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i was on the police department for almost 25 years. saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. >> i promise you i'm never going to stay for another storm ever again here. however, i am one of the lucky ones. >> recovery efforts begin after utter devastation in parts of florida. while millions more people are now at risk as ian moves north. also tonight, he isn't tossing paper towels but governor ron desantis is handling this hurricane in a weirdly trumpy way. >> what we're learning about ginni thomas' meeting with the january 6th committee when sh...

top of the hour, this busy thursday morning, i'm jim sciutto. >> i'm poppy harlow. welcome to our viewers. the breaking news we are following this morning, hurricane ian leaving just stunning devastating destruction in florida as a hurricane then a tropical storm. still pummeling the state though. 14 million people in florida are currently under flood alerts. 2.5 million businesses without power along with homes. they're rescuing people trapped inside flooded homes. governor ron desantis spoke about the devastation so many are waking up to this morning. >> there's 1.5 million outages...

rescue there. you can see these people absolutely devastated and so fearful that they weren't going to survive this. so grateful to the people that are helping them. you have a baby there wrapped in a blanket. a family that is just trying to get to some dry land. winds and flooding. they ripped up asphalt. look at this highway. look at that. that is sanibel, florida. lee county is devastated in a way that we have not seen in a very, very long time. the sheriff there fears -- he said this earlier today and it got a lot of attention -- and we hope the numbers don't come to true whigs. ...

and water is rising. >> were you looking at the screen? >> just some of the scenes as hurricane ian made a devastating land fall in southwestern florida. the category 4 storm left a large path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. we'll have a live report for you. rescue crews are busy trying to get to people who decided to ride out the storm and were then stranded by rising floodwaters. and we're still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida at this hour. >> welcome to "way too early" on this thursday, september 29th. thank for starting your day with u...

hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all over the world. you're watching cnn newsroom. i'm kristie lu stout. it is now 2 am on the u.s. east coast. almost the entire state of florida is bracing for the impact of hurricane ian, a monster storm stretching 700 miles across and getting stronger. causing a nationwide blackout in cuba, ian is turning in the gulf of mexico as a category three hurricane with sustained winds just shy of a category four. and along with life-threatening storm surge, florida is facing catastrophic flooding and powerful winds. n...