is almost 10% of the population of florida. that means over 90% of people in florida to have electrical power. the number of people without electrical power is expected to rise as these slow-moving storm cuts across florida with hurricane-force winds. a major concern right now and overnight would be flash flooding caused by the heavy rains. more than two feet of rain is predicted in some areas, officials are warning residents to shelter in place if they have not evacuated. as many cities today are suspending rescue efforts until the storm passes. we begin with nbc news meteorologist bill for the latest. bill, what is the situation now? we are watching a storm that is weakening overland, but we still have areas that are losing power at this hour. we know we have people who need rescuing, need help from us. what happened during the day today, that is the situation as we go throughout these overnight hours. the center of the storm is over sebring, florida. it is about halfway
the devastation in very direct terms. the impacts of this storm are historic and the damage that was done has been historic and this is just off initial assessments. take a look at fort myers, close to where ian made landfall. you see the downed trees and the boats tossed around like toys. storm surges as high as 7 to 10 feet swept through surrounding areas making streets look more like oceans. ian has left more than 2.5 million floridians without power. folks who were in shelters are leaving to see if they even have a home to return to. the focus is now on the people who did not evacuate. finding a lot of the roads are impassable. we have a lot of power lines down, a lot of flooding going on. i don t want to speculate on fatalities, but we have had some reports being called into us in reference to potential bodies being found. right now the storm is moving eastward through florida with the carolinas and georgia in its sights with flash flooding a major concern. you c
donald trump sounds more like a leader of a lynch mob than a great nation like ours. he s somewhat like hitler. he was intolerant toward juice and he s intolerant toward muslims. no one seemed to have a problem with the republican front runners latest idea. donald trump is saying muslims should not be allowed to enter this country. do you agree with that? yes, i do. why? i don t want them here. the most recent polling puts trump way ahead of his closest rivals. perhaps this could be the final straw or maybe it might make him even more popular. the fear within the republican party is if he is the nominee the election will easily be won by the democrats and hillary clinton. dave, thank you, and there are some new developments involving that mass shooting in san bernardino. the fbi is grilling the man who tashfeen s malik their high powered rifles, this as federal authorities tell abc news they are tracking suspicious activity in the killers bank account. eliza
dressed and carson is downtown watching cartoon network. i am down stairs and there is a big fire and i am freaking out. i don t know what to do. my phone is down stairs, my dog is down stairs, carson is sitting there. he said calm down and i ran out here, got antwon. the uncle who lives near by while 7-year-old carson got help, 13-year-old corben called her dad. there is a fire in the house, i think they were in the house. i told her to get out the house. the phone went dead. i got in the car and drove as fast as i could. that left him upside down, he hit 2 curbs and flipped his car a half mile from his house. that i was going to lose my children and i wasn t ready for that. reporter: he crawled out of the car and ran half mile home where the uncle was trying to put out the fire. i am beating it with the rug, my wife came and was trying to give me water. we couldn t do nothing. reporter: when you were able to embrace the kids, what was that like? i was ha
complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. republican front runner donald trump held a rally shortly after releasing the controversial plan. our country cannot be the victim of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in jihad. reporter: the proposed ban is in response to what trump calls hatred towards americans by large segments of the muslim population. we have to be vigilant. [ cheers ] [ applause ] reporter: the largest muslim civil rights organization quickly fired back. donald trump sounds more like the leader of a lynch mob than a great nation like ours. reporter: this comes the day after president obama urged americans not to stereotype muslim americans. chris christie called the proposal ridiculous. on twitter hillary clinton said it s reprehensible, prejudice, and devicive, and bernie sanders said we are week when we allow racism to divide us. trump says it applies to everyone, including muslim tourists. he says the policy should las