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Damage when hurricane irma hit. its at a community were dozens of people were riding out the storm. ed lavandera visited the town. heres what he saw. >> reporter: where the everglades meets the gulf of mexico, there sits a fishing village called goodland. the eye of hurricane irma chainsawed its way here, and gary stringer stared down the sharpest edge of the storms blade. he sat in this room as the 130-mile-per-hour winds roared outside. >> did you feel the house was going to get picked up off ...

Mexico, theres a fishing village. the eye of hurricane irma chain sawed its way here, and gary stringer stared down the sharpest edge of the storms blade. he sat in this room as the 130-mile-per-hour winds recovered outside. >> did you feel the house was going to get picked up off the ground. >> i thought, almost, yeah. >> as the house shook, he heard the cracking and rumbling of a giant tree ripping out of the ground. he opened the door to see the tree had fallen on to the neighbors house. he...

>> reporter: hi, wolf, here in goodland, florida, there are about 40 people who rode out the storm here, amazingly enough. its a community that sits on the edge of the everglades and the gulf of mexico. this is a community that took a direct impact from this storm. many people would probably suggest no one should have been here behind me. a home where gary stringer waited out the storm by himself. he thought this was all going to come crashing down on him. he described how the roof was crackling...

Actually. >> goodness. you have plenty of company. how are the dogs doing? they can usually sense low pressure very acutely. >> yeah, the dogs were not happy this morning and theyve been very subdued this afternoon as its gotten worse, but they are definitely staying close to us. they know, as you said. >> youre in what you think is the strongest point of the structure, and what kind of noise is the house making? >> the water noise from the rain has gotten increasingly bad. the trees, we can hea...

These guys have the noise canceling headsets but it doesnt block it all out and it will drive you crazy. >> it will. for a lot of these people, it is the sweetest noise. when you hear this above you and you are desperate and you need a way to get out of the water, its allowed. i will give you that its annoying. we apologize to the audience. its loud but its the sweetest sound a lot of these people today have ever heard in their lives when they get on board this black hawk helicopter. its taking ...

Honors last night to avoid political distraction but yet hes going to phoenix for a rally this week. >> youre right he is scheduled to go phoenix on tuesday night for a rally. this comes as theres rumbling that is he could pardon the sheriff thats been found guilty there of several crimes and it would be interesting to see with the ousting of steve bannon whether or not this is the type of play the president is kgoing to make to his base. hes at camp david, hes huddling up with generals, the vic...

Development but it was happening for months. >> he was simpattico with the president and he was ininstrumental in getting the president-elected and bias you power and in the white house he was in tannedum with reince priebus and at some point they would depart the white house. a lot of people thought he would have departed before now. and on two walls was white boards with all of the things he wanted to accomplish. and a lot of things were checked off and some not. and some grumbling that bannon...

Statement and thought as a criticism here. where was the presidents messaging? the communication? there wast a delay in it. now that he is personally responsible for it, because people look to a president for guidance and for that kind of moral leadership, to hear the president has to say because the words do matter. we satt here and said that about president obama would be how to delay coming to be fair. >> jesse: perhaps, greg was right. im out of the presidents head, thank god. perhaps the pr...

Here is that where was the presidents messaging? the communications and that there was a delay in it. not that he is personally responsible for it. because people look to a president for guidance and for that kind of moral leadership to hear what the president has to say because the words do matter. we sat here and said that about president obama. when has been delay of game to be fair. >> jesse: to be fair. perhaps greg is right. unforced error. im not in the presidents head thank god. perhaps ...

Worst candidate possible, and empowering further mitch mcconnell mk, karl rove and this guy jeff rove. i dont know how well get change in this country when mr. change is not mr. change. elections have consequences. i think what he did yesterday was outrageous. absolutely outrageous, and i dont think many of you will forget about it. >> this is the big, the red line. the change line. thats what we see in some of the polling when people lose fate he can be an agents change he gets in real trouble....