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category 4 storm leaving a huge path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. we'll have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile, rescue crews have been busy trying to get people who decided to ride out the storm to try and save them. they're stranded now by rising flood waters and we're still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida. at this hour, it still has more to go. good morning, and welcome to "morning joe." it's thursday, september 29th. joe is off this morning. along with willie and me, we have the host of "way too early," white house bureau chi...

Theres going to be hundreds, hundreds of casualties and some hostages in that area that you have to avoid killing. That really takes a whole lot of strength on the commanders point, first of all, to plan and conduct the operation, but also on the politicians part of telling the commanders, heres what we want you to do, and here are the kinds of risks we want you to take. This is going to be a very difficult operation, and certainly the anxieties, and the emotions are stoeked so thats going to play a part in how the Israeli Defense forces go into the gaza when they do, and were certainly they p...

There? >> reporter: well, kate, just a short time ago, we talked to a gentleman whose mother-in-law owns this house. he came back here with his wife, the lady's daughter, so assess the damage and his wife was crying when she saw her mother's house here. what he told us was that this area back here that got torn off in that video that you saw, that used to be the kitchen and the living room on that second floor right there. that just got completely sheered off. part of the wall got torn off there, a car on the other side was damaged when a lawn mower flew out of a driveway area and smash smashe...

Were fine. they just didn't feel like they could leave. the gentlemen is 93 and wife is about 88. he has parkin know so's and diabetes. it would be difficult to move him. they refewed help and they were worried about them. luckily they are safe. again, that scene plays out throughout the area. we talked to the sheriff's department and they don't have an assessment of the damage yet. they do say the sheriffs deputies are out here, scouring the areas trying to find out if anybody needs help. again, we wake up this morning and we talk about some of these areas that are just now learning about the...

Houston may be 20 at the most in this area. todd: an amazing comparison. the city of tampa under a mandatory curfew. nobody is to be on the streets until further notice until they assess the damage. heather: rescuers are back on eroded daybreak but now we pick up the live team coverage in tampa. good morning reporter: ride along the shore boulevard another to officers have passed us they're all looking to see if anybody needs help. we haven't seen anybody else look behind me you can see though water definitely back to normal levels but we are expecting a high tide.