hurricane in cuba days before a came to florida. i saw some of the devastation there. i came to miami this morning i drove into the area and it's completely different right because of the infrastructure that existed here. i can only think of one image that kept coming to my mind as i drove in somebody who is not here during the hurricane and southern florida. it looks exactly like a movie set. it looks like a universal studios would have the twister, where there's pose all over the place and it doesn't seem real. that is what it feels like as you are driving in and they've been working on clearing the streets but they're still boats

everywhere. on the road that brings you to fort myers beach there are crews working around the clock to clear the roads as they were crew strong to restore power. minutes ago the governor spoken satellite of the efforts are now placed on restoring power. people need the power to recover from this tragedy right. then there are reports, so many things happening at once. we have a report of a local hospital here. local news affiliate was talking as i drove in. about the hospital having no running water for example. they had reports that some of the workers had to use plastic bags to death for gate. and they're trying to get that water restored so you have a lot of different situations being dealt with three days after the hurricane hit. and the governor is asking the community to help each other. i will say that there are using technology for example to help people in ways that maybe we didn't before. with the wet side that are offered and in fact, when i drove in i receive about six

different alerts on my phone. emergency alerts and one of them said if you have no cell foreign service or enter, net dial 211. find a place you can get water or food. also asking neighbors if somebody has south on service or they have internet, go and spread the word and tell people where they can find help. it's a joint effort and obviously we do have federal agencies, the governor said 12,000 members of the national guard are helping. we know there is a search and rescue efforts, especially for the communities, and if you look at the geography of southwest florida, you have the cities right on the coast. then you have a lot of communities and the ace peninsula and islands that are off into the water. those of course the ones that we know, some of them are still cannot get there unless you go and a helicopter or a boat. those are the ones for the search and rescue efforts are taking place. then you have all of these communities, also by the water that needs a lot of help. it's a joint effort here between agencies and

organizations and i should say one more thing. a line of vehicles coming in from the miami area. into this part of the state is immense. there is a lot of help coming. trucks, different vehicles and agencies of the help is pouring into this part of the state yasmin. >> why did not just of a position of imagery that we are watching as we are speaking guad. these pristine beaches and fort myers where people go to retire, to enjoy the beautiful weather. and then aside that, just homes completely wiped out. flattened, such a just position to reality that exist now versus what was there just a week ago. at this, time and then also some homes still totally intact. and then the majority gone and just total devastation there. we thank you for reporting on that squad. we appreciate it. want to turn out for the teams the volunteers who had traveled to florida, to assist residents

in any way that they kind of joining us now is brian trash of the national spokesman for the united keisher. a volunteer group from louisiana that aids and search and rescue efforts. brian great to have you and i will just think in advance for all of your efforts. that you are near people have been carrying out over the last couple of days and we will continue to do over the next coming days. and they are currently in louisiana, kind of coordinating everything from there. what are your biggest obstacles right now. what are some of your folks been telling you that have been out there? >> yes thank you for having, us usually are a lot of our leadership when we decided to deploy and we will hang back at our headquarters because, whenever you go to the disaster theater, that communication is very low. just like a reporter was talking, about no cell phone service, no wi-fi. so easy for us to communicate with the network, communicate with the media what we have some communications here back home. i will be deploying in a couple

days to join our team down there in fort myers. the biggest thing right now is we are still, we have over 500 tickets that people have filled out on our website for wellness checks and rescues. we are still executing those, we have boats down going to the barrier islands of pine island. sanibel and still in the fort myers beach area. it's not going to talk about a lot, just north of fort myers kind of hit really hard. a lot of people still stuck in their homes and are starting to run out of food. a lot of people are hunkered down, only having maybe two or three days at the most of food and water. after that they don't expect it but we are trying to get as many supplies as we can out there to the field. those folks will be stopped for a while. >> all right, what you guys need as you're looking ahead to the obstacles that lie ahead? is that the 500 or so tickets outstanding right now. essentially rescues right? they expect to get all of those? go ahead, what did you say? >> rescues and extractions, the

differences that rescue when a threat to life is emanated, extraction means we are moving forward with the save ground but not necessarily safe ground. >> how do you decide who gets extracted first? do you have a priority list as those more vulnerable than others? >> yes a lot of times we don't get a lot of intel about who is in the rescue ticket. -- >> keep going, your shot is if you but i want you to keep going to think it's important for folks to hear if we can continue? >> all right, we lost brian. >> our assistant rights. >> all right we lost brian, if you can hear me brian, or anybody working with the cajun navy we appreciate you and we think if all of the work that you are doing. probably best for you not to be on this anymore because of a

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back. so donald trump raised the spectrum of political violence and a fresh attack on a mitch mcconnell. and a post on his truth social up site. trump asks if the senate minority leader had supported unspecified bills because he hates the former president. adding ominously, he has a death wish with those last two words in all capitals. this is coming after mcconnell said he would back bipartisan

legislation aimed at protecting against election subversion and a trump spokesperson saying it was quote unquote absurd to suggest a former presidents post could be, construed as dangerous. trump also took aim at elaine chao, mcconnell's wife and trump's own former transportation secretary referring to her as mcconnell's china loving wife. i'm action are gonna repeat the end of the bar because it is so racist honestly. chao resigned from the trump administration at the january 6th capitol riot. with that i want to bring a new york times chief white house correspondent, emerson police -- peter baker's also the coauthor of a new book, the divide of trump in the white house. peter, thank you for joining us on this and we appreciate it. just off of the that here. let's just start with the comments from the former president. give me your reaction. >> yes the question, i know your question is wtf? what on earth is going on here. the truth is you know and look

it is what it is. is exactly what it looks like. he understands, he can say or his staff can say that is not intended as a threat of violence but he understands perfectly well what his words do and how they are red by elise some of his followers. he has time and time again encourage violence or given a nod to violence or given a week to violence and never shrunk from it when people call them. remember a week or so ago, he said something in a radio interview with the conservative post hewitt that suggested that the country would be uprising if you were indicted. you are told the may, people might interpret that and the liberal media might interpret that as suggesting violence. sean basically said well, i'm not inciting but that's what's biscuit what will happen. he did not disavow, and he understands the power of his words. and he chooses them carefully and this kind of instance. i think he knows exactly the reaction of people will have to it. >> we remember what he said stand back and stand by. there are not, debate we have

oath keepers on the record essentially saying that members of the oath keepers saying to them that meant be armed, be ready to fight. be ready to move. so the former president cannot deny that his words have weight. especially when it comes to the incitement of violence. >> exactly, by the way his spokesman and the statement did not take it back. that and say of course, he is a dog whistle right? he understands it perceives a dog whistle, wonder he intended to be that or not. he understands that is the way that it's taken. he understands or should understand i should pose that she is great responsibility with his word because words of power. they are taken by at least some of his supporters, if autumn in a very livable way. you cited the example from the debate, the other example is january six 2021. people took his speech and seemed to at least take some notion that he was giving a nod to violence and storming of the capital. you may say thought his

intention but he knows that the possibility and they will say that he doesn't seem to be all that concerned about it. >> then a, course races attack against elaine chao but we don't give it any breath honestly. considering the words that he put out there. let's talk about the legal troubles ahead for the former president. specifically what the doj is saying now. filing with the 11th circuit saying let's put it and all together in a special master review. political noting this that peter, doj fishes including counterintelligence chief jay brat wrote in the filing with the atlanta-based circuit court of appeals, a record is not marked as classified and may also constitute avalanche of potential obstruction and concealment or removal of government records. considering how the 11th circuit has decided before in favor or four i should say the department of justice. allowing them access to the 100 classified records that they wanted. how do we expect them to rule

on this? >> well we cannot say obviously, we have as you say suggest a certain sympathy from the justice department's position on this matter. i think you are right to highlight that particular point. and the filing because the issue is not declassification. at least not the only issue, all of the sort of talk about whether he can declassify or not. and so far, mental telepathy to suddenly decide something is not classified. that's almost not irrelevant but it's not the whole issue here. either still government documents whether they're classified or not. he is not entitled to take him with him whether they're classified or not. they belong to the american people, they belong to the government and they do not belong to the former president. he told the government and its statement signed by his lawyers that he had given them all back when he didn't and that is the filing that you just cited constitutes a public instruction of justice. so many issues here that lost when i would make, he is here to explain why he took the documents. what he needed them for?

what was his purpose and we talk about all of these other issues, the truth is we haven't gotten to the bottom of what that was all about? >> all the judges involved so, far a group of hearing all assess aside from of course judge arlene can who agreed to appoint the special master. first place we will have to wait and see how this all plays out. as always, peter baker we appreciate you, and the book is called the divider. thank you. good to talk to you. after the break everybody, we return to the coverage of hurricane ian's destruction and talk with the former fema administrator about what the agency can and is doing to help those in need. >> it was scary because the worst feeling in the world. we felt helpless. >> i have no clothes, i have nothing. this was me the whole time. this was me the whole time. ic. the tender rotisserie style chicken is sublime and the roasted garlic aioli adds a lovely pecan flavor. man, the second retirement really changed you. the new subway series. what's your pick?

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you know they are worried about sanibel and god bless, and they earn their money and everything. but you fly around here and you look at this devastation right here, nobody is worried about us little people. they don't make million dollars a year. i would be good to make $25,000 a year. and right now, everything i have is wet. >> i want to bring in former fema regional director john. john thank you for joining us. you and i spoke yesterday, we appreciate you lending our voice to this post devastation is florida trying to clean up. let's address the concerns of that individual that spoke to my colleague, ali velshi and talking about the response and how to make it equitable. you look at for instance flood insurance, and the areas that are hardest hit. i want to read from the washington post, 20% of residents in the areas under evacuation orders have federal flood insurance. and the others don't have adequate property insurance

given the scale of the destruction. and they have lost their anti on hold, maybe the make that $25,000 a year, they are not the loudest voices in the room. how do we ensure, how does the government ensure these folks get the help that they need and get it fast? >> the federal government is doing what is called surging right now. there are literally bringing in personnel, bringing in people that are specialized. everything from response which includes search and rescue up to helping people evacuate. and helping work with other agencies to try and find housing. making sure that people have someplace that they can lay their head. while it is true that people that had flood insurance would be able to file claims. the truth of the matter is that under the individual assistance program we will bring snow bear that everybody is going to receive help. it is just that help is not always going to be

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>> that is true. all of that is true. and people are going to have to think about whether or not they want to rebuild in areas that have been this hard. there are areas that we know based on flood insurance or flood maps. that we now are subject to repetitive flooding. but this was a extraordinary -- the problem is that when we use the terms one and 1000, one and 500. reusing terms that are no longer accurate. unfortunately, things that are supposed to be at one and 500, one and 1000 you have had are happening with increasing regularity's. to some extent, we have to stop using terms like that. because the hyperbole, there are no longer accurate. >> at such a great point, john

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