people are now in 257 shelters like this woman right here. florida says it needs 5.5 million meals to feed them all. and 6.6 million liters of clean water. 2 million people still do not have power. water isn t running in five counties. 19 counties have boil water notices. and more than 200 health care facilities are evacuating, or considering doing so. 10 airports are closed. along with 24 ports. 31 transit systems. and nine railways. and then there is the death toll. the official number is now 14. though those same officials say that number is very likely to rise. and they are warning, just because it has a weaker wind speed, making it a category one storm, hurricane ian, that does not mean that the danger has passed. as we have learned over and over again, it is the water, the rain, the storm surge, and the flooding that is often the most dangerous. that right there is where we begin, looking at what the storm is doing now, joining me from charleston, south carolina, is nbc
Post reports Vice President pences trip to arizona this week had to be postponed from tuesday to wednesday after several secret Service Agents either tested positive for coronavirus or had shown symptoms of being infected. Were going to speak to one of the reporters from this breaking story just ahead. But despite all of this, President Trump, who is about to headline a july 4th event at mt. Rushmore, where the governor has specifically said social distancing will not be required, continues to put forward a very different reality across this country. The crisis is being handled. Something to think about, china was way early, and theyre getting under control just now. And europe was way early, and theyre getting under control. We are likewise getting under control. Some areas that were very hardhit are now doing very well. Some were doing very well, and we thought they may be gone, and they flare up, and were putting out the fires. But other places were long before us, and theyre now it
Out of control. Its so serious that today the governor of texas did a controversial 180. He declared that wearing a mask in the Lone Star State is now mandatory in texas. Today we learned that Trump Campaign surrogate and former president ial candidate herman cain, seen here attending the trump rally in tulsa less than two weeks ago, hes been hospitalized with covid19. And new tonight, the Washington Post reports that Vice President pences trip to arizona this week had to be postponed from tuesday to wednesday after several secret Service Agents either tested positive for coronavirus or had shown symptoms of being infected. Were going to speak to one of the reporters from this breaking story just ahead. But despite all of this, President Trump, who is about to headline a july 4th event at mt. Rushmore, where the governor has specifically said social distancing will not be required, continues to put forward a very different reality across this country. The crisis is being handled. Somet
Past month as having spiraled out of control. Its so serious that today the governor of texas did a controversial 180. He declared that wearing a mask in the Lone Star State is now mandatory in texas. Today we learned that Trump Campaign surrogate and former president ial candidate herman cain seen here, attending the trump rally in tulsa less than two weeks ago, hes been hospitalized with covid19. And new tonight, the Washington Post reports that Vice President pences trip to arizona this week had to be postponed from tuesday to wednesday after several secret Service Agents either tested positive for coronavirus or had shown symptoms of being infected. Were going to speak to one of the reporters from this breaking story just ahead. But despite all of this, President Trump, who is about to headline a july 4th event at mount rushmore, where the governor has specifically said social distancing will not be required, continues to put forward a very different reality across this country. Th
President trump is heading for mt. Rushmore where 7500 people are expected to attend a holiday event tonight but with no social distancing and masks optional. This comes as the u. S. Set another record for new coronavirus cases, 52,000 in a single day, and 36 states are now suffering surges of new infections. President trump silent on all of this. But were learning he continues to stoke cultural wars and intends to do so tonight. Someone familiar with the speech said trump will focus on efforts to, quote, tear down our history. We begin with the latest and our correspondent david carroll. Reporter jim, no matter how you look at it, this week there was some sort of record set whether it was in florida, texas or arizona. Now the Holiday Weekend is upon us, and that has Health Officials especially uneasy. Fireworks shows, parades and beach barbecues canceled from coast to coast over concerns the Holiday Weekend could fuel a surge in new coronavirus cases. Florida now leads the nation in t