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Upcoming Tropical Storm Lee Expected to Impact Cruise Destinations

Depending on its track, soon-to-be-named Tropical Storm Lee could significantly affect cruises.

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Alex Witt Reports

-- now is just completely rubble. his name is bob leisure, the owner. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >> the truck hit the corner of my building. i think that's what took out the second floor, then it led all the rudder in the russian. that one hit, we might save, divide it is what it is. so when i got here, everything was everywhere, if you haven't seen a before, we've got cleanup. i was devastated, but, you know, these things happen we're all alive. since we're all alive, condolences go to the people who aren't. there are many that i think are not going to be once they. >> when we hear that over and over again. and people who chose to ride out the storm just grateful to be alive, reflecting on those who weren't so lucky. that death toll continues to rise. residents like bob talk about the frustration with lee county officials here are getting some criticism that they were late to tell folks to evacuate. and their response as well,

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for example -- he plans to -- an engineer, but i did working construction when i was in college, as a side job. i can tell you -- my work is the foundation. it looks like it's falling apart, but he said, you know what -- business, and i'm rebuilding. that this is just one individual. the guy who won the ad access that -- i'm contacting people that i know one of the cities to see if i can go somewhere, i get a job. it seems to be -- finding options wherever it is they have a place to stay. those with more -- are going to be doing this. they did speak with another woman, and down the street, who said i'm going to go through -- and -- >> yeah. what venegas, thanks so much. my apologies to our viewers who are here in a few little hiccups there, officially an audio the like. it is what it is when covering a storm like. this thank you.

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or what's left of it. so many boats were in these slips. large ones, double decker. they are all across the strap. the storm surge was enough to go over the power line and search them across the street. a building also moves its way across the street. we're talking 100 yards from the shore. some of these boats. some residents, after they were starting to get trapped in their homes, rode out the storm in a sailboat, or in a diving vote. what a horrific thing to imagine. just so grateful to be alive. i spoke with a business owner here, or you might hear the background an escalator. we're starting to see crews coming in to try to pick up the pieces after hurricane ian just ripped through this area. i spoke with a business owner. this used to be a vibrant marina. he owned, is called getaway. you can imagine getting a drink at the tiki bar. here taking a stroll, getting

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hurricane ian at the half hour. the death toll now stands at 78 on florida and north carolina. meanwhile, residents in the hardest hit parts of florida are waking up today to these headlines. florida newspapers reflecting the reality of death, destruction, desperation, and delayed evacuation orders in some areas. let's go to the white house with newer today on biden and the first lady traveling to the storm ravaged areas this week, assessing the damage is left behind by two catastrophic hurricanes between ian and fiona. let's go to josh -- joining from the white house. what's the latest on these plans? >> well, alex, biden will head first tomorrow to view hurricane damage in puerto rico and then wednesday to florida. he will be accompanied on both stopped by first lady jill biden.

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Alex Witt Reports

75 people were killed, there more than 148,000 households were without electricity to weeks after that storm. let's go to florida, now, that's where -- both the reporting from fort myers beach. welcome. we'll begin with you, les. talk about the latest on the situation there, the recovery efforts. it was really striking to me hearing those people who are literally stuck where they are. they can access their cars, the roads are wiped, out there is no gas to move. it's really extraordinary. >> alex, just riding out a monstrous storm like this is already traumatic, but so many are trapped or isolated in those water logged homes. the roads to get there, completely destroyed. this area, lee county, one of the hardest hit of those deaths that we've seen. the majority are in this area. that includes fort myers, pine island, sanibel island, the florida governor called this ground zero. resident i spoke with calls it apocalyptic. it really looks unrecognizable. you can see the dock behind me,

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the reason he's going first to puerto rico is that, as he said a few days ago, he wants to make sure that he goes to florida if he waits until they are passed the initial search and rescue efforts to where our presidential visit with all of the logistics and motorcades and law enforcement resources involved in that do not actually pull resources away from the emergent hurricane recovery efforts. on both of these stops, we expect president biden not only to get a firsthand look at the damage from recent weather events but also to be up to speak to local officials on the ground about the work that the federal government is doing both in puerto rico and a half of the federal government might need to do to help those areas. biden reflecting on the damage in puerto rico in florida as he spoke last night here in washington. take a listen. >> our hearts, to state the obvious, can't go without saying, are heavy. this devastating hurricane

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keeping out looters, getting in support. bob said he was able to evacuate. so glad he dead. that his family is safe. he encourages others to do so in a powerful storm like this comes along. alex. >> liz, thank you so much for that. let's go right now to quadrant agus, who has an amazing story of survival. guad, let's hear it. >> alex, we've been going to communities to talk to people who have been returning to their homes, like you said. those who were able to evacuate in time. this is an area where i was told the water went to about here. people shoulders. so some people evacuated, i spoke with, them they said, you know, you should go to cross the street and talk to them. they survived by hiding inside the attic. here's part of the conversation i had with one of those residents. >> so when the water got up to here, they use the table to stand up, they went in the attic. at some point, they saw the

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you, from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to -- we began with heartbreaking devastation and the fallout from hurricane ian. heavy rains as still inundating parts of the east coast. there are now at least 78 reported storm related deaths, and power outages are way down from yesterday. 837,000. households in florida, 21,000 in north carolina, 10,000 in virginia. famous administrator, diane ghandour, criswell, told my colleague that real challenges remain in parts of florida. >> we had well over 2 million people without power immediately following the storm. the power companies there have done an amazing job of getting the majority of people back online. i think what the difficulty comes in, jonathan, as there are so many homes, especially in that area, that were completely devastated. they're going to house by house

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Carnival Cancels Two Cruises as Hurricane Ian Approaches Florida

The next sailings for Carnival Paradise and Carnival Elation are canceled due to Hurricane Ian, and other cruises may also be impacted.

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