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president. we re getting new information right now on the multiple fronts in this trump investigation. tonight, the u.s. justice department details systemic violations by the minneapolis police department, saying the problems of excessive force and racial discrimination led to the murder of george floyd. dozens of guilty verdicts against the gunman behind the 2018 massacre at a pittsburgh synagogue. now that a federal jury had its say, will the killer be sentenced to death? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. we begin this hour with a new request by the special counsel in the classified documents probe. the filing reflects prosecutpro fears donald trump might go public with information about the investigation. paula reed is joining us now. walk us through this protective order as it is called, this request. reporter: wolf, this is a request from prosecutors that we would expect i ....
we know that at least 10 have been confirmed dead. officials are warning us that that number will likely be higher. significant damage i saw was on fort myers beach there have been more than 700 confirmed rescues and likely many more than that. ainsley: florida s governor ron desantis there. he is going to have a press conference today at 8:45 a.m. with an update on ian and we will bring you that live. these before and after photos are showing the extent of the damage down in fort myers. a crew is being enforced is being enforced there to prevent all of the looting. brian: that s sad to think people would be thinking about florida. 2 million people still have no power. team coverage this morning trying to cover it all. it s not easy. meteorologist adam klotz is standing by with ian s latest track. robert ray is live in fort myers with a look at the damage. robert? good morning. as we are starting to see the beginnings of sunlight on this friday, which normally ....
Storms. pe perryton suffered extreme damage. what are you seeing on the ground there right now? reporter: wolf, this tornado certainly packed a punch. according to the fire chief, the trail of damage runs a mile and a half long through the downtown. behind me you can see what remains of some of the most vulnerable structures, mobile homes, now just twisted metal. since the sun rose we have seen activity. neighbors, volunteers all offering to lend a hand. this is a small town of 8,500 people. there s that desire to help one another out. let me give you a bird s eye view of the destruction. you can see heavy machinery, power crews working to clean up and rebuild. of course, the most precious factor of all human life, the death toll at three people dead, ....
Deadly tornadoes that killed at least three people in louisiana. at least five tornadoes touched down across louisiana over a 24-hour period. according to the national weather service. a total of 22 tornadoes popped up in the southeast so far that number bnd to rise. we should go inside. the police chief says 200 homes and businesses have been destroyed. trees from a whole nother neighborhood. power crews working to restore power across the state. strongest tornado touched down in farmerville. national weather service says ef 3 with peak winds of 140 miles per hour. of the whole house lifted. trent rode out the storm in a bedroom closet. he says the tornado tore through his living room and neighbors had to dig through debris to save him and his dog. you don t want to go through nothing like that. it s like a bomb went off when it went through the house. thank god i made it. a cold front is pushing the system and fox weather ....
Their vehicles are trying to traverse and get around. likely will be unable to as that source that runs our vehicles is diminishing because of the lack of electricity. there are power crews working, thousands of them working very hard to try and restore but it takes time when you see this kind of devastation behind me. all of this. god only knows how long it s going to take to remove vessels like this that are strewn all over here this part of the gulf coast. meanwhile, over 2 million people out of power in the state of florida and ian is still, still tracking up to the north south carolina. amazing energy. i will say this storm came in two days ago at this point about 20 miles to the north northwest where i m standing here in fort myers and just three or four blocks away that s where the surge came in and flooded ....