northport, people were trapped in their homes. so the sheriff was able to get some airboats down there, and they were moving people in these neighborhoods from their homes, which the homes weren t flooded at that a point in time, but the streets were completely underwater, taking them by boat to the interstate, that spot that s now overflooded, to get them out to safety, is how they were doing it as of last night when i spoke with him at, like, 7:00 last night. so now the focus is hopefully they ve been able to get the majority of those people out, and they re going to have to reroute how they re rescuing these individuals. but this levee has broken, which it seems like it has if the water s over the interstate, you re going to be rescuing people from the rooftop. so is, hopefully, we can get to them by boat. if not, the sarasota sheriff s office has helicopters, hopefully we can bring down some of the national guard helicopters pete: could you be rescuing from cars as well if peop
they re missing so many, you know, inputs into what they need to to put roofs on on people s homes. that s prior to this hurricane. have you been thinking about that, that part of the situation? we have edward on from, edward graham from samaritan s purse saying one of the things that has been remarkable to him is how much roof damage he s seeing in florida. yeah. i mean, everybody s going to have roof damage in this area,s and my entire district was impacted by this. st going to take a long time for us to pull out. i mean, i just came out cell phone on cell service, we don t have power where i m at, just north of the myaka river, manatee county has a little bit more power, but the majority of my district is still over 50-60% without power. some residents don t have water. communicated with some residents on casey key this morning, they just got their water back on. so we re going to be dealing with this for a significant period of time. fort myers probably isn t going
know, use that 911 system. that s your best way to contact people, emergency responders, if you need assistance is. but i think over the next days we will start to see a transition. you know, i was flying over the area yesterday, and i saw, you know, neighbors helping neighbors. a lot of people who are out and about and just a little bit tired and exasperated. so the heavy work yesterday was moving places people from places like sanibel island that is cut off to get them to dry land, unify them with their families and get them the services that they need as we shift towards recovery. pete: we re showing images only of some of your crews. we re grateful for men and women like you, godspeed to your whole crew. ing thanks for the update. thank you, pete. pete: more fox & friends moments away.
that were protecting new orleans, and new orleans flooded. just as an effect from the rainfall that fell, not because of actually my storm surge or the damage immediately prosecute hurricane. now, we re kind of talking about a similar potential story if, in fact, that levee did break. all of that storm surge damage you see is down here in the fort myers area towards naples. that s where the storm surge came on. but to the north side is where all of the rain fell, some potts over 20 in. s of rain falling in under 24 hours. in 2003 there was a flood and a levee break along the river right there in kind of the same spot, and that happened because of 20 inches of rain that fell over a 3-day period. this time it falling in a 1-day period, you ve got so much water in that area that it certainly puts a lot of stress on the levees. now, we don t know for sure if it has broken, but i can tell you this, we re at a record level ever here along that river, and this goes until about
and there is an uncertain future for the ukrainian people who continue to fight for territory in the eastern part of their country. will, rachel, petesome. rachel: thank you, trey. and it s having implications here, guys. as you see from representative steube s comments about the money we re still pouring into ukraine amidst this crisis and the concern that, you know, that kind of effort isn t being made for american citizens. will: still ahead, we re just weeks away from the midterms, and republicans are gaining steam. the key races that could flip the senate majority. rachel: and breaking right now as officials warn 90% of fort myers is gone. collier county officials say their 911 services are down. congressman byron donalds represents that area, he s going to join us live next. stay with us.