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hearing as residents return home in florida. they re still looking at more than 100,000 without power as we speak. president biden says he will visit the sunshine state saturday morning. all of this as the costs pile up. early estimates put the price at the damage in florida alone at more than $9 billion. some estimates more than twice that. remember, that does not include south carolina and georgia. we ll get into that. we also have the guy that shot this video yesterday as he rode out the storm in cedar key, florida. it s not far from where hurricane idalia first made landfall. first, fox team coverage in steinhatchee, florida and then to grady trimble on the insurance bills. people that are not covered and still not ready. i m neil cavuto. let s go to max gordon in steinhatchee. how are things there? hi, neil. the wind and the rain lashed cedar key as hurricane idalia came to show. the big story here in cedar key was the storm surge. about seven feet of water rushe ....
politics has been thrown into turmoil with the news that the leader of the democratic unionist party, sirjeffrey donaldson, has resigned after being charged with rape and other historical sexual offences. he was arrested on thursday along with a 57 year old woman who s been charged with aiding and abetting in connection with the alleged offences. they ll both appear in court next month. sirjeffrey is northern ireland s longest serving mp at westminster. he says he ll contest the charges. our correspondent dan johnson has more. politicians here in northern ireland are saying business as usual. this is a shock, but they will try to carry on. they are determined that things won t be destabilised here because they ve been so determined, they ve been working so hard. they ve put things in place to get northern ireland s government operating again in the last two months, after two years of political instability, disruption when things weren t working, so so much effort is bei ....
more than 150 schools in england have been told by the government that they must shut buildings immediately because they have been built using a type of concrete that is prone to collapse. children will now have to be relocated out of buildings containing the lightweight aerated concrete, and into other spaces, until safety work is carried out. in total, 156 schools have been confirmed so far as having problems. of those, 104 have been told they need to take immediate action, and the other 52 have already put measures in place to ensure pupil safety. the news comes days before the new school year begins. a list of affected schools is not being published though councils are being told of those in their area and it is up to the schools to inform parents. here s our education editor branwenjeffreys reports. yellow temporary classrooms in bradford. the stairs being craned into place today. an emergency measure just days before term starts. part of the building closed for ....
florida s governor ron desantis warned 1.5 milion people to evacuate tuesday night but not everyone chose to leave. rescue efforts are widespread. officials say dozens were pulled to safety in a small motorboat in a coastal town where knee high waters covered streets. fire and rescue workers are searching for those in need. 0ne boat rescued 75 people so far. at his latest press conference, governor desantis said there has been significant damage and crews are working to respond. accordingly, the search and rescue accordingly, the sea rch and rescue operations have been search and rescue operations have been ongoing from the moment that the storm passed in the hardest hit areas and they are probably gone through about 70% of the areas that they need to to be able to check the people that are in distress and so far all signs have been positive. there is of course a lot of debris to clean up but we will get working with the local communities to ensure the roads are clear ....
on site, perhaps they will be the way you buy your tickets. do you think this is all a backward step? we would love to hear from you this morning, your own experiences as a rail passenger. 0ur ticket offices out of date? we will come to your calls and texts in just we will come to your calls and texts injust a moment we will come to your calls and texts in just a moment or two, we will come to your calls and texts injust a moment or two, but we will come to your calls and texts in just a moment or two, but we will start with bbc news here. police chiefs in england and wales are going to be given new powers to sack officers found guilty of misconduct. under the changes, chief constables or their deputies will lead disciplinary panels rather than having independent hearings. more than 60 people have been killed and at least a0 injured in a fire at a block of flats injohannesburg. it s unclear what started the blaze at the five story building. ben wallace has confirm ....