those scenes were repeated across the panhandle. forecasters predicted that wind would be punishing and it certainly was that. local officials warned of heavy flooding and they were right. trees and power lines are down throughout the region. nearly 400,000 floridians are without power. destruction in places is especially heavy. tindle air force base, across the bay from panama city, took a direct hit. the base is reporting extensive damage. no injuries, thankfully, or loss of life. some of the worst damage appears to have been in mexico beach, florida. take a look at a video taken by a 12-year-old girl, tessa, who i spoke with her mother, patricia mulligan, by phone, just a short time ago. patric patricia, the video that your daughter took, i mean, how bad is that flooding, and is it still there? yeah, the water s still high,
throwing up, diarrhea. your will to live is gone. reporter: withdrawal from opiate drugs. many will tell you that you continue to use because after a while, it s no longer about getting high, it s to chase away the feeling you re about to die. for patricia slavin, it started four years ago with abdominal pain and a prescription for dilauded. the first time she had taken a prescription painkiller in her life. they upped the amount, and i was on a high dose. i had to get on pain management. every month they say, how are you, and i say, why? it s not helping. i m still in pain. add this to it. this pill. this patch. reporter: lisa vinsin, patric patricia s older strrks al eer had abdominal pain.
troubling for hillary clinton and troubling for the democrats because they see the honesty numbers going down just a little bit every time. and they really know they don t have a plan b at this point. so when you are a democrat seeing this, and the way clinton is responding to these allegations, it feels a little bit it feels dishonest, just the way they are clamping down. it doesn t feel forthcoming and she s not doing herself any favors. she s certainly not doing democrats favors the way she s handling this. 52% said she should be subject to criminal investigation. patric patricia, welcome to new day. sara, we ll check back with you in a bit. one place to go, cnnpolitics.com. new details e merging on the health of jimmy carter and his fight with cancer. the 39th president had surgery to remove a mass from his liver earlier this week when doctors discovered the cancer. the 90-year-old carter revealing it has spread to other parts of his body. for more on president carter s
that s the wonder of science. that is life. our constitution does not put a qualifier on life. joining me now, patricia ireland, former president of the national organization for women. patric patricia, good to see you here again. the critics say, had is go to open the door on late term aborti abortions, because the bill would allow late term abortions nationally, not just to save the mother s life, but to save the mother s health. well, the women s health protection act would knock down state restrictions that don t apply to other medical procedures and that don t promote women s health and safety women s health is important, and if in the good faith determination of a doctor a woman s health is at risk she
it is a most welcome development, especially when you consider all the nay saying this week about passing real gun reform in congress. perhaps the most prominent naysayer was senator john mccain who had this reaction with a mother of a mass shooting victim. my 24-year-old son, alec, was murdered in a movie theater in auror aurora, colorado. these assault weapons allow a shooter to fire many rounds. they do not belong on our streets. you need some straight talk. that assault weapons ban will not pass the congress of the united states. let s bring in democratic strategist julian epstein and patric patricia, whose quick thinking and heroism helped stop jared