night that the president and first lady will head to puerto rico last night which was rocked by hurricane fiona 25 deaths in puerto rico have been connected to the storms. reuters reports that as of friday, 230,000 homes and businesses remain without power. fiona bore down five days after the anniversary of hurricane maria, which wreaked major havoc on the island before moving up the east coast. after puerto rico, the first couple will head to florida to examine the damage caused by hurricane ian. with wind speeds that top 155 miles per hour, tens of thousands of buildings were leveled, millions of people lost power. so far, nbc news confirmed at least 77 people have died from the effects of iain which barreled into florida s west coast as a category four storm on wednesday before veering to the east overland, reentering the atlantic ocean and making a second landfall as a category one hurricane and the carolinas. nbc s steve patterson is in fort myers beach where i left hi
because they have to go through that debris to make sure that they re looking for people that could hopefully still be alive, we can rescue. the coast guard is still on the job, carrying out much of that critical search and rescue work as hundreds of thousands struggle with lack of basic necessities, like power, water, and cell phone service. there s no water, there s no electric, there is little food. the problem, is you can t get in your car because those are all wrapped. there s no place to buy gas. you can t go to the grocery store because you can t walk there. cleanup certainly underway in south carolina. up and down the east coast as residents from the hardest hit areas in florida get a first look at what is left of their homes in the most vulnerable coastal areas. president biden announced yesterday that he hopes to visit florida tomorrow, and puerto rico on wednesday. puerto rico is still really from hurricane fiona. 75 people were killed, there more than 148,00
brown jackson as the courts new term begins tomorrow. i am jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. this sunday, residents and relief workers are on rescue missions, coping through the rubble as floridians grapple through the trauma and devastation left by hurricane ian. water came up to about here. when it got to there, the way they were saying on the news i thought it would eventually go over our heads. i called my daughters and i said goodbye. it was very traumatic. i went into the water and save three people. i lost one friend, i couldn t savor. she got washed away. the devastation is unbelievable. i was a paramedic fireman for 25 years. it is just unbelievable. nbc news has confirmed at least 77 deaths have been caused by ian and florida and north carolina. more than 800,000 floridians and tens of thousands in the carolinas remain without power. creating a new facet of this emergency. some hospitals in the area now scrambling to evacuate critically ill patient
the former president keeping election lie alive at his rally in michigan. it took a month, for one thing, to let biden in their. they had a whole month to cheat or whatever they did and it was supposed to be a one day election. next hour, our friends at the good buyers are going to join us with the up close trump faithful that rally as well. and miss nbc has confirmed the 78 people have died after the path of destruction, including excuse me. for people in north carolina, somebody for in florida, more than hundred thousand customers without power and that s improvement for more than 2 million, in the dark over the weekend began. and to bring liz maclachlan who standing by for us there. liz, give us a sense as we spoke yesterday of the absolute destruction there. we know now that the rescue efforts are ongoing on? that s right, yasmin. crews are working day and night here in fort myers right now. you can see some of the demolition crew behind me, residents won t
praising ginni thomas and promoting the big election lie adorably last night in michigan. he s got his faithful singing from the same song sheet. donald trump s that were at mar-a-lago. do you think they were planted? i believe so, the way they re out to get him. our friends are good liars join us ahead this hour with their unique approach to finding out what the really believe. wait until you hear what one woman says, is coming this halloween. let s head back to florida everybody, the death toll from the hurricane continues to climb. 85 people now pronounced ed, have been confirmed all but for those in the state of florida. the president announcing today that he will travel to the state on wednesday after his trip to puerto rico. were 25 people were killed after hurricane fiona. efforts remain underway to help residents of florida s pine island, who were left stranded after the only bridge that was critically damaged collapsed. and bc s liz mclaughlin is in fort my