hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with a new update on the devastating toll hurricane ian has taken on florida. at least 64 people were killed across the state. as recovery efforts continue, the number is expected to rise. governor ron desantis at this hour giving a briefing on the storm response and recovery. hurricane ian slamming into florida as a category 4 storm, leveling entire communities. and today severe flooding is complicating rescue and recovery efforts. let s go back to boris sanchez anchoring from ft. myers, florida, for us. reporter: hey, fred. as you reported just a moment ago, the tragic news that the death toll has again climbed earlier today. it was sitting at 45 fatalities. now cnn has confirmed from state officials that it has reached 64 people killed as a result of hurricane ian. and those devastating, nearly category 5, storm force winds. obviously, this is a difficult time for so many across the stat
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
moscow with how mr. putin is justifying the escalation in violence. we will get to all of that. welcome, everyone. i m alex witt in for hallie jackson from msnbc world headquarters in new york. we will get to msnbc correspondent erin mclaughlin and also white house correspondent kelly owe dodge. eri kelly o donnell. erin, what is it like where you are and where do you see this current escalation going? around 8:00 this morning, we heard five explosions here in kharkiv, what is the second largest city in ukraine, striking, according to ukrainian officials electrical infrastructure in the kharkiv region, leading to power outages in the city itself, with ukrainian officials say a couple of hours ago, power was restored to the city. this kind of missile strike is actually not all that unusual for kharkiv. it s a weekly occurrence. nothing like what we saw unfold in kyiv, the capital today, in which missiles rained down on the capital, damaging the residential buildings, a chi
on shore after hurricane force winds and storm surge push them out of the sea. this is a scene of utter destruction. in areas where the storm leveled homes and businesses, damage assessments are also underway in south carolina to the was battered by dangerous storm surge. residents from florida to virginia facing another challenge in the form of a power outages. the lights are still out for more than 1 million people in florida alone. the white house has yet to confirm when president biden will visit that state. he says he plans to travel there as soon ask conditions allow. meanwhile much needed relief is starting to flow to some of the hardest hit areas after the president approved federal emergency aid for florida, south carolina, and north carolina. fox team coverage on ian s aftermath from the fox weather center, florida and south carolina. that is where we begin with nay boy live in myrtle beach. john, good evening. the damage here certainly could have been worse. pe
us i m eric shawn. ian made land from the south carolina coast just over 24 hours ago. it was weaker than the category monster that stamped entrance lamp florida. ian did plenty of damage with high winds and storm surge flooding. ian s remnants are now bringing heavy rain to the mid atlantic and northeast. areas of west virginia and those are at risk now we are told a flash flooding today. ask newest team coverage alexandria hoff is in fort myers, florida. molly and pawleys island, south carolina. rich edson with the latest on the federal response. but first we are going to go to adam tracking the storm s path what is the most important information that you have to give us now, adam? it is still a rainmaker print yes it s no longer a tropical storm. running over to the mid atlantic eventually up into new england all through the weekend as it makes its move. this is a future forecast. you can take a pay attention to the time step in the quarter. the heaviest rain over easter