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Here already. a number of people did stay, including the people living in this house behind me, this house that was just washed out by the storm surge. big pine key really got hit hard by the storm surge. the eye passed south of here. cudjoe key where i was earlier, that wasn't nearly as damaged as this. but this got the surge, sort of the dirty side of the storm and a lot of devastation here. wolf, you were reporting earlier, we heard from brian todd and others, at these choked-off checkpoints north of here with folks trying to get down, it is creating some logistical challenges for recovery ...

>> no! stop! you're going that way! >> you know why they're not letting residents in, palm? >> right now we're still trying to get everything together, still trying to get hospital personnel down there. we're still not ready for everything yet. we just want to make sure they're safe. >> reporter: that's a perfectly rational explanation but it doesn't satisfy a lot of the people in this line. they are upset, angry, they're saying at least communicate to us. one guy said i have enough food and water, i have a generator, it is my call, it is my life if something happens to me, that's on me. a lot...

I said by virtue of that, let's consider doing that in florida as a place to go until they get air conditioning back. he says, you speak for me. if you see that need, you speak for me. so that's where i'm headed right now, wolf. >> a lot of us, i'm sure you, as well, were deeply concerned about the elderly, with the senior citizens, the retirees in florida, going in to hurricane irma. we feared something like this could happen. how many more residents right now -- as far as you know, senator -- are at risk? not just at that nursing home, but in other nursing homes, as well? >> well, if the nur...

Three tries to do a full security clearance form. he says -- and his attorneys say it was inadvertent at first, then they discovered more meetings going through their e-mails for discovery for the committees. i think that because flynn has some legal exposure in a lot of areas, i think this will not be taken lightly because, as dana points out, he's somebody who's been in the government and the administration has always said, well, we assumed his security clearance -- it was renewed. go look at the obama administration. they gave him his security clearance. i don't think -- i don't think that'...

There though is simply this -- don't forget about us. >> cnn has now confirmed the death toll in that nursing room in hollywood, florida has now gone from six to eight. eight confirmed deaths. we know that there are others who are in critical condition in a local hospital as well. we'll have much more on that devastating story coming up. but right now i want to turn to cnn's john berman on big pine key, one of the hardest hit areas in florida. a lot of devastation, continuing danger. is it safe first for residents to return? >> reporter: well, look. the authorities here don't want people com...