all of the work you re doing there on the ground to help so many people in need. for more information about how you could help these victims of hurricane ian go to cnn.com/impact. and the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. ian s death toll in florida is rising today. could we get some help down here. we have need for gas. there are four boats that just arrived moments ago. this community is never ever seen this high of fluiding before. now we re going into day four without electricity, that is when you get to the life-threatening range. we have no power, no phone service, nothing. the building is ripped off of their foundations and swept backwards. should have there been a mandatory evacuation that came sooner. i wouldn t have changed anything. this storm was very unpredictable. there is a degree of personal responsibility. i think people got complacent. lyman was completely liberated. a phenomenal strategic victory for the ukrainians. thi
annual red mass in washington d.c. the red mass is held every year by the archdiocese of washington and the john carol society before the start of the supreme court s new term. supreme court justices are usually in attendance and the next term begins tomorrow as it does every year on the first monday in october. we end this hour in the same way we began. wrapping up with the latest from hurricane ian. officials confirming tonight at least 75 p4 people have died bu that number could rise higher as search and rescue crews reach isolated areas. on ft. myers beach. a ladder props up an american flag. this had been a memorial to those lost at sea. and today, it s a reminder homes can be rebuilt and even the most cherished property replaced. it s very sad because a lot of the history here and with all of the photos from my husband
those values and tries to really wrap their arms around soldiers, whether they re family s in need. whether they come home and they are in need, for medical care or psychiatric care. you know, whether their children need special accommodations in our schools. our community really is focused on supporting the military that we value so much. what i m sorry. go ahead. finish your point. caller: i was going to say, in times like this, to see that character really come out in the community, and you will see an outpouring of support and care for the victim in the entire community. and what is the city of killeen doing tonight? caller: tonight we ve opened a shelter. if people can t get off the base we assume they can t get on the base. and we re separated by nothing more than a fence. and so our communities are very engaged. we are in each other s bounds constantly. so we assume that there are any number of spouses or military people who were off the base
can have a duty roster where certain members of a unit are able to carry and we know who those individuals are. and you rotate that duty and responsibility. let me stand you by because i want to bring in pete who is an iraq war vet. pete, your thoughts on that? we re not trying to put blame on anybody other than the shooter here but we want to look at how we can better protect our men and women on the i think the colonel is on to something here. you talk about the marine corps that brought this idea up late in 2013 after the navy yard shooting, that you have assigned people within a unit that has a firearm. you want to maintain discipline order within your unit and who is carrying and who is not and most of the time you re assigning weapons to go out to the range or to a military operation. you re under avail of protection on a base where it s it s an honor system. there s guards at the front gate protecting who can come in and who cannot.
specifically, about ft. hood, we ll address them. we don t have any choice here but to address what happened. and do everything possible to assure the safety of our men and women who work on these bases and their families. that isn t an option. it isn t a matter of a question or a challenge too tough. we will do it. colonel alan west joins me now. he was a commander on the ft. hood base for two years and knows it well. good to have you. good to be hire. in september 2013 a man opened fire at the washington navy yard and killed 13 people, including the gunman. after that, mr. hagel asked them to review security, to examine the granting of security clearances and so on. similar measures were taken after the first ft. hood, but it