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

michelle rainier, florida state representative for district 70. that is part of hillsboro, pinellas, sarasota, and manatee. representative raynerg us. we appreciate you being with us. i want to ask you about something that we witnessed a little while ago, this whole idea of people on the margins, people who have great difficulty, the people who just can't jump in their car and decide to move to another city and stay there, to stay in a motel. you have been out there helping people in the tampa area. what are you seeing about these people on the margins? are getting the support that they need? >> well, first of all, it's good to see you again, and it's really kind of where we, are filling in those gaps because everyone has an idea that we can evacuate, but i think we have to understand that is a privilege in that being able to act evacuate. i just tweeted, while i was waiting to get on, with, you that there are some folks within fort myers that i have family in fort myers, that are concerned that they will receive the type of health that is equitable and just. so what i have been working on with other colleagues throughout the s