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of ian's destruction. look at the pictures in front of you. this is what it looks like, including in lee county, where rescue crews, this is a live look now, a live look at that location, rescue crews are trying to get to people, with millions of floridians without power and water. we're going to take you live to the hardest-hit areas including lee county, which you're looking at now, for what is expected to be obviously a years-long recovery. i'm halle jackson in washington. let's get to shaq brewster live for us in charleston, south carolina, nbc news meteorologist janice is with u...

Morning digging in on border security. disputing john kelly who says the administration abandoned the idea of a concrete wall early on in the administration. here's where things stand. a partial government shutdown is now entering its tenth day with the chances of a breakthrough about as likely as you hitting tomorrow's $415 million mega millions jackpot. this headline from "the new york times" says it all. trump digs in. darkening hopes for a deal to end the shutdown. the tooips reporting that the president who campaigned on his ability to cut deals has not reached out to democratic leaders. ...

And that's going to wrap up the last hour of "andrea mitchell reports" for 2018. morgan radford takes up the coverage. what a year. >> 2018, chris. >> just another life in the year of politics. >> we made it. >> survived so far. morgan, happy new year. >> and to you, chris. good afternoon to everyone out there. i'm morgan radford. thank you for being with us. it's new year's eve, monday, december 31st, and let's get started. we have this breaking news with the shutdown on day ten. house democrats have decided on a plan to try to reopen the government. >> the wall has become a metaphor for bo...