million in new rebuilding money. plus a very donald trump weekend. election lies about mitch mcconnell and a racist smear of mitch mcconnell s life. a look of condemnation, and you ll find almost none. the oath keepers four lieutenants charged with conspiracy. we begin though with president biden and his important promises to rebuild after two punishing hurricanes. air force one is on its way to puerto rico this hour for some 100,000 customers are still without power two weeks after hurricane fiona. the president will get a briefing on the recovery effort, visit a local school, and he ll offer up $60 million in funding. the president saying this before leaving the white house this morning. i m headed to puerto rico because they haven t been taken care of. they re trying like hell to catch up after the last hurricane. on wednesday the president visits florida for a first look at ian s racket, the death toll climbs to 76 over the weekend. there s a debate about the coun
rescue operations are racing against the clock at this point. more than 1,600 rescues have been made so far and citizens are doing what they can, offering their own boats to help as people band together in the face of tragedy. officials in the hardest hit county under intense scrutiny over the timing of their evacuation order. we ll learn more about that. first i want to check in with nadia. there are still people, as i understand it, trapped in the floodwaters in that area. what more have you heard? reporter: area, cow hear the airboats behind me. that s a sign of progress. people are being transported and goods are coming and going. people are getting frustrated. it s day four without food or water. i want you to hear from tania warner. she s a member of the arcadia community. she can t figure out what s going on with her own faefrmt he was taken to the hospital. she received a call from a nurse that he was in the icu and oven a ventilator, but now she can t get in touch
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