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we cover the devastation caused by hurricane ian. here is the newest information coming in this saturday evening. the storms death toll in florida now stands at 66. this is the scene in north port, which is in sarasota county. state officials say the latest known death is that of a 62-year-old woman also from that county. she apparently drowned after getting trapped in her vehicle. take a look at the massive amount of water people risked traveling through today east of sarasota. theyre...

mid-atlantic states. after leaving florida, ian did make landfall earlier today near myrtle beach, south carolina, as a category one hurricane. it heavily flooded a local street. do you see this? this was a scene a few miles south and nearby pawleys island. the streets are turning into rivers look at this. the power of the storm surge as the hurricane was churning, the atlantic ocean, it sliced a peer into. as ian news northward tonight, a tornado watches now in effect for parts of the...

the winds are gusting at 85 miles per hour, and the other big concerns are life-threatening storm surge and heavy rain. we are tracking who is in the most danger. all of this as millions of people in florida are taking those first painful steps towards recovery. so many lives are upended by hurricane ians devastation, and the storm is likely one for the record books as the grim evidence of the powerful strike now litters coastlines. today, fort myers beach impassable. shells of buildin...

Power now. The winds are extremely high. And water is rising. Just clinging to i dont know what that is. Theyre flying around the streets. A cinder block wall that was the entire width of this area came down. Theyre coming through. We had some of the strongest winds here so far. Good to be with you this morning. Im francis rivera. And im philip mena. It is 4 30 in the east. Thank you for joining us for this Special Edition of early today. The strong winds of ian already impacting Daytona Beach a...

power now. the winds are extremely high. and water is rising. >> just clinging to i dont know what that is. theyre flying around the streets. >> a cinder block wall that was the entire width of this area came down. >> theyre coming through. we had some of the strongest winds here so far. >> good to be with you this morning. im francis rivera. >> and im philip mena. it is 4:30 in the east. thank you for joining us for this special edition of "early today." the strong winds of ian alread...

the devastation in very direct terms. >> the impacts of this storm are historic and the damage that was done has been historic and this is just off initial assessments. >> take a look at fort myers, close to where ian made landfall. you see the downed trees and the boats tossed around like toys. storm surges as high as 7 to 10 feet swept through surrounding areas making streets look more like oceans. ian has left more than 2.5 million floridians without power. folks who were in shelter...

circuit didnt have the jurisdiction to act when it did. and now they want the supreme court to step in. notably, this request from trumps team goes directly to justice clarence thomas. but that is actually because he oversees all petitions that come in from the 11th circuit. it is likely here that justice thomas will refer this to the full court to decide this issue. but anderson, we have seen trump appeal to the supreme court several times in the next few years, with little success. i...

and i dont think everyone was prepared for anything. >> my heart is broken for them. how do you recoup? >> we couldnt cross our fingers and hope for the best. we have listened and have listened. this is a huge defeat for moscow. this is not going well. hes facing an unprecedented amount of criticism from within. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. hello on this tuesday, october 4th. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. its been s...

hurricane ian, and now questions are growing about why officials waited to order mandatory evacuations. and the person who helped recruit the migrants is a former u.s. army counterintelligence agent. so who is she? lets go out front. good evening, im erin burnett. out front tonight, putins chaos. this video shows one of the ambushes destroying three russian tanks. and videos posted online by ukraines defense ministry show one town after another being liberated. you see the flags fl...

even. all of the flooding blocking this major highway behind me. >> we did what we had to do. i wouldnt have changed anything. >> i lost my boat, everything i had, but saved three guys, its worth it. >> can we get some help around here? would that be too much to ask? live from london, this is cnn "newsroom" with max foster. it is monday october 3rd, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. on the east coast. five days after hurricane ian slammed into florida. at least 76 people have lost t...