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Care facility. key questions, when did the power fail? when did the air-conditioning go out? and why did no one raise the alarm until too late? >> the initial investigation has determined the facility had some power, however, the buildings air-conditioning system was not fully functional. portable ac yunlts were being used. >> reporter: police say the first call went out wednesday morning, 3:00 a.m., a patient in cardiac arrest. an hour later, a second call, a patient suffering respiratory failu...

Words, other nurses homes. some of these patients were okay to go back into a different nursing home, but most of them have had to stay in the hospital. kate? >> elizabeth, any further detail on what they think happened? >> you know, there really isnt. there are so many questions right now. they said they dont know what temperature was inside, and really, what they dont know is, what happened in the communication between the city, the emergency workers, and the facility. the facility was not qui...

They didnt realize this extensive beach erosion, this extensive wind, and the sustained surges would have been in northeastern florida in and around jacksonville and clearwater. as the choppers have gone up and emergency workers have gone in, this is what theyve been saying in location after location. again, vilano beach here and authorities are saying it could be a very long time before these beach communities get all of their power back. down in davie florida in southeast florida, this is the ...

This is happening right now. helicopters unloading supplies, i am being told by the producers, down in the florida keys. remember, everyone who is they are in the lower to middle keys is a bit stuck. the bridges are out. there is no power, no water, no sewer. supplies event brought in. a c-130 came into the key west airport i believe last night. for the first big resupply and now is the camera pans to the right, we are seeing they are waiting on helicopters to arrive. the armada is at sea and he...

Twin blue beams that rise from lower manhattan as they do every year on this night. 9/11 was 16 years ago today. and the powerful anniversary was the only thing that stopped first responders today in florida. emergency workers and operations centers paused this morning to mark a moment of silence and then from there it was right back to work. and the job is huge. from texas to florida now, recovering from harvey and now irma will take years and in plain english its going to cost a fortune. there...

The only thing that stopped first responders today in florida. emergency workers and operations centers paused this morning to mark a moment of silence and then from there it was right back to work. and the job is huge. from texas to florida now, recovering from harvey and now irma will take years. and in plain english, its going to cost a fortunate. theres a big effort tomorrow night to raise a fortune. theyre calling it hand in hand. a tell anthony led by three broadcast networks with a ton of...

Thats the word from state of floridas governor who says more than half of florida is in the dark. he says its going to take us a long time to get the power back up. the head of fema says the cleanup is going to be a frustrating event. people across that state from coast-to-coast dealing with temperatures in the high 80s. for many of them, triple digit feels like in the next couple days with no air conditioning. the feds say theyre deploying aircraft today to inspect the damage and help with any ...

>> pin ellis -- pinellas, well get it back. well get it back as long as people are safe, and i want them to be patient. i know they want to get outsides, but again. we got to make sure they are safe. >> congressman gus. you, your constituents, great people of florida in our thoughts and prayers. >> thank you so much. god bless you. >> you too. >> he was talking about emergency workers there, you know one thing that struck me in meet up to this, i was watching a firefighter in miami area where pe...

Hunkerring down. that tells you what it will fee like youre in the heart of hurricane force winds, youre talking 150 miles an hour, which obviously isnt safe for anyone to be outside. this isnt fun and its only 35, 40 miles an hour winds. >> thats where the emergency workers stop coming out, where the electrical workers cant do anything else. whatever happens now, power is out, thats what itll be like for the rest of the night. >> i remember in hurricane gustav i was in louisiana and we were wit...

Update fairly soon. it is weakening a little bit because it is over land. our sam champion is in miami. i had a conversation with the mayor yesterday who himself have not evacuated and he was okay in that texan way we were hearing from harvey of people not evacuated from the area. marco island is ignoring its own rules of not sending emergency workers out while there are high winds and going to rescue people who stuck around. sam, on one hand, i want to hug all these guys because they are americ...