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It is the top of the hour. Good morning, im poppy harlow. Glad youre with me. Right now officials in florida are working trying to identify and locate those still missing after Hurricane Ian ravaged several parts of the state. And while the Search And Rescue missions continue, more than 2,000 people have been pulled to safety despite that the death toll has risen significantly over the last 24 hours. At least 101 people across 11 florida counties died as a result of the storm. Hurricane ian is a...

american voices with castro starts right now on msnbc. thank you, reverend sharpton. hello everyone and welcome to american voices. i am in for alicia menendez this hour. we kick off the new year with a finale of political theater in the house of representatives. what it means for doing the peoples business and the year to come. 14 ballots tonight -- kevin mccarthy finally got what he wanted. last night he became speaker of the house, who knew the 15th time could be the charm. instead ...

battle over everything from immigration policy to inflation. before it all happens, republicans will first have to elect a new speaker. kevin mccarthy is having big problems with his bid for the position. minutes ago he said he wont drop out, and even though the house could go to a second vote for the first time in a hundred years. wow. on the senate side, mitch mcconnell is poised to make history. before a very different reason. hello. this is "outnumbered." happy new year. im harris ...

still cut off from the mainland. search and rescue operations are still under way. serious questions are being asked about whether evacuation orders came too late for some. nearly 2,000 people have been rescued so far according to the florida governor. thcht is footage from sanibel island, blue skies overhead. a neighborhood still flooded to the point that only way out is by chopper. we have two reports tonight. the first is from ft. myers beach and our randi kaye who is among the firs...

ian are unlivable. the scenes, apocalyptic. >> responders working by boat and aircraft. nearly 2,000 rescues in southwest and central florida since last week when hurricane ian hit the state. this morning, the number of customers without power is now below half a million in florida. president biden travels to florida tomorrow for a firsthand look at the devastation. cnns randi kaye is live this morning in fort myers beach. randi? >> reporter: john, i know youve seen fort myers beach ...

it is the top of the hour. good morning, im poppy harlow. glad youre with me. right now officials in florida are working trying to identify and locate those still missing after hurricane ian ravaged several parts of the state. and while the search and rescue missions continue, more than 2,000 people have been pulled to safety despite that the death toll has risen significantly over the last 24 hours. at least 101 people across 11 florida counties died as a result of the storm. hurrica...

Well and were able to get his pulse back. that is what happened. it happens in other sports like lacrosse and hockey. usually with a projectile. but again, it brings attention to some of the other high profile injuries that have happened recently with nfl players. its caused this reckoning as you mentioned in that article you are reading from the washington post. >> as you pointed out there were medical personnel that rush to the field to provide attention. and then he was taken to the universit...

Reduce information in your body. that process usually takes 2-3 days. where we are at, what is our baseline. what we do know so far as his vital signs are stable, thats fantastic, but we do need more information. we do know that he is young, he is healthy. we dont know if he had under ay underlying medical conditions, but im sure we will get that information soon. >> harris: how significant is it -- and we knew this last night -- that they have revived and am semi but he wasnt able to breathe on...

And i tried to revive her, and im saying, victoria, victoria, right, and shes not responding. i couldnt find the pulse. and then when i realized that her heart had stopped, thats when the police showed up. >> reporter: luckily, several jackson police officers were just a mile away in a church parking lot when the call came in. and they werent just cpr trained, which is standard. >> we have -- >> reporter: they also had a defibrillator with them which is not standard in police departments across ...

We got a steady pulse back. it felt like forever. yeah. >> reporter: victoria was eventually transported to the childrens hospital of philadelphia where she spent 26 days. >> we talked to the doctors there. they said that because the police officers performed the cpr perfectly, like, not just good, perfectly, that saved me. >> reporter: how do you feel having had your life saved by the intervention of these officers? >> its pretty amazing. kind of feels like a send chance to really, like, even f...