sam brock is there for us. >> reporter: eight days in, and the havoc wreaked by hurricane ian is still hard to comprehend. sheriff's deputies canvassing this trailer park in lee county with mailboxes but no residents. >> what we need is some kind of housing, temporary. >> reporter: the death toll now sits at more than 130, the highest from any florida storm since 1935 more than five times the u.s. death toll from hurricane andrew, a category 5 30 years ago. ian's rapid storm intensification, residents remaining behind, and a massive population growth in southwest florida all likely playing a role 49-year-old liz maguire was among those lost >> there is going to be a huge hole. >> reporter: her mom susan says she was a foundation of love for her family has it sunk in yet >> yes we're sitting here in her house, and she'll never be here again i'm looking at her things. yeah, it's sunk in. >> reporter: liz was a mother and a grandmother. >> she just enjoyed everything. >> reporter: she suffered a medical emergency during the storm and called for help, but first responders couldn't reach he

residents there are working hard to rebuild here's nbc's sam brock >> reporter: just about any street on fort myers beach reveals the depth of devastation. >> really it's unimaginable. pictures don't do it justice. >> reporter: there are still vacant lots, cars tilted, boats sticking out of streets. >> half sinking, half don't know what's going on and the other half we can see. >> reporter: 140 are confirmed dead but at least five people are still missing including debby hurst who was living on the boat in the marina. >> this not knowing is killing us. >> we recently spoke to his daughter, shannon. >> dead or alive, i don't care >> despite tangible pain, there is hope. >> the strength of this community, nobody can under estimate what we're going to be able to do. >> reporter: the mayor of sanibel island showing us some of the work already underway. >> we are basically tasked to rebuild a city the level of destruction is not singularly focused in one location it covers the entire island. >> reporter: officials say efforts to repair the sanibel causeway defy options. a long-term solutio

i want to go back to sam brock who is in fort mers beach.h dasha burns in florida. >> reporter: no doubt, jose. the president has seen some pretty sobering images from the aftermath of disasters before. what he's walking into now are communities that have literally been erased. as you drive down the roads, you'll see things jutting out of the ground. the foundations are just air-conditioning units and nothing else, piles of debryce. as you're look at that aerial, there are 3,500 homes on fort myers beach. almost all of them were either damaged or destroyed. when you hear about the fact search and rescue is ongoing, 79,000 structures, think about that for a second. 80,000 homes or businesses times however many people, that's how many of those properties that search and rescue crew hs to go into to check to see if everyone is okay. the power lines are down. that's been a major issue right now. as we talk about the president's visit here, he's meeting with governor ron desantis. so many people still have no power. more than 300,000 customers so

myers beach is nbc news correspondent sam brock. sam? >> reporter: good morning. historical precedent is hard to digest. you're looking at 130-plus people who have lost their lives. you have to go back to 1935 to find a hurricane that struck florida with a death toll that was that high or higher. then it was over 400 people. i'm standing in the street in ft. myers beach. you see these piles of debris up to eight feet high. there is a car underneath that, just to give you some perspective. we spoke recently with a mother, a heartbroken mother, who talked about the last conversation that she had with her daughter, one of the victims in this unthinkable tragedy. with emergency responders still scouring devastated neighborhoods, one familiar question keeps surfacing from those who have lost everything. >> tell me where to go, what to do. >> reporter: those now homeless because of hurricane ian, worrying about their next steps. as other families cope with houses that may still be stand bug are missing something even more precious that can never be replaced. what happen

sam brock is there tonight. >> reporter: tonight a gut-wrenching look at fort myers beach from the ground level for the first time since hurricane ian made landfall >> no structure on this island has gone unscathed. >> reporter: our cameras the first to tour what's now just frames of homes. unrecognizable lots with nothing left except air-conditioning units, toilets, and rubble the international association of firefighters president edward kelly leading us through the wreckage >> this island was devastated >> reporter: he says there are ten search and rescue units on the ground, comprised of hundreds of firefighters >> search and rescue [ knocking ] >> reporter: searching 3,500 properties just in fort myers beach. how long do you think that's going to go on for? >> it's a common question and a lot of people want to know a time frame. and unfortunately time frames are very dynamic. they're fluid. >> reporter: as you look at the thousands of properties on fort myers island, they basically run the gamut from homes that look like they're pretty much still standing to piles of rubble that have

sam brock is joining us now. ned here, and what is the team saying about the allegation? >> so aaron, you look at the tweet. it's not 140 characters. it's a series of paragraphs that extensively lays out what the accuser's accusations are, and it's predatory. she describes a culture of misogny. with she was just a minor in high school she had an interaction with ian cole that he knew she was a minor in high school. she said in this tweet, i didn't realize at the time that being pressured into sex is tantamount to sexual abuse, but this kept happening over and over fen. she describes it as grooming and that this went on for a series of years. the tampa bay lightning organization says they are cooperating with any investigation and right now they are in the process of suspending ian cole pending that investigation. what's now clear is whether or not the team is conducting it, the league is conducting it or a law enforcement agency. >> at this point, sam, any sort of response from ian cole to these accusations? >> th

here's nbc's sam brock. >> reporter: for families looking to save, there used to be a flowing feast ofyour own pi -- >> we'll tip you $3 to use on your next order. >> reporter: to dollar-based deals. >> buy one favorite like a quarter pounder and get another just for a buck. >> reporter: but now some of those deals are drying up. with fast food prices on the rise due to inflation and many customers taking notice. >> i'm paying $8 for a burrito bowl when i paid somewhere close to like almost 11. >> reporter: have you noticed a change, leo, in terms of how much you're paying >> yes of course. the prices have gone up ridiculous. >> reporter: how much depends on the company and franchises what is clear is businesses have had to adjust the prices they charge with food and fuel costs jumping at least 8 or 9% due to inflation. >> we're definitely seeing push back between lower and middle income consumers as price hikes have been across the board starting to see more and more customers trade out and trade down to convenience stores, dollar stores and other channels. >> reporter: chipotle has i

joining us now live from fort myers beach is nbc news correspondent sam brock.y? >> reporter: devastating, still, willie, half the deaths so far, 106 confirmed deaths are hero in lee county in fort myers beach, 3,500 structures, all of them for the most part damaged or destroyed, complicating the ongoing search and rescue efforts as folks have to peel away the rubble. boats jumbled like toys, more evidence as to why so many are asking whether those evacuation orders came early enough. in between the sparsely populated homes on fort myers beach are rows and rows of ripped up lots. some wiped clean of any trace of life. >> to the rescue. it's the first ground level look at this island that took some of the worst that ian had to offer. the destructive hurricane claiming more than 100 lives, half here in lee county. on monday, search and rescue crews let us follow their frantic search for survivors and victims. >> where does this rank for you, is this comparable to a katrina? >> absolutely. >> more than a thousand people taking part in a massive rescue effort. >> th

with the rescue, here is nbc's sam brock. >> reporter: an unbelievable rescue in shark infested watersed in the gulf of mexico while fending off a swarm of sharks. >> they had multiple lacerations on their hand. almost down to the bone. >> reporter: the three fishermen had been float manage the water for 28 hours >> clear the vessel. >> reporter: one man found drifting, hoisted in the air, assisted by a rescue swimmer the other two,nearly half a mile away, clinging to a cooler as rescuers saw as many as four sharks circling nearby the men set out from venice, louisiana saturday morning, but never returned home. for hours, coast guard teams searched the massive area by air and sea, and then around noon sunday, a miraculous stroke of luck one of the men somehow able to get cell phone service briefly, sending a rough google maps location. >> he told me he had 2% battery, and he fired off that text message. >> reporter: with no coordinates, the rescuers managing to track them down any way. >> using kind of geo location and/orient ourselves to the map and some of the contours from google ma

nbc news correspondent sam brock has the latest. >> reporter: gut wrenching look at ft. myers beach on the ground level for first time since hurricane ian made land fall. >> no structure on the town is still here. >> reporter: just frames of homes, unrecognizable lots with nothing left except air conditioning units, toilets, and rubble. the international association of firefighters president edward kelly leading us through the wreckage. >> this island was devastated. >> he said there are ten search and rescue units on the ground compromised of hundreds of firefighters. >> search and rescue. >> searching 3,500 properties just in ft. myers beach. >> how long do you think that will go on? >> that's a common question. a lot of people want to know time frame. unfortunately, time frames are dynamic, they're fluid. >> reporter: as you look at the thousands of properties on the ft. myers island, they run from homes that look like they're still standing to piles of rubble that have to be sifted through layer by layer to other properties that look structurally unsafe. and all of t

for the news, i'm sam brock. >>> against unionization that's what topping cnbc "on the money.oday more than 900 amazon employees eligible to vote it turns out the turnout was 70% with the labor union losing by a 2-wurnd margin unions have prevailed in only one of them. >>> netflix crushing third quarter earnings, adding 2.4 million netflix subscribers. that snaps a streak of subscriber losses this year. netflix surging in after-hours trading, up 14%. >>> and rolls-royce unveiling its first electric vehicle, and they're calling it specter, and it's a behemoth. total weight nearly 6700 pounds, including 1500 pounds of sound-deadening insulation the company reports spect errols from zero to 60 in 4.4 seconds and will get about 260 miles on a single charge. the cost also massive. more than $400,000 the company reports delivery starts next year >>> on wall street, strong corporate earnings driving stocks for the second day in a row. dow up 338 s&p up 42. nasdaq up 97m shepard smith on i'm shepard smith on cnbc. it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news >> what i'm a

here is nbc's sam brock. >> reporter: for families looking to save, there used torg be a flowing feastf options, from credit for grabbing your own pie -- >> we'll tip you $3 to use on your next order. >> reporter: to dollar-based deals, especially for app orders >> buy one favorite like a quarter pounder and get another for just a buck. >> reporter: but now some of those deals are drying up, with fast food prices on the rise due to inflation, and many customers taking notice. >> i'm paying $8 for a burrito bowl i paid somewhere close to almost 11 >> reporter: have you noticed a change, leo, when you go to fast food restaurants in terms of how much you're paying >> yes, of course. prices have gone up ridiculous. >> reporter: how much varies not only by the company, but could even change based on individual franchises what is clear is businesses have had to adjust the prices they charge with food and fuel costs jumping at least 8% or 9% due to inflation. >> i think we're definitely seeing pushback among lower and middle income consumers. price hike across the board in quick service resta

joining us live from cape coral, florida, nbc news correspondent sam brock. g. it is-obviously that is gone. sam brock's shot broke there. but let's toss to the report he prepared. here's sam brock. in the after math of hurricane ian, around the clock rescues have been going on for days. from the air and the water, first responders trying to help desperate residents. the death toll now approaching triple digits, nearly half of them in lee county. search and rescue teams combing islands cut off from the mainland, including sanibel, captiva, and pine island, looking for survivors. a chorus of questions surfacing, why didn't lee county issue mandatory evacuations until tuesday morning one day before ian hit. the sheriff blaming the storm's constantly shifting track. >> there are indications that the comprehensive emergency management plan was ignored. >> i'm going to cut you off before we go further. we did what we had to do at the exact same time. i wouldn't have changed anything. >> monday night, the national hurricane center warned areas in lee county, includi

. >>> sam brock spoke with a woman who says her daughter died during the storm. it was probably due to a blood clot. >> she called 911 and emergency services had already been suspended. they couldn't get here. she ended every conversation with i love you. love you mom. i love you too, sweetie. >> that is the last thing you ever said to each other? >> yeah. >> so much loss across the region. some people are just now returning home to the devastation. we are continuing the live reporting in ft. myers. >> reporter: people have been waiting to get a ride to some of the barrier islands mostly sanibel which is over our shoulder. they are bringing over whatever they can. one woman tells us the past week and a half has felt like a year and a half. these are the anxious moments before answering the unknown. amy patterson stands on the beach in ft. myers. >> we already know they have lost their house. it is tough. >> she waits for a boat to sanibel island where her mom is with her twin sister and brother. they evacuated to safety. >> this is their lifelong dream. my mom an

. >> reporter: for the news, i'm sam brock. >>> angela lansbury has died. they say she died peacefully in her sleep this morning in los angeles, just five days before her 97th birthday. lansbury had a long and varied career. she earned her first oscar nod at 19. that rope report propelled her to stardom. that is the manipulative mother in the manchurian candidate. she also had an extensive career on broadway. she originated the lead role in the hit musical, mame. she got tony awards and a lifetime achievement award earlier this year. she also had a long and widely successful career on the small screen. for 12 seasons, she played jessica fletcher, the mystery writer and amateur detective in the hit tv series, "murder she wrote". at a theater in universal orlando in the 90s, -- in an interview with the sunday express in 2014, angela lansbury a set of her career, i just did what was handed to me. the things that were handed to be were quite extraordinary. damon angela lansbury, said today at 96. >>> 65 second left on the race to the finish. the l.a. city los a

sam brock is live from fort myers florida with more. till behind you, what are you hearing from people about the biggest challenges they're facing right now? >> i will say, lindsey, it is inspiring to talk to people on these street that is you're looking at behind me. you can see what the conditions look like. just piles, mounds and mounds of debris. this is their entire livelihood, shredded on their front lawns and yet the people i'm talking to are telling me that they're going to bounce back. they're going to get through this. this is significantly better, if you can believe that, than what these streets looked like five or six days ago. there's optimism involved there. we're standing here and watching as the ascpa is going door to door and finding out who has pets and distributing food to those residents. it's been spectacular to see what's evolving on the streets. 79,000 structures were searched for potential victims. what does that tell you? hundreds of thousands of people were likely displaced. they need homes. and many of them hav

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. >> sam brock, thank you very much.h from hurricane fiona, where officials say they have restored power to 97% of puerto rico. it's been nearly three weeks since the cat 1 storm hit puerto rico wiping out its power grid. >>> we're keeping an eye on of the caribbean where another hurricane is forecast to form. these things are so scary to look at. tropical storm depression 13 is swirling over the caribbean off the northern coast of south america. it's forecast to turn into a tropical storm julia today. by the time it arrives in central america sunday could make landfall. the storm could dump up to 15 inches of rain on parts of central america. the national hurricane center is warning of life-threatening flash floods and mud slides across parts of the region. >>> coming up, the labor secretary will be with us to talk about the new jobs numbers. what this means for you. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports." you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports. down with rybelsus®. man tc: my a1c wasn't at goal, now i'm down wit

joining us now is sam brock. it's good to see you. how are you? >> i'm good.ers and throughout the region, jose. >> what has this month been like? there's been huge progress done, but there's still a lot of destruction. >> simultaneously, there's miraculous recovery going on and there's also destruction that defies logic. we were on the ground for days two, three and four. here we are now at day 30 in places like fort myers beach and sanibel island. some of the video you're seeing right now. it still looks like that a month later. the stacks of debris in some cases are 10, 12 feet high. there's entire lots there that are just sheered clean and there are still at this hour right now, five people who are missing. family members and loved ones, i've talked to them that are just trying to get in touch with folks who still have not been located. one woman told me that her dad was living on his boat. we saw the marina there. can't find the boat. it is now a month later. they thought after several days there were signs maybe they located him and that hasn't happened.

. >> just incredible, nbc's sam brock joins us with the details. ys, good morning. they set out in the morning, these three boaters. when they didn't return by sunset one of their spouse's contacted the coast guard, which searched an area the size of rhode island with marginal chances for survival the coast guard says 10 or 15% and yet they were aided by one fateful clue this morning an unbelievable rescue in shark-infested waters. three missing boaters saved in the gulf of mexico while fending off a swarm of sharks. >> they had multiple lacerations on their hands, almost down to the bone. >> reporter: the three fishermen had been floating in the water for 28 hours one man found drifting, hoisted in the air, assisted by a rescue swimmer. the other two nearly half a mile away clinging to a cooler as rescuers saw as many as four sharks circling nearby the men set out from venice, louisiana, saturday morning, but never returned home. for hours coast guard teams searched the massive area by air and sea, and then around noon sunday a miraculous stroke of

i know we have the power to help some people. >> sam brock reporting from florida for us.o florida. they will meet with governor desantis. they have been clear, there's no politics here. they're talking over a disaster for florida, and, yes, they will work with governor ron desantis. >> this is the president's second trip in three days to the site of a hurricane damaged area. puerto rico on monday, florida today. we heard from karine jean-pierre saying there would be no politics discussed today. no discussion of governor desantis' plan to fly migrants to blue areas. we know desantis has taken -- not been shy at attacking the white house as well. but while there are no overt politics that will be voiced today, there's always politics in the backdrop. it was almost ten years ago when then president barack obama went to new jersey to tour the damage after super storm sandy and received a hug from governor chris christie, a hug that was held against christie when he ran for president a few years ago. with desantis eyeing the white house in 2024, their interactions will be watc

sam brock is at his post there in ravaged fort meyers beach. good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. when the president arrives today he will be looking at a region that bears no resemblance to what it looked like a week ago. the sheriff of lee county saying we are being close to purely a recovery mission as those here are devastated and suffering but getting help from all over the country. the grind of going days out power and other essentials is taking its toll. bill, what have you encountered when you try to find ice or gas? any luck? >> the ice, until two days ago i got it. the first few days, none. >> reporter: that's right. ice is like gold in cape coral the lack of power means the ice is the only way to keep food from spoiling. yet at local supermarkets the ice cupboards are bare. lines of cars pour in for food. it's a food distribution site. what difference does it make it come here and get meals and water? >> it's great because all stores it's out. >> reporter: the next level church providing 2,000 meals day right now. >> people

sam brock for us there in fort myers beach. thank you. >> and the remnants of ian being felt down the east coast. a strong coastal storm could linger for days. al has the forecast details. we are feeling it in the northeast, al. >> sure are. overnight water rescues, high-water rescues. we are talking about some places picking up 6 inches of rain in southern new jersey, there's ocean city, new jersey, and we've got more on tap unfortunately. why? well, we've got this system. you can see the circulation. remnants of ian bringing in a cold, damp rain. it feels like 43 degrees in new york city. same in philadelphia. feels like 42 in winchester. scranton feels like 47 degrees where we have 16 million people at risk for flooding. 1 to 2 feet of inundation possible. flooded streets, damaged property. here's the problem, jet streams up to the north, there's nothing to kick this system out, so it's just going to drift for the next 48 hours. and plus, high pressure pushing in those winds right-on shore. that's going to cause coastal floo

outspoken republican critic ron desantis offering solidarity and cooperation in a moment of disaster our sam brock has the latest >> reporter: as marine one flew into florida neighborhoods dashed by a generational hurricane the two men spearheading the outreach, president joe biden and florida governor ron desantis side by side and shaking hands, putting aside political differences to demonstrate unity in crisis >> we're not leaving until this gets done i promise you that >> reporter: for communities cut off from the outside world, rescued in pockets and forced from their homes >> the houses just gone, done >> reporter: no magic visit or emergency declaration will immediately undo disaster they are receiving assurances that state and federal levers are working together >> we are cutting through the bureaucracy. we're cutting through the red tape and that's from local government, state government, all the way up to the president. >> i feel like governor desantis is very sympathetic to what we're going through here i think he's already had hands on he's been here every day. >> reporter: on the groun

turns out there was a lot that led up to it. >>> yeah nbc's sam brock ha more on the story. and the speculation, as you said, went on for months, but the execution of the divorce was quick gisele bundchen filing those papers on friday in glades county, florida, a judge approving it the same day. neither one aired anything critical about the other divorce experts say it was very evident they were doing whatever they could to soften the blow for their kids after weeks of speculation about a possible rift, tom brady and gisele bundchen's marriage is officially over. the high-profile pair together more than 13 years moved quickly to end their marriage. court records show their divorce was filed and finalized on the same day with the relationship described as irretrievably broken the two confirming the news on social media saying their divorce had been reached amicably gisele bundchen writing the decision to end a marriage is never easy but we have grown apart. brady adding, we are blessed with beautiful and wonderful children who will continue to be the center of our world. just

make sure to stick around at 5:30 as well, sam brock from our team on the "today" show is in fort myers beach. a look at the aftermath there as displaced residents look to rebuild. so much cleanup under way. of course our coverage continues online at nbcbayarea.com and our free nbc baya news app. >>> 5:08 and new for you when it comes to the nobel prizes, the bay area is officially on a hot street. another bay area resident learned that she's a winner. stanford professor carolyn bertozzi. she received the call that she won this morning. a second recipient received his ph.d.. this is his second prize. he received his award for his work in what's known as click chemistry. this is when molecular building blocks snap back. the professor was honored for her work utilizing the same process in living organisms. so far four people with bay area ties are among this week's nobel prize recipients. >> year after year bay area churns them out. well, let's take a live look outside this morning. fleet week under way. you can catch the blue angels rehearsing. the first air show kicks off on friday. fle

sam brock from our team on the "today" show is in fort myers beach. he'll give us a look at the aftermath as displaced residents look to rebuild. our coverage also continues online at nbcbayarea.com. >>> new for you that morning when it comes to nobel prizes the bay area on a hot streak. this is while were you sleeping. another bay area resident learning she's a winner. stanford professor carolyn bertozzi is one of the three winners of the nobel prize for chemistry. now these are photos taken the moment she found out, she got that call. also a second recipient barry sharpless. this is his second nobel prize. his work on what's known as click chemistry. this is when molecular building blocks snap together quickly and efficiently. professor bertozzi was honored for her work utilizing the same process in live organisms. so far four people with bay area ties are among the nobel prize recipients. >> how exciting for them. imagine getting that call in the morning. you won a nobel prize. >>> taking a live look outside, fleet week events are under way. you ca