force you see there ripping a gas station roof from its roots. welcome to inside politics. all of our attention right now is on georgia and florida and the millions under direct threat from hurricane idalia. florida officials just confirmed to cnn that two men have died in that storm and that number unfortunately, will no doubt deggrow. we re seeing water tall enough to brush away cars and submerge store fronts. already, the power outages number in the hundreds of thousands. just stop and listen to this. i heard something crack. there it goes. oh, my gosh. it s okay, it s okay. that s in florida where olivia greg watched a tree snap and fall on to her home. you can hear her say everybody is okay. any second, we expect to hear from georgia governor brian kemp as his state scurries to get out in front of the storm s way. cnn is spread across the states of florida and georgia and on the front lines of this storm,water going to start our coverage in tampa with derek van d