hurricane aid should be based on equity but after widespread criticism of those remarks, what is she saying now? john: a hint, sandra. not much. juan williams, mercedes and more to break it down coming up. sandra: fox weather alert, death and devastation, the death toll at 65 in the united states, families along florida s west coast, many now homeless wonder what is next. sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: good to be with you. i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports. some estimates put the damage at nearly $50 billion in florida alone, receding water bringing the extent into view, fort myers beach, lee county unrecognizable from a week ago. thousands of utility crews, the infrastructure simply no longer exists. president biden will visit the damage wednesday. sandra: shocking new images, update on the historic search and rescue efforts from coast guard, rear admiral coming up next. john: what do we expect from the president s trip on wedne
repaired. we have a map, according to our latest numbers here, showing about 600,000 still in that state without power. can you give us an update to that on what you are hearing? yeah, i m hearing about the same thing. obviously power restoration, not a coast guard mission, but i met with the senior general from the army corps of engineers this morning. they are looking at what they need to do to support the infrastructure there, and meeting with the state, they are laser focused on getting power and water restored to all of the areas as quickly as they can. you have a lot of work to get back to, thank you for joining us with an update. appreciate it. the best to you and your efforts. thank you. sandra: thanks to him and his teams, and fox corporation has donated $1 million to the american red cross to support the hurricane ian relief efforts there. the red cross is providing aid and resources, including
people have been coming for days. every time they get here, they pull up, they get a box of mres, meals ready to eat, 12 of them, 12 meals, they get 1 or 2 cases of water and they can also get something you just can t make when you don t have any electricity at home, bags of ice. so that s certainly making them feel a little bit better. friday and saturday in particular were extremely busy with super long lines of cars and trucks to re-stock dwindling prehurricane supplies. the people in line tell us they are extremely grateful. we are getting what we need to survive, but this, these guys are awesome. it helps so much. i am so incredibly gracious. i come every single day but yesterday we had no ice here, and i m so happy to be able to give my 90-year-old parents ice. and these men and women tell
hurricane aid should be based on equity but after widespread criticism of those remarks, what is she saying now? john: a hint, sandra. not much. juan williams, mercedes and more to break it down coming up. sandra: fox weather alert, death and devastation, the death toll at 65 in the united states, families along florida s west coast, many now homeless wonder what is next. sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: good to be with you. i m john roberts in washington. this is america reports. some estimates put the damage at nearly $50 billion in florida alone, receding water bringing the extent into view, fort myers beach, lee county unrecognizable from a week ago.
state of florida. i ve been working day and night with my partners from the u.s. army corps of engineers, national guard, department of defense, and federal emergency management agency, to save people s lives and help them on the bath to recovery. you have to assume those people are so grateful and so many still looking in some cases for lost loved ones. we are hearing from some of the victims of this horrific hurricane, here is just some of what we are hearing. the water was moving so fast that it was taking things with it, it was like an explosion, this just looks like somebody set off a bomb around here. everywhere. a couple friends on the beach that did not make it. business can be rebuilt, replaced, you know, we can pivot, do something else, but you know, it s employees we are so worried about, it s, you know, our friends. so many concerns going forward right now. estimates that damages in that state could amount to about