anticipate that there will be a need for search and rescue and if you think back to hurricane harvey, coast guard, aircraft in both rescued well over 10000 people. we hope that number will be that large in the florida keys and the gulf coast of florida but we will attempt to get search and rescue helicopters, especially vessels back into the area as soon as we can. harris: i want to ask you about something that has been reported for the last day or so. this situation is going to and i will quote, it presents a much greater logistics challenge for the us coast guard than harvey or katrina. what kind of challenge are you talking about? >> normally, we would base our aircraft in miami or clearwater and if the storm spread to one side of florida or the other we could shift aircraft from one side of the state to the other from the storm. here we potentially have to evacuate our assets from the entire state and then to get them back into the state we will have to fly themselves from georgia and alabama and that will be into the peak of the storm. we either have to go with some of our aircraft go far aw

. >> [inaudible conversations] >> i'm commander coast guard sector key west. it looks like our driver, captain bobby baker, key west. i been the only coast guard here for the last week so my staff is up in orlando and they get out of there before the storm hit so they are safe. of the talking to family members and really appreciate try to keep the anxiety down. [inaudible] >> wasn't i just in this building? when did the last vessels leave? >> the last vessels left on thursday. >> today's monday. >> it's been a week. i think it was friday. that was important, the preparation, getting everybody out of harms way. the exodus from the keys with the mandatory evacuation. i saw the government earlier, i think tim personally. they are very proud, they don't like to leave. i thought he did a very good job of encouraging people to leave. although i did hear from key west pdb were approximate 400 residents taking shelter at the key west high school and high school, if you can imagine 400 people and only for police officers, they had their hands full. >> how prepared were

coast guard, holly returned to the bay area with her children facing no charges.s far as eden's family could tell, no questions. so we decided to ask her ourselves her mother's home in vallejo. excuse me, holly. we're with nbc bay area. do you know what happened to eden? did you have anything to do with eden's death? but the day after holly declined to speak and after weeks of asking questions about the nearly 6-year-old case, the alameda county d.a. filed a felony child abuse charge against holly with a special allegation for willful harm resulting in death. they say she was in sole care of eden and failed to seek medical help as eden's condition got worse. >> her favorite blanket. >> reporter: erica lynch is starting again. >> i've been substance abuse free since december 25th, 2013. >> reporter: and with new hope for justice, the lynch family says they can begin to heal. the coast guard trial of jimmy barlow has been delayed from september 11 tot december 4th. we'll be there as it unfolds. as for holly, the d.a. filed charges but she still hasn't been arrested.

coast guard catches a glimpse of something far off the coast.n abc news exclusive video, submarine like vessel and coast guard bus tha that follows. more and more turning to semi-submersibles to smuggle drugs into the u.s. alameda's coast guard cutter "stratton" spent time in the drug transit zone. more than 50,000 pounds of drugs off-loaded in san diego wednesday morning. part of a record-breaking year for cocaine seizures. >> we want to put continued pressure on the cartels, call on the american people to reject the drug culture. >> "stratton" went on several of the missions, helps with bigger picture. >> biggest value is introduce folks into the u.s. justice system. >> from there investigators can learn more about the operations and leadership of the cartel. more than 600 suspected drug traffickers have been arrested this year. abc7 news. >>> equifax under fire once again, this time for tweeting links to a fake website. equifax created a site to help customers after the massive hack affecting as many as 143 million u.s. consumers but a man se

coast guard catches a glimpse of something far off the coast.c news exclusive video, submarine like vessel and coast guard bus that follows. more and more turning to semi-submersibles to smuggle drugs into the u.s. alameda's coast guard cutter "stratton" spent time in the drug transit zone. more than 50,000 pounds of drugs off-loaded in san diego wednesday morning. part of a record-breaking year for cocaine seizures. >> we want to put continued pressure on the cartels, call on the american people to reject the drug culture. >> "stratton" went on several of the missions, helps with bigger picture. >> biggest value is introduce folks into the u.s. justice system. >> from there investigators can learn more about the operations and leadership of the cartel. more than 600 suspected drug traffickers have been arrested this year. abc7 news. >>> equifax under fire once again, this time for tweeting links to a fake website. equifax created a site to help customers after the massive hack affecting as many as 143 million u.s. consumers but a man set up fak

district seventh coast guard commander. >> thank you for inviting me to explain how the coast guard prepareso end and response to hurricanes. >> heather: tell us what you are doing right now. >> my district include south carolina, florida, georgia, and the u.s. virgin islands. puerto rico and the virgin islands, the hurricane has already passed and we've already had helicopters in the air and boats in the water performing search and rescue where needed and to reopen the economically vital ports in puerto rico and the virgin islands because they are critical for commodities and people moving around in those islands. in florida, particularly in the keys and the miami area, we've been moving people out of harm's way, heating the evacuation orders given by local leaders. getting those assets and people out of harm's way and repositioning them in a way we can respond to the storm as quickly as possible afterwards. particularly in the cases of tampa and the florida everglades, restoring those ports quickly because of the importance of getting the fuel back into those ports. >> heather: different r

i want to thank the coast guard, the navy. [applause] they were always calling to say, what resources can we bring to the table? our state has been devastated. you go to the keys, there were nine storm surges, their homes just toppled. we don't want to lose a life. in this part of the state, we have a lot of flooding, wind, and it rains. we are working hard to get power back on. utilities have restored 4 million homes, down to 25% of our homes. we all want our power back. i want to thank them for what they have been doing so far. -- sakeo think that the of the federal government for all their support. beenederal government has a partner to make sure the field opens up. helpinglaw enforcement to make sure we have fuel. i want to thank the national guard. we have national guard members from other states here making sure shelters are open, people are comfortable. it would not have happened without the red cross, salvation army, national guard. we have a lot of work to do. we are not done today. we are going to work hard. the fede

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our partners at the united states coast guard, d.o.d. assets, you know, other partners through customs and border patr patrol, many that are supporting this mission. >> and as i said, this is a more comply indicate response because of the peninsula and the islands. so we are partnering with d.o.d. d.o.d. has provided some sea assets, aircraft carriers that can be used for lanlgdlanding a refueling. we're trying to get the recycle time shorter. we have over 40 helicopters from coast guard operational now. but it is a more complicated response than when you have refueling and landing right near by. so we are vigilant and working on it, that is the focus of today. >> time for one more. >> arir rescues haven't started yet in the keys, right? >> yes, they have. but this is different. in portions, yes. obviously in the u.s. virgin islands and as the -- not only our florida national guard is heavily involved, they have been providing re could yscues, but different than harvey. storm surge i think nundates, d and quickly recedes. so you might no

harris: and the us coast guard has moved all of its assets to other areas. your talk with the military commander of fort stewart up in georgia and they've already started to accept some of those things from the us coast guard so that when this thing clears they can deploy all of their permit and go see people. you have to be able to hunker down for anywhere 24-72 hours to wait for that help to come if you choose to stay along those areas where there is water. my, we will come back when we can. even in cities on the east coast of florida are seeing some of the strongest bands of this colossal hurricane. we been showing you that. look at adam, he is down in the keys as this thing is now spinning west and going for the area that you saw mike in, tampa, saint pete, naples, that is where they are expecting that 15-foot storm surge. a lot of pressure to get people out of the way there and get them into shelters. tonight, thousands of people in the long lines trying to get into shelters and that is actually the good news. they have a few more hours to do that. we a

happened, the coast guard will go in and assess what the need is.nd the coast guard will continue to do that until the job is done. >> i understand a u.s. aircraft carrier is on the way to the keys, right now the abraham lincoln. >> that is my understanding as well. i don't know the exact details. but i know we work alongside a lot of other government agencies. we basely all come to the table and collaborate and figure out the best way to attack the situation. >> thank you so much. thanks to all the men and women of the u.s. coast guard for the critically important work they are doing saving lives. >>> coming up, as emergency teams make their way through the florida keys, the scale of the devastation is slowly but surely being revealed. fema estimates 90% of the island chain are either destroyed completely or severely damaged. ? understanding your options? or, if you're getting the care you need? at aarpadvantages.com, you can find helpful information about healthcare options. leaving you more time to think about more important things. like not havi

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 two deaths 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? >> reporter: well, jeff, the humanitarian crisis grows more 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 some of that firsthand. the first aer

coast guard sector miami.ommander, you were just in texas handling harvey and now ready to take on irma. no rest for the we'ary, what ar you seeing? >> good morning, thanks for having me on. right now what we're seeing is i think the last couple of days we've really seen people taking the storm seriously within south florida. obviously the gas lines and those things but i think people are taking it seriously and hitting roads and making sure they are prepared for what's ahead of them. >> we're strangely familiar with your helicopters and our viewers are because we've been watching choppers painted like that in harvey. tell me -- have you had to divert -- had the coast guard had to divert helicopters or resources from harvey in preparation what you'll have to do in miami or do you have a whole separate fleet? >> the coast guard's response to hurricane harvey was an all hands on deck evolution and we pulled resources as far away from alaska, i sent some of my folks to help with response. we saved 11,000 human li

i have called the coast guard to see what time we could see the dive team.d the shipping containers were salvaged but the company was not able to get all of them out. the coast guard received a report thursday afternoon that 11 containers had fallen off of the cargo ship. the containers are heavy they come in two sizes, 20 feet and they way 20,000 pounds and the eight feet containers are 8000 pounds. >> all of the containers were empty which is a good thing. there were no injuries which is good and there were no leaks, spills or contamination reported. >> reporter: the company was able to quickly secure the containers from the air. we saw two on the dock 1/3 secured in a separate location with a fourth on the dock. the coast guard will determine if the company will face fines or penalties but a spokesperson for the port says that is unlikely. a port spokesperson says the vessel traffic is light on thursday and friday so it should not interfere with salvage efforts and the coast guard that is supposed to be out here controlling the vessel traffic. we are told

coast guard seventh district about what is being done to help all these people.tay tuned to that. >> jon: the search for survivors continue this morning in mexico city after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed at least 200 tony five people and caused entire buildings to collapse. and housley joins us with more -- adam housley droids with more. >> that number is expected to go up, also some other -- they have structural engineers, they have medics and also folks who are experts in being able to dig through this rubble, there on the way as well as a team from israel. they're heading there as well. about 70 or so miles south of mexico city parade the video and pictures upcoming overnight and this morning are beyond dramatic. large buildings swaying and rocking as the ground shook, but it's really centered on a collapsed school in the neighborhood of villa copub. it's a southern neighborhood in the city. what's interesting in the video is there literally trying to do this in silence. part of the school is still standing on the outside, they've spray-painted the word wh

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

president, i had the opportunity yesterday along with the coast guard, the resident commissioner of puerto rico,, jennifer gonzalez, to visit san juan puerto rico and see some first-hand come see some of thef devastation that has impacted the u.s. territory. i would surmise it that i would summarize it by saying that what i saw is over 3.5 night americad citizens potentially on the g verge of a serious and growing humanitarian crisis. there are a lot of reasons for this. the first is the puerto rico is been in the eye of not one but three storms. the first was hurricane irma that impacted it just a few weeks ago, faldo course by the devastation of hurricane maria. and pre-existing these two things is a very significant fiscal crisis that place extraordinary constraints on the ability of the territory government, both to prepare for this storm and now to respond to it. our traditional model of hurricane response, one that unfortunately because of numerous storms have gotten to know well as a resident of florida, is that fema basically comes in and supports the state. florida gets in my stor

i want to thank the coast guard, nate i have. [applause] -- the navy. [applause] i want to thank brock. they were always calling to say, what resources can we bring to the table? as you know, our state's been devastated. i've been in the keys, you go to the keys, there were nine-foot storm surges. there are homes just toppled. we don't want to lose a life. down here in this part of the state, we have a lot of flooding, a lot of winds, a lot of rain. we have flooding up in the northeast. we're working hard to get our power back on. our utilitieses have restored over four million homes already. we're down to about 25% of our homes and every person wants their power back. we all want our power back. i want to thank them for what they're doing so far. we have high expectations -- expectations. we want our power back as fast as possible. i want to thank the federal government for all that you are support. so we get our ports reopened and fuel pack in our state. we're short of fuel. we have lines at the gas station. the federal government has been a partner t

at this point, we don't know. >> reporter: the coast guard sent out an investigation team the coast guard will determine if the company will face any fines or penalties but the port spokesperson says that it appears unlikely since the containers were all empty. the vessel traffic on thursdays and fridays is pretty light. they won't have any disruptions. as of right now, we don't see any movement over by the ship. when we arrived, we did see one small vessel out here. it appears it could be with the coast guard but we didn't get a close enough look. around sunrise is when we are expecting to see the dive team out here. >> thank you, lee. >>> time is 6:04. the debt toll is now 273 in mexico from tuesday's magnitude 7.1 quake. researchers spent the day searching for a man who was buried alone in the rubble of a collapsed office building. they have found him but he was dead. rescuers put their fits in the air to mark the solemn moment. >> i knew hi to get down here and i'm happy pause when i got here, within two seconds, they put me up on the pile and that's what i came here for, you know. >>

i want to thank the entire military, the coast guard, the navy. [applauding] they were always calling to say what can we bring to the table? i've been to the keys, there are homes just toppled. we don't want to lose any life. we've got a lot of flooding, rain, wind. we are working hard to get power back on. we're down to about 25% of our homes and we all want our power back. we have high expectations to get our power back. once we get fuel back and her estate, we've got lines at the gas stations. we've got law enforcement escorts for tankers. we just want to make sure we have fuel. everybody is working hard. we've got national guard members making sure we are keeping people comfortable. we have a lot of work to do. we are not done today. i know the federal government will continue, our estate will. we are a strong and resilient state. we are in everybody's prayers. thank you. [applauding] >> we are now going to be making a tour of the area and see some of the folks, make sure they're happy, tried to get them as happy as we can. it's a tough situat

the coast guard will determine if the company will face fines. that is unlikely at this point because the containers were empty.>>> and san jose police searching for a hit and run driver after a man was struck and killed overnight. crossing the street in front of his house. a witness reportedly saw a minivan turn out its headlights as it drove away. >> orange police say this is all that remains of the deadly accident near bermuda way in east san jose. >> the impact was so hard you could hear it.>> reporter: 59- year-old -- was fatally struck around 10:30 pm in the street in front of his home. next to the high school baseball field. >> he was going to the store to buy food. he got hit. we saw his shoe was right here. his body was all the weight where the tree is.>> reporter: angelica says she heard a lot -- a loud bang and came out to a bloody scene. her neighbor lying face down in the middle of history. his wife next to him hysterical. >> she was just screaming and crying. she did not know what to do. she was beside the body picking it out. >> th

we love our coast guard. well, i'm sure everybody joins the president in that sentiment.ur first responders are the best among us. literally angels on earth. but, the point is about giving them the least work to do. the joining us now is dr. dan zig. he is the mayer of marathon. that's a city in the florida keys. mr. mayor thank you very much for joining us. what is the situation where you are? >>> chris, we've been working for days. with the county and our state government in order to try to make our residents safe. we have put shutters, taken all the precautions we possibly can and keep urging people, please evacuate, take the drive and stay alive. now it's just a matter of fine tuning and meeting with our emergency operations center personnel. and doing the last few adjustments and wait so see how much surge. this is a huge deadly storm. i don't think any of have ever seen anything like this. the and we zwris don't know right now what to expect. if it continues on its current track we're expecting 10 feet of water surge here in marathon. that will be devastating. >> bo

i want to thank the coast guard for this opportunity. what we saw. we saw the -- remnants of the storm surge along the west coast, but we didn't see what we -- i didn't see the damage i thought i would see. clearly we saw homes that were messed up. clearly saw roofs off. we clearly saw boats out of place and things like that, but i thought we would see more damage. there's still flooding. still sand on the roads and things like that, but on the west coast, this is confirmed by the mayors i've spoken to today, it's not as bad as we thought the storm surge would do. now, when you get to the keys, we were able to fly in to the naval station in key west. which as of just a few hours before we landed had significant water still on it but worked to clear that. went over all of that area. we saw a lot of boats wash ashored. we saw any basically almost every trailer park overturned. i don't think i saw one trailer park almost everything wasn't overturned. still saw a lot of flood damage and from talking to the officials down in the keys, the water, it's not w

coast guard. thank you for joining us. you're in orlando.ntire region. >> that's correct, george. thank you for giving me the opportunity to explain how the entire coast guard, not just my command, the seventh district is preparing if for storm. over the past few days, we have relocated our people and assets out of miami. out of the storm's path. and the tampa-st. pete area. we repositioned the assets outside of the storm's path. in places in alabama, georgia, south carolina, and north carolina. helicopters, boats, coast guard cutters. and people. from across the country. who are ready to respond to our top priority, savoring lives and reopening the ports of south florida. >> right now, you're prepared to deployregion. you have already worked in puerto rico and south. >> that's right. my district is also responsible for coast guard operations in puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. those response operations have been going on for several days now. we have been able to reopen the ports in san juan and others. working diligently to get the

navy and coast guard stationed at key west. [indiscernible] >> i'm surprised. know it was thus up to desk gusts of the category 4. i was with the captain at the marriott. we shared a room that night. we watched trees come down. >> this year was completely evacuated. -- this here was completely evacuated. >> wind damage. kept [indiscernible] >> we don't have a category five rating. [indiscernible] >> that is something we have to look at. our heroes, we are going to go to the prison and wait out the storm. >> every storm that comes through here. >> they were thinking of going to the prison. [laughter] >> thank you, sir. [indiscernible] butt looks small from here some significant damage. >> the mobile tower, you line up right there. >> the pickup truck with a radio. , we are without a tower. >> category a personnel. we made a decision peter have that number here. guess who made a decision. we have the number here. decision. a we have that number here. [indiscernible] they flew out and went all the way to illinois which is safe. normal number of employees? >> total

coast guard service member jimmy barlow and his girlfriend holly were blending families. jimmy had just gotten custody of eden lynch a month before her third birthday. >> i called all the time. >> reporter: in southern california, eden's mom lost custody. a guard delivered news eden was in the hospital. >> he is like your daughter is sick. and i said no, she is not. she is dead. and he looked at me and asked me why did you say that? i said because he did it. he did it, didn't he? >> reporter: she immediately suspected jimmy claiming he had abused her during their three year relationship. what made you fear the safety of your daughter? >> the past. i know what i endured and i didn't want my child to endure that. >> reporter: she told social workers investigating eden's injuries that jimmy, quote, used to beat the crap out of me. she didn't report the abuse because she was afraid of him. jimmy denied any domestic violence with erika. >> reporter: do you believe what holly and jimmy say happened to your granddaughter? >> no i don't. >> reporter: according to medical records

it is up to the coast guard. it appears unlikely since the containers were empty.>>> did one fall in the cost the others to fall into the water as well?>> reporter: they don't know exactly what happened. if it was someone knocking it over. they don't know at this point. the investigation is ongoing.>>> incredible humanitarian need after natural disasters hit texaco and the caribbean. relief from the bay area is being mobilized. travis air force base is at the center of the efforts. >> 10,000 workers as a hub for getting people and equipment where they are needed. deborah is live in fairfield where aircraft are ready for flight.>> reporter: not much downtime for team travis. going back to hurricane harvey more than a month ago. it is been overlapping disasters ever since. a lot of the planning is on-the- fly.>> this is all going to be medical. these are generators.>> reporter: loaded and ready the c5 super galaxy carries more cargo more distance than any other transport aircraft. travis has more c5's and most air

the coast guard has a lot at stake in that. we have opened ports in corpus and houston with restrictions. this area, where i'm on the ground, the golden triangle is chemical and refinery. we are ahead on that. on the river, there's a ship tied up, 700 foot ship. they have tugboats holding it at the dock as waters flow down from up state to stabilize that. in the coming days, they hope to return to normalcy here. it's vital to america. >> thank you so much. thanks for your time and thanks for all that you and other members of the service are doing. thank you so much. >> caller: thank you, fredricka. >> another government agency helping with rescues is customs and border patrol. joining me by phone is lead coordinator, judd murdock. good you could be with me, coordinator murdock. people might be surprised to learn that customs and border patrol is actually involved in these rescues. do you often get involved in rescues and operations of this caliber? >> caller: yes, ma'am. u.s. border protection is involved in these events on a r

we left with the coast guard on a cutter as they raced to st. thomas to bring in needed supplies and evacuate stranded americans to puerto rico. we're just coming into st. thomas, and you can see already the evidence of irma, because all of this used to be green. the leave the are no longer on the trees. many of the trees are down. destroyed. >> we'll have water. we'll have dry food, some clothes for kids in need and dropping off federal agents to help with law enforcement and try to reopen the airport and the ports in st. thomas. >> reporter: the department of defense says 4600 service members are helping with relief efforts in the islands. while the lucky ones from another devastated island, st. martin, are evacuated by c-130s. what did it sound like? >> a sound i never want to hear in my life. >> like an airplane engine. >> like a high whistle. >> reporter: an estimated 5,000 americans were believed to be trapped on st. martin in the aftermath of irma. since friday, the u.s. state department has airlifted 1900 americans, with even more flight

coast guard. i want to thank admiral schultz for taking me on today's tour to assess damage and i want to talk about later. we have a wonderful coast guard and we have a wonderful military and i can't say enough about how they have shown up and they're continuing to show up to do the right thing. our military not only defends the freedom of this country, but they show up when there is a crisis. i just received a weather briefing on tropical storm irma's continued path through our state. it's been downgraded to a tropical storm and sustained winds of 65 miles per hour. here's work we're seeing across the state. storm surge, eight feet. monaco county experienced 10 feet. what's interesting about the storm surge is it's totally different than andrew. a lot of us remember andrew and we didn't see the storm surge in andrew. it was more of a wind event. and tampa, we're seeing two to four feet of storm surge right now and this will last throughout today. we're seeing surge of three to six feet along the

he said our coast guard saved more than 15000 lives last month. we love our coast guard.let you know we are waiting to hear from florida governor rick scott. if that happens i'll break away from our conversation. >> i certainly understand that. thank you for the opportunity to explain what our coast guard is doing to be ready in response to hurricane irma. the coast guard is as ready as we can be right now to respond and provide that search and rescue operation here in florida after the storm strikes. the ne unique combination of the size of hurricane irma along with the track it's taking that threatens all of florida required us to have all our aircraft in florida fly out for safe shelter in alabama and georgia. because of that, bringing those aircraft back against the storm after it passes the keys to their bases in miami and clearwater is going to take us some time. returning to search and rescue operation will take us longer than we would like but it remains a top priority. you alluded to the fourth in my priority is restoring the fuel flow especially through fort lau

. >> the coast guard on sunday made a daring rescue of boaters and their dog. it took place 100 miles south of the gulf of mexico. the boaters alerted the coast guard after they lost steering enroute to mississippi to escape hurricane irma's wrath. the video shows a coast guard crewman repel from a helicopter hovering above the churning water before getting to the boat. the boaters and the dog were eventually air lifted into the helicopter and to safety. let's go back to florida and joining us from florida hollywood international airport is philip. how is it looking there? >> morning, yasmine. they opened their door and we are starting to see the first passengers try to get their flight, travel arranged. obviously, there was a lot of frustration getting home and a lot of people trying to get back to miami, they evacuated before irma came through for their own safety. they want to try to get back and assess damage to their homes. you know, the frustration they feel, it's not just the travelers. the employees, the ones showing up here, we talked to a few of them.

holly and jimmy moved to alaska where he served at the coast guard station in codeikodiak.dren and married. >> nothing has been done. >> last summer, five years after eden died, prosecutors with the coast guard filed four counts of child endangerment against jimmy bar low for failing to protect and kir for eden after her injuries. >> that makes me feel like somebody cared about eden bee sides us. >> his attorney says neither jimmy or holly did anything harmful to cause her death and that jimmy absolutely loved his daughter. >> reporter: the lynches wondered how did the coast guard come up with enough evidence to file charges but alameda prosecutors couldn't. for weeks, we asked to speak with the district attorney. they declined saying it was under review. >>> they both had a reasonable expectation to protect that child. >> reporter: dan scott is a retired los angeles county sheriff's detective with more than 30 years of experience. he served on a blue ribbon commission to investigate crimes against children. we asked him to review eden's case. >> you look at the injury and

and the coast guard says they rescued more than 100 people and 40 3petses. and this entire intersection was washed out because of the heavy rain. and much of the florida keys remain cut off from the mainland as the national guard deploy s search and rescue missions there. hurricane irma made landfall in the keys sunday morning bringing 130-mile-an-hour winds. as many as 10,000 people who decided to stay and ride out the storm may need to be evacuated. and this morning 7.6 million people are without power across florida alone. authorities say residents should be prepared for extended outages, including weeks without power in some cases. >> once irma moved past florida, the storm made its way into georgia and south carolina where at least three deaths are being blamed on the storm mainly because of fallen trees. in sammy springs, an atlanta suburb, one man died when a tree fell on his home. power crews are working to restore electricity to thousands. river street, the tourist haven in savannah, saw the river spill out into the streets. usually bustling with st

coast guard to marco island.hours in the air, surveying the damage. our pilots were surprised by some of what they saw and so were we. >> a lot of stuff down over here. right below us. >> from 500 feet in the air, the area around marco island looks like a disaster zone. heavy rains turned this neighborhood of mobile homes into a lake. >> looks like there is a boat lift or something. oh, yeah, there is some destroyed houses. >> we surveyed the area with members of the u.s. coast guard two days after irma made landfall as a category 3 storm. 135 mile per hour wind. ripped off roof tiles and siding from homes. >> right here about 1:00. these -- these, decks on the house. collapsed. >> protective screens around pools, completely buckled. and a powerful storm surge crushed docks along the water. >> take a look at the homes and streets down here. it looks deserted. it pretty much is. but authorities are beginning to allow residents to come back. there is a strict curfew though. >> residents are being asked to stay insi

the coast guard is always ready and we're going to do what we're good at. and that's, we're going to save lives and protect the port. >> captain, so many important pieces of information you just passed along, especially to other coast guard families. thank you so much. i don't want to keep you from your mission. thank you so much for jumping on the phone. we'll jump back in with you especially as you get those ports back open. and if any way, shape, or form, try to get some sleep. >> the port is closed. please, whether it's a dingy or a larger vessel, we can't have people going through the channel. when i did the overflight yesterday, there was massive sailboats sticking out of the water. very, very dangerous. so please, please. i know people are getting anxious, but please do not get underway and try to get into the port of key west, because it is closed at this time. >> we'll spread the word as much as we can. captain, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> we'll have much more of our special coverage onned th this including chaos in the caribbean. many stil

the coast guard doesn't need to improve their brand.re the coast guard. [ light laughter ] they're not arby's. [ light laughter ] they're not a bunch of people sitting around a board room table going, "okay, look, people hate the coast guard. we need some razzle-dazzle. no idea is a bad idea! yes, thompson?" "what if they tried rescuing people during a hurricane?" "that's a freaking great idea!" [ laughter and applause ] and then -- then, there were the floridians themselves who weathered the storm and in some cases, knew more about what was going on than the reporters. just watch this interview a fox news reporter did yesterday with an extremely well informed resident of miami beach. >> what do you think about the storm, the power, the ferocity and the risk to your safety at this point? >> well, at this point i'm very relieved to discover that as we speak the eye of the storm is practically due south of us by 220 miles. >> yeah. >> okay. because it's crossing the 80th meridian, which is 80 degrees west longitude. so i'm not -- i'm not

we've moved some of our ship, our coast guard cutters out of the storm's path. we have moved families out of the florida keys. we've repositioned even our command staff to a coast guard contingency facility in st. louis so we can continue to operate even after the storm passes even if it does damage to our facilities in south florida. also i'm responsible for coast guard operations in puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. i wanted to give you an update there. as you know, the hurricane passed puerto rico last night and this morning, the men and women of the coast guard had helicopters in the air, boats in the water ready to save lives. thankfully, the hurricane passed puerto rico at a distance and direction that produced mostly wind and rain so we didn't have a significant search and rescue workload so our people and our assets were able to turn to our next highest priority, restoring the maritime transportation system, that is the economic arteries of the islands that move critical commodities and people back and forth. >> admiral, in terms of damage, is the