ian are unlivable. the scenes, apocalyptic. responders working by boat and aircraft. nearly 2,000 rescues in southwest and central florida since last week when hurricane ian hit the state. this morning, the number of customers without power is now below half a million in florida. president biden travels to florida tomorrow for a firsthand look at the devastation. cnn s randi kaye is live this morning in fort myers beach. randi? reporter: john, i know you ve seen fort myers beach from the air, but seeing it on the ground firsthand is certainly like nothing i have ever seen before. there were stairways to anywhere because homes were literally blown out of foundations. there were homes on top of homes. as you said, fort myers beach is still closed to residents, but we got a firsthand look up close with a search and rescue team out of miami, florida, and here wrap we saw. this is our first look from the ground at fort myers beach. hurricane ian s winds combined with storm s
irony coming into play. to quote this daily beast headline, irony meter explodes as migrants lurk to florida for hurricane ian cleanup. yes, the details for the new york post reporting say refugees from venezuela are reportedly making their way to the sunshine state by a van from new york lured by the promise of work. and it was refugees from venezuela who florida governor ron desantis flew out to martha s vineyard in the play to the base stunt a few weeks ago, lured to the promise of work and cash assistance. that was a troll move that prompted a class action lawsuit and sheriffs investigation. but they said it was intended to draw attention to our porous border with mexico. but here s the real underlying hypocrisy, beneath all the bitter culture war debates over immigration. it is about work. get this, a 2020 pew survey found 77% of americans said
will be happening on tuesday and hosted by prime minister johnson of the united kingdom. evelyn on this point of the daily beast headline, russia is enjoying america s failure. talk more about that. why is russia enjoying america s failure in afghanistan? one of the points the kremlin makes publicly and its own partners and the autocrats that it s trying to help is the united states is not a reliable partner or ally. it is of obviously looking at the situation and saying we told you so. you can t count on the united states to finish anything. they always leave a disaster and a mess behind. there s a sub text which is
the fbi love birds as the president has referred to them. the inspector general report department of justice coming out next week if any laws were broken or shortcuts taken regarding investigating the trump campaign and she has chosen the week before the ig report to come out and break her silence. the daily beast headline says there is no fathomable way i have committed any crime at all. and she says essentially i m done being quiet. what do you make of the timing regarding this? well, it would have been better if she had done been quiet whenner and the corrupt cabal comey, page, baker were actually undermining the president and undermining the campaign and department of justice and people s actual faith in the department of justice. it s amazing now how all these folks have started coming out as the horowitz report gets closer and durham continues his investigation how they are trying to paint themselves is concerned patriots or concerned citizens. we have already seen the transcri
for us to move toward a level of socialism is such an extreme position and something that i think is inconsistent with the values and the heritage and the tradition of the country. if donald trump runs against one of those types of candidates, it s my belief that donald trump will be reelected. that s what the democrats don t want to hear. he s speaking truth to power. the further left the democrats go, the more likely it is that donald trump wins reelection. now he is speaking with his own interest, howard shulz. the daily beast headline read howard schultz bombed. he was talking about convenienc.