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anybody either. >> this is this is the "cbs evening news." ism good evening. i'm jeff glor at the coast guard air station clearwater along with anthony mason in new york. the sun returned here today and revealed the devastation left by irma. the once-powerful hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm has moved north into georgia. irma's blamed for at least one death there and five in florida. estimates of the florida damage covered by insurance range from $20 to $40 billion. nearly seven million homes and businesses have no electricity. the white house says it could take weeks before it's all restored. one of the hardest-hit areas is the florida keys. that chain of low-lying islands off the southern tip of this state, and elaine quijano is in key largo tonight. elaine?

urgent every hour. according to officials, in parts of key largo, where we are right now and where you can see some of that damage, and in parts south of key largo, there is no power, no running water, and no working sewer system. the keys took the most direct hit from irma, and today we saw system of that firsthand. the first aerial view of devastation, the splintered homes and wind-tossed boats were only matched by the scene on the ground. in the lower key areas just ten miles east of irma's landfall, the brute force of 130mph winds and nearly 15 feet of surge easily destroyed oceanside homes in marathon and in big pine key. some, like these two, were still smoldering from a fire that burned them to the ground. residents like mike, a marine reserve, who was helping houston recover from harvey's flood, came back the find t

we can always rebuild it. but, hey, you live by the ocean, you have to take the chances. >> reporter: the national guard is conducting a door-to-door search for survivors in the hardest-hit areas. residents who left are blocked from returning, and a dusk-to-dawn curfew is in effect. relief missions are also organizing disaster mortuary teams, tasked to identify any possible victims. road crews went mile by mile trying to evaluate the roads and bridges. so far half of the 42 bridges have been deemed safe, but the department of defense warns with no power or water, the 10,000 people who stayed may be forced to evacuate. those who stayed, like ira concrete, ventured out to find loved ones. >> we were walking out, a neighbor about a block up, he survived, because we talked to him on the way out. >>or

of the damage, says recovery is a long way away. >> my heart goes out to the people in the keys. there's devastation. i just hope everybody survived. it's horrible what we saw. >> reporter: the "u.s.s. lincoln" is now sitting off the coast of the u.s., and two more navy carriers are on the way. they will be bringing in relief supplies to those hard-hit areas where they are so desperately needed. jeff? >> glor: elaine, thank you very much. jacksonville is seeing its worst flooding in nearly a century. jericka duncan is there tonight. >> reporter: downtown jacksonville normally looks like this, but today it was transformed into this. park monuments have been swallowed by floodwaters because of record-breaking storm surge barreling from st. johns river. it's about 3:00 in the afternoon, and it is still very

most of the city is without power. you can hear security alarming going off, and many of these businesses behind me, hotels, surrounded by water. officials say the situation here is not going to get any better. it's actually going to get worse because of high tide. >> we are in rescue mode right now. >> reporter: mayor lenny curry says people most at risk were told to leave wednesday. >> ma'am, are you okay? >> reporter: more than 100 people were rescued from their homes today within two blocks. in st. johns county southeast of jacksonville, several properties could not withstand the over 80mph wind gusts that toppled over this beach house, downed trees and power lines are also putting people like donna mount in danger. when did this tree fall down? >> probably around 3:30 this morning we heard a bang. and i opened the back door. i thought, oh, my gosh. it was just right on our deck here. >> reporter: now the water where we are standing has receded over the last few hours, tht officials warn they expect

fall gradually over the next several days. jeff? >> glor: jericka duncan in jacksonville, thank you. tonight bands of heavy rain from irma are lashing georgia and south carolina, which was also hit by a strong storm surge. the ocean tide reached nearly ten feet, nearly the highest on record. downtown charleston was flooded. the water was hip-deep in spots. more flooding could be on the way overnight during high tide. on florida's gulf coast, naples took a real hard hit, according to mayor bill barnett, but not as hard as was feared. here's jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: hurricane irma turned naples enter a sea of destruction, plunging neighborhoods like this underwater after dropping nearly a foot of rain. some areas were flooded by six feet of storm surge, but far less than the 12 to 18 feet predicted.

140mph were so punishing this gas station was twisted into a pile of metal. bob utter's neighborhood took a beating. >> we were quite amazed at all the major trees that are down, and we've been through a couple hurricanes before, but nothing like this experience. >> reporter: almost all of collier county's 300,000 residents are without power. downed trees and purr lines barricaded streets and posed a threat to homeowners anxious to see what's left. on marco island, the clean-up has begun, but the lack of electricity and water is slowing the process. further east, the farming community of amockley, america's tomato capital, has turned into a flood zone. many residents here who are migrant farmers feel they are on their own. >> nobody is out here trying to help, water, anything.

help. >> reporter: and most of collier county has dried out, but just north here in bonita springs, that's a totally different case. this is one of many neighborhoods buried under several feet of water, and blocked off by downed trees. jeff, it could take several days for this water to recede. >> glor: jonathan in bonita springs, jonathan vigliotti. thank you. irma affected every part of florida. that includes miami nearly 100 miles from where the eye made landfall. mark strassmann is there. [chainsaw running] >> reporter: across miami, irma's power twisted street after stweet into debris field, a landscape of mangled trees and downed power lines. the storm's 100-mile-per-hour gusts battered miami. dozens of boats sank, washed ashore, or are missing. up to five feet of storm surge pushed on the brickell avenue, a downtown boulevard

condos and banks. brickell today was drained but still a mess. almost 900,000 miami-dade homes and businesses were without power. irma was not a direct hit here, but its glancing blow packed a wallop. matteheo patris cleaned up the news cafeé. he manages this restaurant, a south beach landmark. >> it could have been way more worse than what we have today. we're very lucky. >> we were concerned about what it was going to be. we really didn't know what to expect. >> reporter: ed hudak is the police chief in coral gables. in this city, famed for its mediterranean revival-style architecture, 85% of homes and businesses here have no power. this is a shot of old cutler road here on friday before irma hit. this is that same storm-tossed road today. chief hudak says that storm has passed but not the danger. >> our biggest concern now is the recovery, and i don't think a lot of people realize that re

the storm when they're getting their houses back together, when the power starts coming back on. >> reporter: this is marina in coconut grove. take a look from above. there are bets scattered all over in places they don't belong. it's a reminder of the number of punches irma threw at south florida. jeff? >> glor: mark strassmann, thank you very much. as the coast guard here responds to calls, scores of water rescues were made across florida. adriana diaz reports from orla vista outside orlando. >> thank you. thank you, you guys. >> reporter: before sunrise people atop rescue trucks thanked those who carried them to safety out of the floodwaters. barefoot children in blankets escaped waist-deep water with their only belongings in plastic bags. this puppy was found caged and alone in a house filling with water. carlan gillens cheered at the sight of first r

door. a fire and rescue team tried to convince his parents to leave. >> it's not safe the stay here. we can take you guys to a shelter. >> reporter: the answer was no. so crews marked the house as having three people still inside. >> i left because i know we needed food. i know we needed lights. it started getting hot in there. i was hoping i could convince my mother and them the leave once i left. >> reporter: he tried again by phone. >> people say once the electricity comes back on, it's going to be a hazard. afterward, we checked in on carlan's mother. do you think he jumped ship? >> yes, he did, but that's okay. he was in panic mode. he needed to leave. >> reporter: inside, family photos fell above floodwater, but inside annie hemmingway said she still felt more comfortable at home. >> i've been here all my life. but this is the worst. >> reporter: the abandoned puppy had a home coming. thwn

family members. 149 people were rescued here in orange county. to give you a sense of the damage, our crew was sitting under this structure yesterday when we were reporting live here, and look at it now. jeff? >> glor: adriana diaz, thank you very much. as a coast guard chopper here returns from a rescue mission in clearwater, we've been seeing them go in and out all day long. the best perspective on irma's wrath remains from above, and today our cbs news team surveyed the damage across central florida as these rescues continue. off the chest of sarasota, as irma began the churn in, the coast guard made this dramatic rescue in rough seas. two people and their dog lifted to safety. >> going for a wild ride now. >> reporter: this morning in orlando, another view from the air, a scene reminiscent of houston after harvey, neighborhoods flooded, buildings t.

homes underwater. this afternoon we went up over plant city. >> right now we are passing through east of tampa, where irma's eye came through as it went south to north. we're not seeing a lot of trees down, but many of these fields are just inundated with floodwaters. >> glor: in clearwater, where we took off from, we also spoke with pilot george mensi at the largest and busiest coast guard station in the lower 48. >> you work katrina, you "deepwater horizon," and you worked rita. it's a busy place. he's now ready to perform rescues in his home state. >> from what we've seen, we're somewhat lucky with what could have happeanned d what did happen. >> glor: coming up next on the "cbs evening news," what steve bannon calls the biggest political mistake of modern times.

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former trump adviser steve bannon appeared on "60 minutes." we asked julianna goldman and chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes to join us. julianna, let's listen in to a portion of the interview that's playing online at "60 minutes" overtime about the president firing f.b.i. director james comey. >> reporter: someone said the me that you described the firing of james comey as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that probably be too bomb plastic for even me, but maybe modern political history. >> mason: that's a pretty stunning admission by the former white house chief strategist. >> reporter: that's right. it's a damning admission. the biggest political mistake is something that could end a presidency. so at the very least he's saying the russia investigation is going to be a cloud that hangs over this white house indefinitely. one other thing that steve bannon said in this, yes, on the one hand he said that the russia investigation is a whole bunch of nothing, but he also noted the breadth

investigation, so that begs the question of what does steve bannon know that mueller could uncover. >> mason: now let's listen to steve bannon last night talking about white house economic adviser gary cohn, who was critical of the president's initial response to the racist violence in charlottesville, virginia. >> if your going the break with him, resign. the stuff liked out by certain members of the white house, it's unacceptable. if you find it unacceptable, resign. >> reporter: who are you talking about? >> gary cohn and some other people. if you don't like what he's doing and you don't agree with it, you have an obligation the resign. >> reporter: a quick reminder here, after the president's response to charlottesville, gary cohn, who is jewish, was under enormous pressure to speak out or even resign, but sources say that he is committed to staying at this white house at least through the initial phases of tax reform. >> mason: nancy cordes, now here's steve bannon on some of the folks you cover on capitol hill. >> the republican

is trying to nullify the 2016 election, that's a brutal fact we have to face. >> reporter: the republican establishment? >> the republican establishment. >> reporter: wants to nullify the 2016 election? >> trying to full nigh the 2016 election. >> reporter: who? >> i think mitch mcconnell and to a degree paul ryan. they do not want donald trump's populist economic nationalist agenda to be implemented. it's very obvious. >> mason: what was the reaction to that on the hill, nancy? >> reporter: well, there was some disgust, frankly, from republicans who say, here was a guy who was a lightning rod when he was in the office who has not been shy about breaking with the president about certain issues, and yet he seems to deem every other republican insufficiently loyal to the president when they do the same. beyond his criticism, however, what really rankles those republicans is the fact that he reiterated in that interview that he plans to work to unseat several senate republican incumbents from arizona, from nevada, from

others. that's going to force the g.o.p. to spend more money protecting those incumbents, and as one top g.o.p. aid put it to me today, anthony, "every dollar that bannon puts into one of those primaries is a dollar he's saving the democrats." >> mason: bannon showed a lot of bombast in this interview, but three weeks after leaving the white house does he have influence? >> reporter: sure because in some ways he has more influence. he's back atop breitbart, who has millions of viewers, all of whom could be donors. and he has very close friends who are wealthy and would think nothing of spending millions in a political primary. >> mason: nancy cordes, julianna goldman, thank you both. up next, the children of 9/11 16 years later. ngon)

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>> mason: we end tonight with images of irma. the hurricane sent flood waters over the southrenmost point of the continental united states, marked by the word-famous buoy in key west. a few blocks later, another landmark, sloppy joe's on the main tourist street in key west that. bar was made famous by ernest hemingway, his home and the famous six-towed cats were spared by the category 4 storm. cbs and other major television networks will simulcast a telethon for victims of hurricane harvey and irma. it will be a benefit for hurricane relief tomorrow evening at 8 chorng -- 8:00, 7:00 central. that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for anthony mason in new yor

c1 this boardwalk is literally covered with sand. >> it feels like it could have been way worse. we're thankful for that. >> we have downed power lines and we have debris all over the state. right now, irma is a tropical storm moving into southern georgia. 6million people are without power in florida and nearly every major city in that state was impacted by the storm. sewers are working and water is tht with no electricity.