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>> this is all we had. >> we lost everything. we're with not one single thing. >> everything gone. tens of thousands of floridians will sleep in shelters tonight following the devastation of hurricane ian, which has now made landfall in south carolina. also tonight, putin's illegal annexation. he's unhinged, and he's dangerous. so how should the world respond? >> plus, the supreme court welcomes justice ketanji brown jackson ahead of what is expected to be another perilous term. >> it's about damn time we have a discussion about the right-wing freakout over lizzo and james madison's ...

Beach, all lit up. overnight, a much different view. so many families in the dark here. abc's chief national correspondent tom llamas on the effort to get the power back on and in many places, get the water running again. he's in ft. myers. >> reporter: tonight, an army of utility crews on a mission to restore power to more than 6.5 million florida customers. >> it absolutely could be weeks, if we have to rebuild parts of the system. >> reporter: those sparks, with irma hitting, a sign of the crisis to come. trees collapsing. power lines snapping like twigs. look at that power pole. it's split...

Know. almost half, maybe even more than half, of all florida customers are without power right now. this thing still hasn't worked its way through some major, major population centers in florida. these are your storm surge warnings. you still have to worry about this. it is not nearly as serious on the east coast, southeastern coast, atlantic coast of the florida but there is some serious weather there and we'll take you there to show you how serious it is and a lot of damage. here in the keys we've still got a lot of damage. our reporters are starting to move their way into the keys to see th...

Specifically, about ft. hood, we'll address them. we don't have any choice here but to address what happened. and do everything possible to assure the safety of our men and women who work on these bases and their families. that isn't an option. it isn't a matter of a question or a challenge too tough. we will do it. >> colonel alan west joins me now. he was a commander on the ft. hood base for two years and knows it well. good to have you. >> good to be hire. >> in september 2013 a man opened fire at the washington navy yard and killed 13 people, including the gunman. after that, mr. hagel ask...

Years later. and trying to turn it into a positive, trying to look towards the future, trying to build a memorial for the people who died november 5, 2009, these are things that our community is working toward trying to make something positive out of something that was so terribly negative. >> hillary, thank you. >> caller: you're welcome. >> and joining us now by skype. staff sergeant sean manning who survived the first ft. hood shooting after being shot half a dozen times. thank you for being here. all the best to you. we've been following your story since 2009. your reaction to what we've s...