[Scott Mclean, Cnn National Correspondent:] President Trump and First Lady Melania touched down along a stretch of Florida coastline left almost beyond recognition. The Trump's met residents in Lynn Haven, Florida, and surveyed the devastation left by Hurricane Michael from the air.
[Trump:] I've seen pictures, but it's hard to believe. When you're above it in a plane and to see the total devastation. To see this, personally, is it's very tough. Very, very tough.
[Mclean:] President Trump also stopped by a FEMA distribution center to pass out water.
[Trump:] Here you go man, can you hit? We are doing more than anybody would have ever done.
[Mclean:] The tour comes as authorities comb through what little is left of Mexico Beach. Looking for the three people still unaccounted for.
[Joe Bush, Resident, Mexico Beach:] How did you just fill the water in here?
[Mclean:] Joe Bush has seen his share of hurricanes and almost never left. But he did this time, he made it to Marianna, Florida, more than 50 miles inland, but still not far enough.
[Bush:] Got in a hurricane, tore my truck up. Blew my trailer on two cars. We thought it was father
[Mclean:] In Panama City, people lined up to register for FEMA assistance, and they'll need a lot of it. There's hardly a building that won't need repair even schools were badly damaged. Everett Middle School's Gymnasium looks more like a battlefield than a basketball court. All while a row of newer hurricane-proof homes sits nearly untouched nearby.
[Arthur Phillips, Resident, Panama City, Florida:] I feel good for me, but I don't feel good for anyone else, that you know, had the all the devastation.
[Mclean:] Back in Mexico Beach, they'll have to rebuild entire neighborhoods, not just the power grid. Joe Bush thinks the president can help get it done.
[Bush:] I think Trump takes care of the American people, I really do. I think I he's got a good heart.
[Mclean:] And crews searching through the rubble here using Cadaver Dogs have now found a second body. Police have not yet said the age or the gender of that person. The residents of Mexico Beach, they will be allowed back in on Tuesday morning. They won't be allowed to stay because there's simply no safe place for them to stay. But they will be allowed to pick through what's left of their homes and businesses. Scott McLean, CNN, Mexico Beach, Florida.
[Watt:] The U.S. Air Force is joining Ukraine for what could be that country's largest military air exercises ever. The drills are meant to strengthen Ukraine's ties to NATO, but there is concern that they may also provoke Russia. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.
[Matthew Chance, Cnn Senior International Correspondent:] This is the United States ramping up its military support for Ukraine. This clear sky exercises the U.S. and Ukrainian warplanes flying wing to wing are meant as a show of solidarity. But with Ukraine fighting Russian-backed rebels in the country's east, it's also a potent message to Moscow.
[Maj. Gen. David Baldwin, Adjutant General, California National Guard:] As the Ukrainian security forces and their armed forces become more and more capable, it allows them to better defend the sovereignty of their country and to deal with the problems that they have internally.
[Chance:] But isn't that immensely provocative? Aren't you worried that, that could pool aviation fuel on the flames of the raging conflict?
[Baldwin:] We are demonstrating our resolve. And what we're doing here is not certainly not as aggressive or controversial as supporting insurgence across some other country's international boundaries.
[Chance:] But U.S. military support for Ukraine is evolving fast. In September, the country's president formally took delivery of two U.S. patrol boats to bolster Ukraine's depleted Navy. And more controversially, U.S. Javelin anti-tank missiles are now in Ukrainian hands. They've not been used in battle yet. But Moscow says their deployment crosses a line and encourages bloodshed. It's not just the sky that's clear, but the risk of escalation too. Well, these joint exercises are just the latest sign of the dramatic changes that have taken place in U.S. policy towards Ukraine. The old reservations about ramping up tensions with Moscow seem to have receded into the background. While the new policy of training and arming Ukraine has really started to take off. U.S. officials say their support is a response to Moscow's meddling. The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine posting a link to these drone images earlier this month. They showed military vehicles driving in and out Ukraine from Russia, according to international monitors. "Moscow must stop providing deadly weapons under the cover of night to its proxies in Eastern Ukraine," the embassy said on Twitter.
[Marie Yovanovitch, United States Ambassador To Ukraine:] How are you?
[Chance:] It is a diplomatic balancing act for the U.S. ambassador, grappling with what critics say is confusion in the Trump administration towards Ukraine. And on the one hand, you're arming the countries we've discussed. On the other hand, President Trump has, on occasion, spoken about spoken in what's been described as a deferential way towards Russia and towards Vladimir Putin. Do you believe that America is sending mixed messages when it comes to Ukraine?
[Yovanovitch:] Well, I look at our policy. And I think our policy is getting is a pretty good one towards Ukraine, and is getting stronger. So, we are providing assistance, as you described. And I think we're on the path to providing more assistance on the security side in this coming fiscal year.
[Chance:] More assistance, more training, more weapons. The trumpeting you could say, of a dangerous new era. Matthew Chance, CNN in Western Ukraine.
[Watt:] Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un, and now Saudi Arabia's King Salman. They have something in common and it is the U.S. president's apparent acceptance to various claims by all three at face value. What this attitude could mean for America's reputation abroad? That's next.