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good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. president biden will speak this afternoon about the federal government's coordination with leaders in georgia, south carolina and, of course, hurricane ravaged florida. we expect to hear from ron desantis later this hour. let's begin with nbc's kathy park in charleston, south carolina. residents are used to flooding in that historic district. this looks like it's going to be an unprecedented event. >> reporter: yeah. good afternoon. that's absolutely right. hurricane ian is still barrelling this way. we are getting slammed with t...

countless homes have been destroyed and rain just won't let up. >> it has been catastrophic rain that just won't stop. we've seen that last tail of the storm linger over the island and continue to dump excessive amounts of rain. the first responders, the local responders, the responders of the government of puerto rico are not able to get out and help those that need it or assess the damage. >> parts of puerto rico are still recovering from the damage inflicted, of course, by hurricane maria in 2017 and it appears fiona could be even more destructive. pedram javaheri is tracking the ...

i was on the police department for almost 25 years. saw a lot of storms here. this is by far the worst storm i have ever witnessed. >> i promise you i'm never going to stay for another storm ever again here. however, i am one of the lucky ones. >> recovery efforts begin after utter devastation in parts of florida. while millions more people are now at risk as ian moves north. also tonight, he isn't tossing paper towels but governor ron desantis is handling this hurricane in a weirdly trumpy way. >> what we're learning about ginni thomas' meeting with the january 6th committee when sh...

that means traveling from coast to coast are stranded. some of them forced to drive thousands of miles. >> we were at the airport at noontime on sunday, finally made the call at 10:30 p.m., that we could not afford to lose any more time if we were going to drive. >> i can't rely on southwest to get the family home, so we maid need to leave a little early to drive ourselves home. >> the kreismt on the blaming the travel disaster on schedule and outdated infrastructure. the ruling that keeps on -- tens of thousands migrants now bait in limbo. we'll go to el paso, texas in just a mome...

this afternoon it came ashore as near category 5 strength, as a high category 4 after bidding for hours as it approached. >> oh, you got to be kidding me! you got to be kidding me right now! >> right now it is still a category 3 storm, still a major hurricane with damaging winds spanning out 175 miles from the center. >> oh, my god. >> no less troubling than the winds tonight, potentially even worse hurricane ian is still pushing a massive storm surge onshore. forecasts as high as 18 feet in places where buildings living close to the water was why so many people moved there. take a l...