And in ukraine, ukraine racking up more battlefield devastation. That is what were watching at this hour. The search for survivors in florida, rescuers going doortodoor in neighborhoods decimated by Hurricane Ian still nearly 2,000 have been rescued so far an the death toll from this Monster Storm Jumping to more than 100 people now. More than half of the deaths are in one county alone, lee county. The sheriff there is about to hold a Press Conference. Were going to bring you that live when it begins, when it happens. There is so much tragedy from this storm. Weve seen this for days now. But were also hearing incredible stories of survival. A fort myers man who clung to a palm tree for hours as the storm surge flooded everything in site. His daughter fearing the worst after their last desperate phone call. Theyre now reunited and they will join us this hour. Lets get started with the very latest on the recovery. Boris sanchez is live in fort myers. In this Press Conference about to beg
Lovely afternoon for lovers. This afternoon. Honey moon island around 70, kissimmee around 68. Up in romeo 68 and in lovers key 71 degrees. Looks like a nice looking candice. You are track the weather using our storm team max weather app. Download it and brian may have some more lines for you there. In our top stories. The country is mourning the loss of a member of the Supreme Court. Antonin scalia died at a ranch in southern texas. Knowns influential conservative and the most provocative member of the Supreme Court. He died at 79. The gop debate in South Carolina began with a moment of silence for Antonin Scalia and then the insults flew. Donald trump at the center of it. This is the 9th republican later this month in houston. And again new channel 8 wants to wish you a happy valentines day. Sweethearts are expected to spend over 19 billion this year. The cities for best and worse on this valentines day. Orlando is the number 4 spot and hialeah florida took last place. Well, new this
Business for the next several years. Think you. A wonderful discussion. [applause] i should observe we have a handful of bullocksheart a box here and i think the professor will sign those. Thank you for coming. Thank you so much. [inaudible conversations] the reason i wrote the book that they get to love them the first sections cover them the mammals and the reptiles including the snakes and lizards and creepycrawlies and though holdback section where you cant go in southwest florida sarasota, Hendry County to find them. It is like a cheat sheet for nature today we will see the National Wild life refuge and other islands we did not visit in to the state park that is far less known and obviously has abundant wildlife alligators, birds and it is the great place to visit in fort myers. Were standing now at the National Wildlife refuge and they have identified 238 species and also reptiles and amphibians and a number of mammals that comes through here as well. In terms of the island this p
And david ignatius. In a few minutes president carter will be in the next room signing his books. Thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] fort myers, florida on booktv. The city of palms, fort myers is noted for its beaches including. The river itself first became a boundary back in the 1830s and at that time we had the second seminole war going on. President Martin Van Buren has become very concerned about the cost of the war so he sent general alexander make room, who was the Commanding Officer of the entire United States army at that point down to florida with the orders to stop in his seminal work. Attorney general Robert Kennedy spoke at length on Lott Institute about the impact of gideon v. Wainwright. This is what he said. If an obscure and Clarence Earl gideon had not sat down jail with a pencil and paper to write his letter to Supreme Court and of the Supreme Court had not taken the trouble to look for mary and not one crude petition among all the bundles of
Drop the 5 below zero tonight. So it is going to be cold as the winds pick up. All of this is that system that brought the flurries making its way eastward and looking at the current wind speeds, they are between 10 and 15 Miles Per Hour in most neighborhoods and that is again bringing down the windchill readings. Right now, 5 degrees this in Montgomery Village and wheaton and fran cone na franconia and bristol, and it is feeling brutally cold. And by 6 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning, you are looking at the temperatures, folks. 5 to 10 degree below zero again to the north and the west. So in the forecast, very cold night coming up, and colder read inin and the snow chances continue. When i return, i will show you the next chance of the flakes coming down throughout the area. All right. The cold weather is take thing a toll on the infrastructure can across the area. A cracked rail on metro left many commuters standing ow ing the cold. And adam tuss learned that one of them was the metro. And