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of the florida coast of that this is sanibel island, an island decimated by hurricane ian. right now there's no way to get help in to sanibel. the only bridge that connected the island to the mainland, it's a long causeway, it's caved in. so there's no way to get on or off the island unless you travel by boat. and that's been incredibly difficult for anyone to do. and that loss right now spans the florida coast. i'll show you cape coral. our bill weir was here today. this is a picture he took. you can see home after home totally destroyed and flooded. the ones that are still standing...

>> wow. you got the video? >> i got it. >> here it is. >> oh, man. >> that's our pool. that's our deck. that was my house. my house is gone. >> jesse: a fox news alert, one of the largest search and rescue missions in american history is underway after hurricane ian decimated moving up the east coast. governor ron desantis says the situation is really bad. >> the amount of water that's been rising, will likely continue to rise today, even as the storm is passing, is basically a 500-year flood event. >> jesse: first responders are working around the clock. hundreds have been rescued s...

Team member. derrick, i wanted to talk to you because the person that thomas just interviewed, melissa, we noticed how calm she was and you referred to the adrenaline rush, that the people who want to get out of there and even the gunman may have had initially and now we have been in this for three hours, and that adrenaline rush is gone and how can the s.w.a.t. members focus and engage and hopefully get them out of there? >> well, it's just a matter of what the s.w.a.t. members, it's a matter of training. this is what they do. they understand the dynamics of a hostage situation or a barricade...

Interview because he is and was so passionate about his cause. we are following breaking news out of silver spring, maryland, where a hostage situation started around 1:00 eastern time. authorities say a man that's been identified as james jae lee walked into the headquarters of the discovery channel, flashed a gun, and right now they are negotiating with this man in an attempt to end this standoff with him. from all accounts, this individual, james jae lee, is not seen as being necessarily violent, but as you can imagine authorities want to end this. there are an unknown number of employees s...

Reporters out front. we've even seen what looks like a couple of people walking around, even though that area is pretty much on lockdown. authorities are not sure how many of the employees of the discovery channel are with mr. lee. they do know that there are some people with him on the first floor, and there are maybe others who are hiding in the building itself, but so far thankfully there are no shots fired, no fatalities and no one is injured and police are negotiating with james j. lee to end this in a peaceful manner, perhaps letting him know that his message has been heard. a number of ...