if we are lucky someone will come and tell us we are in way over our heads. the biden white house has been trying to get that point across to joe biden for over a year and a half telling him he is just not that guy anymore. he can t be going out in front of the cameras like he used to, you know, back in the day. and for some time joe listened he spent 221 days without a sit-down interview sitting down in bunker while most of us had questions. joe biden decided to finally break that streak this weekend talking to 60 minutes and try to prove to everyone that he still has it in him. mr. president, you are the oldest president ever. pretty good shape, eh? which leads to the next question. some people ask whether you are fit for the job and when you hear that i wonder what you think. watch me. honest to god that s all i think. watch me. jesse: we have been watching. that s why scott pelley asked you that and we don t like what we see. biden is like the guy going around
strong winds and heavy rain are battering the orlando area as the storm moves its way toward the atlantic ocean. the storm created catastrophic flooding that left entire communities under several feet of water and sent cars and debris floating down streets. take a look at these images. the water was just relentless. crews are still carrying out emergency rescues on land, air and sea. in bonita springs, a group of good samaritans rescued an elderly man stranded in his car in surging flood waters, dragging him through waist-high water to safety. ian s strong winds brought down trees, power lines, knocked out power to more than two and a half million homes and businesses. the winds also literally ripped off roofs from a number of homes, including this mobile home. a short time ago, governor ron desantis call canned the impact historic ask also addressed comments from the lee county sheriff that there may be hundreds of fatalities, something that s not been confirmed. we have h
just after 3:00 p.m. east coast, the eye crossed over a barrier island near ft. myers, florida. this is a live look at the satellite right now. you can see the immense size and strength mof the hurricane. the winds are 150 miles an hour. that s just shy of making this a monstrous category 5. this was the scene just ahead of landfall captured by a storm chaser in pine island, florida. these conditions are expected to worsen in the coming hours, believe it or not. more than 850,000 customers are without power across the state of florida. another major concern today is the storm surge. the storm surge is the abnormal rise of ocean water that s generated by the storm. the lee county sheriff expects that to be, quote, life changing today. that area includes ft. myers and the city of cape coral where the emergency management manager tells cnn, hurricane ian will likely be one of the worst the region has ever seen. we are covering the storm as only cnn can with our team of journalis
queen. let s begin this morning with this breaking news out of the united kingdom. buckingham palace with the statement saying that the queen s doctors are concerned for her health, and are recommending she remain under medical supervision. cnn s max foster is following this from london. cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta with us, also cnn reporter anna stewart outside buckingham palace. max, you ve been chronicling throughout the last hours the steps being taken that raise the level of concern right now that this could be grave that the children, of course, traveling to the palace, family members, also notes being passed to the conservative and labor leaders in parliament. tell us what we know at this stage about the queen s health. well, the level of concern has really been rising throughout the day as you point out. there were rumors this morning, concern last night that the queen had canceled a virtual meeting with crucial privy council to swear in the
roads have been impassable. you see the devastation. you see how difficult that is to be anywhere near. carrie sanders was actually in the storm as the eye was making landfall. there is the wind speed as i m standing next to building. i can just take a knee here. okay, you guys got it. i m going back up. this is really hard. you get the idea. that s power that s mother nature that s the power of mother nature and that s what citizens have been urged to evacuate for. the journalist you see have safety techniques as well as back up to try to deal with covering the safely. but appreciate their service. it is going to push to florida. it s just gonna come in here for a second. it is a slow-moving aspect, eight miles per hour they re bracing for two months worth of rain according to estimates that will come down in a matter of days. we it is live in naples, ali, what are you seeing in your report? outer bands, it is a dirty end of the storm. obviously, this part hit us. a