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good day, everyone. im andrea mitchell in washington. president biden will speak this afternoon about the federal governments coordination with leaders in georgia, south carolina and, of course, hurricane ravaged florida. we expect to hear from ron desantis later this hour. lets begin with nbcs kathy park in charleston, south carolina. residents are used to flooding in that historic district. this looks like its going to be an unprecedented event. >> reporter: yeah. good afternoon. tha...

today. authorities first responders and volunteers awaiting opportunity to rescue those in need and we are told theres many who need need. more than 2 million people without power as the damage assessments either are beginning or are about to begin. weve got team coverage with fox contributor -- beginning west where hurricane ian is headed. good evening. >> hickam a trace. since we last spoke, the amount of people without power in orange county is more than double. overy 69,000 without...

and water is rising. >> were you looking at the screen? >> just some of the scenes as hurricane ian made a devastating land fall in southwestern florida. the category 4 storm left a large path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. well have a live report for you. rescue crews are busy trying to get to people who decided to ride out the storm and were then stranded by rising floodwaters. and were still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida at this hour. ...

of biblical proportions. ian is a cat 4 storm bringing 140 mile-per-hour winds and leaving a wake of destruction in its path. the national hurricane center is warning of catastrophic window damage with an unsuburb viable storm surge of up to 18 feet. it is expected to dump 2 feet of rain across the state bringing unprecedented flooding and destruction. entire neighborhoods are now undersea as water levels continue to rise. homes are floating down the middle of the street and people are...

united states, canada and all around the world. im kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," an oil depot hit and nearly a dozen russian recruits killed in the region near the border with ukraine. were live in kyiv with a look at whats behind the latest setback in putins war. plus -- xi jinping has a message for taiwan as he prepares to secure a historic third term as party leader. were live in beijing and taipei with details. and the cdc is reporting an early wave of flu cases sweep...

we begin this hour with celebration turning into tragedy at the university of georgia. just hours after the football team was honored for winning a national championship one of their key players, 20-year-old, was killed in a car crash along with a member of the football staff, 24-year-old chandler lacroix. cnn is live in athens, georgia. what do we know about what happened? >> reporter: we just got a statement indicating this happened at 2:45 early this morning. that car was traveling ...

the homeowners policy will cover somebody things but the flood policy covers probably the most significant risk for most homeowners in florida given the risk of flooding we have in our state. we are sensitive to that obviously going to be some folks that are in need of support and relief we will work as best we can i will say people have been asking about some of the overall homeowners insurance with like citizens. citizens, i think right now they are between 6 and 700 billion of surpl...

millions of floridians in this storms path. those who have not evacuated are urged to shelter in place immediately. almost 800,000 people are already without power. thats according to florida utilities. the director of fema has warned that recovery from hurricane ian will be a very long road. that agency has already begun to pour resources into the state. in an event earlier today, president joe biden said he spoke with florida governor ron desantis and added he already requested aid s...

polls in a snap election. were live in rome with a look at the deepening political divide in the country. and nasa will test out a mission that sounds straight out of a hollywood movie, a spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroids moon. a look at the upcoming mission. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. we are expecting an update at any moment from the national hurricane center with the latest forecast track of tropical stor...

im charles payne in for neil cavuto. this is "your world" to peter doocy on how the white house is dealing with this. peter? >> communist china still wants taiwan to be part of communist china. that means speaker pelosis words on the ground have upset them. >> in terms of governance, we command taiwan for being one of the freest societies in the world. >> well, the chinese official is writing the u.s. must pay the price for its own mistake and we mean what we say. that has g-7 leaders ...