And in ukraine, ukraine racking up more battlefield devastation. That is what were watching at this hour. The search for survivors in florida, rescuers going doortodoor in neighborhoods decimated by Hurricane Ian still nearly 2,000 have been rescued so far an the death toll from this Monster Storm Jumping to more than 100 people now. More than half of the deaths are in one county alone, lee county. The sheriff there is about to hold a Press Conference. Were going to bring you that live when it begins, when it happens. There is so much tragedy from this storm. Weve seen this for days now. But were also hearing incredible stories of survival. A fort myers man who clung to a palm tree for hours as the storm surge flooded everything in site. His daughter fearing the worst after their last desperate phone call. Theyre now reunited and they will join us this hour. Lets get started with the very latest on the recovery. Boris sanchez is live in fort myers. In this Press Conference about to beg
and running but we also understand the severity of the storm and the really, really catastrophic damage that it can inflict on thes southwest coast of florida. you re starting to see power outages, but you ll see way more over the next 48 hours. you ll have millions of people without power in the state within the next 48 hours. no question. this morning kevin guthrie, our team management has asked for additional high water vehicles from the department of defense and coordination of fema. they have approved the request for dual status of the national guard forces under title 10 to provide additional resources and additional forces and we re really thankful for the fulfillment of that request. we have about 1,200 personnel for the department of transportation that are on standby to perform operations. these guys can t work if they can t get to where they are going. so that s the top priority for the department of transportation and highway patrol. to clear these roads torks mak
and in ukraine, ukraine racking up more battlefield devastation. that is what we re watching at this hour. the search for survivors in florida, rescuers going door-to-door in neighborhoods decimated by hurricane ian still nearly 2,000 have been rescued so far an the death toll from this monster storm jumping to more than 100 people now. more than half of the deaths are in one county alone, lee county. the sheriff there is about to hold a press conference. we re going to bring you that live when it begins, when it happens. there is so much tragedy from this storm. we ve seen this for days now. but we re also hearing incredible stories of survival. a fort myers man who clung to a palm tree for hours as the storm surge flooded everything in site. his daughter fearing the worst after their last desperate phone call. they re now reunited and they will join us this hour. let s get started with the very latest on the recovery. boris sanchez is live in fort myers. in this press con
law enforcement that have cop to help us. and they are alpha bravo. that means we work 12 hour shifts and they don t get to go home to their family members. they stay ready and able at the press of a button to go to work. and before the storm, we re alpha bravos and during and still today we are on alpha bravo shifts. we worry about burnout and a relief factor so we re going to utilize our local, state and federal partyers to make sure we have the sufficient man power who relieve those that have been working straight around the clock. the national guard has helped us tremendous. tremendously with security and safety of our roadways. my fellow family members from all over the state has sent councilless assets to help us from the florida sheriff s association, the fish and wildlife, florida highway patrol, our state troopers, fdle, fire and ems from all over
with us. joining us now is senior national correspondent kerry sanders. i just am often times just these hours previous to the most intense part, i flash back to 1992. when you were covering hurricane andrew and that category 5 storm that was small and quick. but cause sod much destruction. what are you seeing and what are you living through? what we re seeing is tropical force winds. what that means really is that there s some trees swaying and a few branches down, but it also means that the fire and police here in charlotte county are on alpha bravo shifts. they decided for their own safety they are not heading out right now to respond to anyone calling 911. they have not received any 911