storm in florida s history. right now, more than 1.2 million people are still without power. duke energy, which provides flower power to central florida, says it could be days until it s restored. here is ron desantis earlier today, on the latest efforts. over the last 72 hours, there have been over 1100 confirmed rescues made by first responders and likely many more than that and those are the reported ones as of 6:00 this morning. we have called in the army corps of engineers at the request of the counties to help with the damage to the water system, and i know that some of this is lee county water utility. some of it may be the platinum line as the core is working with all of those groups. they are meeting again today to figure out what the best ways to go forward. clearly, having those core services, like the water and like the electrical, are really top priorities after the life rescue mission. one of the most hard-hit cities and florida was fort myers. check out thi
hurricane ian. 76 people were killed, after the storm tore through the state, governor ron desantis says more than 1,600 rescues have been made since the storm struck. this left some communities unrecognizable. littered with wrecked homes as well as boats, as as you saw there. more than 628,000 customers are still without power and the destruction may just be coming to light. governor ron desantis is defending officials in lee county where half of the storm related deaths have been ann announced. they re facing criticism for issuing evacuation orders a day later than the neighboring county. here s what nadia romero was told. is that one of the things you ll be reviewing once we get out of the i can t aftermath. lee county should have had the evacuation order sooner from what we reviewed? the issue is they informed people and most people did not want to do it. that s the reality. you re in a situation, are you going to grab somebody out of their home that doesn t want to
v javelins and stingers to take out tanks. and then the u.s. provided these high mars systems that can hit some 50 miles away. but the u.s. has been conscious of not wanting to give weaponry that can reach deep inside russia. u.s. not ruling it out in my conversations with the u.s. officials saying yes, we could give these long range down the line but the u.s. is clear what they ve given ukraine is enough for their purposes. the bottom line is in order to get these weapons, ukraine is opening up the books saying this is what we want to hit. and we want to be completely honest with you so you are comfortable giving us these long-range rockets. so far the u.s. is not comfortable. such an important development to keep an eye on. thank you alex. while kyiv is making high ticket asks for down the road. the ukrainian army made another substantial gain over the weekend. it retook the eastern city of
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obviously, and they had momentum earlier this year. the ukrainians have been able to conduct this great counteroffensive, and they have taken pretty much 8000 kilometers of their terrain back. that momentum continues. lyman it s a logistical hub, and so it has strategic value to the russians, so they can take over. this is a good win for the ukrainians. in his speech on friday accused of setting a precedent for using nuclear weapons in world war ii. how seriously can we take this threat? well, as you know, this is reckless and irresponsible. we should not be talking about the use of nuclear weapons. we should be concerned that