suppies to some of the cut off islands. so what they are doing, this is some of the critical work people don t often see. they are trying to clear the channels of sunken boats, of anything that might be in that pathway, making sure they can create clear pathways for the first responders who are coming in to get there safety and get people out safely and eventually to get the economic parts of these ports back online. the shipping containers, those other kinds of vessels that are so critical here. there s so much work that needs to be done both seen and unseen. who thought of the issue of clearing the waterways because so many things sank, clearly. jesse, you witnessed a lot of the damage firsthand. what did you see? reporter: jose, i think one of the things that we all keep talking about are the scenes that we re showing you. you see a lot of aeroyals and
safety. my colleague kerry sanders spoke to a woman who is relieved to find her father alive in the wake of the devastation. there s no words. the destruction is mind bog thing, but just know that our loved ones are okay, that s most important thing. florida governor ron desantis officially said that they have conducted over 1,900 rescues so far in what is just the beginning of a long, challenging road to recovery. this is the death toll has gone to at least 100 people so far. joining us now with the latest is nbc correspondents dasha burns and jesse kirk. you spent time with officials tasked with conducting these missions. what did you learn? reporter: jose, all morning here we have been hearing sirens, helicopters, watching first responders streaming into the fort mers beach area that
we have not been able to make it a fort myers very easily today, and we have been moving up towards sarasota. this is just our experience. you can imagine how many people might be trying to bring supplies or even go and check on loved ones in these communities. yeah, a herculean effort and really a lot of roadblocks in the way, to say the least, if you can call them rhodes these days. okay, jesse kirk, thank you so much for the details. do travel safely. thank you for that. let s go now to kilberg s running as from charleston, south carolina. let s talk about the damage for you, where you are, and give me an overall look at how south carolina is doing generally. yeah, alex. before a jury the damage that we are seeing here in charleston, just remember, we are about 16 miles from where the eye of that storm made landfall. you get a sense of how wide the impact was and why so many people in south carolina and north carolina are dealing with those power outages. here in charleston, the
shows us the numbers went up, again over the last month. more than 8%. so this inflationary pressure is not going away, michael. nbc s jesse kirk, thank you very much. appreciate it. right after the break we are on the ground in kyiv, ukraine. americans who volunteered to fight a long time ukrainian forces have been reported missing. when we know about their whereabouts, next. know about their whereabouts, next. whereabouts, next. i m way ahead of schedule with my trusty team there s heather on the hedges and kenny on the koi and your truck s been demolished by the peterson boy yes wait, what was that? timber. [ sighs heavily ] when owning a small business gets real, progressive helps protect what you ve built with affordable coverage.
was posted a line under the suspect s name on thursday night. sources tell nbc news that the suspect appeared to have written, etched on the weapons, the n-word. according to photos of the weapons that law enforcement sources confirmed nbc news belong to the suspect. another one had, quote, here s your reparations written on it. the justice department and fbi are investigating the crime as a hate crime and a tragedy of, quote, racially motivated extreme violence. joining me now, live in buffalo, new york, is nbc correspondent jesse kirk. jesse, what s the latest on the investigation? well, we know from a senior law enforcement official that authorities are looking that alleged manifesto you mentioned, which appears to contain racist antisemitic tropes. and that manifesto alleges, again this is all alleged at this point, it is not been directly confirmed to be linked to the suspect. but this potential manifesto for the suspect claims that he