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From hurricane michael. scott botwell did not make it out in time. the bridges closed and he was stuck. how does it make you feel to look around and see everything leveled? >> the thing is, you know, this is a small little town, you know, and every restaurant is gone and every store is gone and then all my neighborhoods, everybody's home is gone, so when you think about it, you know, their lives are gone, you know, so what do you do? >> reporter: he said he lost most of his possessions, but he said he will stay and rebuild. >> the stuff i thought i had, you know, this stuff -- it's gone, you k...

We ran into him today. he was wandering around mexico beach. i obviously threw my arms around him and say how are you? he said, no, how are you? i said, no, no, no, scott, how are you? one of the people with the graciousness of the people here. the president said he will be here at some point at the beginning of next week. >> he'll get a look at it as you are getting a look at it. brooke baldwin, thank you so much. coming up, we're going to discuss the politics of kanye west in the white house. and georgia's secretary of state is being accused of voter suppressi suppression.

Are you finding people trapped? are rescuers finding more casualties? >> i expect the fatality count to come up today and tomorrow as well as we get through the debris. hopefully it doesn't rise dramatically but it's a possibility from where we are, unfortunately. today we will concentrate on people as well, so we are moving our disaster assistance survivor teams into areas and will concentrate on those stuck in shelters right now. the president proactively approved governor scott's major disaster expedited request yesterday, and so there are five counties eligible, and that will grow, but you...

From the ground we see up close the devastation to the seaside city. home after home on the stretch of beach destroyed, while most of the 1,200 residents evacuated, a small number stayed behind. we don't know yet how many survived the near-direct hit from hurricane michael. scott botwell did not make it out in time, the bridges closed and he was stuck. >> reporter: how does it make you feel to look around at everything just levels? >> well, the thing is, you know, this is a small little town, you know, this is our little town, and every restaurant is gone and every store is gone and my neighbo...

He was saying after the hurricane blew through, they had to extricate one person, try to get this person successfully out of the rubble. he told me six people got taken to the hospital, 15 were evacuated. of course i asked what about the missing? i've talked to people who say, well, we saw my neighbor and i don't know where my neighbor is, that number is really still up in the air. when we were hear yesterday, i talked to scott botwell, who was wondering around carrying this dirty, wet brief case, when i was the only thing he could salvage from his mess out here. he totally lost his home, the ...