it is important, if you know someone that is elderly nearby, you are right, we do have an older population and a lot of times people may not reach out for help, we need to ensure people are working together as a community. one of the most frustrating things for someone running for office and a floridian first off, biden administration refused to call governor desantis and governor desantis is leading the fight. this is not partisan. carley: i heard they actually did speak and then governor desantis said that he is thankful that the president approved an emergency declaration in florida and said federal aid will be made available, how much will that help florida? this is supposed to be a once in a lifetime storm. i am glad they finally reached out, when we saw the article from bloomberg, we were
right now over western cuba. ian is expected to gain strength before hitting florida. authorities in the u.s. are warning ian will bring a deadly storm surge in addition to the heavy rain, winds and flooding. now evacuation orders have been put in place right across the state and residents are being warned this could be a once in a lifetime storm. now in parts of ukraine separatists are wrapping up what are widely considered sham referenda votes to join russia. according to the ukrainian military has been completely closed for entry and exit. ukraine and western countries like the u.s. have confirmed the russian-backed referenda saying they won t recognize the results. this as russia faces growing opposition at home. the kremlin has acknowledged mistakes have been made and says regional governors are trying to fix the situation.
of water until the water ran out. and after spending their day like this in 90-degree temperatures, many were turned away from the distribution event at hawkins airfield. the director of the state emergency management says seven distribution sites will be set up by thursday. in the meantime, people turned to stores where the shelves are nearly bare. it s very frustrating. it s very frustrating to have to fight for some water, you know what i m saying. you got to mess around and buy five cases of water just to stay hyd hydrated. reporter: it s just kind of scary. we don t know when anything s going to get done. you come in the store and it s empty. water we re talking about. let s back up and talk about how we got here. moderate flooding in jackson, mississippi, crippled the city s largest water facility. national guard troops trained for the devastation of hurricanes, they ve been deployed, but this is not a disaster, some once in a
that are inevitably in floridians future? it s already happening here. florida is ground zero for the climate crisis. it s something i ve been working on for three and a half years, as the commissioner of agriculture. we re seeing hotter summers. we re seeing wetter winters, and making sure that we re about to have a 30 year anniversary of hurricane andrew. i was born and raised in miami. we all thought that was going to be a once in a lifetime storm, and unfortunately we re seeing this happen in almost every single year, threatening the united states. these are important issues that we re seeing all across the state, every time that it rains, not just these mass rainstorms, but every time it rains you re seeing flooding. and personally are seeing a lot of this flooding happening in minority communities, where they haven t had the money and resources. so we re working with the state government, with the local government, and of course the federal government to take these resources