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>> lost everything lost night. ive been in the house since 1987. pictures and memories. >> just gone. >> and there was a front door and it was a surge and it took me to the middle of the yard and i fought to get back into the porch. >> i would have gotten me and my family ahead of time. >> and where do you start? >> that is a question so many people are asking right now. in just minutes, president biden is going to be giving an update on the federal response to this dafter. well bring ...

with over 6.2 million people under a hurricane warning here. sandbags lining the charleston streets, the governor says he knows what is coming. and now, zooming out, still trying to comprehend the tol tolerating pain, and the death toll. and now, sanibel island is only reachable by boat, and city after city in florida decimated by hurricane ian. and in fort myers, decimated by heaps of concrete and debris and the people trying to pick up their lives and send help. >> we lost everything...

in fort myers beach, it is even hard to bike through the destruction. the messages from residents there, if you can send help, we need it. sanibel and cap teva islands cut off from the main land, only accessible by boat or air after, as you know, ian destroyed this major bridge that connects them to the main land. many of the homes there are in pieces or completely washed away. the coast guard is now going door to door, still trying to rescue people. >> make sure you have a bag for you...

pushing heavy rain and wind into cities that are vulnerable with flooding. after the path wiped out floridas west coast leaving parts of the state swamped, draining vital resources, emergency rooms forced to turn away patients, in the states costliest hurricane on record. plus, putin makes his land grab official, the biggest annexation and absorb in europe, as protesters here leave their mark vandalizing the russian consulate. welcome to "the lead," im jake tapper, hurricane ian maki...

thousands are without power still at last check with the emergency management, 13,000 were without power. portions of the pier have been broken off into the atlantic and there was localized flooding with roads inundated with water. as it stands right now, though, we do not know of any reports of injuries. weve been checking with the local emergency management here. so far its just significant damage to the piers. there was cause for concern a short time ago, about an hour ago, as we we...

of ians destruction in florida is still being revealed. were seeing horrifying new images of wiped out communities, as rescue operations continue and the death toll rises. also tonight, vladimir putin vows victory will be ours. thats what he says and throws a red square celebration after annexing one fifth of ukraine. the u.s. and its allies are condemning the land grab as illegal and president biden is warning putin wont get away with what he calls this dangerous escalation of the w...

got, less than a thousand power outages, but also just be prepared in case something turns or something happens this afternoon. >> ainsley: down in florida, desperate search and rescue efforts are underway this morning. at least ten are confirmed dead. but officials warn that number will likely be higher. >> the damage i saw was on fort myers beach. but they have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and is likely many more than that. >> ainsley: floridas governor will give a press conf...

authorities have been urging peoples to stay inside and stay off of those roads, we are talking about some of the vehicles that are out there and still attempting to lead. they asked people to hunker down and get to that high ground. they have made city parking garage is available for people to park their ground cars on higher grounds until the storm passes. a lot of those are full, they were absolutely packed to the gables last night. sandbags have been handed out. at this point in ti...

we begin with our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox weather center. rick? >> yeah, landfall about 55 minutes ago just around the georgetown, south carolina area. thats where the worst of the storm surge is. the storm surge on shore already. winds sustained were 85 miles an hour. a category one storm. we look at the satellite picture. looks like a mess. its turning into a more typical storm that you might see in the northern latitudes or at least a combination between tho...

at his disposal to defend the now annexed territories. president biden responding with a stern warning of his own. >> mr. putin, dont misunderstand what im saying. >> ukraines president zelenskyy is now pushing for accelerated admission into nato in the wake of putins move today. rhetorical back and forth has ratcheted the threat of expansion of the war in ukraine to a new level. retired general jack keane with analysis of the situation. jacqui heinrich with the biden administrations r...