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Whod killed osama for those said attacked our country and a 11 so to touch an entire generation we are covering all aspects in remember rita he rose that day police officers said military personnel to save others on that day. i am honored to be here we will bring it to you all morning long on fox and friends. todd: 46 minutes after the hour trying to get out of a hurricane irma path and in the florida keys to ride out the storm. >> we do have high wind right out and read understand. heather: we ...

It is not the horsepower that it was earlier in the day, but again, it will knock out power and it will still throw a lot of debris around. anderson, were not going have harvey again. it will be retired. were not going to have an irma again. these names will be retired and its the first time to have back-to-back hurricane names retired since rita and stan 12 years ago. these are formidable storms in the days ahead and this is re-writing the record books. >> i want to go back to ryan young in cle...

Dealing with homeowners versus renters or the middle-class or wealthy in an impact zone versus the poor. a disporportionate amount of the poor and so happened to be black or latino or black and brown. it is it nots singling out. but saying race should take priority over disaster preparedness or recovery or the concerns of homeowners and renters and whatever. it should be recognized as a fact and you are right, tucker. it is beautiful to watch folks come together in times of struggle and in times...

Moving along the north coast of cuba. this is going to weaken the storm a little bit. the more powerful a storm is, the more slight disruptions could naturally reconnect. i dont want people to think that it will not be a severe hurricane because what happens is this, it will get over the very warm water in the florida street and the mid-upper levels. then i the dynamics. whats happening here, weve been preaching this for a few days. instead of letting rita and katrina, they weakened from 5 t, th...

Home owners versus renters or middle class and wealthy in a particular impact zone versus the poor. disproportionate amount of poor were those who are underserved. it just so happen to be black or latino. black or brown. it is not that we are singling out race. we are saying race should take priority over disaster prepared or disaster recovery. or the concerns of the home owners or renters or whatever. it should not take a priority, but it should be recognized as a factor. what happens. youre ri...

Storms can get organized and develop and intensify a lot easier. so, those two key aspects were in place. of course, we had that before. weve had active hurricane seasons since the major landfalls of back in 2005, but weve been lucky they havent made landfall in the united states so much. and really, we dont have a good ability to predict weather, particularly seasonal, affect the united states in particular. the storms are too random to be able to pin things down to that level of specificity. >...

The advice. we were told by the police officer that the areas here, at least the residential areas, are about 80% now evacuated. most people here taking this storm seriously and getting out. >> thank you very much, phillip mena, not far from miami, north of there. thank you. as florida braces for a force of nature that is hard to fathom, any hurricane, especially category 4 or 5, can be devastating. we go to nbcs tom costello who really looks at the power of the hurricane-force winds for us and ...

Im joined now by the states director for the emergency management division. theres a big mandatory evac -- evacuation. there was a concern about rita and how bad and hard it was for people to get out. what are the challenges in florida for evacuation of this size? >> just the sheer number of people and the limited evacuation routes. thats why we tell people move inland. you only need to go tense of miles. but many people try to travel north on limited highways. and part of the reason we have to ...

>> im not doing anything differently. we always prepare for the worst case scenarios when were out here chasing these tropical systems but we know this storm is very different from the rest weve chased. ive chased katrina, harvey, rita, ike, several hurricanes in addition to tornados and this one is a different monster. the wind speeds are much stronger. we measured 140-plus-mile-per-hour winds at rockport when we were there covering the eye wall of that hurricane. this is likely going to be str...

And joining me now by phone is the former commandant of the u.s. coast guard, who directed the federal response to hurricanes katrina and rita. tell me whether you believe that they are on track in terms of the emergency response and fema and what they have done so far, from what you can tell. >> andrea, there is extraordinary efforts going on with the governor in the state of florida. you heard craig fugate earlier. this is a very, very tough situation. people really need to pay attention to th...