hurricane-stricken puerto rico and are set to visit florida later this week. in cuba, another wave of protests sweeping the island following a nationwide blackout. cuba is once again demanding freedom. meanwhile in washington, the new supreme court term begins today as the court prepares to take up a number of consequential cases. also this morning, opening arguments are happening right now in the conspiracy trial for five members of the oathkeepers militia group in connection to january 6th. and with 36 days to the midterm elections, the power of latino voters and how they could shape key races. and we begin this very busy hour with our top story. the daunting search and rescue missions happening right now after hurricane ian hit florida. over 1,200 fema personnel are trying to reach survivors and recover remains five days after this storm pummeled the gulf coast in florida. this as the death toll continues to climb. at least 87 people have now lost their lives in
power. water as well. we re going to get a live update on what he ll hear and see as well. also this morning, court is in session. it s the first day of the supreme court s nine-month term with justice ketanji brown jackson making history as its newest member. the history-making docket, the justices have teed up, after their last blockbuster term. opening statements are under way in a trial involving the oath keepers. their founder and other members are the first capitol attack defendants to be tried on seditious conspiracy charges. coming up, what it could mean for future cases against january 6th rioters. we want to start though with the aftermath of hurricane ian and our reporters on the ground in hard-hit lee county where serge and rescue operations are under way. we are now into day five of the search-and-rescue mission which is currently ongoing. you ve been on the ground for the last couple of days. speaking a lot over the weekend as well. still the devastation unfat
all eyes right now on florida and what is turning out to be fema s largest ever search-and-rescue effort. the chief saying the u.s. response was likely to be, quote, unprecedented. right now, more than 600,000 folks, they don t have power. about half of the hardest hit in lee county, a majority of the deaths are from this storm in that county as well. the number of lives lost is approaching triple digits. so far florida s governor saying more than one thousand rescues have been made. this is what the mayor of devastated port meyers beach fort myers, i should say, said earlier on today. we have a few more days of that and then we can start allowing residents hopefully to return to the island and start sifting through their messes. so the president is set to get a firsthand look at the devastation on wednesday. first, though, he s touring the damage today in puerto rico from hurricane fiona last month. thousands are still without