people in shelters spread across 87 shelters in the state. the hardest hit areas remain the florida keys. national guard and red cross have been making their way down there. here s what they said about the needs down there. take a listen. we re trying to put support in, something that people have the least of. we have water and food, two other big things we re pushing out. reporter: the good news is that 8.2 million people have gotten their power back. 3 million people still do not have it. florida power and light says by this weekend most of the customers that don t have it along the east coast of florida should get it back. extremely serious situation still happening down there in the florida keys. thanks so much. let s turn now to your weather. nbc meteorologist bill karins standing by. we re done with mayor. jose, those trending towards the coast. could be feasibly a threat.
tof. the race turning out a successful effort so far for the gop to keep the house even as the president posts a 36% approval rating. attempted to tie ossoff to comedienne kathy griffin to nancy pelosi. second, superpac money poured in. new york times estimates handel benefited from $18.2 million of spending by outside groups. and third, old-fashioned gerrymandering. its boundaries clearly were crafted to benefit republican candidates. joining me now to pick over this, michelle goldberg, who is in georgia, whose slate is titled more liberal tears. and author of audacity, and a title that this might be the worst freakout ever. you were basically like, hey,
second, superpac money poured in. new york times estimates handel benefited from $18.2 million of spending by outside groups. and third, old-fashioned gerrymandering. its boundaries clearly were crafted to benefit republican candidates. joining me now to pick over this, michelle goldberg, who is in georgia, whose slate is titled more liberal tears. and author of audacity, and a title that this might be the worst freakout ever. you were basically like, hey, michelle s writing from the tears perspective, you re basically saying, stop crying, it s not so bad. what s your general read here? you have to adjust your point of view of what s going to happen for the party with everything that happens. in this election, it was worse for the democrats by a few points than they expected.
clinton disaster. they thought very briefly they might when in kansas. this is a new barometer. they raised $8.2 million in the initial round. they didn t live in the district. they had little embarrassment, 9% of the money came from outside georgia. as a hollywood-based, left-wing candidate, he did remarkably well. no republican should relax. this fight is going to be a real brawl because the left smells an opportunity to win my seat, tom price s seat, three people in a row have held this with the some standing. plus they re desperate to do anything they can to hurt president trump. republicans are going to have to go in there and be very aggressive. as the district comes to know speech went one better, i think you ll start to shrink. there are enough hollywood stars and money to prop them up over the long run, i don t think so.
what the election if it were two weeks earlier, he would have one. what was happening, they re all shooting at each other, the republicans, he s up here with millions of dollars. all of a sudden, they are saying you better turn out for the republican base. eboni: to that point, got very close, but ultimately, they re going to do a runoff. at this point, is the republicans are going to win this. tell me why you think it s not a safe bet for the g.o.p.? newt: you put in $8.2 million, he turned out a 91,000 votes which in a special election is a stunning number. that s almost a presidential year number. he s in a position where if he can find 91,000, this is going to be in mid-june, everybody s at the beach or the mountains, why are you bothering me about