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
hour. the category 4 storm is currently barreling across southwest florida with winds up to 150 miles per hour. more than 1.5 million people in the state are currently without power, and that number is growing. but the most imminent and life-threatening concern is the storm surge. some areas seeing 12 to 18 feet. to give you an idea of just how severe that is, a meteorologist for the national hurricane center says no one alive has seen 12 feet of storm surge in that area, and many areas could take years to recover. just take a look at this surge today. the dangers are a reality for many who chose to hunker down and wait out the storm despite the evacuation orders. take a look at what family told nbc affiliate wbbh as their house flooded. so this is ft. myers beach on cutlass drive. it s four of us. four of us? on cutlass drive. and you re on the second floor already? yeah. six of us in here. do you have do you have a roof? 15 feet of water now. there s 15 fe
The gentleman from california. Mr. Royce i yield one minute to the gentleman from illinois, mr. Doled. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from illinois is recognized for one minute. Want to thank my good friend from california, the chairman, for yielding me the time and also want to thank my good friend from pennsylvania for bringing this piece of legislation. Supporting victims of iranian terrorism is a cause that every Single Member of this body should be able to support, regardless of where they stand on the Iranian Nuclear agreement. Under no circumstances should we be ignoring the victims of irans terrorism while simultaneously rewarding the greatest state sponsor of terror the world has seen. Make no mistake, under this administrations agreement with iran, iran will be receiving approximately 150 billion in sanctions relief in new funding almost immediately while american victims of iranian terrorism, whether it be bombings, kid nappings and the like kidnappings and the like,
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I dont think any of you are being told your resources are going to increase when you have more refugees. So at the most fundamental level, im trying to figure out how you absorb this within the current rate of funding that you have without something giving. One of those things that may give could be the very important thing that we all have an obligation to ensure, and that is the safety and security of the homeland. There is going to be handoff between the various agencies. How do we make sure with this increased pressure that we dont make a mistake that could put our homeland at risk. And i will start with maybe Homeland Security . I was going to start with numbers, because thats perhaps the easier part of the question. Just to be clear, our goal, the target, the ceiling is 85,000. Within that 85,000 we are striving to admit 10,000 syrians. That is not a cap. Have, y question i secretary carey said, it is a ceiling. It is not a ceiling, it is a floor. That suggests to me language tha