ian now stands at 109. all but four of them in western flo florida. today people who evacuated from sanibel islandone of the hardest hit in the state, will be allowed to return to survey their losses. it s going to hit home. it s going to be emotional when they see their properties up close and the amount of damage that this storm inflicted upon them. more now from cnn s carlos suarez. he is in fort myers. reporter: the need for help in florida, immediate. at one food distribution site in north fort myers, the line of cars grew by the hour. the cajun navy foundation on the ground in florida for days handing out crucial supplies for residents without basic services. we got diapers. i know there s water, food. reporter: thousands so far have been rescued from destroyed or flooded homes with harrowing stories of survival. i got pushed away and went around the building and i was able to find some bushes. i grabbed onto it. pulled myself in. halfway in. and i just stay
and if you re familiar with that area, it is extremely steep. extremely thick vegetation that has not burned in probably decades. once it s got ahold, and started up that hill, i think we all saw that, as soon as i got to my headquarters, you could see the tremendous smoke column and we knew we had a significant fire. okay, this is the live scene right now of what s happening in the laguna hills area. this is the orange county area of colorado. it s about an hour or so outside of los angeles. it s very close to the ocean. you can see that fire burning in the distance there on the hills as the fire officials describe it. that of course is a palm tree. one of the issues they ve had with this fire is that embers have been spread by the winds. in fact, that s why some of these houses, according to the fire officials, have actually been burnt and have been involved in fire, as you can see right there. the embers have been managing to get inside the homes, into their attics and t
video of atrocities, including this surveillance video obtained by cnn which shows russian soldiers shooting two unarmed civilians as they walked away from an encounter on the outskirts of kyiv. prosecutors say they are investigating this as a war crime. nic robertson is in finland this morning. s sara, tell us more. this camera stayed on, showing this all the way through from beginning to end. it is incredibly disturbing to watch but what it reveals are russian soldiers shooting two men as they walk away. this is a stark example of a potential war crime perspetrate by russian forces, an example the world has not yet seen, russian soldiers shooting two civilians in the back. cnn obtained the surveillance video taken from this dealership video. russians tried and failed to shell their way to the capitol. the fight along this road was clearly fierce. but what happened outside this business was not a battle between soldiers or even soldiers and armed civilians. it was a cowa
putin. well, if that would be the case that we join, what my response would be is that you caused this. look at the mirror. back in the u.s., a milestone almost unthinkable just a few years ago. 1 million americans have died of covid. the president ordering flags lowered to half staff in a country changed forever. we are also learning more today about this amazing story involving nerves of steel and an emergency landing soft as a willow. what happened minutes before a passenger had no choice but to take controls. let s begin with finland s decision to pursue nato membership. nic, is there any doubt that nato would rush to approve finland s application? they ve already given them a green light, if you will. nato secretary general today said that they will be warmly welcomed. there s been a lot going on behind the scenes in brussels at nato head quarters. a lot of conversations between different nations. and all of it coming to the same point. if finland joins nato whic
experience, landing a plane safely. let s go outfront. good evening. welcome to a special edition of outfront live from kyiv. i m erin burnett tonight. outfront this ooefg, the first russian civilian killed just miles from the ukrainian board we are russia. according to the kremlin, the russian civilian was killed by an attack just outside of belgorad, which putin has been using as a staging ground for troops entering ukraine. ukraine hasn t denied this, they have not commented on it as of yet. but news of this reported death raises the stakes. it was yesterday that biden s national director of intelligence warns that putin would escalate this war. the civilian death comes as ukraine is offering to release russian prisoners of war in exchange for the evacuation of injured ukrainian soldiers inside that steel plant in mariupol. it is the last thing right now, standing in the way of russia owning that key port city. we re also hearing from a commander still inside the pla