storm in florida s history. right now, more than 1.2 million people are still without power. duke energy, which provides flower power to central florida, says it could be days until it s restored. here is ron desantis earlier today, on the latest efforts. over the last 72 hours, there have been over 1100 confirmed rescues made by first responders and likely many more than that and those are the reported ones as of 6:00 this morning. we have called in the army corps of engineers at the request of the counties to help with the damage to the water system, and i know that some of this is lee county water utility. some of it may be the platinum line as the core is working with all of those groups. they are meeting again today to figure out what the best ways to go forward. clearly, having those core services, like the water and like the electrical, are really top priorities after the life rescue mission. one of the most hard-hit cities and florida was fort myers. check out thi
hurricane harvey. there are going to be wake up in the morning tomorrow in their pick up trucks in parking lots, ready to do the hard work and the much-needed urgent work. but you are right, it s an unimaginable disaster. there are going to be thousands and thousands of homes and schools and cities to retail. , and saket what do residents need their most now? what we all need is a visionary rebuilding, an imaginative, intelligent vision for rebuilding and recovery. that focuses not just on the hotels and resorts and beach homes but also on affordable housing stock. there are thousands of workers deploying to florida, and we want these workers to be used to rebuild the homes that are