feet high, could plunge into the neighborhood. it s just one of the many gulf coast communities still suffering from catastrophic flooding. it s been quite an operation. some of our major thoroughfares have become impassable even as the water recedes, there s washouts. so we have a long, long recovery period. all of this following hurricane ian s destructiv ive h across florida. it slammed into the gulf coast as a category 4 hurricane. entire towns leveled. florida governor ron desantis is expected to give an update on the situation later on in this hour. we ll take that for you live. let s send it down to boris sanchez with our coverage from ft. myers, florida. boris? fred, you just broke the news that we have been dreading all day. initially, when we got up this morning, officials had told us that the death toll from hurricane ian was hanging at around 45 fatalities, and you just broke the news, 64 people killed by hurricane ian here in the state of florida and potent
united states and all around the world, i m paula newton. coming up this hour, u.s. president joe biden heads to the southern border to see for himself what the right and left are calling a crisis. hear from one activist about what she hopes he takes from this visit. now the dust is settling after a chaotic vote for house speaker, we will look at what comes next fororor the new lead and we are live in hong kong as china reopens to the world, even as it confronts a massive surge in covid cases. we speak to a doctor here in the united states about how this could impact the spread of the virus. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so in the coming hours president joe biden is expected to visit the u.s. southern border for the first time since taking office, and it comes as he faces mounting criticism for failing to stem a surge in migration. now, in the fiscal year 2022 the u.s. encountered more than 2 million migrants at the border,
with over 6.2 million people under a hurricane warning here. sandbags lining the charleston streets, the governor says he knows what is coming. and now, zooming out, still trying to comprehend the tol tolerating pain, and the death toll. and now, sanibel island is only reachable by boat, and city after city in florida decimated by hurricane ian. and in fort myers, decimated by heaps of concrete and debris and the people trying to pick up their lives and send help. we lost everything last night, everything. the family is okay, and the dogs are okay, and the parents are okay, and we have lost everything, and we have been in the house since 1987, and everything is gone, pictures, memories, everything. and now, going to charleston where the community is waiting, and we have miguel marcus there, and the high tide just as the hurricane is set to come ashore, and what are you seeing? yeah, it is pretty miserable right now, and this is the worst that we have seen. the winds are
things the growth plan and making sure with things like the growth plan and making sure with things like energy intervention, that people right across this country are the queen s official death certificate has been published. it was signed by the princess royal and reveals the monarch died of old age. one of the most dangerous storms in us history hits florida, damaging buildings and submerging some coastal areas in floodwater. florida s governor, ron desantis, says the impact of the damage across the state will set records. tributes flood in from across the music world for the rapper coolio, famous for the 90s hit gangsta s paradise. hello. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, has dug in to defend his mini budget, saying the government will stick to its plan to try to boost the uk economy. he s said they will also continue to pursue efforts to help people with their energy bills, despite criticism of the tax cutting schemes he announced last friday. his comments came after th
category 4 storm leaving a huge path of destruction and millions in the dark this morning. we ll have a live report in just a moment. meanwhile, rescue crews have been busy trying to get people who decided to ride out the storm to try and save them. they re stranded now by rising flood waters and we re still tracking ian as it slowly makes its way across florida. at this hour, it still has more to go. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it s thursday, september 29th. joe is off this morning. along with willie and me, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. without power this morning, first light this morning will begin to show the damage in florida. that s right. that s when we re going to start to see the story of what happened last night, what happened overnight. tropical storm now ian downgraded from a category 1 hurricane. in just the last hour, but still wreaking havoc across florida as it made landfall as a