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good day, everyone. im andrea mitchell in washington. president biden will speak this afternoon about the federal governments coordination with leaders in georgia, south carolina and, of course, hurricane ravaged florida. we expect to hear from ron desantis later this hour. lets begin with nbcs kathy park in charleston, south carolina. residents are used to flooding in that historic district. this looks like its going to be an unprecedented event. >> reporter: yeah. good afternoon. tha...

to the mainland. and above the shear scale of the wreckage, the storm left some areas completely unrecognizable. one person told the tampa bay times lee koth looks like a bomb has been dropped. momentarily, well go live to fort myers beach where this side by side shows the destruction to the popular pier. heres a man from fort myers who had a terrifying experience. >> i stayed here as long as i could until i got scared for my life and went across the street. the it didnts last too long...

people are now in 257 shelters like this woman right here. florida says it needs 5.5 million meals to feed them all. and 6.6 million liters of clean water. 2 million people still do not have power. water isnt running in five counties. 19 counties have boil water notices. and more than 200 health care facilities are evacuating, or considering doing so. 10 airports are closed. along with 24 ports. 31 transit systems. and nine railways. and then there is the death toll. the official numbe...

of ians destruction. look at the pictures in front of you. this is what it looks like, including in lee county, where rescue crews, this is a live look now, a live look at that location, rescue crews are trying to get to people, with millions of floridians without power and water. were going to take you live to the hardest-hit areas including lee county, which youre looking at now, for what is expected to be obviously a years-long recovery. im halle jackson in washington. lets get to s...

and thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" with us on this tuesday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. the media suggests they are not paying attention to the concerns of every day voters. >> you want to sweep it under the rugment i dont want to talk about this any more than anyone else. >> when the barbarians were at the gate, you were happy to let them in. >> they were people that behaved badly on that day. im not one of them. >> ms. abrams is going to lie about m...

intensefying to a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mile-per-hours. the mayor called it catastrophic. some seeing three feet of rain. look at this. most of the island remains without power and a electrical grid with a checkered past and a bad history. it could be a while before it is restored. two deaths have been reported so far in puerto rico which is still struggling to rebuild after hurricane maria hit five years ago today. crews have rescued more than a thou...

bermuda before moving out to sea. lets get right to puerto rico. you just got back from touring some of the serious damage with the national guard. what all did you see? >> reporter: we actually got our first chance to get into the interior part of the island. we went where we could see mud slides were blocking the road and keeping some communities out there isolated so we went in with the national guard as they tried to clean that up. where i am right now, ana, we are in the southern ...

good to be with you. im chris jansing in for katy tur. president biden is making a big promise on abortion rights, a promise that hes betting will help lift democratic candidates who are on the midterm ballots. >> thats why these ecritical to elect more democrats to the united states senate and keep control of the house of representatives. folks, if we do that, here is the promise i make to you and to the american people, the first bill i send to congress will be could codify roe v. wa...

struggling to recover more than a week after hurricane ian devastated parts of the state. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom." we begin with multiple development in ukraine that are unfolding right now. first, a fuel tanker exploded on a strategic and symbolic bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the blast sparked a fire which emergency crews are trying to put out, according to pro russian officials. now they also say that two spans of the road to the bridge h...

ukraine armageddon. and thailand is grieving after a massacre in a day care left 26 people dead, including two children. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. pro-russian officials are reporting significant damage following a massive explosion on a bridge linking russia with crimea. hours ago a fuel tanker exploded 0 on a strategic bridge causing a fire thats still burning a low pro-russian leader said two have collapsed. emergency crews are scrambling ...