welcome back. the number you should know today, 31, the official number of house democrats who have chosen not to seek re-election this year. the latest florida congressman ted deutsch. he announced his retirement, seven-term congressman whose district includes parts of palm beach and broward countys, parkland, will become the ceo of the american jewish committee when he leaves office. 30 other democrats on theed out of running for another term. the number is larger than the margin democrats currently hold over republicans in the house. the majority of democrats are fighting an uphill battle to keep. in comparison, 14 republicans have announced their retirement. fred keller said yesterday he won t seek re-election after redistricting put him up against another sitting republican member of congress. by the way, the ted deutsch seat will likely stay in democratic
we know that we can bring some closure, some answers to some of the questions that family members have. neighboring cities last night in miami-dade and broward countys honored and paid tribute to the surfside disaster. all residents urged to shine a light for the victims by candle or flashlight which many people did. this fourth of july weekend, the city of miami beach cancelled their popular fire on the fourth independence day celebration also out of remembrance of the fallen victims here in surfside. trace? trace: thanks, phil. tropical storm elsa is now tracking further west and away from the search efforts in surfside. the tropical storm s course could still change. ron desantis declared an
millions more are hunkering down. nbc s kerry sanders is in sunny isles, a place where the well-known trump tower property located on a barrier island just north of miami. we know gas and supplies are running low, but how are people there coping? reporter: let me give you an idea of how low fas is. you can see here, no gas. station after station like this. gas buddy is reporting in south florida, that is monroe, dade, and broward countys, the greater miami area, that only 38% of reporting stations have gasoline. and all you have to do is to find one is drive in your car and if you see a long line, that s a station that has gas. here s the complex part of the problem. today is sort of a drop dead day when people say, okay, i really do need to leave. you have people who earlier in the week not procrastinators,
number of people on the roads. we can expect additional evacuations as the storm continues to get nearer to our state. miami-dade has order evacuation for zone a and zone b. if you live in these zones and you re still home, leave now. the roads will get worse the longer you wait. volunteer evacuations being ordered in collier county. broward county has issued volunteer evacuations of mobile homes and low-lying areas dpop not ignore evacuation orders. remember, we can rebuild your home, you can get your possessions again, but you can t get your life back. regardless of which coast you live on, be prepared to evacuate. this storm can change. right now the track is on the east coast. it can change. floridians on the west coast cannot p complacent. traffic. i know many of you are in traffic. please be patient. realtime traffic information and routes are available at fl511.com. we re watching all this and
expeditiously into florida. all of these states worked quickly to respond to our request and we have waivers from georgia, alabama, south carolina, and north carolina. i ve spoke within elaine chao. they of lifted federal regulations to get gas to florida quickly. all ports are still operating to bring fuel and supplies in. we are laser focused on how to get as much fuel to our ports as possible while they are open. i have offered school buses for transportation needs in monroe, miami-dade, and broward countys. at this time, miami-dade is using these services to help evacuate those with special needs and broward has buses on standby. monroe has said they do not need buses right now but our offer still stands. right now there is mandatory evacuation order in effect for the florida keys. this means all residents and all visitors. i was down there yesterday to do everything we can to make sure citizens can get out. we estimate there are 35b9 1,000 people that have evacuated from the keys