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Val demings represents parts of orlando, which is where ian appears to be headed. shes a democratic nominee for the senate of florida. she joins me now. congresswoman, how are things holding up in the parts of the district that are out entering the zone of the storm. >> chris, in a land oh its pretty dire. we have not seen the worst of hurricane ian yet. as you know, its not really expected, the eye of the storm is not really expected to get to us until 2:00 in the morning, and some hours therea...

Steve patterson, thank you so much for being down there and reporting for us. please do stay safe. so this is a live look at orlando, florida. this is not on the coast at all, but where rain is absolutely pouring down as hurricane ian moves inland. i think we have maybe lost our orlando shot. we should note that the storm is moving across the peninsula, moving slowly. we are expecting that it will continue to dump a lot of water across the entire part of florida. then its going to bank off into ...

We should know about. joining us now is msnbcs ali bell she. ali, you have been giving us some gripping coverage today. i know the naples was hit with a storm, surge and quite a bit of flooding. what can you tell us about the conditions where you are? >> its kind of remarkable, alex, before noon i was standing here, and there was nothing. this is a parking lot of the hotel we were actually staying at. this is facing east, thats not the water. the water is behind me. every time ive done a hurrica...

The two hurricanes hit the mainland, following near identical spots near port charlotte. but comparisons between charlie and ian. here is hurricane ian as seen from space, the whole storm is 500 miles wide. the one we talk about hurricane, the part we are typically most concerned about is the section of the storm with hurricane-force winds. the yellow and red here, that stretches from tampa to naples, those winds are more than 100 miles wide. the eye of the storm alone is more than 30 miles wide...

Course, in houston, the catastrophe was that the storm stuck around, move very slowly, dumped a lot of rain. it sounds like there is, like we are in the teeth of the risk for more rain perspective. >> its just beginning. we are going through stages. it was the initial, what is the wind going to be when it makes landfall? how bad will that damage be? will it be adore nato? well still find out in the morning. i havent seen any pictures of structures destroyed by the wind. the storm surge, ive seen...

>> all right, stay with msnbc throughout the evening as we continue to bring you live coverage of the devastating impact of hurricane ian in floridas florida. this is the readout. i turn it over to chris hayes. chris, off to you. >> thank you so much, joy. i really appreciated. this hour, one of the most powerful storms to hit the united states in decades is roaring across florida, bringing massive amounts of water and catastrophic winds. hurricane ian was just down graded to category three stor...

There is been a lot of polarization in reactions to politics. although some real progress on some bipartisan pieces of legislation. the previous president tended to see disasters through a kind of partisan lens, about who is getting hit, and who is not. i imagine you have some confidence that there will be some positive -- >> there has to be. as you well know, ian is one of the largest that we have seen in the history of florida. look, i grew up in florida. ive worked as a first responder for al...

He joins me from miami. i dont know if we have sound on him. jamie, what can you tell us about this storm, which does seem like, well, nearing worst-case scenario in terms of size, speed, and strength? >> it is. the huge size is just spreading the impacts across the florida peninsula. the slow speed is increasing the duration and of the damaging wind rains and the flood potential. look at this radar reflectivity. were getting estimates of 4 to 5 inches port hour in those heavy winds. >> give us ...

Are watching behind me, with this rain pummeling this area of the state, this is still hours before the worst of eons impact is expected in this part of florida, which should give you an idea of how powerful this storm is. even in the northern bands, were getting the outer suites sweeps of ian wright. now this is already this bad. we are seeing. it is largely rain and wind. im telling you that right now we are seeing the strongest gusts now, and they seem to be a little more sustained. earlier t...

Off of the gulf coast there. were not going to get a sense of it until tomorrow. but yes, it looks pretty path down in. >> and well be talking about this later in the hour. thanks, chris. and thank you for joining us. hurricane ian continues to create a swath of -- in made landfall just after 3:00 this afternoon in southwestern florida, near k oconnor, a island off of the coast of fort myers. ian came ashore as a category four hurricane with 150 mile per hour winds. just a few miles per hour shy...