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what those folks do. so, bless them for all their efforts and i'm really glad you put that story on your show. so, we will see you next sunday, my friend. >> see you next time. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> meantime, a very good day to all of you from msnbc headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex -- reports. we are tracking hurricane ian at this hour. it is now a post-tropical cyclone. it's making its way north along the east coast and leaving a trail of devastation in several cities and states. in fact, right now, at least 34 people are confirmed dead. and rescue efforts are ongo...

Let's go to shaq brewster, who's in charleston, south carolina, where thousands are without power. cleanup is underway, of course. shaq, talk about the damage, what it's like there where you are, what about the rest of south carolina? >> hi there, alex. the damage is definitely here in charleston, but when you talk to officials, when you talk to residents here, they do feel as if they dodged somewhat of a bullet because of the stories that we've just heard steve talking about out of what happened in florida. but look, they saw that tropical storm force winds here and they got a significant amo...

The mayor says most companies will be open for business tuesday. however, evacuations for west houston stay in effect at least ten days. our reporters are on the ground. stephanie elam and miguel marquez are with us. stephanie, what do you see? >> reporter: fred, we are in a neighborhood that flooded here. they were told it shouldn't be that bad. thought if they put cars up and lifted them off the ground a little, that would be enough. turns out they got about three feet of water in their house, and this is during nighttime when this happened. you can see the aftermath here. folks on the str...

That is just residue, what is left from a rescue we hope nobody is in that vehicle right now. what is the process now. is it just wait until you can get to that train and how does the cleanup begin with the train? >> we are talking about 20 cars derailed. >> for right now, we are a little bit at the mercy of mother nature. we need the rain to cut back and the floodwaters to cut down so we can get out to the site and access and determine exactly the amount of damage done. we have some heavy equipment we will get to get out there to lift the locomotives and cars back on the track. we will need s...

Country's coast. oh, by the way, police named their little penguin pal tomas, which is a great name, i'll say. well, of course if you ask me, i'll say it's a great name. let the cleanup begin. much of the east coast is dealing with record-breaking snowfall. and to make things worse, hundreds of thousands are without power. plus, how the pentagon is planning to repeal the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. what's in the pipeline? and what your grocery store knows about you, it is much, much more than you think. host: could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent or more o...