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Hurricane center, dorian wont budge. >> new update shows little change. movement is expected later this morning. meteorologist chad myers live in the cnn weather center with the latest. chad, good morning. >> good morning, dave. 120 miles per hour seems like nothing compared to the 125 they had. this is a major hurricane just off the east side. 120 the movement is stationary at this time, and it really hasnt moved at this time more than 12 hours. around freeport, grand bahama island. theyre tryi...

Hurricane dorian is flipping cars, tearing roofs from homes in the bahamas as it marches toward the east coast of the united states. hurricane warnings are in effect up and down the atlantic coast of florida. mandatory evacuation orders issued for several communities or will go into affect in the next few hours. i want to check in. people on the florida coast, georgia, carolinas wondering how much of this hurricane will come ashore. >> i think we would like to know that. its going to put on its ...

And destroying homes in the bahamas. roofs are torn off. cars flipped over. this is just on the outer islands of the bahamas. the full force of the hurricane has not yet reached the big population centers. nassau and freeport. we are hearing about widespread power outages and that the government has disconnected the public water service as this storm bears down. lets go to our severe weather center. the power of the storm is compounded by how slow its moving. right? >> im at a loss for words whe...

Without power, we started losing weather observations from around freeport. its harrowing in the dark the night. power, no doubt, is out. theres one other hurricane with stronger winds, 1980. it didnt make landfall. since 1951, we have had 90 hurricanes. theres been one other at landfall with winds like dorian. that was the labor day hurricane of 1934. what we are seeing is unprecedented. its hard to see. theres clearing. they were in the eye. when the eye made its first landfall, they were able...

We have seen videos all day long coming out of marsh harbour of people who lost roofs, who have cars flipped over in the street near where they are, people who have shown us videos of communities underwater. that will repeat itself here in freeport as the winds pick up here, as the rain dumps perhaps over a foot of rain and water here. as that storm surge rises perhaps to 20 feet. were on an island where the high point isjority of the isla be underwater. surrounding islands will be completely su...

Patrick oppmann is in freeport. we have been watching conditions get worse. now its dark. this will be a very and frightening night for the people of freeport. >> reporter: probably the most terrifying night of their lives. the people who live here in freeport where we are feeling the wind slowly pick up. that will continue for hours and hours until people really will not be able to believe the strength of the winds. a strong category 5. the strongest hurricane the bahamas has ever experienced. ...

Ef-5 tornado and going through it for hours. keep them in your prayers. headed toward freeport. it should slow down to two and a half miles an hour. it may hang over freeport for 30 hours straight. that slowing will allow the environment around it to kind of make up its mind where its going to make it. these systems just want to take their heat and transfer it to the north. they take the path of least resistance. if you look at the history of dorian, landfall, barbados, sai saint thomas, splitti...

The north. this is going to be a game of miles. when we put the wind gusts in, freeport, 125 miles per hour. a difference of 40, 50 miles is the difference between billions of dollars of damage and maybe just scattered power outages. again, these winds are getting very close to do enough damage on the coastline so anyone on that east coast needs to slide to the other direction. were still watching the possibility of hurricane winds up around wilmington at 109 in the days ahead. >> quickly confir...

Doesnt understand the economy. yet there is another story in this town where the tire plant was saved because of what he did with china. fred, what about that? >> thats right. because of president obama putting tariffs on foreign tires coming into the country, we was able to save the plant here in freeport. >> so i want america to capture this. romneys economic plan has played out by the shutting down of a plant here in freeport, illinois, but barack obamas policies in going after, being tough o...

Romneys economic plan has played out by the shutting down of a plant here in freeport, illinois, but barack obamas policies in going after, being tough on china, has saved the tire plant in this town? >> and even had the nerve to call out barack obama and call him a protectionist when he saved the jobs around freeport and the country and the tire entry. ed, this is not a person who deserves to be president. this is not a person whos going to stand up for working families in this country. and wha...