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asked about whether evacuation orders came too late for some. nearly 2000 people have been rescued so far according to the governor. this is footage from santa belle island. loose skies overhead, the only way out is by chopper. we have two reports tonight. the first is from fort myers, our randi kaye was among the first reporters to get an and witness the enormous destruction and ongoing rescue operations up close. this is what she saw. >> this is our first look from the ground at fort myers beach. hurricane ian's winds combined with the storm surge, they chewed through homes and bus...

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. cnn's randi kaye is live this morning in fort myers beach. randi? >> reporter: john, i know you've seen fort myers beach from the air, but seeing it on the ground firsthand is certainly like nothing i have ever seen bef...

>> every week i go out for groceries and another dollar. >> i work a minimum wage job and, i mean, just buying food takes over a third of my income. >> i don't think the administration gets what the average person has to deal with. we live paycheck to paycheck. >> dana: inflation is on the minds of americans not to mention rampant crime and energy crisis. they are on the back burner for president biding heading to california today to talk up his infrastructure agenda. gillian turn for the white house. >> the president is in the golden state to raise money from democratic political do...

members of the far right extremist group talking about bringing weapons to the capitol to, quote, fight for former president trump. this was months before the insurrection. and the fbi was alerted. we've got it all covered, but we begin in florida where the race to find the missing is entering a desperate critical phase. let's go first to boris sanchez in fort myers. and boris, update us on the search efforts. >> reporter: ana, this is an arduous process for this community. it is still classified as search and rescue, but it is slowly becoming a search and recovery operation. we hear...

morning. >> we're probably still another three to four days left in search and rescue and recovery, so that's a rough time frame that could go in either direction. these are not numbers. this is family members, people didn't just lose their homes. we can rebuild a home. we can get another boat, but when you lose a loved one, there's just no words that can describe how we feel for that family. so we hope and pray those numbers stay as low as possible. >> more than 430,000 people remain without power across florida, and some in places like fort myers beach and sanibel island could be w...