carlos suarez. just for people to be clear, that s an access point to pine island, right? business owners and residents are getting to go back and see firsthand the damage? reporter: that is exactly right, poppy. there are two things happening now across southwest florida. first, the folks who live on san able island, this morning for the very first time, the folks who live there get their first opportunity to go back home since that storm hit. emergency official are being strict with how folks can get back out. you have to do it by private boat, you have to have a special pass. residents are being told you can only take one guest. they re going to allow the folks to be there for a few hours, then they have to come back. state official are trying to reconstruction that causeway that was wiped out. here in matlacha, eastbound taking to boats to get to pine island, a barrier island. they just have been showing up here at matlacha, and boat captains are saying if you need a ri
the average home costs more than that across the state. do you think people should rebuild as it was before, or is it too much of a risk? well, i think those numbers are very different probably for us on a place like marco island. i think that s an important public policy questions that s way beyond my state of analysis today, but i have no doubt that conversation will be a very lively one as we moved forward. what would you like to heard from the president today? i have no complaint on up the chain through the state, through the federal emergency management agency. they re very supportive of us. i fully expect to hear president biden say things along that nature. we appreciate that he s willing
the recovery is expected to take quite some time in the state of florida. the president traveled to puerto rico on monday, and now today he and the first lady will be you can hear marine one landing now. he s expected to left in the next few minutes. they will get a tour of some of the storm ravaged area as they fly to fisherman s wharf. there the president will be receiving a recovery and rescue briefing from local officials. that is where it is expected that president biden will be briefed by florida governor ron desantis on the recovery efforts post-hurricane ian. the two men have many political differences, but the white house has insisted they will put politics aside in this moment.
sanibel and matlacha so fox can get back for the first time. it will be incredibly painful to see aft destruction. at any moment, the president will demart the white house. le will tour storm damage, meet with residents and business owners impacted by the hurricane. ar arlette saenz, can you walk us thus what the extension of the emergency declaratdeclaration. reporter: poppy, that allows for more federal resources to go to the state in the wake of hurricane ian. it s making funding available for debris removal and other emergency protected measures for a total of 60 days.