yak, yak, yak, yak. happy tuesday, everybody so really, it seems 2023 is the year of the protester. ng they seem to be everywhere, blocking traffic, closing bridgeic, closs, chanting at tro station stations. but the joke ske o on them. i travel only by helicopterve . but oh how they love to delay transportation. who do they think they are? mayor pete idiots are throwing tomato soup on paintings, super gluing themselves to the wall. and remember that knucklehead glued who s d hand to a starbucs counter to protest the price of oatmilk? when they called his name, he couldn t even get his own coffee back.-m what is itilk? about superglue, anyway? should only have one purpose. and that s sniffin g. anyway, the more disruptive the protests, the more imbeciles embrace it, even if it hurts their cause. t even so what drives these cs to protest? well, their moms, they simply alienate rather than raise awareness. i mean, do you think this dohelps anyone imagine that they are n
[cheers and applause] greg: yes, yes, yes! happy tuesday everybody. so really it seems 2023 is the year of the protester. they seem to be everywhere blocking traffic, closing bridges, chanting at train stations. but the joke s on them. i travel only by helicopter. but, oh, how they love to delay transportation. who do they think they are, mayor pete? idiots are throwing tomato soup on paintings and super gluing themselves to the wall. remember that knucklehead who glued his hand to a starbucks counter to protest the price of-milk? when they called his name he couldn t get his own coffee. what is it about super glue anyway? it should only have one purposes and that s sniffing. the more disruptive the more the imba sills embrace it even if it hurts their cause. what drives these clowns to protest? well, besides their mom. they simply alienate rather than raise awareness. do you think this helps anyone? [screams] imagine that! [screams] i hate this! i m killing it. i m k
a crisis with no ordinary solution because this was no ordinary storm. look at the staggering scale of destruction. complicating hundreds of rescue efforts. it laid waste to entire towns, robbing people of their homes and livelihoods. some residents are now beginning to pick up the pieces. others have no pieces left to pick up. i just returned from a boat ride with the cageous navy where i saw some of the destruction for myself. this is what ian did to matt lachey in lee county where most of the deaths occurred so far. in matlacha. they find one of your neighbors? yeah. yeah. they found, like, i think three bodies so far in the water. i know there s more. cnn s nadia romero is in arcadia. we begin with brian todd in naples. officials said it could take months to recover. we have seen evidence all day long from our boat ride to where you are right now. where do things stand today where you are? jim, we re going to show you more evidence of why it s going to take so lon
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota in new york. hurricane ian has killed at least 13 people. it s the strongest storm to hit the west coast of florida in nearly 20 years. local officials say we should brace for that number of victims to rise. the life and death danger from ian continues as it pushes northeast, still pummelling florida. rescuers were pulling people from high water all day and night. survivors describe no time to wait as people had to carry children, as you can see, through chest-high waters. ian made landfall just west of cape coral. our cnn drone shows the devastation there. i mean obviously you can just see these are supposed to be streets, but they are completely flooded. nearby ft. myers and naples further south are both decimated. countless neighborhoods are still submerged in the floodwaters at this hour. the communities of sanibel and pine island are now cut off from the mainland after ian washed away parts of this causewa
with devastating winds, storm surge and flooding. our correspondents are in the heart of some parts of florida right now. we re tracking ian in the weather center as we bring you live special coverage of this hurricane disaster. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. this hour ian s brutal assault is still very much underway. hurricane force winds. brian todd is on the scene for us in naples, florida. brian, we re just beginning to understand the scope of the damage from ian. reporter: absolutely, wolf. people in this town just beginning to come to grips with this devastation. we are on a gulf shore boulevard here in naples, within 150 feet of the beach. a 12 foot storm surge pushed the water up underneath these apartments. now people are tossing their biggest positions on to the street like this. debris hazards are all over the place. and this comes as rescue