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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...

the devastation in very direct terms. >> the impacts of this storm are historic and the damage that was done has been historic and this is just off initial assessments. >> take a look at fort myers, close to where ian made landfall. you see the downed trees and the boats tossed around like toys. storm surges as high as 7 to 10 feet swept through surrounding areas making streets look more like oceans. ian has left more than 2.5 million floridians without power. folks who were in shelters are leaving to see if they even have a home to return to. the focus is now on the people who did n...

the governor talked about how impressed he was. these are dangerous missions. i'm grateful for the brave women and men in federal, state and local governments working as one team risking their lives to save others. and we're going to learn a lot more in the coming hours. but we know many families are hurting. many. many are hurting today. and our entire country hurts with them. because it's been all over the country we have seen so many crises. but in florida today, it's the epicenter. we're continuing to see deadly rainfall, catastrophic storm surges, roads and homes flooded. we're ...

currently, they will work 24/7, until we get the lights back on again, as the governor said, not our first rodeo, but every storm is also different and always face different challenges. and i appreciate all of the support from the state, governor, thank you, and from local law enforcement as well, the national guard, and this is a team sport, and a team effort, and we're going to all work together until we get florida back up on our feet, and where we all want to be. thank you. >> and when fpl and the other companies have crews in, the extent to which that infrastructure has remained...

ian now setting its sites on the south carolina coast, as we come on the air, with the tropical storm expected to strengthen back into a hurricane as it moves, look at it there, very slowly across the atlantic and back towards the east coast, after a trail of destruction in florida. people there are reeling now from one of the worst storms that has ever hit them, and doing what they can to start picking up the pieces. sanibel island, captiva island, a storm surge, with a huge chunk of the causeway there, that is the only way in or out, in a state overall, more than two and a half mil...