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Going to be the biggest problem. there's some scattered flooding and as catie was telling you, there are some people trapped but power's going to be the issue. there are 9,000 power workers staged and ready to go once the winds are low enough do so. they felt like they were here and then we got this gust about five minutes ago. but once that happens, there are 9,000 of those trucks that you're very familiar with that go around the country, they move into these emergency areas and they're ready to start repairs very soon. there have been fema vehicles and national guard vehicles stationed all a...

Rooftops waiting for rescuers t find them. the death toll could increase. still not a clear picture of what it looks like pretty parts of abaco are decimated. there is severe flooding. there is severe damage. much of it is underwater. the area around the airport now looks like a lake. >> knowing what happens just 10 year, people are taking every precaution. power workers are in place 1700 utility lineman ready to restor power if it goes out. national guard in soldiers and airmen ready to jump into actio per jobs are boarded up people moving to shelters local officials say they've had to make w...

>> aishah: and steve harrigan is in daytona beach. >> steve: they're deploying up and down the coast, seeing emergency rescue workers and electrical powerworkers from around parts of the country and those who clear debris and downed trees. tens of thousands of people have left the area. hotels asking their guests to leave, stores, grocery stores like publix shutting town downd major airports shutting down, orlando, daytona beach, west palm beach, fort lauderdale. making it a mate nightmare fore trying to fly out of here.

Regulate carbon dioxide pollution at power plants. >> while speaking to a group of power workers yesterday, president trump attacked the green new deal as well as some of his 2020 challengers, watch this. >> democrats in congress are pushing for the green new deal. how about that one. where it puts everybody in this room out of work. but i don't want to speak badly about it. you know, you've heard me say this. i want to encourage them, that should be their platform. i don't want to do it too early. i did it very early with pocahontas, i should have probably waited. she's staging a comeback on ...

Year in the wake of the devastating wildfires there. that's what people are scared about. meantime, the city of malibu is trying to become a functioning city once again. we took a drive down some of the streets nearby today. on every street there are scores of power workers trying to get this city back, trying to get up all the power lines that were brought down, trying restore basic facilities. the city of malibu has been opened up again to residents. they are start fog come back in. the devastating reality for lot of them, they will come back to scenes like this. the realization that there i...