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Tear up your birth certificate. jerome is not showing his bothered by it which is what human adults should do. and as for president trump, well, it is almost the weekend and while many americans enjoy a couple days away from the noise, he ll have the volume cranked up on the golf course and on the ridiculist. i want to hand it over to chris for cuomo prime time. saint jerome. nothing is wrong with jerome. i want that t-shirt. welcome to prime time. fear of the unknown, that s what s spreading fastest in the bahamas because communities are now ghost towns and they re described as having a stench of death in the air. survivors say there are bodies everywhere. but authorities are overwhelmed, they re undermanned, they re dealing with flooding, impassable roads, limited resources. tonight one of the island s most famous residents is answering ....
Inflation. i m talking about those interest rates rising and oil prices and of course the housing market slowing at a time when we re seeing mortgage rates at levels we haven t seen in seven years. all of those will continue to simmer in the background. but today we are seeing green arrows across the board. the dow up at the open. the total devastation left behind by hurricane michael could take your breath away. impassable roads. homes wiped off the map. but now the mission for many is simple. try and rebuild what s been destroyed. miguel joins us now live again from mexico beach. really just ground zero of this horrible storm. tell us what you have been seeing there, miguel. reporter: the level of devastation is incredible. and search and rescue still trying to get through much of this town to see if anyone is injured or dead. everyone we speak to says they will be shocked if there are not ....
Left in its wake is still yet to be fully understood. today, the top focus is search and rescue. reporter: but those efforts are being hampered by impassable roads, something we discovered as we tried to make our way into mexico beach. downed trees and power lines are making it nearly impossible for first responders to reach certain areas. everything s complete destruction. all the trees are down, power lines are down, we ve just been cleaning roads all morning long. reporter: and those who rode out the storm away from their homes can t get back. it s not good. it s not looking good. we ve got reports that it s bad. very bad. reporter: florida officials say thousands of rescue personnel are on the ground along with dozens of helicopters and boats to help pull people out. meantime, there are nearly half a million people without power across florida, alabama, and georgia. tens of thousands of utility crews are working on restoring electricity, but officials say it could take ma ....
Life. for a while i didn t know what was going to happen. i was trying to call people and we didn t have no cell phoner is vicious but the wind was really, really, really, really bad. reporter: florida governor rick scott says officials are assessing how long recovery will take with damage reports still coming in. the hurricane was an absolute monster and the damage left in its wake is still yet to be fully understood. today the top focus is search and rescue. reporter: but those efforts are being hampered by impassable roads, something we discovered as we tried to make our way into mexico beach. downed trees and power lines are making it nearly impossible for first responders to reach certain areas. everything is complete destruction. all the trees are down, power lines are down. we ve just been cleaning roads all morning long. reporter: those who rode out the storm away from home can t get back. it s not good. it s not looking good. we ve got reports that it s bad, very b ....
Supposed to be doing even after a good thunderstorm. this area will flood. that flooding helps keep thoroughfares like market street just down to my left open for people to pass through the city of wilmington, which they are able to do. maybe, though, the necessity to dodge a downed tree or power line. the bigger problem for transportation around this city? those would be the flood waters that have cut off this city effectively make ing it an island. the mayor telling me, you can t get closer than 40, maybe 20 miles to wilmington and its surrounding areas before you come across impassable roads. he says anyone trying to come back home to check on their property after the storm, you will be stopped by highway patrol. you will not be let through. those same rules have applied to fema trucks coming in for help. even duke power company trucks trying to get power back to this area. the situation continually ee vochling and the damage that florence will do to this area, ....