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special master and that has turned out to back fire on him. when we were locked out it was something like a war zone. it s going to hit home. it s going to be emotional when they see their properties up close. everything that you see is being contested by the ukrainians. the russians have completely dropped any pretexts that this is going well. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is wednesday, october 5th, 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. it s been a week since hurricane ian slammed into florida and u.s. president joe biden is expected to visit hard-hit fort myers in the coming hours. he ll meet with governor ron desantis, fema and officials to assess the damage there. meanwhile, florida residents are returning. it will be a difficult transition for those who call the island home. what they ll see is really an up close look at destruction that they ve seen from the video clips on the news and some ot ....
ian now stands at 109. all but four of them in western flo florida. today people who evacuated from sanibel islandone of the hardest hit in the state, will be allowed to return to survey their losses. it s going to hit home. it s going to be emotional when they see their properties up close and the amount of damage that this storm inflicted upon them. more now from cnn s carlos suarez. he is in fort myers. reporter: the need for help in florida, immediate. at one food distribution site in north fort myers, the line of cars grew by the hour. the cajun navy foundation on the ground in florida for days handing out crucial supplies for residents without basic services. we got diapers. i know there s water, food. reporter: thousands so far have been rescued from destroyed or flooded homes with harrowing stories of survival. i got pushed away and went around the building and i was able to find some bushes. i grabbed onto it. pulled myself in. halfway in. and i jus ....
militia were secretly recorded by one of the attendees they discussed bringing weapons to washington d.c. and being prepared to fight on on behalf of the former president donald trump. whitney wild is here with the latest. reporter: it was a bombshell moment that the defense and the department of justice agree is one of the most important cases in decades. a new recording released by the department of justice of an alleged november 2020 planning meeting of the far right militia group, the oath keepers. you re going to see a street fight. don t be afraid. go there in large numbers. that s why we need to be there. reporter: federal prosecutors played the audio during the second day of the trial of five associates of the oath keepers. all five defendants have pleaded not guilty. this is the first major piece of evidence presented at the trial that prosecutors used to support their allegations that the group planned to descend on washington to prevent the peaceful ....
oath keepers to stay on the outside and stay fully armed and prepared to go in armed if they have to. if it kicks off, you rock and roll. that was oath keepers founder stuart rhodes. you hear that audio, why have prosecutors introduced that? what do they think it proves? this audio is damming according to the doj s case here, these are conversations between the group that sound like they re specifically planning violence in response to political transfer of power and that s obviously the crux of the government s case in this trial. but i think on the defense side, there are obviously going to be some holes that can be poked in that audio and that s going to be the question here, whether the prosecutors can reach that proof beyond a reasonable doubt when there are questions about the vagueness of some of the comments in there. we ll talk about the defense in a second. there s also sound of them talking about weapons. listen. pepper spray is legal, tasers are lega ....
tapes that prosecutors played during day it woutwo of the sed trial from an alleged 2020 oath keepers meeting. members were secretly recorded by a meeting attendee. they talked about bringing weapons to washington and being prepared to fight for former president trump. whitney? reporter: a new recording released by the department of justice by an alleged november 2020 planning meeting of the far right military were group the oath keepers. if you re going to attack people, don t be afraid. go there in large numbers. that s why we need to be there. reporter: federal prosecutors played the seek cretly recorded trial of the five oath keepers. all five defendants have pleaded not guilty. this is the first major piece of evidence that prosecutors have used to support their allegation the group planned to descend on washington to prevent the peaceful transfer of power if the fight comes, let the fight come. i m willing to sacrifice myself for that. let the fight star ....