listen, i m quite obsessed with the photos at mar-a-lago as you are, and i do think it s worth pointing out there s an elaborate sort of chandelier-like wall sconce in the bathroom where there s also am i to believe a tension a tension rod shower curt i mean high, low. that is the highest of the low.th that is my favorite detail the tension shower rod. you have to say having that much reading material in the bathroom is relatable. not going to commentro on th. thank you, my friend. great toan see you again. so there have y been a lot politicized debates over the years and a lot ofli them have featured joe biden. in 2012 and 2020 and we re not evenre counting 2024 yet. if you had to pick one moment where joe biden was able to beat back his critics and win the moment in as few words as possible, it would probably be this one. an editorial in the los angelesed times said, in additi to his uncontrolled verbosity, biden is a gaff machine. can you reassure voters in t
the storm. in their wallets, as essentially there is now a hurricane tax for living in the state. the risks are so great now that the last insurer is asking for a big rate hike. those are worries for these folks who live in these areas for another day. but i ll tell you, you hear it again and again, i didn t know water could rise that fast, and we are seeing it happen, play out in real time here. phil. all right, bill weir. again, for context, where bill was at the start of this morning versus where he is now. you look at the structures that his photojournalist is showing. this is moving very, very fast, rising very, very quickly in an area that doesn t have lot of history of storms of this scale. we will check back with bill throughout the course of the morning. i want to toss it back over to sara sidner. what are you seeing at this point? reporter: we are getting another one of those gusts.
around. looks like it s about to become uprooted. that will be like a javelin flying around on the street. if you venture out in this stuff, which you are not supposed to do, you have to have an awareness of. not only that. branches. always look around you. there could be debris flying off rooftops. we have seen it in the last several minutes. i spoke to an emergency management official here in leon county and she said that really now is the time to shelter in place. what they want people to do is stay in place and even when you think this thing may have passed, don t be deceived by it. you have got to stay in your home because that s when the first responders and the emergency crews have to go out and especially in this town when there is going to be a lot of trees blocking roads, they have got to go out and try to clear the trees. do not venture out. stay in your home. give the people some space, the responders and crews trying to get your power back and clear the streets of the tree
of hurricane season, and people need to pay attention to mother nature because she wins every single time. reporter: every single time. thank you so much, madam mayor. i am going to toss it back to my colleague, phil mattingly, in the studio. you know, sidner, i appreciate getting in the florida gaetz. i am surprised you got through 4 1/2 hours without mentioning the florida gators. reporter: wohy wouldn t i don t know where you come from. the ohio state? i m sure i will get a lot of hate mail. whatever. me, too. great reporting. great work. great interview with important messages particularly now there has been landfall and we have seen what landfall brings and is continuing to bring, including here in steinhatchee. about 20 miles away from where lachl took place, the direct landfall in keaton beach. the building there, they are half underwater tat this point. we are going to be going to our
tallahassee. in the last few minutes intensification of wind and rain. wind blowing the rain sideways and then it will, you know, slop off a little bit, then intensifying again. we are under old oak trees with the spanish moss hanging down. this makes tallahassee beautiful. but also makes these trees a little bit more vulnerable, they become heavier. when here is another problem. a lot of the industries with the spanish moss, look at those power lines. lo look at the proximity of the power lines to the trees. of course, these trees are vulnerable to come crashing down. the last few minutes, the if photo jushl journalist and i am working with had trees come crash downing near us. we have been keeping our eye on that over there. look at that thing. just completely being whipped