with more. governor desantis speaking a few minutes ago and yankee town. none of the local reporters there asked desantis about his snub of president biden yesterday. governor desantis described the damage. some people lost their entire homes. some of the homes just washed away that were right there on the water. others had four or 5 feet of water. they are not livable right now. it takes a lot of time. white house press secretary said there was no indication that desantis would not be there to greet the president. he may have had other reasons but he did help us plan this. we saw with fema and decided where we should go. where there would be the least disruption. i m very pleased, the guy, we don t agree very much at all. the former governor now republican senator rick scott who played the role of welcoming committee. [inaudible] and then how fast you improve through fema, the republic assistance. governor desantis met some criticism for not meeting with biden. p
organizers have urged more than 70000 stranded attendees to shelter in place and a ration supplies as they wait for the ground to dry out. but there is more wet weather forecast today. the way in or out of the festival is closed until it ends tomorrow. not everyone is stuck. comedian chris rock and dj managed to get out before they tracked about 5 miles on foot. they were picked up by a fan. christina coleman has more on this, christina? fortunately some are able to make it out others not so much. investigated the death at this rate event. it s unclear how this person died. the family has been notified authorities are not releasing any additional information more than 70000 people had up to back rock desert was caked with mud after heavy rain pounded the area flooding some tents left a blanket of sludge in that area. crews attempted to stop a rush of traffic being stuck in the mud by closing all the gates to the festival, opening them only for emergency vehicles. tens of th