president trump to fight as commander in chief. also, former president trump making an emergency request to the supreme court asking the high court to intervene in that dispute over materials the fbi seized from mar-a-lago over the summer. they request the 100 or so documents become part of the special master s review. and next hour, president biden and jill biden will head to florida to var the destruction in the wake of hurricane ian so far claimed 109 lives. the president will meet with florida governor ron desantis. also he ll speak with homeowners, business owners, people that have been wiped out by the storm. we ll get to that in a moment. first, let s begin with our cnn law enforcement correspondent on this on what was a secret reporting played in this second day of the oath keeper s trial. what more can you tell us? this is a huge moment very early on in the trial. the doj is passing this audio recording as proof that these five people on trial for conspiracy be
it s top of the hour on cnn newsroom. the death toll from hurricane ian has just gone up. it s now 104 lives lost. 100 of those in florida. search teams finding more bodies as they reach some of the hardest hit areas. more than half of those killed were in lee county which includes ft. myers beach. that city is now closed to everyone but search and rescue personnel. the mayor says there is no time line yet for when residents can return. lee county officials coming under some criticism for the timing of their evacuation orders. now dozens of miles inland in western florida in arcadia, river flooding is still causing problems. . this is five days after ian hit. cnn team on the ground says that part of the highway has disappeared under the water. and many people there are trapped. we were on the ground in arcadia, florida. you re hearing from people panicked there. what is the situation? well, allison, we re entering day four now of people not having electricity. so they don t
and out of there. we do have crews, cnn has crews going there with the residents for the first time today. so stay tuned for footage from there. for now, i want to set the scene in ft. myers. officials are trying to sort out the cleanup here. as i step out of the way and you get a clearer look at some of the damage on this highway, this is across the street from a marina that essentially was washed into the ocean and parts of mat rethe marina, docks, boa, vehicles are thrown into this swamp. i should note something you can t see from our images, the smell here. there is a smell because there are fish that got picked up by the storm surge and dumped into the street. now a week after the hurricane made land fall, they re rotting. it is an unreal view of what the destruction from hurricane ian was like. there are several ships in that swamp that we were able to
extraordinary. after maria, congress approved billions of dollars for puerto rico. that s why i approved emergency declaration in puerto rico before the hurricane. we call on you. before the hurricane made land fall to deliver immediate federal funding to shelter people and show a sense of support. a few days later, i approved the next major disaster declaration. that means the federal government will cover 100% of the cost to clear debris and carry out search and rescue and continue to shelter people. and also means homeowners, renters, business owners are eligible to apply for federal help to recover damages, losses
authority from congress to rebuild and strengthen puerto rico s electrical grid. several are still without power more than 40 days since the hurricane made land fall there. gabe? we are here in pala seco. behind me is a plant that is controversial here in puerto rico. an aging power plant that was shut down before hurricane maria for years. they thought it wouldn t be able to make it through maria. it s still standing. turbines and generators have been brought in and it s expected to help bring up power to part of san juan. almost 70% of the electrical grid here in puerto rico is still down. the familiara administrator was on the hill testifying. so were representatives from the army corps of jeers. what came up is the white fish energy contract, the controversial $300 million