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of the florida coast of that this is sanibel island, an island decimated by hurricane ian. right now theres no way to get help in to sanibel. the only bridge that connected the island to the mainland, its a long causeway, its caved in. so theres no way to get on or off the island unless you travel by boat. and thats been incredibly difficult for anyone to do. and that loss right now spans the florida coast. ill show you cape coral. our bill weir was here today. this is a picture he too...

>> wow. you got the video? >> i got it. >> here it is. >> oh, man. >> thats our pool. thats our deck. that was my house. my house is gone. >> jesse: a fox news alert, one of the largest search and rescue missions in american history is underway after hurricane ian decimated moving up the east coast. governor ron desantis says the situation is really bad. >> the amount of water thats been rising, will likely continue to rise today, even as the storm is passing, is basically a 500-year f...

Team member. derrick, i wanted to talk to you because the person that thomas just interviewed, melissa, we noticed how calm she was and you referred to the adrenaline rush, that the people who want to get out of there and even the gunman may have had initially and now we have been in this for three hours, and that adrenaline rush is gone and how can the s.w.a.t. members focus and engage and hopefully get them out of there? >> well, its just a matter of what the s.w.a.t. members, its a matter of ...

Interview because he is and was so passionate about his cause. we are following breaking news out of silver spring, maryland, where a hostage situation started around 1:00 eastern time. authorities say a man thats been identified as james jae lee walked into the headquarters of the discovery channel, flashed a gun, and right now they are negotiating with this man in an attempt to end this standoff with him. from all accounts, this individual, james jae lee, is not seen as being necessarily viole...

Reporters out front. weve even seen what looks like a couple of people walking around, even though that area is pretty much on lockdown. authorities are not sure how many of the employees of the discovery channel are with mr. lee. they do know that there are some people with him on the first floor, and there are maybe others who are hiding in the building itself, but so far thankfully there are no shots fired, no fatalities and no one is injured and police are negotiating with james j. lee to en...

Arrested for disorderly conduct and a lesser charge of littering. >> were you able to confirm though that he was giving money to homeless people to be part of his protest? >> you know, we followed up with various shelters in the area and they did hear, you know, from the advocates that would come from the shelters that he was indeed doing this. >> okay. so through the course of what you worked on, did you talk to him specifically? did you -- did you find out what type of programming that he want...

Hope that you can resolve these things as quickly as possible but sometimes these things can drag on for hours, for days and in some cases weeks. >> and in a situation like this, would negotiators ask to speak with some of the employees who are with him, some of the hostages, just to get their take, or is that something that is usually off limits? >> no. sometimes they will ask to speak to the hostages just to find out if they are in a good state of mind, if theres any requests that they may hav...

Overpopulation, and so it does not and is not limited to, you know, this save the planet alone kind of a global warming, environmental. >> right. >> some of his most passionate language in his list of demands has to do with what he sees as an overpopulation problem. he says, from one little small bit that ill read from his website, the humans, question mark, the planet does not need humans, and he says at the end that these are the demands and says of lee, and, again, very passionate about his b...

With him that day at the protest when he was arrested so this man had a lot of money. >> agnes, when you did speak with him in court and he represented himself through trial what, did you find his demeanor to be like, and what did you find his personality to be like when speaking to you about the situation he found himself in? >> right. mr. lee believed he would win, but it was -- the man did not come from a lawyerly background. i dont think he knew what he was really getting himself into. he --...