i m boris sanchez coming to you live from hard-hit fort myers, florida, where cleanup is under way where hurricane ian took aim. boris, good morning, i m amara walker, thank you for starting your morning with us. what is left of hurricane ian is moving north this morning after leaving half the destruction across florida and now the carolinas. and after making landfall as a category 1 hurricane in that region, it s now moving inland as a post-tropical cyclone. and even though it s been downgraded officials warn it still trains that area with heavy rain and flood. yeah, in south carolina, the storm flooded homes and vehicles along the shorelines. and as high winds purged with storm surge higher, two pier, one in pawleys island, and this one in north myrtle beach partially collapsed and just washed away. ian is blamed for at least 45 deaths. the severe category 4 hurricane wednesday packing sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. the coast guard said it has rescued more tha
south carolina continue to recovery from rains wind and cataclysmic flooding. ian slammed into south carolina just shy of category 5. the current death toll of at least 45 people likely to come in the days as search and rescue cruise go through blocked floodwaters, as of this morning, 1.3 million homes and businesses still in the dark. according to the latest estimate ian may have caused as much as $47 billion in insured losses which could make it the most expensive storm in the state history. the figure comes from core logic, that s a research firm that estimates losses from natural disasters. the estimates, combined ensured losses through private insurance, which typically covers wind damage. and fema s national flood insurance program that covers water damage. their estimates as of thursday, wind damage, $20 billion to $32 billion. flood damage, $6 billion to $16 billion. so the low end of the combined estimate would be $28 billion. before we spend, let s ask ourselves, is
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this is cnn breaking news. top of the hour, i m pamela brown in washington. you are in the cnn newsroom on this busy saturday night. we are getting more details on tonight s breaking news about the fbi search for documents at the home of president joe biden in wilmington, delaware. the search was overseen by the office of trump-appointed u.s. attorney john lausch who has been handling the initial review of the justice department s probe into classified documents since robert hur is still transitioning to his role as special counsel. arlette saenz is back with us now. arlette, what is the latest? re arlette? we re going to go to our panel of experts as we wait for arlette. shan wu is here, an attorney. i want to get your thoughts on this significant development. there s the political aspect of this, there is the legal aspect of this. bottom line, it is significant that a sitting president s private residence was searched by the fbi and a fifth batch of classified documen
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