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Secretary and lifted regulations to get gas to florida quickly. were laser focused on how we get as much fuel as possible to our ports while theyre open. ive offered school buses for transportation needs in several counts east. at this time mime dade is using these services to evacuate those with special needs and monroe has said they dont need the buses now but our offer still stands. right now there is mandatory evacuation order in effect for the florida keys. this means all residents and alvi...

Leave fuel for people going further. if you wont need the fuel for the next week ill work every day after this to continue to get fuel, to continue get power back on. dont take fuel you might not need or you dont think youll need. others might need it to evacuate. >> bill: the other thing you need is volunteers. volunteers to work in shelters. >> the big thing is well have a lot of people in shelters and so i have -- i need 17,000 total volunteers. the red cross is providing 1,000. ive had 6800 ...

And to provide ex court services to gas trucks to get through traffic to get to the stations faster. one of the issues is getting from the ports to the stations so they can put the fuel there and get back and get more. right after this ill talk to all the fuel distributors. we know fuel is very important and were absolutely devoting every state resource to addressing this and talking to the federal government about their support. but were making progress, youll see lines or outages. it has to be...

Requests to the department of defense for readiness in post storm response and military watercraft and aircraft to move fuel. personnel resources and national guard that responded to texas have now -- anybody that responded to texas has come to florida to assist us if we need them. weve asked for a military vessel like a marine or navy ship to complete ship to shore. this allows us to move crews, supplies and fuel to the mainland. major concern for the florida keys regarding any potential destru...

Families. we can get your house back and possessions back, cant get your family back. so what i tell everybody, take this seriously. doesnt matter which coast youre on. this thing can move. right now the track has gone up the east coast but it can move and go up the west coast or middle of the state. two things, the two big things im dealing with now. i have to get more fuel into the state. ive talked to the oil companies this morning. im doing escorts to fuel to our gas stations. im doing every...

And wait through. one of our top priorities right now is fuel availability. we know there are problems with supplies at gas stations and were working around the clock to get fuel to you. last night i spoke with all the fuel retailers and just got off the phone a couple minutes ago with the oil companies. ive been very clear to the retailers and oil companies that we have to get the fuel as fast as we can out so everybody has the fuel to evacuate. we need to know exactly what their needs are so w...

Prices down to help bring more fuel to our state as well. so im blessed that i have a great relationship with the epa, white house and federal government and with our businesses. if youre a bad business, were coming after you. >> julie: we just heard you say chevron. we got it, its noted. for anyone else who is going to dare to do that it will get out there it is bad for business. you talk about blended fuels. explain it to me and also the governor scott had come on earlier. he held a news confe...

If you are, call us now. do not wait. if youre in an evacuation area do not wait to get out. were not going to be able to save people once the storm hits. if you know youre going to a shelter in your county please take only the fuel you need. you dont need to fill your tank to the brim to stay in your own county. ive said many times if you have to take what you need and we have to be considerate to try to get as many people the fuel they need. the gas buddy app is a great resource to find open s...

Barb you 1600 people and population. puerto rico, saint martin, these areas in the 90 percentile. >> bill: this time tomorrow, well be looking at the florida keys for possible landfall. well manage this the best we can. the florida governor is looking for 9,000 volunteers to help work in shelters, deliver food, and hes also looking for more fuel for people in southern florida that are trying to drive out. >> julie: he made a great point, if you are filling up your gas tank and youre not necessar...

American jacking up prices making $6300 was sold for american. its not unusual for the last seats on a flight to cost more. >> theyre making it right. >> julie: its unfortunate you needed to speak before action was taken. it should be understood you dont inflate prices during the state of an emergency. >> i will commend them all. right now my immediate concern is to get people out of florida and we have so many students down here at the university of miami trying to get flights out. we have to c...