ian. state and federal agencies are still in search and rescue mode now five days after the storm made land fall. we ll have the very latest on the hardest hit areas. also ahead, ukrainian forces respond to putin s illegitimate annexation of four territories in a significant way. as the army continues to build on weeks of momentum. plus, new developments connected to the fbi search of mar-a-lago. it appears there are more missing documents that the department of justice needs to track down. good morning. welcome to way too early. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin in florida. historic rescue and relief efforts are underway five days after hurricane ian battered the state and left massive devastation in its wake. first responders are scouring the hardest hit areas looking for survivors as the death toll continues to rise. according to an nbc news talley, that number now stands at 87. four of the fatalities were reported in north carolina where the storm struck
wall street journal editorial page talking about how even by donald trump standards this was dangerous, violent rhetoric. we ll have the latest on that in light of everything that s going on. cpac tweets out russian propaganda, and then backtracks claiming the post was not authorized. we ll tell you what the conservative group is saying now and a lot of news in the sports world but we re going to begin this morning in florida where historic rescue and relief efforts are underway, five days after hurricane ian battered the state and left massive devastation in its wake. the u.s. death toll is now at 87 people according to an nbc news tally. first responders are searching the hardest hit areas for survivors. florida governor ron desantis says more than 1,000 rescues have been made across the state since the storm hit. fema officials say this is the largest search and rescue effort they have ever launched in florida and that u.s. federal response is likely to be unprecedente
and you can watch fareed s entire interview with jake sullivan at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow on fareed zakaria gps. jill biden is in egypt today. her stop is the second leg of her six-day trip across the northeast, north africa and europe. she s in the region to strengthen ties are allies. she s also promoting empowerment for women and education for young people. after egypt, jill biden will travel to morocco before heading to portugal on the final stop of her tour monday. by the way, it s the first lady s birthday today. she turns 72. and joran van der sloot, the time suspect in the disappearance of alabama teen natalie holloway has been taken from his jail cell in peru, a sign he could soon be headed to
welcome back to way too early. just after 5:30 a.m. on the east coast. 2:30 out west. thank you for joining us. in cuba, massive protests erupted after hurricane ian left the country in the dark. the storm knocked out power to about 11 million people when it plowed through western cuba earlier this week. over the weekend, thousands of people took to the streets demanding power to be restored. and amid the unrest, cuban authorities have asked the biden administration for assistance to help responding. according to the wall street, the request had no amount and the u.s. is still trying to determine whether the government and havana will supplement the request as it works to determine the extent of the damage. meanwhile, president biden and first lady jill biden will travel to puerto rico today to
visit those impacted by the hurricane fiona which hit weeks before ian and left at least 25 people dead. the president is expected to announce more than $60 million in funding for the island to strengthen flood walls and create a new flood warning system. the president and first lady will travel to florida on wednesday to assess the damage there as well. joining us now, white house reporter for the associated press, chris mcgarin. let s start with the president s travel today. he s heading to puerto rico where tens of thousands of people are still without power and an island struggling. only few years ago from hurricane maria there. we remember when then president trump went to that storm. he tossed paper towels around like basketballs and threaten to withhold aid. what should we expect today? i think we expect something very different. different tone from president biden.