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a lack of leadership from government. a sentiment that is shared by republicans, democrats, and everyone in between who say they are fed up with the instability in washington and it's effects on the future of this country. >> john: is this a wake-up call for the president and leaders in congress? steve moore and doug holtz eakin, and florida michael waltz. >> conditions are at bad or worse than the randall's island refugee camp, and the men came back and warned the residents of the hotel and told them not to get on the busses. >> how are you going to dump people in such bad condition...

torn off buildings. the treacherous situation has led to rescues all across florida. the fire chief of fort myers says his department conducted 200 rescues overnight over the course of just a few hours. this video shows a group of good samaritans who call themselves the call your county cowboys, they pulled a man stranded in his car to safety. in orlando, a reporter who happened to be on the scene rescued a woman trapped in flood waters. the situation has led biden administration to pledge a fulsome response. president biden has officially declared ian to be a major disaster, a move ...

>> wait a minute. someone in the white house was calling one of the rioters? >> absolutely. >> and you know both ends of that call? >> one end. i don't know the white house end, which i believe is more important. >> so that call that denver writes about reportedly lasted just nine seconds. made at 4:24 p.m. after trump made a video message telling supporters to go home, you're very special. on "meet the press" yesterday, congressman raskin confirms that the committee knows about this call. watch. >> i can't say anything specific about that particular call, but we are aware of it. and...

>> also new this morning, surrounding new details surrounding former president trump's efforts to overturn the election, a georgia district attorney tells 16 so-called fake electors they are now targets of this ongoing criminal investigation in fulton county, georgia. it is a notable escalation. we'll explain why. and it comes as another election denier just secured the republican primary for governor in maryland. trump-backed candidate dan cox known for encouraging former president trump to seize voting machines will face off against the democratic nominee there in november. let's b...

bipartisan effort under way in congress now to protect future elections. we are covering all this from all angles. we have a team of reporters and analysts standing by. let's begin with manu raju on capitol hill. manu, tell us about this new legislation. >> reporter: this is the first direct response and most significant legislative response to the events of january 6th. a bipartisan group of senators just moments ago announced they have a deal to change how the so-called electoral count act, a law from 1887, works. essentially make it harder to overturn an election and what we saw d...