from an mess nbc rolled headquarters, welcome in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with the big story of survival and recovery, mostly in florida that state hit hardest by hurricane ian. the total death toll from that storm is estimated 78 people. power outage numbers are down from reporting last hour, now it s over 21,000 in north carolina and just over 7000 in virginia without power. 1200 in south carolina. search and rescue operations are still underway, with the coast guard leading most efforts as 100 of thousands struggle with basic necessities like power, water, cell phone service. here is fema director demon chris just short time ago. we have well over 2 million people without power immediately following the storm and the power companies there have done a numbing job of getting the majority people back online. i think where the difficulty comes in, jonathan, is that there are so many homes especially in fort myers beach, area that are compl
is almost 10% of the population of florida. that means over 90% of people in florida to have electrical power. the number of people without electrical power is expected to rise as these slow-moving storm cuts across florida with hurricane-force winds. a major concern right now and overnight would be flash flooding caused by the heavy rains. more than two feet of rain is predicted in some areas, officials are warning residents to shelter in place if they have not evacuated. as many cities today are suspending rescue efforts until the storm passes. we begin with nbc news meteorologist bill for the latest. bill, what is the situation now? we are watching a storm that is weakening overland, but we still have areas that are losing power at this hour. we know we have people who need rescuing, need help from us. what happened during the day today, that is the situation as we go throughout these overnight hours. the center of the storm is over sebring, florida. it is about halfway
strong winds and heavy rain are battering the orlando area as the storm moves its way toward the atlantic ocean. the storm created catastrophic flooding that left entire communities under several feet of water and sent cars and debris floating down streets. take a look at these images. the water was just relentless. crews are still carrying out emergency rescues on land, air and sea. in bonita springs, a group of good samaritans rescued an elderly man stranded in his car in surging flood waters, dragging him through waist-high water to safety. ian s strong winds brought down trees, power lines, knocked out power to more than two and a half million homes and businesses. the winds also literally ripped off roofs from a number of homes, including this mobile home. a short time ago, governor ron desantis call canned the impact historic ask also addressed comments from the lee county sheriff that there may be hundreds of fatalities, something that s not been confirmed. we have h
Good morning. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing on the president s fiscal year 2019 budget. Today we will hear testimony from the director of the office of management and budget, the honorable mick mulvaney. During our hearing we will hear directly from the director of omb and we appreciate you being with us here today, mr. Director. Your insight will be very help of in our understanding. We see that the president s budget each year marks the beginning of the federal budgeting process or budget season as we like to call it, and the white house officially kicked it off on monday. While congress ultimately controls the purse strings, the president s budget request is still an important document for lawmakers to consider along the way. Each fiscal year the administrations budget documents documents the president s policy and spending priority. These are important for both changes to consider as work crafting the budget resolution begins in earn
Good morning. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to the committee on the Budget Hearing on the president s fiscal year 2019 budget. Today we will hear testimony from the director of the office of management and budget, the honorable mick mulvaney. During our hearing we will hear directly from the director of omb and we appreciate you being with us here today, mr. Director. Your insight will be very help of in our understanding. We see that the president s budget each year marks the beginning of the federal budgeting process or budget season as we like to call it, and the white house officially kicked it off on monday. While congress ultimately controls the purse strings, the president s budget request is still an important document for lawmakers to consider along the way. Each fiscal year the administrations budget documents documents the president s policy and spending priority. These are important for both changes to consider as work crafting the budget resolution begins in earn