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
with the latest on the path. so mara, give us an idea. 12 to 15 feet would be off the screen. it would be above your head, just so everyone understands what that means. so please go ahead. absolutely, absolutely. you know, storm surge the deadliest aspect of a hurricane. as night falls, this is when we ll see the storm begin for some folks. my hearted goes out to southwestern florida because for a lot of folks it s going to be the longest night of their lives. let s take a look right now. 125 miles per hour. so hurricane ian is now a category 3. this just happened. it s starting to weaken, but it is still packing a punch. traveling to the northeast at 8 miles an hour right now. let s take a closer look. right now we re seeing some of the strongest winds hitting parts of florida, including arcadia and right now they re experiencing some heavy rain along with those strong winds. we re seeing colors like pink
no! joining me now is msnbc s joy reid. i have so many question as but this. i dent want on t want my questit in the way of the reaction to the op-ed piece that oriana wrote or new material in the video or any of this. what we cover. your reaction? lawrence, i watched all of the way straight through, the 18-minute video. as a mother. chilling. very hard to watch. my hearted was ra was racing wh replayed there. the first 12 minutes. up until the officer tells the woman to turn around and she
to why they suspended that search? reporter: they ve been very tight-lipped about it, fred. it is a very curious development, however, because after working here all day long, i would say early in the afternoon, all of a sudden we noticed some movement. and one of the crime scene units from the new york police department pulled up in an apparent attempt to block our view from down the street. but we ve been able to look down there. we noticed the fbi was taking down a blue tent that had been covering the entrance to the basement where they had been doing their excavation work. when we peppered them with questions to find out why they were stopping their work, they simply said, we re suspending operations for now, and we will resume them in the morning. but they would tell us nothing more. so we re left to wonder, is there a development? have they found only that suspicious stain that we ll tell you more about? or were they simply knocking off for the day? fred? it s clear