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This powerful in the open atlantic. in the gulf and the caribbean, there have been only a few other storms like this, and only one storm stronger, and that was alan in 1980, and it didnt hit with its 190-mile-an-hour winds. so this is incredibly strong. it is get large and getting larger. you know, so youre looking at wind as a hazard and youre looking at storm surge as a big hazard, and then rain too. >> when youre talking about something going from -- between 145 and 185, that increase, is it ...

All right. we are following breaking news, hurricane irma intensifying rapidly. now a category 5 storm packing winds in excess of 15miles per hour. this is now bearing now and posing a major threat to people ultimately in florida. the joining us the hurricane specialist. we got here this morning the thing had top speeds of 145. now its 175. looks like puerto rico and virgin islands are in serious trouble. >> were very concerned about the islands. potentially catastrophic impacts from the center ...

Strengthens into a category 4 storm, packing 130-mile-an-hour winds, theyre preparing for the worst in the caribbean and in florida. american airlines cancelling flights to and from caribbean destinations as irma approaches. states of emergency already in effect in puerto rico and florida. governor rick scott saying he spoke to president trump sunday about hurricane irma, and the president offering the full resources of the federal government. the monster storm could potentially hit south florid...

Questions raised about the trump administration about staffing the executive branch. >> i know youre looking at the situation and you know how much is on the line for the people in president. you brought up a great point, wheres the staff? >> at homeland security, fema, the u.s. trade representatives office, theyre doing huge renegotiation of nafta. bob doesnt have a permanent deputy in place. thats a massive undertaking theyre doing it with a smaller staff and its not ideal. >> 20 minutes later...

Job. roughly 145 more are awaiting senate confirmation. more than 800 are filled by holdovers with time left on their appointments or are on field awaiting a nominee. >> in order to reduce the number of political appointees in that category, you need to do it in a systematic and structured way. you need to change the actual operations of government and so far, he hasnt been doing that. stick with the trump administration has announced the elimination of several dozen high and mid-level post at t...

Job. roughly 145 more are awaiting senate confirmation. more than 800 are filled by holdovers with time left on their appointments or are on field awaiting a nominee. >> in order to reduce the number of political appointees in that category, you need to do it in a systematic and structured way. you need to change the actual operations of government and so far, he hasnt been doing that. stick with the trump administration has announced the elimination of several dozen high and mid-level post at t...

Weve gotten so used to that when we talk about hurricane winds. when it comes to things like water, i think its a little trickier because water effects different places differently. the wind can be 145 miles an hour across a huge section, right, but not everybody necessarily is going to flood. so i think some people think, well, maybe im safe here when, in fact, it turns out theyre not. >> we know the president is announced that hes going to be coming to texas on tuesday. we will see exactly wha...

Lets talk about the resources. do you think there are sufficient enough resources to help those who stayed behind and may need rescuing? >> if they had not planned for the resources that they need for at least 72 hours, it could be problematic for them. because this storm, everything i ive seen, the flood and the wind could last up to five days. >> they think its going to sit. because its moving slowly now, and it may reverse course and go back out and make landfall again. go on. >> thats true. ...

Advised anyone who has not left by now to write their name and social security on their arm to help recovery crews identify them later should they discover the body. we have reporters and meteorologists and new information just in from the national weather center. i want to start off with cnns martin savidge, feeling the worst of it in corpus christy. what is the latest right now? >> reporter: were under an extreme wind warning. we could see wind speeds up to 145 miles an hour. if that happens, ...

From behind me. >> the droplets sting. thats why i have my back turned. the wind is blowing this direction, and so im not standing out in the worst of it, but im here slightly a few feet off from the building where you can see where the wind is certainly kicking up here. thats a gust right there. thats -- there we go. im able to hold my balance at least so far. this is -- remember, were talking about 100, 110-mile-per-hour gusts. we had winds at one point with this hurricane around the eye wall ...