hurricane-stricken puerto rico and are set to visit florida later this week. in cuba, another wave of protests sweeping the island following a nationwide blackout. cuba is once again demanding freedom. meanwhile in washington, the new supreme court term begins today as the court prepares to take up a number of consequential cases. also this morning, opening arguments are happening right now in the conspiracy trial for five members of the oathkeepers militia group in connection to january 6th. and with 36 days to the midterm elections, the power of latino voters and how they could shape key races. and we begin this very busy hour with our top story. the daunting search and rescue missions happening right now after hurricane ian hit florida. over 1,200 fema personnel are trying to reach survivors and recover remains five days after this storm pummeled the gulf coast in florida. this as the death toll continues to climb. at least 87 people have now lost their lives in
and here s why we are here. it s just a portion of the generosity and the kindness that we is see from people in the wake of this crisis. much more help will be needed to address the damage and the devastation of these communities. joining us now is colonel james pwaogt, the jacksonville district for the u.s. army corps of engineers on his way to ft. myers. colonel, thank you for being with us here. the team is working on installing generators today. what do efforts look like? jose, the army corps of engineers is prepped for a week before the storm came in to make sure we had assets pre-positioned and ready to move in right behind the storm. so we ve got two generator support bases with well over 100 folks, ready to flex in should the capacity of the counties and the states be exceeded. we re starting to get to that transition point. just started to move some generators into the impacted
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like this for weeks as nearly 100,000 remain in shelters. a quarter of all homes in the florida keys are destroyed. now, the president and first lady will survey the damage tomorrow and then later today the state department will put americans on evacuation flights out of saint martin and the british virgin islands also, of course, slammed by irma. now we turn to peter doocy, is he live for news jacksonville, florida, with the very latest on the recovery there good morning, peter. good morning, heather, the jacksonville mayor lenny curry says he wants update from the power company every 12 hours. he knows here in duval county alone there are still 106,000 customers without power in neighborhoods like this one where you can see the power lines are still lying on the street underneath enormous trees that irma knocked down. jacksonville is a place not most affected by the high wind, instead by the storm surge there are still many major roads blocked off by the st. john s river which