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category 4 storm leaving a huge path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. we'll have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile, rescue crews have been busy trying to get people who decided to ride out the storm to try and save them. they're stranded now by rising flood waters and we're still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida. at this hour, it still has more to go. good morning, and welcome to "morning joe." it's thursday, september 29th. joe is off this morning. along with willie and me, we have the host of "way too early," white house bureau chi...

We have thousands of responders, federal responders, our state responders, through florida all the way to north carolina. plus all the supplies, resources that we need to do whatever dorian decides to do. >> dana: it's been impressive to look at all the different agencies that come together to work with you at fema. you have department of homeland security, of course, department of defense, department of energy, health and human services and the u.s. national guard. as you look at this and you're getting this update, in vero beach, they are lifting the evacuation order. people are allowed to c...

Those other three things that could be really difficult. >> yeah. and you talk about the difficulties of preplacement, particularly with the state of florida. do those concerns exist in georgia own south and north carolina? >> not as much so. florida is a peninsula. that makes it a little more difficult, but folks on the ground in these other states, they are there county by county. each county knows what they need to respond to this situation. they know how many people are low risk population they have, and they know how long an evacuation would take. that's why it's important to listen to th...

Catron catrone. the president brought up the point of the slow moving pace. if you think about rescue attempts or attempts to move people out in advance of that storm, you've got time in the front of things, but once you're in that storm, that spells trouble. >> right. and the president was asking questions on where the storm was moving, but it's important to remember that any tiny little shift can knock this in one direction or the other. just in the past couple hours we've seen this increase category size. it's important for folks to listen to their local and state responders. and then the p...

People who are unaccounted for or is it too early for that? >> it's too early for that. as the day goes on, we will have a clearer picture, obviously. we want to get to those survivors and unfortunately, you look at the devastation and the strength of the storm. the evacuation rates that were not realized. those fatalities may be realized, but what a job search and rescue does and all levels as a tough job. we want to get to as many survivors as we possibly can. >> amen to both of those who are the volunteers and state responders. when you look at the pictures from that ariel view of mexico be...