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tremendous amount of research coming in. look, even before sasha got the part, he was aaron, i m sorry, we are going to have to take that in to our offline discussion. we are out of time, and sasha, that s the only reason aaron sorkin got the last word, sasha baron cohen. you will be hearing from my publicist. i have had the last word. okay, sasha did get the last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. welcome, day 44 of the president s administration, and the fight against a spread of the virus that has wiped out about 10 million jobs and half a million citizens is up against a full on assault from republicans in the u.s. senate. biden s nearly $2 trillion relief bill is being read allowed right now on the senate floor, that would be 628 pages of it to a mostly empty chamber being read by the clerk at the request of wisconsin republican senator and conspiracy theorist ron johnson, that made good on his threat to drag out the process of getting ....
about potentially shutting off power when there s high wind incidents. i m wondering if this deserves an appropriate response from the power companies or do you think they should be working to the power structure rather than just ending the power? i think both. it s very expensive to secure these power lines. both in terms of actual structure, you know, we look out there and we see large towers carrying multiple wires, and the wires are like that thick, and you know, they re carrying an awful lot of energy. sometimes those entire towers come down. i am not expert enough to know when it s appropriate to shut down that line. that s one of the reasons why i think having the technology to have these meters on each of these facilities tells you where the danger is. so i can picture, i m getting beyond my expertise here. reporter: you re talking about huge numbers of americans suddenly not having power because the company makes the determination that well, we also k ....
this is what that actually looks like or looked like in keaton beach, florida. and gabe showed us the aftermath there. some boats are being sent in to check for survivors. the water thankfully seems to be receding here after all of the storm surge. but i just wanted to show you the national guard here. with response to your question where we could see the wind, we saw a lot of tree damage. a lot of tree damage. downed power lines. you can kind of tell where the worst of it was. as it blows through. and in some places it looks like a tornado came through. it is remarkable when you see the intensity of this storm. the power of a hurricane as it comes on shore. that is our colleague gabe gutierrez. he spent his morning in perry, florida, about a half an hour north. where roaring winds blow over this gas station awning before knocking out a billboard right where gabe was doing some of his reporting. a few minutes later, gusts nearly lifted him and his crew and their equ ....
a very high level. some are saying it s one of the biggest storms ever to hit our country. it built very rapidly,ed a briefing with secretary of homeland security and the administrator of fema and we are watching hurricane michael. it s just hitting shore now. winds are going up to close to 200 miles an hour. category 4. you don t hear about that. it s the most powerful recorded storm to strike the florida panhandle ever. it will bring with it anywhere from 150 mile to almost 200 mile an hour winds. the storm surges could be up to 15 feet. additional rainfall could also produce flash flooding at the highest levels. we have been in constant communications with governor rick scott of florida. with all the authorities in the various states. we re very well prepared for massive amounts of food and we have first responders all over, the electrical companies are staged and ready to go in after the storm. over a thousands trucks. we have large amounts of food and water and everything ....
He is executing that and has the right tone, not over exciting to people and it appears he and the mayor started communications and that will work for the benefit of the people. at the end of the day people need to take their own risks. can you live a few days without electricity? is your house in that zone that might flood? will your home flood. more people from the surge and the water from the storm that we do from the wind. neil: that is true, proven in one disaster after another. thank you very much. good luck to all. neil: lieutenant general russell honoray. parents heading to stores as kids are back to class, buying a lot of school supplies that could cost a lot more in 24 hours. ....