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good morning, everyone. this just in. president biden speaking to reporters just moments ago as he departed the white house for a multiday west coast tour. m.j., what did the president just say? reporter: the president just departed the white house to go on this west coast swing. he actually stopped for a few minutes to take a number of questions from reporters. we asked him whether he had a reaction to the herschel walker controversy unfolding in georgia, and if democrats could keep that seat. he also got a number of follow-up questions with jake s interviews on issues relating to ukraine and vladimir putin. take a listen. reporter: do you think democrats can hold that seat? yes. reporter: they re calling for a stopping of armed sale for saudi arabia. will you support that? well will take action. [ inaudible question ] reporter: in ukraine? same ago always. beyond the pale. [ inaudible question ] reporter: to discuss brittney griner? any moment on t ....
criticism over how evacuations were carried out. details ahead and the latest on another massive storm. voters in brazil learned the results of the presidential election there and whether they will go back to the polls for another round. and cnn takes you back to the city recaptured by ukraine just a day after the kremlin declared it a part of russia. live from cnn center, this is cnn news room with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. authorities in florida have confirmed 76 deaths from hurricane ian as they continue to search for more survivors. over the weekend, they evacuated hundreds of people from lee county where more than half of the state s deaths have occurred. the situation is so bad in arcadia, people can only move by sailing on boats instead of driving in cars. back in lee county, officials have been criticized for waiting too long to order evacuations. but some are pushing back claiming they did the best they could with the information they had. h ....
could ve been done better. morning and anger in indonesia following one of the deadliest sporting disasters ever. we will have the latest in a live report. cnn takes you inside the key city recaptured by ukraine. just a day after the kremlin declared it part of brush up. five days after hurricane ian hammered parts of florida, authorities are looking through the areas to find survivors. over the weekend they evacuated about 400 people from an isolated island in lee county. one of the most ravaged communities in the state. in central florida, they also recovered this patrol car from the side of the road, which had been washed away by floodwaters. in the town of arcadia, heavy flooding has submerged entire neighborhoods like these. the situation is so bad, people can only move by sailing on boats, instead of driving in cars. we visited the area and filed this report. reporter: florida governor ron desantis came here to arcadia, florida to meet with the national gua ....
quote, for weeks or months. there you see the calm waters now. that was nothing like that in the midst of the storm. in lee county officials try to defend their actions after facing hard questions over just how soon they ordered people to evacuate. critics asking why those mandatory evacuations were not issued there until one day before ian s land fall, surrounding counties have been told to evacuate. this morning the death toll from hurricane ian is climbing. boris sanchez has the latest. reporter: the death toll rising from hurricane ian. as people recall harrowing tragedies and those lost. storm surge came all the way up and they had the windows were sucked out. these guys pushed their wives out the windows to where a tree was and they were looking at them and the guys were holding on and they just looked at their wives and they said, we can t hold on any more. we love you, bye. and that was it. does they make it. no, they didn t make it. speaking to john ....
ian is rising in florida. 88 people lost their lives to this storm. 54 of them alone were in lee county which includes fort myers, as you re seeing on your screen here and fort myers beach. that town is decimated by the monster category 4 storm. officials there now facing questions over the timing of the mandatory evacuation orders, were they given early enough. search and rescue teams still going door to door looking for survivors especially on the barrier islands of sanibel, captiva. and pine. ian s strong winds destroyed homes and businesses leaving behind despair. can we get some help down here? you know, would that be too much to asky i mean, you luke around here, there s nothing. we have no power, no phone service, nothing. we d just like a little help. i d like a little help to get my home back in shape because i ve got nowhere to go. florida governor ron desantis said there s been more than 1600 rescues. some floridians providing their own boats for help. th ....