for swift votes on harvey relief muffin and muffin money and an increase in the country s debt ceiling. we have many things we need to solve, we will know if we will be able to after this meeting or the meetings we will be having over a short period of time. plus the president is confusing people even in his own party. the backlash from democrats is intense. i want to cut to the chase. president s decision, the president s decision to end daca was heartless and it was brainless. and irma ta rememb and irma takes aim, the storms winds hitting 185 miles an hour. florida s governor is sourvndin the alarm, even though the storm is days away. this storm is bigger, faster and stronger than hurricane andrew. we re preparing for this storm. remember, we can rebuilt your home, but we cannot rebuild your life. hurricane irma slamming into parts of cuba and could be on a collision course with the main land. take a look at the island of st. martin. we re talking about one o
right now there is no food, no water, no electricity. first responders are in triage mode. their supplies and communication, limited. this is cudjoe key. this is where irma made landfall. the water is not working. the sewer s not working and there s no electricity. so it s very tough. in jacksonville, flash flooding has swallowed entire streets. flood levels along the st. johns river surpassing a 153-year-old record. the surge unlike anything residents have seen before. the mayor and local authorities asked people to hang white flags outside their homes as a signal for help. just within the past few minutes, the line here has started to build. according to early insurance estimates, irma causing $20 billion no $40 billion in damages in florida. we are watching still out in the atlantic, jose. it is a hurricane. it is something we have to watch and have to be concerned about. a new report claims that lawyers representing president trump in the russia probe want
so our hearts go out to everybody who s going to be suffering down here for an unforeseeably long time. kate? absolutely. bill, thank you so much, bringing us that really amazing perspective from the waters along the keys, as we ve been traveling there. joining me now to get some more perspective, monroe county county commissioner, heather caruthers, the county that covers the keys. thank you so much for jumping on. can you hear me? i sure can. thanks, kate. what s the latest you re hearing today on search and recovery and how it s going in your county? i can tell you the recovery effort seems to be going really well. literally, as i was waiting to speak with you win got a phone call from a very close friend that i haven t been in contact with. it s great to know that we re starting to get cell service back, so i ve seen cell service now from key west and also someone in marathon. that is huge. hopefully people can start communicating with their friends and their love