please pray for our state. >>> we go now to fema administrator deanne criswell. administrator, i know you're very busy. you've got states of emergency from virginia down to florida. you've got flooding and concerns, west virginia, tennessee. where is your area of greatest concern at this moment? >> good morning. our focus right now is supporting the people of florida that have the most significant impacts from this storm. but we also have teams that have been embedded pre-landfall, south carolina, north carolina, that if they had immediate needs, we were able to respond. right now, we have a lot of staff, a lot of resources that are embedded across the state in florida, making sure that we are continuing the first priority, which is saving as many lives as possible and getting the immediate assistance out to those that need it right now the most. >> governor desantis said, lee and charlotte counties were, quote, off the grid. that's where sanibel island, fort myers and other areas are located. when do you expect things like electricity and water to be back? and c

i want to go straight to the person leading the national recovery effort, fema administrator deanne criswell. administrator criswell, thank you for joining me. you took a tour on friday at the devastation in florida, entire communities as we just showed destroyed. how did what you saw on the ground compare to other storms that we've seen in recent years? >> good morning, dana. yes, i spent the last two days in florida and friday had the opportunity to travel with the governor to survey some of the impacts that we have been hearing about and that we've been seeing on the news. the impacts are devastating. the western coast of florida, many homes completely destroyed, several that are damaged, communities that are going to have a long road to recovery. we also saw homes that are still under water in the central part of water as ian caused intense flooding as it crossed the state. this is going to be an all-of-government response and recovery effort and it's going to be an all-of-society, bringing together all of our partners to help these people, to help all these families get on their road to

we're live in the storm zone, one-on-one with fema administrator deanne criswell and florida senator marco rubio. >>> putin's gambit. the russian president declares large portions of ukraine now belong to russia, the biggest land grab in europe since world war ii. >> america's fully prepared with our nato allies to defend every single inch of n paell rerts from ukrainear and former cia director david petraeus joins us in studio. >>> and -- >> did you speak with your husband about your beliefs that the election was stolen? >> ginni thomas testifies before the january 6th committee. 37 days before the midterms. >> leader mccarthy you have members in the conference who question the 2020 election, are you worried that could limit your gains in 2020? -- your gains in november? >> our roundtable. and a look at the latest episode of "power trip." >> announcer: from abc news it's "this week," here, now, co-anchor jonathan karl. >>> good morning and welcome to "this week." as we come on the air this morning, we're tracking breaking news at home and aboard. at home, floridians are digging out

and joining us from fema as our administrator, deanne criswell, >> thank you. i really appreciated the opportunity today to join the governor and director guthrie to get eyes on first hand. it's really important for me to be able to come into a community after an event like this so i can get an idea of what the impacts are. you know, you see a lot of the images on the news, but there's nothing that replaces being able to see and talk to people and hear what they're going through. i'll tell you some of the things that i heard throughout the day today was how the neighbors are helping neighbors, they're really jumping in and helping each other out. we just heard a great story here, but we've heard that across the state today. and the absolute heroic efforts that the first responders put forward in those first few days. i just want to thank all of them for everything that they've done . as you heard the governor say with the different programs that are available for individual assistance with fema, president biden did sign the initial disaster declaration late wed

jon is one-on-one with fema administrator deanne criswell. and senator marco rubio in florida about the ongoing recovery efforts after hurricane ian. plus jon speaks exclusively with general david petraeus. about russia's annexation of ukrainian territories and about the mounting nuclear threat amid the stall in that war. >>> time now for a check of the weather, let's go to danielle breezy from our nashville affiliate wkrn. danielle, good morning to you. >> reporter: and good morning, whit. we continue to track the remnants of ian that's plaguing parts of the mid-atlantic this morning. take a look at this and you're going to see we're going to have rain showers across the mid atlantic. also cooler temperatures and strong gusty winds as we head into the afternoon and evening hours, winds in excess of 45 miles per hour among the jersey shore. it's a very slow-moving system, so it's going to continue to dump rain on monday and we could see anywhere from 1 to 2 inches of rain inland. towards the coastline, 4 to 6 inches of rain, that's the questi

william: deanne criswell, thank you so much for being here. ks, william. ♪ judy: we are entering the final week before election day in the united states and more than 22 million voters have already cast their ballots nationwide. here now to discuss what' shaping these final days is our politics monday team, amy walter of the cook political report with amy walter and tamara keith of npr. i know neither of you is keeping track of how many days. i thought we would remind you that it is a week from tomorrow. in these final days, what are you watching for, amy walter? amy: i'm watching for a number of things. the first is where are our top candidates, our surrogates, going? the president, donald trump, and others who are going out on the campaign trail, may be for certain candidates, it also where they are staying away from certain candidates. at the end of 2018, republicans were hoping -- hoping donald trump would stay quiet for the end of 2018. many of them were in districts he lost. they were trying to distance themselves from an unpopular presid

we are expecting to hear from deanne criswell, the fema administrator, at any moment.l bring you her remarks live. right now i want to speak to a resident here in ft. myers, laura brooks. she actually rode out the storm on her boat, and from what we can see here it appears as though it's intact, notably right next to it, the vessel next to it is tipped over, damaged perhaps irreparably. laura, a lot of folks i think at home are wondering what made you decide to stay and ride out the storm here. >> i didn't stay on the boat the whole time. actually, on tuesday, around 6:00 or 6:30 i guess, just before it got dark, i pretty much centered my boat, tied it as good as i could and centered it, then took my cats and got in my car, put all my stuff in my car, and we thought it would be -- you know, i've only experienced irma before so i thought maybe it will be like that. so i thought well, i'll stay in the ladies bathroom there, you know. wasn't fun, but, you know, it was okay. tuesday night, everything was fine, it was stormy and everything, but wednesday was just a nightmar

joining us now with more is fema administrator deanne criswell. thank you for being with us.ts look like at this point in time? >> good morning, jose. thanks so much for having me on today. we are just about 30 days post hurricane ian maing landfall. we have federal partners on the ground supporting the recovery efforts. our first days was focused on life-saving efforts and stabilizing. there's been tremendous work that has been done already to stabilize the electricity grid. now we are looking at what is that recovery going to look like to support the people, families impacted and who lost their homes. really the devastation is quite remarkable as to how much people have lost as a result of hurricane ian. >> yeah. when you look at -- and i've been looking through some of the documents that you all have. when you look at some of the numbers that you all have been, you know, sending to florida and i'm just more than 1.65 billion in total aid, providing housing to eligible in charlotte, collier, lee, sarasota counties. how about folks, for example, we were there just a month ag

in florida this afternoon, fema administrator deanne criswell acknowledged the long road to recovery.ell: we have already started the planning efforts for what it's gonna take to rebuild these communities and recover from this storm, but also recover in a way that makes them more resilient against some of the impacts from these storms in the future. anthony: this was scary. it was my first ever hurricane experience, it was scary. and i just hope it gets better. john: but for many in southwest florida and beyond, full recovery is still weeks, if not months, away. another distinctive feature about this storm, offials say it caused more water damage than wind damage in florida. you can see theun seekers have returned to the beaches of southwestern florida, that in the days ahead, theris a lot of hard work for a lot of people. geoff: what do we know about the cost of recovery in florida and elsewhere resulting from hurricane ian? john: some estimates that this could be the most costly storm in u.s. history. by one estimate, up to $100 billion, billion with a b. but a lot of this can't be

by ian and from officials on the federal, state and local levels, including fema administrator deanne criswell, rick scott and the mayor kevin anderson. plus, how did climate change contribute to this national disaster? >>> and vladimir putin and his war against ukraine. and the supreme court convenes with a new justice and some potentially blockbuster cases on their docket. we'll have a preview. >>> it's all just ahead on "face the nation." . >>> good morning and welcome to nau "face the nation." it's been four days since hurricane ian made landfall. the official death toll stands at around 44, but cbs news has contacted local sheriffs, and with their records, the toll stands at 77, directly or in part due to the hurricane. we begin our coverage with mark strassmann reporting from myrtle beach, south carolina. >> reporter: for days, even weeks to come, fort myers beach ismisery. >> everybody's tired. everybody's stressed. >> reporter: more than 800,000 floridans still have no power. more than 10,000 evacuees now stay in shelters. another crisis, drinkable water. in lee county, which includes

his pledge came as fema administrator deanne criswell said the cost of repairing puerto rico's electrical grid would require billions of dollars. tomorrow, biden will tour parts of florida devastated by hurricane ian. the storm's death toll has topped 100, with search and rescue crews on warning they're likely to uncover more bodies in hard-hit parts of florida's gulf coast in the coming days. the university of idaho has warned its employees not to discuss contraception with students or to provide reproductive health counseling at the risk of being fired and charged with a felony. since the supreme court's ruling in june that overturned federal abortion rights under roe v. wade, idaho has seen nearly all abortions outlawed under a so-called trigger-law passed in 2019. last week the university's general counsel wrote in an email to facty and staff that officials will also enforce a law dating back to 1867, when idaho was a territory, making it a crime to advertise abortion services and birth control. civil liberties groups have condemned the guidance as a violation of free speech on campus

but today deanne criswell offered some advice to homeowners saying if they own a home, any type of water they should consider getting flood insurance. >> our flood maps address a specific type of flooding. what i would say is that people need to understand that, well, in certain areas, we require flood insurance. everybody has the ability to purchase flood insurance. and if you live near water or where it rains, it can certainly flood and we have seen that multiple storms this year. >> if you want to be rescued you will. if somebody does not want to leave their home, they're not going to. but it's been a team effort. we had -- there's more urban search-and-rescue teams in florida now than in any one place in american history since september 11th. if you think about it, there's been massive events that have happened since september 11th and we have more here. and part of that is just a reflection that, yes, it was a very powerful hurricane, it was a big hurricane and it cut across the entire state of florida. i mean, some of these other major hurricane events, it hits one spot and that's

we heard fema deanne criswell earlier this morning on -- discussing just how much it could cost. take a listen. >> do you have an early estimate of what it would cost to rebuild across southwest florida, how does this compare to previous hurricanes? >> i don't have a number right now, jonathan. i could tell you this will be in the billions. this will be one of the most costly storms we've seen in recent years. there is a gantz, ignorant and damage from the west coast all the way to the eastern coast. as a result of the path that into. lots of damage, devastation. >> already we've seen from both of florida's republican senators asking their colleagues to start putting together a legislation to provide hurricane relief to the state of florida. the governor of the state of florida, ron desantis, has made clear that he wants to see the federal government stepped up with that kind of assistance. so, the next steps will be for the administration to put forward are a quest to congress for what it thinks it needs to be able to carry out that work. and for lawmakers to decide just as ther

carl sits down with fema administrator deanne criswell on the storm's devastating impact in federal recovery efforts in its wake you can watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at 8:00 this morning right here on abc 7. a candlelight vigil was held in san francisco and rememberance of the hundreds of people who have lost their lives during the recent uprisings in iran dozens of iranian women and america and other supporters showed up saturday iranian americans to union square protesters have rallied for the third week now in a row after the death of masa amani who died in custody of the iranian morality, please organizers displayed photos of people they say have been killed by iranian security forces and now developing news in ukraine where troops continue to regain control of the country's own territory in the battle with russia russian forces have withdrawn from the once occupied ukrainian city of lyman a key transportation hub. the city had been an important site in the russian front line for ground communications and logistics in a statement. the russian defense m

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and also we have visiting us from washington, the administrator of fema, deanne criswell. so she's been with us since the morning. we've traveled, we started the day in tallahassee, getting an update on the most recent events that have happened in the after math of hurricane ian.