raphael warnock was just obviously a tremendously and profound person. i spent some time with him on the trail in georgia in the last election and you never lost sight of the fact that he was john lewis s pastor irreverent. he is a force of nature. thanks to you at home for joining us. when hurricane ian came ashore last afternoon, we knew it was one of the strongest storm to ever hit florida, or ever hit the united states period. and after a terrifying night in southwest florida, they like brought harrowing evidence of the destruction in storm like that brings. this is fort myers beach, one of the barrier islands that ian slammed into as a nearly category five storm. before the her again, it was a popular beach destination for resorts and restaurants. as you can see, much of it has been leveled. one local resident told local paper quote fort myers beach is gone. this is the causeway leading to sanibel island just west of the fort myers beach. it s the only road to that isl
our thoughts remain with those impacted by hurricane ian. for those who need help, please ask for it. and if you can give help, please, give it. on that note, i wish you all a very good and safe night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. when hurricane ian came ashore yesterday afternoon and what was one of the stronger storms to ever hit the united states, period, and after a terrifying night in southwest florida daylight today brought harrowing evidence of the destruction of a storm like that brings. this is fort myers beach, one of the barrier ion islands that in slammed into as a near category five storm. for the hurricane it was a popular beach destination full of resorts and restaurants. as you can, see much of it has been leveled. when local resident told his local tape paper, quote, fort myers beach is gone. this is the causeway leading to sandoval island, just west of
If we get in there by trucks, and vehicles, and it was the shallow water rescue. they will go door to door, checking on people. if you get this boat, via vehicle, and you get rescue swimmers. it was highly equipped people, and being a basket, or on a line, that go into harm s way and to pull people out. with people in the coast guard. very appreciated, critical lifesaving efforts in this moment. let me just ask, how in terms you look at this event, and how the coast guard has had to intervene. has there been anything like this? is it any that s unique? going back to their 30 years experience, with the rescues, and operations for hurricane
House woman is in distress, use 9-1-1, don t use social media. it is a battlefield, and we went methodically, box to box, doing a thorough search. i m assuming that this is, primarily, boats getting a lot of flooding, and just the water, and inundation. you also mentioned rescue swimmers. explaining those folks, in one of the other methods you are using to reach people. when you go after this, like i said a military operation, the land, the sea, the air. if we get in there by trucks, and vehicles, and it was the shallow water rescue. they will go door to door, checking on people. if you get this boat, via vehicle, and you get rescue swimmers. it was highly equipped people, and being a basket, or on a line, that go into harm s way and to pull people out. with people in the coast guard. very appreciated, critical lifesaving efforts in this moment. let me just ask, how in terms you look at this event, and how