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house. the country is now just ten days out from a potentially historic default on its debt. joe biden and kevin mccarthy is still not reached a deal that would break this over the debt limit. tonight, they did meet one-on-one in the oval office, hours after the treasury secretary janet yellen issued a another stark warning. yellen says it is, quote, highly likely the treasury were no longer be able to satisfy all the governments obligations if there is no resolution by june 1st, meaning we cannot pay our bills. even though there is still no agreement, kevin mccarthy says the sides are going to keep talking. i think the productive part was who was in the room, narrowing what we re talking. we re not talking over each other. we re not saying, oh, let s bring something new into the discussion, let s not talk about raising taxes. that s been off for a long time. we literally talked about where we re having disagreements and ideas. so, to me, that s productive, not prog ....
hurricane over the caribbean. we re live at the scene and with the forecast. we begin in ukraine where, for the second time within days, the city of zaporizhzhia is taking a deadly pounding from russian rockets. these are scenes of chaos after multiple rockets slammed into residential areas on saturday, reportedly killing at least 17 people. while further south, moscow is scrambling to get the bridge linking the occupied crimea with russia back up and running. a part of the bridge collapsed after a huge explosion and fire on saturday. now russia says repair work will be under way around the clock. some train and road traffic has already resumed, but drivers will go into the water divers, rather, will go into the water later today to see if the structure can still support trucks. scott mclean is keeping an eye on developments in ukraine including the deadly strike on zaporizhzhia. he joins us from london, scott? reporter: yeah, we don t have a ton of information ab ....
got clobbered with all of the furniture and stuff that was floating. that is how i got this. i got shoved into a wall. when i got the front door open and there was a surge, it took me to the middle of the yard and i fought to get back on the porch. the shear force of the monster storm. we are standing in the middle of some of the destruction. i am john berman in fort myers, florida. in hurricane ian, it is a hurricane again. it has intensified to a category 1 storm and after tearing a destructive path through florida it is headed at south carolina with 85 miles per hour winds and it is expected to make landfall around midday near myrtle beach and could bring life threatening flooding there after what it did here. parts of the state just decimated. south carolina s governor says that we know what is coming. thursday was the first chance to assess some of the damage. cnn is reporting at least 19 storm related deaths. that number will almost certainly rise. here in for ....
the homeowner s policy will cover somebody things but the flood policy covers probably the most significant risk for most homeowners in florida given the risk of flooding we have in our state. we are sensitive to that obviously going to be some folks that are in need of support and relief we will work as best we can i will say people have been asking about some of the overall homeowner s insurance with like citizens. citizens, i think right now they are between 6 and 700 billion of surplus. modeling in terms of paying out a lot of money in claims still have 4 and 5 billion in surplus. they view themselves as being able to weather this. individual carriers they have to go through a stress test to have policies approved. this year they had tested under a direct impact on tampa bay and what would happen they have policy and reinsurance and wrap program and cap fund. citizens feel strongly they will be able to handle this and still have pretty significant reserves. okay. th ....
Of florida, the gulf of mexico, fort myers beach, sanibel, over eight months ago. and a lot of people have forgot about, it because the storm is over. but you look at the properties here, the devastation has just begun. it will be years before people are back, and before this area is fully recovered. the last thing before we go tonight, months after the storm. last november, i saw firsthand the damage hurricane ian did fort myers, florida. since, then recovery remains a work in progress. in march, the mayor said he expects hotels and condos will be opened and the town ready for spring break in 2024. so, our own lester holt spoke with local residents who have been there working hard to try and make that happen. it s been eight months since ....