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Going to be the biggest problem. theres some scattered flooding and as catie was telling you, there are some people trapped but powers going to be the issue. there are 9,000 power workers staged and ready to go once the winds are low enough do so. they felt like they were here and then we got this gust about five minutes ago. but once that happens, there are 9,000 of those trucks that youre very familiar with that go around the country, they move into these emergency areas and theyre ready to st...

Rooftops waiting for rescuers t find them. the death toll could increase. still not a clear picture of what it looks like pretty parts of abaco are decimated. there is severe flooding. there is severe damage. much of it is underwater. the area around the airport now looks like a lake. >> knowing what happens just 10 year, people are taking every precaution. power workers are in place 1700 utility lineman ready to restor power if it goes out. national guard in soldiers and airmen ready to jump in...

>> aishah: and steve harrigan is in daytona beach. >> steve: theyre deploying up and down the coast, seeing emergency rescue workers and electrical powerworkers from around parts of the country and those who clear debris and downed trees. tens of thousands of people have left the area. hotels asking their guests to leave, stores, grocery stores like publix shutting town downd major airports shutting down, orlando, daytona beach, west palm beach, fort lauderdale. making it a mate nightmare fore t...

Regulate carbon dioxide pollution at power plants. >> while speaking to a group of power workers yesterday, president trump attacked the green new deal as well as some of his 2020 challengers, watch this. >> democrats in congress are pushing for the green new deal. how about that one. where it puts everybody in this room out of work. but i dont want to speak badly about it. you know, youve heard me say this. i want to encourage them, that should be their platform. i dont want to do it too early....

Year in the wake of the devastating wildfires there. thats what people are scared about. meantime, the city of malibu is trying to become a functioning city once again. we took a drive down some of the streets nearby today. on every street there are scores of power workers trying to get this city back, trying to get up all the power lines that were brought down, trying restore basic facilities. the city of malibu has been opened up again to residents. they are start fog come back in. the devasta...

The pacific ocean here in malibu. looming over us are the santa monica mountains. you can just see the burn right across them. what has happened is that the fire has stripped all the vegetation, all of the trees, all the brush. when that happens, the soil and all the rocks, etc, essentially lose their anchor. so the fear is if the rains come down, as forecast in the middle of this week just before thanksgiving, then that could generate mud slides. we saw it last year after the awful fires in san...

Buildings, power lines and thats the real risk here, andrew gym up, the mayor, hes up against it here this hurricane is colliding with his own political ambitions. hes running for the governor of the state as the mayor of tallahassee. hes trying to do better than what happened last im in i time, two years ago under hurricane hermine, when he said 90% of the electrical grid was impacted by trees falling and the hurricane. the hurricane will be two-to-three times more powerful than hearn hermine. ...

Family in puerto rico and they are still living in the dark, still washing clothes by hand, still eating canned goods because they dont have power to keep the food refrej rated. they dont have a generator either, that was a family that also has a 1 month old baby. so the daily struggle for them is very real and hasnt changed much in the last few months. so again, six months later, i dont want to take away from all the credit of all these power workers. many still on the island. although they are...

New england, if you dont have power, 10 degrees, plus the power workers out there trying to repair this. still ahead, one of the biggest of the biggest names in silicon valley is putting a big bet on bitcoin. >> how much she putting behind the currency and the stories driving your business day coming up next. hey, need fast heartburn relief? try cool mint zantac. it releases a cooling sensation in your mouth and throat. zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. try coo...

>> she has no idea when she will get power back. i ask her if she thinks it will be soon. without power cheryl and her children lost more than the lights. >> without power they dont have water. >> the mayor said the problem is constant bureaucratic delays. for a month they had power workers here, but not enough materials to actually carry out the work. the mayor calls this a start. he said they need more generators and cables. the u.s. army core of engineers admits a shortage of supplies stemmin...