this is our florida. we need to have a governor who will bring us together, not divide us like he's doing all night. >> that's time, congressman. do we have time for one more question? we do. continuing on the topic of public safety, earlier this month, nikolas cruz who confessed to murdering 17 students and staff at marjory stoneman douglas haskell: february 14th, 2018 was sentenced to life in prison. you have both said that he should have received the death penalty. but legal scholars and at least one juror blamed florida law for sparing his life. if elected, will you take action to change existing law? why or why not? >> what i would do in this case -- listen, these are not icy decisions. -- not easy decisions. it's not a fun day. but it's important. it's an important thing to do. you need to carry out the law. this is one thing we actually agree on. i believe that that young man should have gotten the death penalty for killing 17 innocent students in our schools. it was absolutely abhorrent. and you h

president, welcome to florida. we appreciate working together across various levels of government and the floor is yours. [applause] thank biden: governor, i wantality. and thethe mayor cecil took me on a little sanibel island. t to thesure it is worst on a lot of you can see i have beenhe disaster areas the last more fires have the west and the everythingurned ground.the hahn -- than the entire state of new jersey, as much room as that the reservoirs out west we are to almost zero. where theion looks more like a stream. one's a lot going on. ended theis has whether there is climate change and we should do folks, jillut it. you in ourad mean that i am here today wanted to talk in person untilare not leaving i promise you that. titanic, and unimaginable storm. just ripped it to pieces. you have to start from scratch. you have to move again. it will take a lot of time, not weeks or months. it will take years for everything to get squared away. in the state of florida, and fully recovered an rebuild. we are here today

in florida, right now we have 600 professionals. that's corps of engineers, civilians, our military and our contracting partners moving generators forward to assist the state of florida to provide emergency power. we're assisting the state of florida to provide assessment of the infrastructure. many of you've seen the pictures, media that shows what's been damaged. we're providing backstop support. currently, we're working on nine hospitals as well as helping lee county determine where its water distribution system is currently leaking. and then finally, we've got great partnerships with our tribal partners down in florida. we've been asked by the miccosukee tribe to assist them on a canal that's currently flooding. and we've got engineers on site and pumps leading or moving to that location. and thank you for your time here today. >> all right. thank you. with that we'll take questions. reporter: hi there. i'm nicole. cbs news. thank you so much for connecting this briefing. if you'll indulge me, i have a question for you. assistan

it's not unique to florida. new poll by rasmussen out today, yesterday, hershel walker was up by two points. as of today, rasmussen has herschel up by five. in north carolina, the latest -- and this was just for this program, insider advantage poll carrie lake up is by 11 over katie hobbs in arizona. we now have a dead even senate race which means mark kelly will be pac packing and heading back to arizona. by the way, to all of my friends in arizona -- we were just out there -- please understand voting for carrie lake, don't forget blake masters. that's an important senate seat we will win. any way, so if you vote for mark kelly, you're basically voting for chuck schumer. i know chuck schumer. you're not going to like him. that means every radical democratic policy. meanwhile in the great live-free-or-die state of new hampshire, chris will be easily reelected. in the state senate race, right now general don has a real shot. it's a one-point race. he can defeat incumbent democrat maggie who has done pretty much n

myers in southwest florida.e're getting details on the devastating toll that hurricane ian has taken on the sunshine state. officials now confirming at least 64 people were killed across the state of florida. as we take a look at aerial views of naples. entire buildings raised from the ground. brian todd is in naples for us right now. brian, we lost your signal a few moments ago. we're back now. you're with a resident getting a first look at their home after leaving for the hurricane. >> reporter: that's right, boris. jeff tanker lost his apartment back here. this is a look at the water line. it took 20, 30 minutes to get to that point. let's walk back and talk to jeff to get a sense of what he lost, showing you what some of the others lost. he took this heavy bet out and lost it here. look at all the stuff here. jeff, we're back. we appreciate your patience. actually, first, can you point out what among these items is yours. >> sure. this is our dining room chairs, bar area chairs, our dining room table, the pe

some tough going here in florida, jon.you have to or about the snakes too and waters like that? >> we have heard a lot about snakes. there's the whole theory of the floater underwater but we have not seen anything yet. >> more than 1000 rescues in florida so far, steve you pitched in on one of them yesterday. we have some video of you pulling a man out of a boat after he was rescued from floodwaters, tell us what happened. >> that was just some minor thing just reflects an older man and a boat. think he had trouble lifting his legs to get out of the boat. we have seen a lot of old people really shocked by this here in florida. losing their homes or being stranded and then getting on a big fan boat and being pulled out his very jarring, very traumatic for a lot of people. i think everyone down here is really trying to pitch in, jon precook's i'm sure he appreciate your help getting him onto dry land, steve harrigan thank you. after devastating parts of florida and south carolina are weakening ian is now targeting the mid at

i was in in florida -- and land in florida --inland in florida. i am between tampa and florida -- orlando and i was surprised to see in a wooded area behind my home, there is a human use -- humongous flood zone. there is no river back there. it must be a low-lying land. i did not see any explanation. there are all sorts of areas in in land florida -- and how frequently are these maps updated and why are there no other designations than the one gear --year left -- -- flood -- our governor said the flooding that took place is the once in a 500 year period. i have a feeling that i am in the zone. guest: we call those maps flood insurance rate maps and the zone is based on areas and it doesn't have to be on a river or lake. it is low-lying areas that exceeds the risk for 1% based on historical data and the reason the zone a is so important, that is where it triggers. there were carter meant -- the requirements -- there is a requirement to purchase flood insurance and it is optional for people outside of that. we talk about the flood maps and we don't

it's going to happen now in florida. the cities that were just devastated, you are going to watch developers come in and build two or three times the more housing that was just destroyed. i say, for the safety of people, do not build new the -- near the coast for any future development and perhaps that would be fair. host: henry in inglewood, california. caller: good morning. i just want to quickly say that i think the government should help. let me say, i pray with people in fort myers. i used to live in fort myers. looking at the news, my spirit was down. i use to on captiva island. i drove over that causeway bridge. but i think that moving forward, there has to be a standard when people want to rebuild. because at -- a hurricane is no joke. i was fortunate to go through hurricane in september 15, 19 95 in st. thomas. that night, i thought i was going to die. host: what do you think when people say you should not rebuild there? ricky has come through all the time and just do not build -- hurricanes come through all the

"florida brought to its knees."all of florida has been devastated. and among the hardest hit areas by hurricane ian, lee county has borne the brunt of this storm. there is aerial footage that shows the catastrophic damage left behind here. entire towns like sanibel island pulverized by wind and then washed away by the historic storm surge. large parts of the county still remain without power and there is a fear that as the death toll stands at 45 fatalities, that number will likely increase amid ongoing search and rescue efforts. let's talk right now to lee county commissioner and the former mayor of sanibel island kevin ruine. sir, i'm wondering how you are holding up. you were able to fly over sanibel island. you met with residents there. how are you doing and what have you heard from the residents? >> listen, first and foremost, it's a little loud here. i am at the lee county emergency management center, where state, federal and local people come together, obviously. so flying over sanibel, obviously, the devasta

from 1.2 million people remain without power in the state of florida, parts of florida's electric gridoyed any to be rebuilt in the ground up after the storm slammed into the states southwest coast on wednesday. some parts are okay and just need repairs, one company is working to restore power across the state, it serves 35 counties in florida, nearly 2 million customers, with me now as a florida state president for duke energy, which supplies electricity to 1.9 million residential customers and industrial customers around the state. what is the situation with the areas and the customers that you've service right now? >> good morning, as of this morning we have restored power to over 835,000 customers. we still have about 242,000 that are off. about half of those are in central florida, in our hardest hit areas. >> let's talk about how this goes when you recover power, when you see the power truck anywhere, all over the place, on this particular street that i am on all of the polls are 40 degrees to land, you cannot fix as powerlines until the polls are back up and you can send electri

president, welcome to florida.appreciate working together across various areas of government, and the floor is yours. [applause] >> president biden: , the thank you for your hospitality. we are here today because we wanted to tell you in person we are thinking of you and we are not leaving, we are not leaving until this gets done. >> neil: inspiring moment and the sunshine state today, president biden tory ravaged florida and will meeting with governor desantis to put their differences to help hurricane ian victims get back on their feet. we have you covered with a void in fort myers with the latest on that meeting. steve, the recovery is just beginning. the white house john kirby and where these recovery efforts are going. welcome, everybody, a very, very busy news day and something rare you seek cooperation from both sides of the aisle because the people in florida demanded it but more to the point, the leaders offered it. momentarily. let's go to nate boyd in fort myers with more. >> good afternoon, neil a cordi

such as this disaster relief, and it will come to florida, believe me, it will come to florida, i've been working with mario on this particular issue and byron donalds and i spoke to him last night and we'll be helping from tampa bay because we help our neighbors. jacqui: not to go down rabbit hole, we can't support ukraine through n.a.t.o. or there's the concern that we would be provoking a war between n.a.t.o. and russia something we've been trying to avoid. >> let me just say this, let me say this, we've given ukraine a lot of money over the years, i mean, it's been over a year now with the war, and listen, unless there's accountability, i have to be fiscally responsible. i believe that that's what my constituents would like. jacqui: i hear your message and i hear your call for more funds to your area. the people of your state that are suffering so much in the wake of this devastating storm. and i hope you get the help that you need down there. best wishes and thank you so much for your time, sir. >> thank you, we've had tremendous-- thank you very much. tremendous response and ag

a lot is the national guard of florida fish and wildlife. is private citizens with all kinds of boats and high water vehicles. if several ambulances hereto now. we have a lot of family members gathered over here. they've been stranded mostly bread mostly medical emergencies were taken out yesterday. we are seeing our people stranded in their homes. they are in rough condition but not medical emergency condition for a lot of elderly people, some people and oxygen, some people in wheelchairs, a lot of pets as well. there's actually a waiting list of several hundred to get rescued. people on islands out there in their own homes. some people getting impatient pretty spoke to some women today said they decided to do it for themselves, here they are. >> we have lost his three different times we had to go get these and one stopped to help us. even with little kids pick. >> where did you find floaty's? >> a walmart they are open. did you pay $20 for one of those? >> it was 40 bucks. i know what he going to do you going to paddle to your house? >> an

max gordon in florida. he's referring to i-75 closed in a 14-mile zone both ways because of surging of the myakka river. it's an hour south of tampa, but it's a major artery to get to key locals there, closed both ways as long as the surging of water. some say because of a water main break, and others say a levee break. there's no indication of that, but flooding and surging water, it's easing now because of sunny conditions we're told. and we hope that continues and the ceo of the whole state of florida, jimmy, good to have you back. how are things looking for florida collectively right now? >> so, neil, i'm going to be very frank with you. this is about my seventh year in this type of a capacity dealing with disasters in the state. this is going to be the biggest disaster in the history of the state of florida. we've sent unprecedented resources in over 11 urban search and rescue teams. the state of florida has eight times which are bringing in resources from other states. fema has been very supportive, m

fred, we're seeing scenes just like this one all over southwest florida into central florida as well. the damage from hurricane ian not only widespread but devastating as well. >> and as harrowing as that story is of what tony and his wife experienced, they're also very lucky that, you know, with their boat, you know, being placed somewhere else, afloat, it didn't sink with them on it, but instead got stuck in an area where they were able to walk off and be able to tell that story. but, you know, it really does underscore the variety of reasons why some people either stayed or got stuck with this storm and it continues to pose many threats. we'll get back to you. thank you so much, boris. for more information on how you might be able to help victims of hurricane ian, go to cnn.com/impact. >>> still to come this hour, we continue our coverage of the aftermath of hurricane ian in southwest florida. more than 1 million customers in florida still without power and many are trying to return home. i will talk to the mayor of sarasota straight ahead. >>> and later, rusussian troops are retre

florida. it's just because of the way they have the caloosahatchee, the inlets, i mean the sand for whatever reason that really dissipated over the last 24 to 36 hours. you go in places in central florida, there's a lot of standing water, some of these places, you know, had water still up a couple of feet on some of the homes and they are bracing for more impacts. you see some things with the st john's and other things that happen. so that was, we knew there would be flooding, but that more standing water 200 plus miles away than that is saying something. and then we knew we've seen the impacts in this community up here in northeast florida before and we are going to be asking, kevin is going to be working with fema about potentially expanding individual assistance eligibility beyond the counties that have already been added. so right now it's southwest florida into central florida. it stops before you get up into st john's, i don't think flagler or volusia are in it either. so you look flagle

florida's last. said the white house is working with the state to set up spots where florideans can go to apply for insurance as well as fema assistance. still the state is left with massive amounts of damage and horrific loss with deaths in florida and the carolinas topping more than 100. and now a new issue is coming to light, excessive water damage to cars that were swept up in flood waters. madison alworth is in grove city, florida, with a warning about how this could increase instances of fraud in the used car industry. madison. >> reporter: cheryl, it's incredibly disappointing but whenever you have a huge dis-disaster like ian, can she remembers take advantage of that situation and try to swoop in. we saw a ton of damage from hurricane ian and we're talking about houses and cars still coming in on estimates in terms of how much, but we're in the tens of billions and some of that is the cars themselves. people that were trapped in flood waters or had their cars lifted and deposited elsewhere. n

as the daughter of a janitor who grew up in florida. had the honor of serving as police chief in the house and now standing on this stage. i grew up in florida, so i know all too well the devastating effects that hurricanes can cause on our state. number one, we have got to get serious about climate change. climate change is real. if we do not do something about it, then we are going to pay a terrible price for it. more intense storms like we have seen as the waters in the ocean of warm up. more intense storms, more flooding. more devastation as we stayed with ian to i've toured the area and puerto rico to see what is beyond. the federal government has got to make sure that fema has the resources it needs to adequately respond. we've got to get serious about climate change. moderator: thank you very much. senator rubio, same question. i will repeat the question. it was really weeks ago tomorrow, hurricane ian hit one of the five most powerful hurricanes that made lynn fall in our country. federal action, starting now, to protect florida

florida, again, we deserve better. >> let me ask you. you come from that central florida region. your home is there. we don't know how orange county -- how did orange county fare? the tampa area dodged a bullet, but there's a lot of destruction everywhere. how is your district faring? >> joy, it's interesting. i had just gotten back from puerto rico as the chair of the emergency preparedness response and recovery subcommittee. we went there to assess the damage and came home to hurricane ian. look, we had a tremendous amount of flooding here in the area. over 200,000 people were without power. thank god power has been restored for the overwhelming majority of those people. but we had a lot of flooding in the area. we had an opportunity to go out with the fema administrator and have a briefing and tour some areas. and so we certainly have a long ways to go. but we were not hit anywhere near as hard, as you know, the ft. myers, lee county area was. i'm glad the president was there today. i hope that it was a beneficial trip for him and that there weren't too much politics being pla

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he's been repositioning those to be over this part of florida. i guess it comes from there to here that you can get the internet off this with your device. these are important things. we have been able to bring these for use in hardy county by the emergency personnel and however else they want to use it. we are also getting probably about 120, over the next when he four hours, and will provide them here, but you can put those in different parts of the community and people can connect if they are in close enough proximity. so it is coming from the space to hear and then onto your device, but you cannot get the connectivity straight from your device, your satellite, to let you have these things. they are important and we are happy to be able to have that here. hopefully that will assist with some of the connectivity issues. people have been working hard to get the services online, but in the intervening period, we want to make sure you have the support here. i want to thank everyone who has been involved in this effort. we have people from all over

i think in florida, we have great election laws. but elections have rules and congresswoman demings supported the effort to have a federal takeover of elections. you cannot ask for id. you have to ask for id to get into her neighborhood where she lives and i give her the right to have that. but you cannot ask for it when they vote? a lot of people who drive around with a trunk full of absentee ballots. a lot of people register an hour before the same day of the election, show up and vote. we have to have rules and laws. the laws have to be followed in florida. we have good election laws. we have record turnout like they had record turnout in georgia. but they were following some segregationist jim crow bill, not rules. these are rules that allow people to have confidence that their votes matter. they're not suppressing anyone's vote, the art rules designed to make sure that the system works. moderator: let me get you on record that you will support the results of the 2022 election. mr. rubio: we have great laws in florida. absolutel

state of florida.ernor of florida who spent a lot of time criticizing the president and the white house and democrats. but when it comes to focusing on the people of florida, he has nothing but ki words. i think in terms of doing the job that needs to be done, they are doing the right thing. the politics of it all. governor desantis is running for reelection, so he's got to focus on the people of florida and put politics aside. he even said as much on fox news. judy: what are the pitfalls at this point? governor desantis clearly thinking about running for president. you have president biden going down there in a few days. david: i think what's happening is we are focusing on the people. there have been so many interviews -- i saw an interview with a couple who stayed in their home, they were terrified, and fled. he was killed, she survived. i saw a couple in a life raft in their living room rising. watching all their goods be destroyed. when you focus on human beings, it does take you a little out of t

the damage is spread out across florida. so let's take you now to naples where we find cnn's brian todd. he has been tracking the devastating effects of hurricane ian essentially since the storm made landfall. brian, it looks like behind you there is quite a bit of damage. what are you seeing? >> reporter: right, boris. you talk about people trying to recover their lives, trying to recover their possessions and assess their damage. this is what they are up against in naples and throughout the region. check this out. this suv got washed all the way over from the street, which is 100 yards away, and is now dangling on the edge of this canal here. there is another one right behind us where it's the same. i am going to talk to the owner of this vehicle in a second. that wheel is just about hanging i by a thread over the canal. first i will take you over here. our photo journalist will show you what this did to boats in the canal. if you see that one across the way there, you can see that one, that's tipped over just to the front

petersburg, florida to speak with florida state representative michele rayner.she has been on the ground helping with relief efforts in the hardest hit neighborhoods in fort myers, which is in lee county, including harlem heights and dunbar. welcome to democracy now! it is great to have you with us. if you can talk about this whole story, the attack on the officials for not calling for evacuation earlier, but the whole issue of who gets hit hardest, who is it hardest to evacuate, for example, the poor, people who don't have access to vehicles, etc., and then what happens after the storm, who is affected most? give us a lay of the land. >> it is so good to be with you. this is a dream come true i love democracy now! and the work you do. to the question at hand, so i have been black in for the dutch florida for 41 years. i have family in fort myers, and the done by area, and harlem heights. when thinking about evacuating, there is a privilege in being able to evacuate. not everyone has the means or the ability to be able to evacuate. that is number one stop -- tha

in florida, the death toll is rising. hundreds of thousands don't have power and some don't have running water. even more flood waters are expected in the days ahead. we will have live reports from the ground and local efforts to help hard-hit areas rebuild their lives. plus, president biden has approved an emergency declaration in north carolina. this is as the state is bracing for up to six inches of rainfall. we are going to talk about it with the democratic candidate for senate in north carolina, jerry beasley. and we are talking about the state of the race, less than 40 days until midterm elections. i am simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. unprecedented, biblical, just a few words to describe the impact of hurricane ian. now taking its place as one of the worst natural disasters in our country's history. in just a few minutes, we are expecting an update from florida governor ron desantis, which we will bring you live. this week, hurricane ian slammed into florida's west coast, just shy of a category

it's not just a crisis for florida, it's a national crisis. i've spoken to governor desantis on multiple occasions, as well as mayors and county officials both republican and democrats from areas most affected. i've spoke within governor mcmasters as well. last night i requested for emergency declaration from governor mcmasters, which i approved right away just as i did with florida. this allows funding for the state to shelter people and provide other support. by approving it early ahead of the storm's landfall we can get supplies in and provide shelter if necessary. my message to the people of south carolina is simple. please listen to all the warnings and directions from local officials and physical low their instructions. and as you all know, the situation in florida is far more devastating. we're just beginning to see the scale of that destruction. it's likely to rank among the worst in the nation's history. you have all seen on television homes and property wiped out. it's going to take months, years, to rebuild. and our hearts go out to

myers, florida. the death toll continues to rise in the awful aftermath of hurricane ian. 65 people here in florida did not survive the storm. search and rescue efforts in many areas are ongoing. 2 million people in multiple states are without power. the sunshine here revealing more and more damage, hour-by-hour. the hurricane and storm surge laid waste to entire towns, including ft. myers beach, robbing people of homes and livelihoods. rescue efforts will take months and years for some of the areas to get back to normal. i tell you for myself, i spent much of the day out there. that is the case. it will take many months and weeks to get back to normal. south of here, naples, florida, officials say it will take months or longer to recover. prosecute damage could top $2 million. the fire chief says the city is having challenges with restoring power. brian todd is in naples for us. brian, i know you've been doing this hour after hour. every corner you turn, every street you go down, you're seeing more

>> nadia romero reporting from arcadia, florida. it underscores the tremendous amount of need, not just where you are but all over the state of florida, as far south as ft. myers beach, into naples, and orlando, and obviously into the carolinas. we want to take you to naples right now, though, because that's where we find cnn's brian todd. he's been tracking the storm since shortly after it made landfall and has been giving us a closer look at some of the damage on the ground. brian, behind you, it looks like a neighborhood that was turned upside down. >> reporter: it is. last hour we showed you an apartment complex with debris on the curb. that pile was fairly small compared to this house. they've lost just about everything. i don't know exactly how big this house is inside, but it looks like everything that was inside is outside. you have to pile your belongings for someone to pick it up. there's a gentleman, a contractor in there taking down dry wall from about eye level down because the water was so high and the damage was so ex

and the record lows already set here in florida. rob marciano tracking it all. >>> tonight, that news on gas prices. president biden and his new plan to help lower prices at the releasing another 15 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve. and his warning tonight to the oil companies. will it work? and that news on your taxes. how the tax brackets are shifting to take into account inflation. will you get more back to ease the pain, and how soon? mary bruce at the white house. she'll break it all down. what american families need to know about gas and your taxes. >>> there is also major news in the war in ukraine. tonight, vladimir putin declaring martial law in four territories in ukraine. what does this now signal, what st 's coming next? and what secretary of state antony blinken told our george stephanopoulos earlier today. >>> in the u.s. tonight, the alarming scene playing out at hospitals in at least 22 states. the alarming rise in children now hospitalized with respiratory illnesses. this isn't covid, but

you live in florida. if you listen to the news or watch tv, it's the democrats are the devil and to santos is some kind of little god. that's all i've got. thank you for taking my call. host: be well. i want to read. cnn wrote an article about florida governor ron desantis's response and he was asked whether lee county officials acted appropriately when they issued their first mandatory evacuation on tuesday less than 24 hours before hurricane ian made landfall on the state. in the day after several neighboring counties issued their orders. here is his response. you remember people were looking initially at the panhandle on sunday the governor told reporters in fort myers on saturday referring to where the storm was expected to hit. "then monday came and people thinking north of tampa bay. woman went monday night people were saying this is a direct hit on tampa bay worst-case scenario for the state as that shifted south of the computer models the next morning, they, referring to lee county leaders called

let's give a warm florida welcome to the first lady of florida, casey. the sentence is here with us tonight. yes, back here with us here. well, 100% cancer free 100% cancer free, thanks to god . thank you. i know so many people. my mom had stage four breast cancer. my mom 1 was a prison guard. she worked double shifts >>whole life so we could go to private school. and she had stage four. nineteen lymph nodes lost allllr her hair, double mastectomy, chemo, radiation.ctom it's scary when you hear that word. cancer is terrifying. >> i'll tell you, sean, thatth that is the first time that i saw that ad. i have not seen that ad since wh i shot it. and when i did it, i asked wan everyone kindly to leave the room because i wanted to look l to the camera and i wantd to tell people exactly who rhonda santurce is ,hrough o harduse when i went through one of the hardest things i'vew ofer gone through in my life, i had a guy who was with me every step of the way tod. literally pick me up off of the ground. and he wasn't even jus he wast there o for me.e he was there

if you are on the coast in florida, then your actual flood risk is quite high.hat happens when people see their flood insurance rates go from $1000 to $5,000, they complain. who do they complain to? congress. people have been getting a pre-good deal on flood insurance they buy through fema. they do not want to give up that t c-span.org. we are going to talk about hurricane recovery efforts and servings storm damage. you are watching c-span. >> we are working to get power back on and we also have a bridge situation as well as the bridge in pine island, we are airlifting lineman on to both islands to serve the damage and plan for restoration. i was in the area today, and you

in florida is far more devastating. we will just be beginning to see the scale of that destruction. it's likely to rank among the worst in the nation's, and the worst in the nation's history. you have all seen the scene on television. homes and property wiped out. it's going to take months, years to rebuild. >> we will bring you the very latest on hurricane ian throughout the hour, including, of course, the federal response. before we go any further, i just wanted to add that my heart is with those who are in need of help and need most right now. i, myself, watch the devastation for my travels this week back in washington, which included sometime at the congressional black caucus annual conference, as international network participating in speaking and taking the pulse of black political america. barely five weeks before the midterm elections. that pulse was quick and this weekend by the formal swearing in of justice ketanji brown jackson to the supreme court. which enters its next session in just two days. what's at st

geri willis fox business florida citrus industry took a big hit from the storm, the head of florida'srus trade group believes up to 80% of the oranges at the largest groves were blown off the trees. harvesting season doesn't start for several more weeks, but orange growers were already expecting one of their smallest crops since world war two airports in florida that had closed for days because of ian are now back open this morning. flights resumed at both the orlando and tampa airports. those airports look like ghost towns for days. some people were stranded in florida because of the shutdowns flights out of sfo to both tampa and orlando were scheduled to take off today for the first time since tuesday. our coverage of ian continues on air and online. you can stay with us as we track the storms direction and check in on the damage of behind you also find the latest information on our website ktvu .com. deadline day for governor newsom to sign or veto hundreds of bills on his desk an update on the new laws in our state plus nato calls it the biggest escalation since the start of the w

she's in arcadia, florida. we've been talking about how vital roads and communities have been cut off by the storm. right now there's no indication of when these connections will be usable. what's the latest, nadia? >> it depends on what mother nature brought us. mother nature brought us hurricane ian with the rising floodwaters and heavy winds. now we have to wait for the waters to recede to see how much damage is there and see if people can finally pass normally. we're here in arcadarcadia, flo. we know the worst damage was in ft. myers and the barriers islands. now we're going into day four without electricity. for many of them that's when you get to the life-threatening range. that means they haven't had hot water, their food supply may be running low. this is the peace river here. it is supposed to be only about six to seven feet high. you see this canoe laid out here, the locals say they should be able to get in this canoe and take a nice stroll down the peace river. instead, the river is 24 feet high, fo

, florida, florida. 2019 "new york times" article called these workers hurricane chasers. us all, and for migrants it can be profitable compared to wages at home. but it is also really risky. not just from the inherent dangers, but also the chance that the undocumented workers will be stiffed and threatened with law enforcement. this is just more evidence for why we really need a functioning immigration system, one that accounts for segments of our economy dependence on migrant labor before we push them into the shadows. the really pochypocrisy is unmistakable. now that there is a major mess to clean up, florida needs migrant workers to recover and rebuild. those venezuelan refugees from the maduro regime won't be scapegoated for political benefit. they'll be quietly depended upon to help get florida up and running again. that's a lesson we need to remember when there's not a disaster that clarifies the mind. and that's your reality check. >> john avlon, thank you so much for that. >>> "new day" continues right now. >>> the death toll from hurricane ian continues to climb.

is there some way for the florida cabinet of which you are a member or the florida legislature to findah, we have very strict laws in the state of florida that are called sunshine laws that you're supposed to be able to petition the governor for records. well, that doesn't happen under a governor desantis administration. i can't tell you how many times in the last three and a half years i have spent public records requests asking for additional information, and that's part of the problem. i've asked for information, not even just on this issue, let's go all the way back to the pandemic when i was trying to find out information about the unemployment system, and couldn't find information, which is why i wrote to the department of justice, merrick garland asking for assistance and help. there's judges that are come in here. the legislature, one of our senators has filed a lawsuit to get some of this information to make sure it doesn't happen again. we know there's so many laws that were violated. whether it's federal trafficking and smuggling laws to the laws here in the state of florida

arthel: alexandria hoff in pine island, florida. eric: hurricane ian left days ago but recovering will take months and we are told perhaps even years. emergency crew now hard at work with rescue and recovery efforts on going in the flood waters, steve harrigan east of sarasota that was so hard hit, hey, steve. >> this area did not hit by the wind but certainly by the flooding, by the water, more than 2 feet of rain in some areas, storm surge really which has more than 75 houses here, 2 and a half feet under water and it's not just adults and homeowners who have been hit hard by the storm, it's young people as well. levy zipper next to me and is 10 year's old and i asked levy what have you lost in the flood? >> i lost my stuffed animal bears and my tvs. steve: how are you feeling about things? >> pretty devastating but i think we will get through it. steve: note of optimism from a 10-year-old, he feels like they are going to get through it and we have drone footage from pilot lance craig, they can show you extent of the damage here o