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List for tonight's dinner at the white house. we have a group of senators, that's pretty standard, but within the group we've got three democrats, too. all of them up for re-election next year. all of them from the state the president won, the states he won big, and all of them did not sign onto a letter laying out democrats' demands for tax reform. translation? the president sees an opening for a deal. kasie hunt is on capitol hill. walk us through what we expect to see out of this dinner, if anything. and then the new comments of mitch mcconnell saying, the democrats spiked the deal too earl...

They will be doing sling-low operations as needed. and wean have engineer access on the ground, continue to do search and rescue, and debris removal as the governor said and any other task placed before us. that will be all, sir. >> and i would like to thank the governor for his tireless efforts in this hurricane. also, the major roadways are open. we just ask for your patience as we begin this recovery process. thank you. >> the highway patrol has 1700 people working, they are working 12-hour shifts and doing everything we can to keep the roads open. but the most important thing for everybody...

The -- >> we passed legislation that requires that disclosure. and one thing you do, you work to make sure, some of that gets caused because there's not good backup power. so that's where we have really tried to make sure happens around the state, that everybody has power so we don't have that issue. and these backup generators, i know it costs money, but it really does matter. for everybody, whether it's businesses, and we are working hard with our alfs and nursing homes with regard to that. great, anybody else? great, thanks, everybody. >> thank you. >> so you have been watching that news co...

So, we think of them as the lower keys and the upper keys. residents of the upper keys can get into it. they block them off in the middle and residents of the lower keys cannot right now. here's why. the center of this storm at one of its most powerful points as a cat 4 hurricane, the eye wall went through the lower keys. we're being told from those who have flown over it, it's war zone-like. there are houses taken completely off foundations. houses thrown into other houses. people would be at risk to go in that way. and it's a series of roads and bridges that get you into the low keys. all of...

We secured assets with his help. and the federal government as well and our local first responders and the rescues happened. so now we are recovering and rebuilding begins. >> we'll hear from the florida national guard. >> good morning, governor. thank you very much. hey, i would like to add as the governor mentioned before, we put 8,000 guard members on the ground. we are in over half of the shelters around the state. we have 32 points of distribution that have been opened up currently. we have search and rescue on the ground down in the keys. the aircraft, we were doing a recon of the area w...