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O connell. communications director for the missouri department of public safety. good morning to you. first of all, what are you telling people in that area this morning as far as the continued threats that they face? first off the good news, sandra, is that we ve got no people unaccounted for right now after this ef3 tornado went through missouri. power restoration efforts are taking place. streets are being cleared of debris. neighbors are helping neighbors and volunteers are reporting here in jefferson city to help out. the good news, all those things are happening. what we tell people all the time is that they need to be following the weather all the time. when there is the possibility of severe weather, they need to be paying attention to it more closely. we want them to have multiple ways of getting weather alerts so that could be you are signed up for tweets from the national weather service that give you ....
White house press briefing. it should be under way any moment now. we re going to go to that live when it begins. possibly some questions about the latest in north korea will be of interest as well. we will go to that when it begins. power restoration efforts under way for millions of customers affected by hurricane irma as officials begin allowing people to begin to return to their homes. much of the florida keys are still without power and without and will likely remain that way without both for quite some time. phil keating is live from a village in the florida keys with more. phil? reporter: sandra, it s always fun to come home. always a great experience. unless, of course, it s this week in the florida keys and you re coming home to your home and what you re seeing is what hurricane irma unleashed with 100 to 130 mile an hour winds and a storm surge of five to eight feet. storm surge pushed all of this ....