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Governors assistance, the department of transportation is working on a temporary bridge, theyre delivering tons of gravel, as we speak starting yesterday, and possibly could have a temporary bridge in place -- >> well were listen to the sheriff of lee county giving an update on he said the search and recovery efforts and listing out the phases of search and recovery that are still underway in that hard-hit county. hes in ground zero of this disaster. fort myers beach also saying that theyre work...

Officials there are not taking this seriously? >> great question. i think they just dont want to change course. good leaders pivot when things dont work out. they can confess up to a mistake and change directions. they arent doing that. they are sticking to one narrative and that this is all due to the pandemic and rising housing costs. thats not true. >> sandra: one can make the case if you dont feel safe walking down the street in your own town, your own city, there could be serious political ...

But we really need to get there before that. so were looking at different options, including barges, but as you could imagine to take utility trucks on a barge is quite a feat and there needs to be infrastructure on the island, a bulkhead to even let the barge land because youre talking about tons and tons of equipment and vehicles to get there. but they have multiple operations working in tandem, a new bridge and temporary bridge and a barge operation. >> they all sound very complex to say the ...

The chinese billionaire richard liu has reached an out of court settlement on the eve of a court battle over an accusation of sexual assault. the 49—year—old founder ofjd.com, whos been labelled thejeff bezos of china, was to face his accuser, a 25—year—old chinese graduate student, in open court in the us state of minnesota. the news has surprised many in china and dominated chinese social media. israel and lebanon may be close to a deal to resolve a long—standing dispute over their m...

Equally culpable for what happened on september 11th. >> reporter: the defense is expected to argue they came to washington as peace keepers and believed president donald trump would invoke the insurrection act. the act is from the 1800s and gives presidents emergency powers to deploy the military to quell unrest. what do you make of that defense? >> its grasping at straws. the insurrection act was not invoked so everything they did was done without any cofver of the insurrection act. prosecutor...

Waste landfill. it was proposed that the landfill store thousands of tons of pcb contaminated soil. but when the truck loads of tainted soil arrived at the site, hundreds of protesters showed up to literally stand in the way of injustice. for weeks, protesters marched, prayed, lay their bodies in the middle of the road to block the trucks from turning their home into a poisonous wasteland. dolly burwell was one of the leaders of that protest, she has been credited with the mother of the movement...

Just how easily hed chewed through tons of concrete and steel. but to the danger above? heartbreaking. when you realize this is the only way an entire community can reach the place that they call home. >> to see a vote literally night next to my apartment as i see my grandmother and my girlfriend out. cant stop a bolt. im not superman. >> and theres also 1 million residents that are without power. state officials were optimistic about the progress that they made to get people back on the grid. >...

And rain in the i-95 corridor and a separate area of corridor and gloomy conditions and rain and constant on shore flow there and that will cause issues around the beaches. give you your forecast and fort meyers and things looking really good. this system kind of ushered -- kind of made the exit of the rainy season that we have in florida that was always already really rainy and its one of the problems we had with all this moisture that fell. take a look at this. tons of sunshine, humidity level...

Black caucus is holding its annual legislative conference in washington right now. they have influential events that are putting a spotlight on key issues that will likely be on the ballot next month. and could offer a preview of how democrats can keep control of congress. joining me now in studio is host of politicsnation, reverend al sharp. he is also founder and president of the national action network, and the author of righteous troublemakers, untold stories of the social justice movement i...

So you were right, i was wrong. [laughter] weve been through so many of them and, like i said, youre scared of the wind. like, thats the scary part. and my whole mindset just changed because its not the wind that was scary, it was the first time where we saw water like this. >> sure. >> it was just a whole different experience. like i said, ive never seen anything like it. it was terrible. neil: it wasnt as scary with the water because you were which canning in on mom, the waters rising, but its...