Its 4 00 in New York. A major hurricane, the largest city under indictment, ukraines president at the White House right now, and just 40 days to go until Election Day in america. No shortage of big stories, big news on multiple fronts today. Down in florida, Hurricane Helene is bearing down on the Gulf Coast threatening to bring surging waters that officials warn are, quote, unsurvivable. It is currently a category 3 but expected to strengthen before it makes landfall later today. Well get an update at 5 00 eastern. Then Vice President harris has just wrapped remarks in a joint appearance with ukrainian President Zelenskyy. One of the biggest Foreign Policy crises facing President Biden and the next american president right into the 2024 president ial contest. Donald trump lashing out at ukraines leader, making claims that could have come straight out of the mouth of Vladimir Putin. Well have all those stories and much more over the next two hours. We begin with the stunning News Right
let anyone know that if they have a boat, get people. our coverage of hurricane ian continues now with anderson cooper 360. the sheriff here in lee county told reporters about the afternoon destruction that is everywhere tonight. no words to describe what we saw and are seeing in the present tense, which is important to note, because this is an ongoing disaster in florida and potentially in coastal carolina. hurricane in yes, it is a hurricane again taste is taking ada. this is what it did to fort myers beach. is the most impressive storm ever to hit this part of florida. here is our first look at the area from above. it is far from the only look at the destruction that can be revealed from the air. in struct the barrier islands hard severing the bridge to pine island, as you can see here, along with the santa bell causeway which is impassable tonight. it also did considerable damage to marinas up and down the coast, pushing even larger boat around like toys. florida
aggressive last night and get out there. this morning, we were able to utilize our parks and rec to actually do a lot of road clearing. we were able to do some searches in the daylight. that was neighbors checking on other neighbors. we don t know what we don t know. even though we have a full day of daylight, there are still areas that we, you know, still have to get to and knock on those doors and make sure all the residents are okay. it is going to be a dynamic situation for a few days here. reporter: i was able to gulp in a helicopter this afternoon over fort myers beach and it is hard to put into words the scope of devastation there. what the storm left behind. excuse me. can you tell us about the damage you have personally seen? yes. at fort myers, we actually sent a couple of text to that fire chief at fort myers beach. here in the city of fort myers, we have boats in places where