bit easier and not make out the fallout so hard but so now that's consensus hasn't been reached unpassable hang joins us live now from washington d.c. patty so how significant is this letter signed by twenty two senators triggering an investigation and a determination of human rights sanctions in the case. daryn this is absolutely huge this means the saudi arabia p.r. machine that they spend millions of dollars to place in washington d.c. is not going to be able to make this go away it's these twenty two senators these are the who's who of important senators when it comes to foreign policy it's democrats it's republicans it's the chairman and ranking members of both the foreign affairs committee and the a subcommittee on appropriations these are key committees so what this means is they've now sent a letter to the white house saying that under the magnitsky act that they want the white house to investigate whether or not his human rights have been violated now the white house house statutory under law for months to make that determination then they have to report to congress as to whether

and the interior streets are just about virtually unpassable.hem because of all the debris. we know at this particular time we don't know how much structural damage, those reports are coming in. >> i hate to ask about one place but it's so pretty in your town, i think it's called the river inn, down near the base of the bridge. >> yes. >> have you heard anything about it? >> i haven't heard anything about that at all. >> it's one of the most beautiful spots on the coast of florida. >> no news is good news. >> i guess that's right. we're thinking about everybody there. we join you in praying that there's no loss of life, there's been enough damage to property apparently, and all those vessels that come and go every day from that port, hopefully they were out of harm's way and out at sea or in the intercoastal water way, the mayor of apalachicola will be checking in with you when we know more. bill karins we keep telling people, we show the imagery on the air, we have a 115 mile an hour hurricane over the state of georgia. >> and the eye is about

. >> the presentation last time was that the new roof deck conformed to the -- not the not unpassed, the not passed policy. it would have conformed based upon what was presented previously. >> you want to recommend a solution? >> you want me to take a shot at a motion? >> oh, yeah, 'cause you're good at this. >> the motion would be to grant the appeal on the following conditions: that the unoccupied roof garden pavers be removed, that there be an n.s.r. regarding the ground floor space. >>clerk: so that would be limiting it just to two units? >> i thought the n.s.r. was for two areas. >> i thought it was -- >> they can qualify it as an a.d.u. right now. >> okay. i shouldn't touch that. >> yeah, you shouldn't touch that. >> okay. did you want an n.s.r. for the roof? >> well, the n.s.r. was for the pavers. >> the unoccupied space. that the title 24 table be corrected, and we would condition this as a special permit. you look like you want to say something, mr. sanchez. >> thank you. scott sanchez, planning department. just confirming you'd be removing the unoccupied roof garden at the

average street is unpassable. all the power lines are down. the trees down on everybody's houses. there's no power. it's a very creepy situation. we came down the block knocking on doors and had a roof crushed in by trees. a garage on top of the car. and we found a lady inside. she was down in a fetal position. there was no roof and a tree right over her head. and we were -- we had to go in and try to rescue her and moved a lot of things out the way. very dangerous, sketchy situation. we had to cut the trees out the way so the ambulance could come down the street. power lines down everywhere. it's -- it's a sight to see, and very sad. very horrible. so we're going to do our best to be out here and -- >> how difficult is it right now even for you to operate? obviously, you know, you've got a boat. people have -- you know, many people in the cajun navy have experience doing this, but without electricity, without lights out there, i mean, you're driving around blind often. >> so jason gundersen, we actually lost him. he's in the field. this is a

. >> reporter: downed trees and tangled power lines have made streets unpassable. >> i was in a bunk, almost a bunker, and just prayers. >> reporter: at the air force base near panama city, the damage is extensive. an entire roof was stripped from an aircraft hangar. overturned trucks and debris litter the tarmac. the base commander ordered an evacuation on monday. michael made landfall in florida shortly before 1:00 p.m. hitting the tourist town of mexico beach. powerful winds punished the coastline. ripping tops from buildings and sending them airborne. >> like a jet engine. i mean, the winds, just super, super high pitched. you could feel it in your ears, the pressure. >> reporter: officials say it could take months, if not years, to repair the damage. >> you've never experienced a hurricane or major storm, trust me, this is something you never want to go through. >> reporter: one of the big issues this morning is people do get out and about to figure out all the damage done and try to clean up, is the downed power lines. as we've seen, that is a major danger that a lot of folks he