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asked about whether evacuation orders came too late for some. nearly 2000 people have been rescued so far according to the governor. this is footage from santa belle island. loose skies overhead, the only way out is by chopper. we have two reports tonight. the first is from fort myers, our randi kaye was among the first reporters to get an and witness the enormous destruction and ongoing rescue operations up close. this is what she saw. >> this is our first look from the ground at fort...

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Detecting rockets fired from syria. Bret israeli jets hitting hamas targets softening the battlefield paving the way for ground forces. Meanwhile as weve been telling you at least 14 americans dead and they dont know, at least another 20 considered missing. Some of them possibly held hostage in gaza. There is no more electricity in gaza. The only power plant there running out of fuel. They have also cut off electricity and water. The israelis have. And as the u. S. S. Gerald ford Carrier Strike ...

the president will visit a small local business thats benefited from the paycheck protection program loans as millions of americans eagerly await another round of direct payments to ease the financial burden of a year battling covid. joining me now to kick things off, my fellow chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-host, peter alexander, whos live at the white house. associated press white house reporter, jonathan la mir, and erin haynes, editor at large at the 91. peter...

That you think vladimir putin could make in terms of the tactical response. now weve seen strikes on -- including on civilian infrastructure. in response to just what has happened over the weekend. but what do you see in terms of the battlefield strategy going forward? weve seen some russians supporting military blogger saying there is a radical change in approach to the war is now needed on the part of russia. what do you think? >> well i think theyre exactly right. the russians probably did no...

Weapons. what is your reaction? well, first of all, this is absolutely terrifying. even a small tactical nuclear weapon, a fraction the size of hiroshima and nagasaki not to be taken lightly, not just the primary effects of the blast and the heat wave, but the secondary effects of radioactive fallout, radiation and panic throughout the world ,the economic distress, the humanitarian crisis will be many fold. theres a way around this . and if the president has the courage to take risks and blowbac...

By local battlefield commanders. now we have great intelligence and a great understanding of the command chronologies. a lot of these units and these characters from the general staff, head of the general staff, general grapheme up all the way down to the colonel. the lower general and colonel ranks. we need to make those names public. we need to say if you participate in a nuclear release, were going to make you famous. youre not going to be able to slink back into obscurity or plead that . i w...

Was providing false supports to very putin because everybody wants to look good in peacetime but when you put forces on the ground you support them logistically over time and get stuff blown up you find out the reality whether you have the sustainment in place, battlefield commanders are technically competent and relevant. it is clear that the russians overestimated their own abilities. theyve been living a lie for the last 30 or 40 years and the ukrainians have stepped up to the plate. for them...

This is what they said. >> translator: peace negotiations should be among afghans and for afghans. we should not wait for pakistan, iran, russia, or america to bring peace to afghanistan. if people from government die, they are afghans. if taliban dirks they are afghans. foreign countries are playing in afghanistan to weaken islam, he says. >> reporter: brooke, there have been some efforts by the taliban to do -- to join back channel diplomatic talks even with american officials. but this is the...

>> conditions on the ground, not arbitrary timetables will guide our strategy from now on. >> chris: how open ended is that commitment? how many troops is the president prepared to send to afghanistan? along as he prepared to keep them there? >> the president has been clear that this is a dramatic shift in terms of military strategy. were shifting from a time-based strategy that hate troop ceiling levels to now a condition based strategies which will be dictated by conditions on the ground infor...