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Sand beaches of the panhandle are littered with houses that were ripped from their foundations, thrown blocks along with cars and boats. you can literally go house by house, block by block and see entire grids wiped off the map. it's unthinkable that someone may have survived this. governor scott was touring it this morning around 9:00 a.m. and senator nelson is getting a first hand look essentially as we speak now. officials told me today, dana, they believe roughly 200 or more folks in mexico beach specifically had chosen to defy the evacuation. we don't know. one thing is for sure, it's goi...

But who will that be? will it be the people who stuck it out here? who fought, block by block, to keep their city from burning, who struggle to defend their homes, keep up appearances, as all around them, their neighborhood's emptied. what will detroit look like in 20 years? or 50? that's not just a detroit question, that's an america question. ♪ ♪

Why not? >> first of all, it is a significant milestone taking down the head of the state pays him bulimic safe haven that they have had for five years, putting it at the feet of the obama administration for not taking the state safe haven sooner. the reality is that first of all, the people who are involved, the u.s. coalition deserve some credit. block by block, building by building, investigating room by room, the unbelievable amount of ids and explosives all over the place. but the reason is, isis, while they have moved from the vulnerable as a result of taking this down, they are not dead...

It's been a long night for you and everyone you are working with. if you can, bring us up to speed for efforts if coral gables to prepare for hurricane irma. what are your major concerns, what are your major needs? how are folks responding to the evacuation orders? >> we have been very busy the last three days. thank god the residents have heeded the warning. many have evacuated on the eastern seaboard next to the bay. we have been busy going street by street, block by block, making sure the information got out. to our best information, we believe the residents in those evacuation centers have...

Hour. look what it did to these businesses. not only did people lose their homes, they lost their livelihoods. as i say this, we have seen the rain pick up. they can't catch a break weather wise. during this hurricane, of the 10,000 residents, 60% decided to ride out the storm. they didn't think or suspect it would be this bad. in the past, they have been predicted to take a direct hit from hurricanes and that didn't happen. they thought it was going to be the same thing. this place, block by block, the devastation is mind blowing. a lot of people are in this community. mod erp life doesn't ex...