look where ashley webster is, duet, florida, at orange grove in the relevant orange grove, how they areeasy, the life of a farmer is not easy but for the industry of orange grove's in florida it has been a challenge for some years. this is an orange here, in a month or so this will turn orange and they will start harvesting but you mention the greening disease, this is what they can do, they become smaller, misshapen, thinner, they have devastated the orange crop of florida. if you look at the numbers, we look at a drone shot if we can we are in west central florida. the amount of acreage has absolutely plummeted. around 375,000 acres, that is down 53% from 20 years ago. the number of boats disappearing, 2,007 there were 8000 growers of oranges, this year down 2500. i found a farmer, an orange grower in business name steve johnson, vice president of the florida farm bureau. how do you keep going? you've been affected by this greening disease? >> it is called resilience. we change our program hard, figure out how to grow things better and more efficiently but the biggest thing is stickin

at an orange grove, i'm in an orange grove in west central florida. they have another month to go before they become fully mature, they turn orange and end up getting squeezed into orange juice but there are couple problems facing orange growers, big what is the green searching disease caused by a tiny asian insect that wreaks havoc. this is what it looks like. is smaller and misshapen and bitter and not available for sale, that is a huge problem. i want to show you some numbers, production levels of florida oranges going back to 2007-8, production was 15 years ago, 250 million boxes of oranges, fast forward to the latest numbers, 41 boxes of oranges down 83. 5%. let's look at some drone footage as we can tell you the acreage devoted to citrus production has dropped dramatically, down to 375,000 acres, at one point not long ago, 900,000 acres so how do you survive when you grow oranges, just the person to ask, steve johnson. 's family has been working this land for 85 years. not only do you have greening to deal with but you have labor costs disappear

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just left a path of destruction, all the way across the stay, right at the middle through the orange groves, over disneyland, went to the atlantic and it is coming back ashore in the carolinas i hear. there is a lot of water. i've seen flooded streets, when i was coming down the interstate, the ditches on the side of the road were full of water up to the edge of the road line. there were a couple cars stuck in it up to the doors and hoods. taylor: it is interesting. we are taking a look at the function on the terminal which does indeed show as you are mentioning, it goes into the water, maybe regains its strength and comes back to some of the carolinas as well. in the meantime, if we think about not only the path of the storm but what is left in the wake, what do you hear about the economic damages, the longer this goes on the more economic damage there is? >> i know couple days ago the estimate was $45 billion of damage but i think yesterday they raised it to 60 something, maybe $68 million, $69 million. i know 90% of the orange crop was threatened and the storm went right through the big

the storm flooded orange groves and ripped the fruit right off the trees. unfortunately, oranges were already suffering this year due to a disease and like it or not, pay is becoming more transparent. several states have now passed laws requiring that jobs post salaries or at least salary ranges. the hope is it will narrow the gender pay gap and raise disproportionately low wages that are often earned by black and latino workers. lyft said it will freeze all hiring until the end of 2022. hooper said back in may that it was slowing hiring and tightening its belt. the moves by the companies to trim their corporate headcount, do not affect the drivers, though, because the companies classify them as contractors rather than employees live from the nasdaq market site. i'm monica back to you guys. all right, monica, thank you very much. >> 7.19 is the time and on the peninsula. the family of an elderly woman is suing the atria park assisted living home after she died from drinking cleaning solution. >> yeah, a tree park says that one of 3 residents who drank that l

developers off of the last several decades grabbed every sand dune, every orange grove and put high value real estate here. so this is a very vulnerable spot. now even if you look at some of the areas, of course, getting up over 9, 10 feet, that is staggering. there are hospitals, churches, air force base will probably flood. one way airport at the tampa international. even to port charles, you get into the -- port charlotte this is the peace river. that is several miles inland. we're look being at nine, ten feet. and homes line every one of these waterways. so it's significant to say the least. >> yeah, ten feet of water right on top of where people live. which could be lethal. tom, thank you so much for that. we're going to watch this storm throughout the hour. we'll bring you a live report from cuba that tom just mentioned later. >>> now we have multiple new developments with less than two days to go until wednesday's house january 6th committee hearing. there are the text messages obtained by cnn connecting then white house chief of staff mark meadows with a key player in the scheme t

images of having all sorts of other resort aspects in a retirement community, but you have the orange grovesyou have so much agriculture, especially in central florida where this hurricane is headed. what is going to meet for the agricultural industry in florida? >> thanks for having me on today. as you just said, florida is number two in regards to agriculture, second largest driver for a state. we have been monitoring it. it is not just for all commodities, we don't have a lot that has been harvest, but whatever is in the ground right now, we see so much of this hurricane, it is a water event. i was talking to individuals that oversee all of our animals and livestock, transporting them into safe areas. we also have to make sure that as we are seeing power outages that are dairy farms still are up and running to make sure that cows get food and milked. we are also seeing the department of agriculture, we are part of the search and rescue missions, including the distribution of food and water across the state of florida. >> we have watched the governor of florida step up in a standard way th

when you look at the bigger picture, citrus -- something like two-thirds of the orange groves in floridads and half of them may have experienced hurricane-force winds. this is the worst possible time because the fruits are still on the trees. harvest is a week, two weeks away. the crop's lost and the trees may be damaged. from an agricultural standpoint, the effects will ripple throughout our economy. costs in florida because of transportation, infrastructure, that ripples not just out of florida but the entire country. >> you were talking about the explosive population growth on the west coast of florida, from sarasota down through marco island over the last 15, 20 years. it's been enormous, thus a lot of people who moved down there, built homes, many of them without cellars, single-floor, first floor homes. what impact does that have on the damage assessment we'll be making, the state will be making over the next few months and perhaps years? >> that's a great question and that gets to regulatory costs and recovery. you tend to think my house gets knocked down, i'll just rebuild it the

oranges. many of those groves are likely to be damaged by the storm. ange crops already dealt with production issues earlier this year. the major storm could also cause problems as orange juice prices already hit an all-time high. kumasi: we are one day away from the return of hocus pocus. hocus pocus 2 start streaming tomorrow on disney plus. today, three stars are sitting down with good morning america at 7:00, right after abc seven mornings. disney is the parent company of abc 7. drew: look at the room bus. julian: i am so excited for this movie. it was a favorite growing up. drew: here is the problem. families visiting next month, they are telling me to wait. i am like, three weeks. julian: we have been waiting 25 years. kumasi: think about how happy will be when you watch it together. [laughter] fake surprise? drew: ooh, oh! kumasi: you better not, you all are wrong. they will be able to tell. [laughter] drew: you have that happen, where you let it slip, i love this part, and they are like, what? kumasi: you are not right. julian: i am totally cool