>>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
WAC TO THE SHOW.
I'M MEGYN KELLY.
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST ARE JUST BEGINNING
WHAT IS GOING TO BE A VERY LONG
CLEANUP PROCESS AFTER THIS
HISTORIC STORM.
WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT BUT WE
HAVE A LOT TO DISCUSS, ACTUALLY.
A LOT OF THINGS TO DISCUSS WITH
NBC'S KEIR SIMMONS, OAMY HOLMES
AND ALSO THE HOST OF AMERICAN
NINJA WARRIOR.
WHAT A MESS MICHAEL WAS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THIS
STORM CREEPED UP ON US.
CAT 4 ON THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH WHAT HAPPENED
WITH GABE GUTIERREZ WHAT IS LIVE
IN APALACHICOLA, FLORIDA WITH A
FIRST LOOK AT THE DEVASTATION
CAUSED BY MICHAEL.
GABE?
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
WE ARE NOTICING MASSIVE TREES
AND POWER LINES TOPPLED
THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GET
AROUND.
HERE IN FLORIDA A MAN DIED WHEN
A TREE CRASHED INTO HIS HOME IN
GEORGIA, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS SAY AN 11-YEAR-OLD
GIRL WAS KILLED.
THIS WAS A FAST-MOVING STORM
THAT SHOWED LITTLE MERCY.
THIS MORNING HURRICANE MICHAEL'S
DEVASTATION IS ON DISPLAY AFTER
THE FEROCIOUS CATEGORY 4 STORM
SLAMMED INTO THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE, THE MOST POWERFUL
HURRICANE ON RECORD HERE.
>> I WOKE UP THROUGH ANOTHER
ONE.
I'D LEAVE THE NEXT TIME.
>> Reporter: MICHAEL PACKED
WINDS OF 155 MILES PER HOUR.
MEXICO BEACH TOOK A DIRECT HIT.
HOMES THERE UNDER WATER.
MANY IN PIECES.
STREETS TURNING INTO RAGING
RIVERS.
AND IN APALACHICOLA A 7-FOOT
WE'RE SEEING THE RAW POWER OF
MICHAEL.
THE WINDS HAVE INTENSIFIED.
BEHIND ME PARTS OF THIS TOWN ARE
COMPLETELY UNDER WATER.
IN PANAMA CITY BEACH, THE
HOWLING WINDS RIPPED THIS HOME
APART.
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM,
LESTER HOLT AND HIS CREW FORCED
TO BARRICADE THEMSELVES.
>> WE WANT TO BE ON THE AIR, BUT
WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF EACH
OTHER.
KNOW THAT WE'RE SAFE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SIGN OFF.
>> Reporter: INLAND A MIDDLE
SCHOOL GYM BARELY STANDING.
THIS DRONE VIDEO SHOWING WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE ON THE INSIDE.
MICHAEL ALSO BLOWING OUT BANK
WINDOWS AND IMPALING THIS CAR
WITH DEBRIS.
FOR THIS REGION, AN
UNPRECEDENTED STORM.
>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THIS?
>> CATASTROPHIC.
SOME OF THE ROADS THAT ARE UNDER
WATER NOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
KIND OF DAMAGE WE'LL HAVE WHEN
THE WATER RECEDES.
>> Reporter: RIGHT NOW WITH ALL
THE DOWNED TREES AND POWER
LINES, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT POWER.
IT COULD BE DAYS AND IN SOME
CASES EVEN WEEKS BEFORE IT'S
RESTORED.
>> GABE, THANK YOU.
WOW.
THAT IS STUNNING.
RIGHT?
I MEAN THE PICTURES ARE
UNBELIEVABLE.
THEY THEY THIS IS THE THIRD MOST
POWERFUL STORM TO EVER STRIKE
THE U.S. MAINLAND.
YOU CAN BELIEVE IT SEEING THE
PICTURES.
FIRST STORM OF THAT MAGNITUDE TO
HIT THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE IN
MORE THAN 150 YEARS.
YOU KNOW HOW WE ALWAYS SAY OH,
THE FORECASTERS, THEY GET US
WORKED UP OVER NOTHING AND TELL
US TO EVACUATE AND THEN IT TURNS
OUT TO BE A NOTHING.
THOSE PICTURES ARE A REMINDER.
>> WHAT A REMINDER OF THE PEOPLE
TAKING THE VIDEOS.
IT'S ONE THING IF YOU'RE A
PROFESSIONAL, BUT FOR THE
AVERAGE PEOPLE SITTING THERE --
WHEN YOU SAW THE WALL TORN AWAY,
WHAT A REMINDER OF WHAT MOTHER
NATURE CAN DO.
THAT'S NOT A STORM.
THAT'S THE FINGER OF GOD.
GET TO SAFETY.
>> I WANT TO SAY TO THE PERSON
WHO TAKES OUT THEIR SURFBOARD,
THERE'S ALWAYS ONE, YOU'RE AN
IDIOT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO
DROWN.
>> LOOK AT WHAT THAT PICTURE
WITH THE BASKETBALL HOOP HANGING
THERE SURROUNDED BY NOTHING.
>> USE A DRONE.
DON'T GO OUT THERE.
>> DURING THE SEASON YOU SEE
REPORTERS OUT THERE AND THEY'RE
KIND OF -- NOT GOING THROUGH
PACES BUT THEY KNOW WHAT'S
HAPPENING.
BUT IT'S IMPACTFUL HERE.
YOU SAW REPORTER AFTER REPORTER
KIND OF STUNNED BY WHAT SUDDENLY
CAME IN?
.
>> THAT LOOKED LIKE A HURRICANE
AND TORNADO ALL IN ONE.
THE WINDS WERE PICKING THINGS UP
AND SWIRLING THEM AROUND LIKE
WHEN WE SEE MAJOR TORNADOES.
YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE FEAR
PEOPLE WENT THROUGH.
THERE WAS LOSS OF LIFE.
I'M AMAZED IT WASN'T MORE.
>> LISTEN TO THE FORECAST.
THEY WORK IT UP BECAUSE YOU
DON'T ALWAYS KNOW.
>> WHY PLAY THE ODDS WHEN IT'S
YOUR LIFE?
YOU CAN ALWAYS REPLACE YOUR
HOME, YOUR PROPERTY.
YOU HAVE ONE LIFE.
>> WE'RE PRAYING FOR THEM NOW.
>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
>>> WE HAVE TO GET STORY ON A
LATER NEWS.
OF ALL THE NEWS IN THE LAST DAY
OR TWO, THIS IS THE ONE I MOST
WANTED TO DISCUSS.
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE -- YOU
YOU'VE SEEN PEOPLE ON AIRLINES
WITH A SUPPORT DOG.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF AN
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SQUIRREL?
A SQUIRREL.
SQUIRREL.
IS THIS REAL?
A WOMAN WAS REMOVED FROM A
FRONTIER AIRLINES FLIGHT AFTER
COMING ABOARD WITH HER EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT SQUIRREL.
>> HOW DID SHE GET ON THE PLANE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
BUT SHE NOTED IN THE RESERVATION
THAT SHE WAS BRINGING AN
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL.
THEY PROBABLY JUST ASSUMED IT
WAS GOING TO BE A DOG.
IT WAS JUST A BABY.
IT WAS 11 WEEKS OLD.
LITTLE DAISY.
IT HAD ITS OWN NAME.
SHE HAD A LETTER FROM HER DOCTOR
WHO SAID DAISY IS GOING TO HELP
HER.
PEOPLE ON THE PLANE WERE LIKE
SAY WHAT?
SHE REFUSED TO GIVE IT UP.
THEY HAD TO CALL THE LOCAL COPS.
EVERYBODY HAD TO DEPLANE.
EVERYBODY GOT OFF.
>> THEY WERE TWO HOURS DELAYED
GETTING OUT OF THERE.
>> CAN YOU IMAGINE?
>> WHO HAS AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
RODENT?
>> IT'S A SQUIRREL.
IT'S CUTE.
IT'S NOT A RODENT EXACTLY.
>> AS SQUIRRELS GO, THAT WAS
CUTE.
>> SQUIRRELS ARE KNOWN FOR
CARRYING PEST LENTS AND RABIES.
I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT ANIMALS ARE A REAL
THING.
TO GET THAT SHE HAD TO GO TO HER
DOCTOR, AND THIS IS SOMETHING
WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE DIAGNOSED
WITH A MENTAL DISORDER.
>> IT WAS A SQUIRREL.
>> THAT'S IT.
PEOPLE CONFLATE A SERVICE DOG, A
HIGHLY TRAINED ANIMAL WITH AN
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL WHERE
IT IS DEALER'S CHOICE.
WHATEVER YOU FEEL GIVES YOU
COMFORT.
SHE ALSO HAS A BEARDED DRAGON.
>> OH.
>> I SAW THIS STORY.
I WANTED TO KNOW WHATEVER
HAPPENED TO XANAX?
RIGHT.
OR THE BAR TROLLEY.
YOU KNOW?
>> I THINK SOMEONE THOUGHT IT
WAS GOING TO GO WRONG WHEN THE
FREE NUTS THAT THEY GIVE OUT --
THIS IS ALL FINE UNTIL THE FREE
NUTS.
THEN THE SQUIRREL IS GOING TO
LOSE IT.
>> I WAS SAYING, HOW FAR CAN YOU
TAKE IT?
THIS IS MY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
COCKROACH.
MY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT RATTLER.
>> RIGHT.
>> EMOTIONAL SUPPORT PEACOCK.
>> RIGHT.
IN FAIRNESS WE REACHED OUT TO
THE SQUIRREL WHO GAVE US A
WAIT.
NO, IT'S FROM FRONTIER AIRLINES.
>> I DO WANT TO SEE SAMUEL
JACKSON, SQUIRRELS ON A PLANE.
>> I AM SICK OF THESE MOTHER
SQUIRRELS.
>> CONTROVERSY THERE.
>> TWO PEOPLE, I GUESS.
FRONTIER AIRLINES GAVE US A
STATEMENT.
THEY'RE NOT SORRY.
WE'LL GET TO THEM IN A MINUTE.
FIRST WE REACHED OUT TO THE
PASSENGER WHO BROUGHT THE
SQUIRREL.
AND THEY DIDN'T GET BACK TO US.
FRONTIER AIRLINES DID GET BACK
TO US.
THEY SAID RODENTS ARE NOT
ALLOWED ON OUR FLIGHTS.
SORRY.
THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
ACT, THE NATIONAL NETWORK SAYS
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS
REQUIRE DOCUMENTATION, BUT THE
AIRLINES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
TRANSPORT UNUSUAL ANIMALS LIKE
SNAKES, REPTILES AND RODENTS.
NO BEAVERS.
NO COBRAS.
GOD BLESS.
I WILL HAVE A GLASS OF RED WINE
WHEN THE TURBULENCE STARTS.
IT HELPS TAKE THE EDGE OFF.
IT DOESN'T WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE
EVERYBODY GET KICKED OFF THE
PLANE, I'M GOING TO BE THERE
WITH MY EMOTION SUPPORT GRIZZLY
BEAR.
>> YOU CAN BRING ON A MINIATURE
HORSE AS A PSYCHIATRIC SUPPORT
ANIMAL.
CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING NEXT TO
THAT PERSON?
ON SOUTHWEST.
>> NEXT TIME I'M FLYING, SAY I'M
YOUR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL.
THEY FLY FOR FREE.
I'LL SIT ON YOUR LAP.
>> I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
WILL TAKE YOU UP ON THAT OFFER,
MATT.
>> PEOPLE ARE LINING UP.
>> ALL RIGHT.
DO WE HAVE TIME?
OKAY.
WE GOT TO TELL YOU, THERE'S A
COMEDIAN IN THE HANGOVER, HE
GAVE AN INTERVIEW ON ELLEN.
IT'S GOING TO AIR TODAY.
HE USED TO BE JUST LIKE MATT, HE
USED TO BE A DOCTOR, PRACTICING
PHYSICIAN, AND THEN WENT INTO
STANDUP COMEDY.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF YOU.
>> YEAH, THERE ARE.
>> HE TELLS ELLEN THIS STORY.
DO YOU HAVE THE CLIP?
WE DON'T HAVE THE CLIP.
HE TOLD HER A STORY ABOUT HOW HE
RECENTLY -- WHEN HE WAS A DOCTOR
AND THEN HE SWITCHED TO COMEDY
SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE AT ONE
OF HIS SHOWS HAD A SEIZURE, AND
HE JUMPED OFF THE STAGE AND
HELPED SAVE THE PERSON.
HE'S A JACK OF ALL TRADES, MUCH
LIKE YOURSELF.
>> CAN I SHARE WITH THE AUDIENCE
ONE FUN FACT?
MATT AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO
COLLEGE TOGETHER.
>> COME ON.
>> YES.
>> GET OUT OF TOWN.
>> YES.
WE MET 30 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS
SKINNY AND MATT HAD ALL HIS
HAIR.
WHEN I SAW YOU WERE GOING ON THE
SHOW, I WORE MY SPANX.
>> THANK YOU, AMY.
>> WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW IS I ALSO
WORE MY SPANX.
UNDERNEATH MY SUIT.
>> I NEED MY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
ANIMAL SOON.
>> I LOVE THIS COMEDIAN.
HE'S STEALING MY THUNDER.
I'M THE DOCTOR TURNED COMEDIAN,
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE
BECOMES FAMOUS WHEN HE GOES OUT
AND IS NAKED IN THE HANGOVER AND
EXPOSING HIS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
ANIMAL.
IT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO.
I'M ON STAGE AT THE LAUGH
FACTORY, AND I'M HOSTING AND A
PERSON GOES DOWN IN THE CROWD.
I RUSH OVER TO ADMINISTER AID
GOING I'M GOING TO SPRING IN
ACTION.
THIS WAS JUST AFTER DR. KEN'S
INCIDENT.
I LOOK AT THIS PERSON AND ASSESS
THEM WITH MY MEDICAL EXPERTISE.
I REALIZE THEY'RE DRUNK, AND I
DIDN'T SAVE THEIR LIVES, BUT I
SAVED THE SHOW DRAGGING THIS GUY
OUT TO PUKE IN THE STREET.
NOBODY TALKED ABOUT ME.
>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
HE'S A JACK OF ALL TRADES.
I'M HEARING AMAZING THINGS ABOUT
"CRAZY RICH