It is good to be back with you on this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. No rest for the storm weary. We are live in florida as Crews Race to clear the damage from Hurricane Helene before the other Monster Storm named milton rolls ashore. Forecasters say the intensity is building again. Plus, get out now or die. Dire Evacuation Orders set off a scramble with highways clogged and things flying off the shelves. The latest on the storm that could be the worst to hit florida in a century. And when Disaster Relief turns political. Growing spat between Kamala Harris and Floridas Governor Ron Desantis after he reportedly dodged her call. What both sides are saying. And Donald Trumps predictions for the stormravaged south. Theyll still turn out for him even if they have to crawl to the voting booth. We start in tampa, florida, where people trying to evacuate face long lines for gas, standstill traffic, hundreds of cancelled flights. Sam brock is there live. What can you tell us about whats
injuries? honestly okay for us just means they re alive and breathing and that they can get here safely. so a lot of anxious people here waiting and hoping as each helicopter lands. 13,000 houses underwater, 60,000 people in need of help. that help is slow coming because the airports are so damaged on those northern islands. sandra, back to you. sandra: unbelievable pictures there. steve harrigan. thank you. bill: death toll up to 20. expecting it to grow. hopefully it stays where it is right now. as you say watching those aerials it takes your breath away. sandra: they re on the ground with search and rescue and some cases recovery efforts. they re just now getting into some of those hardest-hit areas, bill. bill: for us in the continental u.s. in jacksonville for three days, they are storm weary. we ve been talking about this
the warnings and many of them, they do know what to do. yesterday, brooke, i was out almost to the panhandle of oklahoma, almost touching the texas panhandle, and we were up there in an eyeglass supply company using their wifi, and the ladies behind the counter looked at me and said, make it stop. there s just too many days of this in a row. make it go away. and we had this tornado drought for the last four months, basically until the moore day. 250 tornados on the ground and there should have been 500. now we are making up for just day after day after day and they are weary. they are storm weary, and i just don t want people to let their guard down because we ve had so many days i didn t get hit, i didn t get hit. this could be a big day for people in central oklahoma. chad, standby for me. guys, do we still have samantha
a wild animal and deadly attack. an intern at an animal sanctuary killed inside a lion cage. a new threat from north korea causing fears of a nuclear strike. off the stage and behind bars. earlier this morning, a judge cracking down on the ballet dancer accused in an acid attack on a theater director. no rest for the storm weary. a brand new flood threat this morning. welcome back to early start, i m joim. i m zoraida sambolin. nice to have you with us. new developments this morning after a female intern just 24 years old was mulled to death by a 50-pound african lion at an animal sanctuarsanctuary.
that appears on your screen. a wild animal and a deadly attack. a 24-year-old woman at an animal sanctuary killed inside a lion cage. a nuclear threat this morning. the aggressive claims from north korea. off the stage and behind bars. earl this morning, a judge cracking down on the ballet dancer accused in an acid attack on a theater director. we are live in russia coming up. and no rest for the storm weary. people still picking up after sandy. they are now on watch for a brand new flood threat this morning. on that note, i am going to say welcome back. welcome to early start. it is great to see you this morning. it is thursday, march 7th. 30 minutes after the hour right now. new this morning, north korea threatening a preemptive