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List for tonights dinner at the white house. we have a group of senators, thats pretty standard, but within the group weve got three democrats, too. all of them up for re-election next year. all of them from the state the president won, the states he won big, and all of them did not sign onto a letter laying out democrats demands for tax reform. translation? the president sees an opening for a deal. kasie hunt is on capitol hill. walk us through what we expect to see out of this dinner, if anyth...

They will be doing sling-low operations as needed. and wean have engineer access on the ground, continue to do search and rescue, and debris removal as the governor said and any other task placed before us. that will be all, sir. >> and i would like to thank the governor for his tireless efforts in this hurricane. also, the major roadways are open. we just ask for your patience as we begin this recovery process. thank you. >> the highway patrol has 1700 people working, they are working 12-hour s...

The -- >> we passed legislation that requires that disclosure. and one thing you do, you work to make sure, some of that gets caused because theres not good backup power. so thats where we have really tried to make sure happens around the state, that everybody has power so we dont have that issue. and these backup generators, i know it costs money, but it really does matter. for everybody, whether its businesses, and we are working hard with our alfs and nursing homes with regard to that. great,...

So, we think of them as the lower keys and the upper keys. residents of the upper keys can get into it. they block them off in the middle and residents of the lower keys cannot right now. heres why. the center of this storm at one of its most powerful points as a cat 4 hurricane, the eye wall went through the lower keys. were being told from those who have flown over it, its war zone-like. there are houses taken completely off foundations. houses thrown into other houses. people would be at risk...

We secured assets with his help. and the federal government as well and our local first responders and the rescues happened. so now we are recovering and rebuilding begins. >> well hear from the florida national guard. >> good morning, governor. thank you very much. hey, i would like to add as the governor mentioned before, we put 8,000 guard members on the ground. we are in over half of the shelters around the state. we have 32 points of distribution that have been opened up currently. we have ...

Safe. look, i was telling people in jacksonville, if this wasnt my job, i would have left the city days ago and wouldnt have been here for the storm because i understood the seriousness and impact of it. and we just hope that, you know, people take this seriously. we dont want another event like this, but mother nature is mother nature and we want people to be serious about it. >>reporter: are you pleased with the lack or loss of life here? >> we have no reported casualties as a result of this s...

Lets listen. >> i want to thank the national guard for showing up. i want to thank highway patrol, we had 1700 officers keeping the roads open. we had traffic, but the truth is, it never stopped. we had to open up shoulders in places in the state. so they have already, the d.o.t. opened up all the highways. all return routes are open again. were working to make sure theres fuel on them. well be getting the fuel trucks out. next i want to thank the federal government. it starts with president tru...

The caribbean. but theres a question of whether the infrastructure in certain areas can actually handle it. 29 million people visit the caribbean every single year. $35 billion is spent from tourists every single year. and so youre talking about a major, major economic impact here. that has repercussions as well here in miami, of course, and throughout the state of florida. we rely here in florida on 110 million tourists coming through. >> nobody is heading to miami that doesnt live there most l...

To the normal life as quickly as possible. so we have a lot of work to do. but everybody is going to come together. were going to get this state rebuilt. and this state is a state of strong resilient people. and were going to get our jobs back and help build our companies again and then get this all cleaned up and hopefully get more tourists back in our state and get everybody back. now ill turn it over to the major. >> i want to thank the governor for always being on site and the opportunity to...