on shore after hurricane force winds and storm surge push them out of the sea. this is a scene of utter destruction. in areas where the storm leveled homes and businesses, damage assessments are also underway in south carolina to the was battered by dangerous storm surge. residents from florida to virginia facing another challenge in the form of a power outages. the lights are still out for more than 1 million people in florida alone. the white house has yet to confirm when president biden will visit that state. he says he plans to travel there as soon ask conditions allow. meanwhile much needed relief is starting to flow to some of the hardest hit areas after the president approved federal emergency aid for florida, south carolina, and north carolina. fox team coverage on ian s aftermath from the fox weather center, florida and south carolina. that is where we begin with nay boy live in myrtle beach. john, good evening. the damage here certainly could have been worse. pe
flooding in sarasota county, sheriff s deputies were going door-to-door warning door warning people of a possible levy break there. steve harrigan isn t northport, florida with more on that, st steve. jon i ve got a gator boat behind me pulling it a jet ski over here. we have seen everything that floats go in and out of these roads which are now pretty much river ways. people going to check on their houses purred going to bring people out. we have seen hundreds and hundreds of rescues over the past 48 hours. on day one was nagy emergency rescues. that is changed now. a lot of families coming out. some of them in tough shape with small children after two or three days trapped by the water. they are taken out and loaded onto military vehicles and taken to someplace where they can get food and water. they set up some charging stations as well for the people. we have seen all kinds of vehicles go in both public and private to try to do the help. some people getting a little impatient. th
geoff, as i bring you into the conversation, arguably, senator reid will probably be best remembered for shepherding then president obama s affordable care act through the senate without any republican support. sounds familiar from these days too. what are you expecting to hear today from both the former president obama and from president biden? well, from president obama, you can expect that he will mention the fact that it was harry reid who encouraged him to run for president. back in 2006. it was then a freshman senator, barack obama, who was really at the beck and call of leadership, and the story goes that he was called into a meeting with a senate majority leader, the then senate majority leader, reid, and he said, look, i can tell that you re a little impatient, that the way the senate works is a little too slow for you. i want to make sure you re not going to leave here and try to run for governor of illinois. he said, i ve heard that you re mulling over running for presiden