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its top of the hour on cnn newsroom. the death toll from hurricane ian has just gone up. its now 104 lives lost. 100 of those in florida. search teams finding more bodies as they reach some of the hardest hit areas. more than half of those killed were in lee county which includes ft. myers beach. that city is now closed to everyone but search and rescue personnel. the mayor says there is no time line yet for when residents can return. lee county officials coming under some criticism fo...

of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions. and impacted by issues that are not of their own making. so we have to address this in a way that is about giving resources based on equity. >> peter doocy with the latest live from the white house. hi, peter. >> aboard air force one, the press secretary karine jean-pierre cleaned up after the vice president. >> were committed to quickly getting resources to all communities impacted, period. we also know that some people part...

we will bring you that speech live. and in florida, grim new details about how many people were killed by a different hurricane, ian of course. and the new number just coming in. some officials now responding to criticism about their initial response to ian. weve got our team standing by live on the ground. also this hour, were live in district court in dc with opening statements happening now, in the conspiracy trial of leaders for the oath keepers. why the defense is hanging its ca...