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Storm. what does trump insider chris christie make of the president's latest war with the truth? not so sharpie. what do you say? let's get after it. all right. let's deal with the serious situation first. this is what dorian left behind on the part of grand bahama island that had been totally cut off until today. finally, some of the floodwaters are receding. patrick mandate his way there with his team. i want to show you patrick. show that you he's okay. i want to talk to him about what that experience was like. first let's show the viewers what patrick and his team recorded. >> reporter: th...

The resources. they're asking and receiving resources from the united states and even though the airport here is shut, it is under water. lot of roads remain unpassable. people on this island are hopeful now that the weather has lifted that help is on its way. john? >> patrick oppman and his crew doing remarkable work as well under difficult circumstances. city of miami dispatching firefighters and medics to the bahamas to help with the recovery that promises to be a weeks' long if not months' long struggle. patients were medevac'd this morning to the hospital in in s nassau. how many more peo...

Cars, destroyed. roads, completely impassable. and florida, which dodged a direct hit, is looking to lend a helping hand. nikki fried, you've been working on the recovery efforts for the bahamas. we're seeing it. this damage is monstrous. where do you even begin with it? >> the stories out there are heartbreaking. we've all been listening to it. somebody who lived through hurricane andrew, i just can't even mentally get my brain around the concept of sitting for 40 hours through those storms. florida did, you know, get lucky as far as we did not get the brunt of it. our friends in the bahamas ...

The storm. it will not let go. back to you, john. >> reporter: patrick, i simply can't imagine being inside those winds for as long as you have been and the people in freeport, all of grand bahama. it has been a harrowing 24 hours and it will continue for several hours more, and only then will we get a real sense of how much damage was done there. our patrick oppman who's doing amazing work along with his team in freeport, please say safe. dana, as you can see here, the wind is starting to pick up. we're getting moments of the rain but nothing compared to what patrick has been going through th...

These photographs while the doors were open. new developments this morning. a twist in the shooting of david ortiz. a twist that's frankly hard to believe. prosecutors now say it was a case of mistaken identity. cnn's patrick oppman is live with the latest. he has to be one of the most recognizable people in the dominican republic. >> reporter: yes, he is, john. let me try to walk you through it. a week after prosecutors here have told us every day that david ortiz was the target of a well-coordinated hit. yesterday they threw that theory completely out of the window. a theory they've been p...