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We have become very good friends. its the first time i can say, jim, i think you really saved me here. it was a precarious moment i was holding myself unable move because of the wiptd. when it caught me, it took me over to the concrete pillar. jim grabbed on to me, he was able to at least steady me. as i slid by the way into an area with a wall protective of the wind. he found himself balancing himself against the wind. we have a wind meter out there. if you told me that wind was 135, 145 miles ...

Directly in the path of this monster storm now just 60 miles south, southwest of the city. residents there were ordered to evacuate yesterday. veteran hurricane watcher nbcs kerry sanders is, of course, right in the thick of it for us. first of all, how does it feel where you are right now, kerry? >> reporter: well, craig, were beginning to get buffeted by some of the tropical force wind. this is not the hurricane force winds. i think what is most dramatic is what we have seen over my shoulder o...

Lands fall and states of emergency are in effect in kral, georgia. ehe has act vaded those lavic in the coast to not ivacuate. bill karins and overnight we saw this strengthening and intensifying. theres still a ton of lighting thing center of it. flrs last time we faced pawind threat was tharl ey. so pretty incredible stuff. charley was 145. then we got to dig even further back. then year almost to category 5 territory. this is as serious as it gets for areas around panama beach. by 2:00 aftern...

To take a backseat for now because of hurricane michael. frr barrelling our way soon. >> and this isnt just our average storm. just a couple of days ago, could be a tropical storm. and now category 5 isnt out of the woods. and have an extremely rare category 5 hurricane land fall. penetrated and went through the eye. its even lower now than it was. . wintsds are at 140. . and 145. remember to get to the a category 5, we have to be 155 and panama city pointing right at your. just extreme devastat...

We saw last year. the forecast takes it on shore landfall sometime right after the lunch hour. hurricane centers has it at 145-mile-per-hour winds. thats a strong category 4. and then it slowly weakened even at 10:00 a.m. tonight, still a hurricane over south central georgia. look at all the lightning strikes. thats why we know its intensified. we have aircraft flying through it. the pressure still dropping. the storm is getting stronger and all of the heavy rain bands are moving on shore. time ...

Storms in october in this countrys history, and one of the worst storms weve ever had in our countrys history. this is up there in the history books with some of the strongest landfalling storms pressurewise and windwise of all time. thats how quickly this intensified. our reporters wont be able to stay out there in the positions theyre at right now. 145-mile-per-hour winds, 11 miles per hour away from a category 5. its closing in at 60 to 80 miles from the coast. landfall should be sometime aro...

Specifically, say despite telling people to get out, there have not been a large amount of evacuations in the city. is it that people are, you know, basically storm fatigued and theyre not listening anymore? >> well, its a combination of that. but also when people went to bed they thought it was a category 2 and theyve woken up to a category 4, winds about 145 miles per hour, which is a very different sort of storm. and now its really too late to evacuate. just look over my shoulder at the pier....

Please do not become part of the height that it was in tropical problem. >> we are looking at 145 mile storm debbie back in i believe 2012. >> all right, mayor. per hour sustained winds. well keep in closeest wishes w. >> could come miles instohore. lets bring bill back in here. we have landfall now? >> mexico beach. thats where the official >> are you satisfied with the landfall appears to have been. 155 miles per hour winds. governors activities? increased it. going up two more its a cat 5. >>...

Language. its con job. confidence job. its a con job by the democrats. they know it. >> confidence but they know it. >> president trump also yesterday continued his defense of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh with a swipe at former president barack obama. take a look. >> 145 judges ill be picking by the end of a fairly short period of time because barack obama wasnt big on picking judges. when i got there i said how is this possible? i have 145, including court of appeals judges. and they j...

Say tonight about the women accusing brett kavanaugh. but he clearly had one man on his mind. >> i have 145 judges i will be picking by the end of a fairly short period of time because president obama wasnt big on picking judges. ive been very proactive against cuba. i dont like whats happening in cuba. as you know, president obama gave them a pass. you know, when president obama had an economy that was -- it was the worst comeback since the great depression. youve all heard that. i didnt do wha...