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south south carolina car sent airborne as a tornado touches down and the governors mansion smashed by a 100 -year-old tree everyone is okay but the state s response to the storm has been strong. first responders are on the scene but the good news is we have not seen the type of loss of life like hurricane ian there is massive amounts of debris some of the power lines it will take more time than others will but we have an overwhelming number of personnel on the ground working to restore everybody. we are live in florida with a firsthand look at the damage what are you seeing? so to paint a picture, the traffic signals are blinking but most of the town appears to be in complete darkness 99 percent of the power is out. you can see behind me it almost looks like a tornado was hitting but this is from hurricane dolly. to show you what this was like as the storm actually passed over. look at the video it looks like you are inside a pink tornado. there were no tornado re ....
what we re expecting to hear from governor wes moore in the next 15 minutes or so, he has called this a national crisis, and the white house just released 60 million in federal funding to help out here. it also just announced it is sending a special floating crane that should arrive here soon. just the start of the cleanup from this disaster new video shows the fateful final moments before baltimore s iconic key bridge was taken down by a crippled cargo ship, flashing lights on top, believed to be from the pothole repair crew that perished? i could ve been on that bridge uber driver gail fermions as she was stopped by police moments before the bridge just dramatic plunge into the potassium sco river below. if my passenger wasn t a little bit late, coming out to the car and getting into it. we probably very well good. have been on the bridge when it collapsed. now, national transportation safety board investigators who boarded the dali again on thursday are det ....
this is extreme high, you can see all the boats out here. look at this. this is crazy. john: you ll eyes on florida and now georgia after hurricane idalia comes ashore as a category 3 hurricane, blasting destructive winds and life-threatening storm surge. the hurricane weakening to a category 1 but officials warn florida and georgia not out of the woods just yet. hello, john roberts, good wednesday afternoon to you. good to see you. it is a very rough day for pretty much all the south, i m aishah hasnie in for sandra smith. idalia, making its historic landfall this morning along florida s big bend area, it is the strongest storm to hit that big bend region in 125 years. powerful winds pushing water ashore creating the potential for storm surge as high as 16 feet in some parts of that state. john: heavy rainfall covering roads and raising the threat of flash flooding across florida. more than 300,000 people are without power in two states as the storm hits georgi ....
around as the water continues to recede. john, back to you. john: did the boats, steve, stay where they were supposed to? most of the boats did stay where they were supposed to. we had several people actually sleeping in their boats to keep an eye on them. and to let out slack as necessary. a lot of anxious boat owners just looking with fear as that water rose and rose. we had one good over the seawall but the rest are in good shape where we are standing. john: big difference from ian in fort myers. steve from tarpon springs, florida. thank you. hurricane idalia setting its sights on the southeast, already blasting parts of florida and georgia and forecast to barrel through the carolinas later on tonight. any moment now, the south carolina governor henry mcmaster will be providing an update on the state s response. continuing coverage as america reports rolls into hour two. i m john roberts in washington, good to have you with me. aishah: good to see you again ....
thanks very much for watching. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. the news continues on cnn, right now. tonight on 360 breaking news, the first video investigative teams on the container ship, dali and all we re learning about the final five minutes before took down a bridge killing six also tonight, presidential politics, campaign fundraising, and a police officers wake is president biden and three former president s converge on new york we ll look at what at all signals for the race ahead. and later, cnn s john king all over the map this week talking to voters in the swing state of arizona. good evening. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight with breaking news, new who video from aboard the mv dali. it was taken by ntsb investigators documenting damaged the vessel, but it also shows the sheer bulk of twisted steel beams and girders from the francis scott key bridge in the waters off baltimore surrounding the ship, blocking entry to the port unlikely encas ....