Florida's path forward

1 big thing

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🗓️ 3 October 2022

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As of yesterday evening, Hurricane Ian had killed at least 80 people in Florida and four in North Carolina. Nearly a million people remained without power last night in Florida, and rescue efforts have been ongoing in the southwestern part of the state. Plus, the Supreme Court’s new session. And, the state offices where election deniers could have the biggest impact. Guests: Axios’ David Nather and Sam Baker. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Fonda Mwangi and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go Deeper: Florida still in "search and rescue phase" as Ian's death toll climbs How you can help Hurricane Ian recovery efforts Election denial: The offices that matter Here are 5 Supreme Court cases to watch this term Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning. Welcome, Naxios today. It's Monday, October 3. I'm Nyla Boudou. Here's what we're
0:10.0	covering today. The Supreme Court's back-and-session. Plus, the state offices where election deniers
0:16.0	could have the biggest impact. But first, today's one big thing. Florida's path forward.
0:22.0	As of yesterday evening, Hurricane Ian had killed at least 80 people in Florida and Ford
0:34.2	North Carolina. Nearly a million people remained without power last night in Florida and rescue
0:39.6	efforts have been ongoing in the southwestern part of the state. Here's FEMA administrator Dan
0:45.3	Chris Well, yesterday on ABC. This is going to be a long road to recovery and there are a lot
0:51.2	of people that are impacted. But we also know that we're still actively in the search and rescue phase
0:57.3	trying to make sure that we are accounting for everybody that was in the storm's path and that
1:01.8	we go through every home to make sure that we don't leave anybody behind. Florida Governor
1:06.5	Rhonda Santa said 1600 people have been rescued so far. And even days after the storm,
1:13.0	waters are still continuing to rise in parts of Florida, causing flooding that's complicating
1:18.5	some of the rescue efforts. President Biden plans to visit Florida on Wednesday. Today,
1:23.8	he and Dr. Jill Biden are headed to Puerto Rico. They're expected to survey damage from Hurricane
1:29.0	Fiona, which hit two weeks ago. Luna, the private energy company in charge of restoring power,
1:35.6	says 91% of the island has electricity again. For the latest on damage caused by Hurricane
1:42.5	you can head to axios.com. And if you want to help, we have links in our show notes.
1:50.7	This Supreme Court is back in session today after an explosive end to the term this June.
1:55.8	This session will be here in cases on affirmative action, boating, religion, free speech and more.
2:01.6	Judge Katanji Brown-Jackson is officially on the bench and will hear her first oral arguments
2:07.2	today. The court has a six to three conservative majority. Axios' resident Supreme Court expert,
2:12.6	Sam Baker, is here with what to watch this term. Hey, Sam. Good morning,
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