for more, we go to tampa, florida, for an update from sean kinane, news and public affairs director atmunity radio station wmnf. sean, you are hunkered down there at wmnf and your building is built to withstand a category 5 storm. i have visited it repeatedly. it was in the track of ian repeatedly but ultimately it hit south of you. you are staying there because you live on an island where you could not go back. i'll come back to democracy now! give us the latest as you serve the community with information. >> in tampa, i am in a building that can withstand a category 5 hurricane but lucky for the people of the tampa bay area, that is not what struck here. we were spared. the most important story right now is what is happening down in southwest florida as you heard from the sheriff of lee county where hundreds of people are confirmed dead from this storm with the unbelievable storm surge that came through, several feet of water and major cities southwest florida like naples and fort myers. it has been devastating. we don't know the full extent of e damage yet because iis now daylight,

amy: i want to thank you for being with us, sean kinane.you are on the air nonstop, news and public affairs director, community radio station wmnf. living in tampa, florida. please be safe. we will get back in touch to see how you're doing and the community of tampa bay. we come back, we will be joined by bill mckibben, author, educator, environmentalist to find out why he was protesting world bank in washington, d.c., yesterday and deeply concerned about what we're seeing happen throughout the caribbean into florida right now. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. in major news, climate news from capitol hill, senator joe manchin has abandoned at least for now his proposal to speed up federal review of energy projects that the mountain valley pipeline. he wanted to short public comment periods on proposed fossil fuel projects weakening environmental and public health laws. his proposal would have nearly guaranteed the approval for the moun