strong winds and heavy rain are battering the orlando area as the storm moves its way toward the atlantic ocean. the storm created catastrophic flooding that left entire communities under several feet of water and sent cars and debris floating down streets. take a look at these images. the water was just relentless. crews are still carrying out emergency rescues on land, air and sea. in bonita springs, a group of good samaritans rescued an elderly man stranded in his car in surging flood waters, dragging him through waist-high water to safety. ian s strong winds brought down trees, power lines, knocked out power to more than two and a half million homes and businesses. the winds also literally ripped off roofs from a number of homes, including this mobile home. a short time ago, governor ron desantis call canned the impact historic ask also addressed comments from the lee county sheriff that there may be hundreds of fatalities, something that s not been confirmed. we have h
And i dont want to break right now, because i want to keep pushing for the release of my mum and the release of my brother. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. Welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking israel has continued its campaign of air strikes on gaza for the fourth day. Un aid agencies have warned of the severe consequences of israels seizure on the territory. The World Health Organization has called for a humanitarian corridor to be opened into the area. The families of israelis taken hostage are speaking about their agony today, at least 123 Israeli Soldiers have been killed since saturday. Coming up in the next hour, well hear from our correspondents on the ground in ashkelon, on the humanitarian situation in gaza; and more on israels military strategy. But first, lets focus on the situation in ashkelon , our reporter anna foster is there. The sirens went immediately. Actually, i was just about to take you up upstairs and out of the shelter because we thought there was the
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo live from london. we begin this hour with new developments out of gaza, where the israeli military has killed dozens of hamas militants in ground spoperations overnight. a staging building and an anti-missile is among the targets hit. the idf says it s struck more than 600 targets according to cnn analysis of video published by israeli media idf forces advanced about 300 kilometers inside of gaza. as the operation expands, u.n. is warning. meantime the palestinian red crescent society says israel is continues to launch air strikes near the al quds hospital in gaza. that report is with scott mclean joining us here in london. let s begin with aid. over the weekend, we heard from the dutch prime minister that says getting aid is especial for israel maintaining its international support. you heard more blunt words coming from the norwegian prime minister who s
Having an open house saturday january 20th between 10 00 and 2 00 targeted to the residents of the villages. Those sha that have benefits under the thr rs and will be open to all residents. At the end of november we traveled with ticd to washington, d. C. To meet with the department of labor regarding access to easements to property that improved the communications weve been having with them and resulted in the agreement on the consent calendar today. We continue to work on temporary and permanent easements well need to improve construction of easements adjacent to job corp property. Also discuss the department of labor their longterm planning effort with the improvement of their facilities. The bay bridge project Oversight Committee in december authorized the proposed retention of pier e2 we discussed at prior meetings. As outgrowth of that theres an m. O. U. On our consent calendar today thats an agreement to make an agreement. Its a precursor to demonstrate to the project Oversight
His passing. I was actually travelling in the south of china in the region where his parents had come from. Its also the area where my husband was born. So we were travelling in that area when we heard about his passing. We were so shocked and so grieved because he was a friend of mine for many years. Over three decades. He actually officiated at my daughters wedding and so he is greatly missed. I think that in this era of time when there is so much political grand standing, its really rare to encounter a man who was as humble as we was and dedicated the notion of public service. That was his whole being in his career was to serve the city that he loved, San Francisco. And he never forgot his simple roots from an immigrant family with a single mother who raised her family in subsidized housing and he never forgot where he came from. And i think that he did so much for the site. Some of it will come. The fruit of which will come later on. He was criticized for not doing enough for Affor