because they have to go through that debris to make sure that they re looking for people that could hopefully still be alive, we can rescue. the coast guard is still on the job, carrying out much of that critical search and rescue work as hundreds of thousands struggle with lack of basic necessities, like power, water, and cell phone service. there s no water, there s no electric, there is little food. the problem, is you can t get in your car because those are all wrapped. there s no place to buy gas. you can t go to the grocery store because you can t walk there. cleanup certainly underway in south carolina. up and down the east coast as residents from the hardest hit areas in florida get a first look at what is left of their homes in the most vulnerable coastal areas. president biden announced yesterday that he hopes to visit florida tomorrow, and puerto rico on wednesday. puerto rico is still really from hurricane fiona. 75 people were killed, there more than 148,00
to get a closer look at the devastation on sanibal island as residents returned home for the first time. it was an emotional romoment fo so many people. reporter: absolutely, pamela. we took this boat ride with a couple of women who brought their home on sanibal island two years ago. it was their dream home, and they had to hire a driver, a captain, because it s the only way to get to the island now, because that causeway was destroyed by hurricane ian. so, it was about an hourlong boat ride and then about a mile walk from the beach to their home, and what we saw along the way was just horrible. and so sad. there were cars that were turn around over. there were buildings collapsed, resorts just destroyed. as we approached their home, they could see the screen around their pool had caved in. then, it took them about an hour to get inside because the hurricane shutters were down, and they re powered by electricity, and there is none. once inside, the upstairs level was dry. t
Rachel welcome back. Were going straight to a fox news alert. Right now smoke is rising over gaza city after a major blast rocked the hamas terrorist hub, and the idf made sweeping arrests in the west bank capturing at least 68 Hamas Terrorists. Yeah jee and hours ago, aid trucks being the rafah Border Crossing to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza saw. Its its unclear if standed foreigners are being allowed to get out. Pete on the heels of hamas releasing Two American Hostages on friday. The idf says the release is simply a delay tactic as the israelis prepare for a major Ground Invasion. An Idf Spokesman joined us earlier on this program and says theyre in a battle of good versus evil. The unfathomable barbarism of this terrorist organization is really, really beyond any understanding of human nature. And it shocks the souls of e any decent human being. Rachel now lets go to trey yingst live on the ground in southern israel. Trey . Whats the latest . Reporter yeah, hey, guys, good morn
Happening now, israel formally declares war on hamas and the Palestinian Terrorist groups strikes back. Breaking news. Hamas has just fired a new barrage of rockets at israel tonight. And were learning that there has been a direct strike on the city of ash. We welcome our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. And im wolf blitzer and this is a Special Edition of the situation room. Israel at war. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. And were following all of the Breaking News, our correspondents are positioned in israel and indeed Around The World to bring you all of the latet developments in this escalating crisis right now. Raising enorm ow fears of a major war in the middle east. Lets begin with Nic Robertson, youre not far away from the border with gaza. What more do we know about the new round of attacks that is underway right now . Reporter weve been able to see a couple of things from this location, wolf. Were seeing rockets taking off that are not intercepted q
then the moment that became the core of the investigation, what is really in the spotlight now is how the police respond to that. they start talking in tear gas canisters into the crowd to disperse the crowds. the problem is, then the crowd panics which causes a massive stampede. at this point we have tens of thousands of people heading for one exit. the main exit, alex. a lot of the injuries and the reason the death toll climb so quickly is that people were trampled, suffocated. tear gas, alex, is banned inside of stadiums. it is considered excessive use of force by fifa and the owner said today that the soccer world s a state of shock. amnesty international is put out a statement slamming the indonesian police for what they call excessive force. as you mentioned, 125 people have been killed. that death toll maybe go up, 100 people are still in the hospital with at least the injury number at about 320