phil keating and chad pergram from the white house. let s start with alex and roy hoff live from cape corral, florida. hi, alex. alex: we are in an area called matt lachet and the coast guard is leading major effort to rescue people who have been stranded on the pine island ever since the storm, this is a major operation, we have probably seen at least a hundred people in this location coming in by boat. those residents had been on the island since the storm including even volunteers who showed up just after it. some really have arrived here in terrible condition. ems personnel have been on hand assisting several people who have returned by boat. one man said he had been suffering with a broken hip for days and laura was very emotional. she told me that she lost her entire home and spoke with gratitude for those who came to save her especially after the effort she made to make sure that she needed help. it s very devastating. we are just great to have our lives. the water a
ashore yesterday afternoon, we were knew it was one of the strongest storms to hit the united states. day tligt day brought harrowing evidence of the destruction a storm like that brings. this is ft. myers beach, one of the barrier u lands that ian slammed into as a category five storm. before the hurricane, it was a popular beach defendant naugs destination. much of it is leveled. one local resident told the local paper, ft. myers beach is gone. this is the causeway leading to sanibel island to the west of for the murz beach. it s the only road to that island. it impassable. all the bridges to pine island also failed. this evening nbc nightly news anchor spoke with the mayor of sanibel for her concern about the people that didn t evacuate before the storm and maybe trapped there. we have significant numbers of people contact us, people they knew that were on the island. we ve been logging those meticulously and getting those out to our first responders. we had about 200
that would be the end of it. so he said the burden was on them to decide if they would put forward any position that these documents have been classified. and the former president has said it publically, but not an argument that his attorneys have made yet. and his lawyers said that they hope to push that issue down the road because it also raises the stakes of how would they support that, it could involve affidavits, witness statements, sworn statements under oath which could become an interesting strategic decision for them to make which they even noted as part of their defense if there ever is a subsequent indictment in this case. so really getting to the heart of this issue here and what trump s team will take. and on a practical matter the judge said trump s lawyers have until friday to choose one of five vendors put toward by the department of justice, they will kick start the process of reviewing these materials, allowing both sides to categorize them as to whether thi
get the u.s. island back online. president biden headed to one of the largest gathering of world leaders, while the white house once again trying to explain the president s comments about china and taiwan, and more. we star today with the national lead, the growing immigration crisis. right now officials and volunteers in delaware are making preparations, after reports and flight plans suggest a plane full of migrants could be heading their way from texas and a stop in florida. this all come less than one week after florida s republican governor ron desantis arranged to have nearly 50 migrants flown from texas to martha s vineyard, where former president obama has a home. critics accused the two governors of using human beings in a crass and inhumane political stunt, while the republicans say they are just trying to highlight a border crisis exacerbated by president biden s policies. to be clear, there is a crisis at the southern border. just last night the white house ad
even. all of the flooding blocking this major highway behind me. we did what we had to do. i wouldn t have changed anything. i lost my boat, everything i had, but saved three guys, it s worth it. can we get some help around here? would that be too much to ask? live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is monday october 3rd, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. on the east coast. five days after hurricane ian slammed into florida. at least 76 people have lost their lives. and entire communes have been wiped out. in some of the worst hit areas, workers have not only trying to find signs of life beneath the rubble, they re helping those who have lost their entire livel livelihoods. the loss is so great places like fort myers may never return to what they were. there are a lot of people with no homes to return to now or in the future. they ll be eligible for individual assistance. we re still in the search and recovery assistance. and then begins the pr