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Best to help them folks in the state of florida. >> what can you tell us about cell phone coverage, a big problem for some providers after hurricane michael and what everyone is on and what they want to know about? >> obviously, its a major problem and it really hindered i think the ability for folks to be able to take protective measures. but we have spoken with companies like verizon, they have a plan, they are implementing the plan, they recognize the threat from the storm and are taking acti...

Facilitate fuel coming in from out of state. so that is happening as we spea speak. in terms of these nursing homes, obviously thats been an issue in the past. the agency for health care administration is making site visits or calls to all facilities where the state does not have updated info about generators. we now have a web site through the agency of health care administration where you can go to each county and see whos got the generators, who doesnt. so we think statewide about 120 that we...

Where preparations are underway. >> the winds could be at 140 or even more in a state of emergency has now been declared in all 67 florida counties but no mandatory evacuations have been ordered because authorities dont know where the storm is going to hit, somewhere between central florida and as far south as west palm beach or even further south to miami. we know that a lot of preparations are underway including cape canaveral where they are stashing the equipment and military bases across the...

In alabama and another one in south carolina, 70 truckloads of relief supplies are en route to the maxwell air force base from the atlanta distribution center. there will be millions of leaders of water distributed throughout the hurricane zone. they are conducting 24-hour operations and preparation for potential landfall. as federal preparations take shape, the president taking the twitter this morning to tell floridians to get out of the way if they are so instructed. saying hurricane dorian l...

Remain in there and end up being in jeopardy, loss of life. if know if you are in an evacuation zone, know which zone you are in and know your evacuation route. in terms of our highways here, the florida department of transportation has already cleared the shoulders of all of our major highways like i-95 and i-75, so theyve been swept clear. we will open the shoulders for traffic once evacuation orders are handed down. as of right now, the d.o.t. has not identified an abnormal traffic patterns b...

We did have a category five that hit across the panhandle, one of the strongest we had but that was on the other side. so thats just one of the models wherever that turn happens, going to have big implications. you notice the last couple of loops here, looks like and eye is beginning to form and thats why it will strengthen into that category four range. could be a three or four, doesnt really matter once you get a storm that strong of the difference between a four and a three might >> morgan: m...

Prepared. the bad news of the storm going slower is that that could potentially have some negative impacts once it reaches landfall, but you do have time before it reaches to prepare if you have not done so. this is potentially a multi-day event where it will turn slowly across the state, that obviously creates a whole host of issues. >> sandra: we have lifelock steam coverage for you with john roberts at the white house, first to chief meteorologist with the storms path. >> the storm is going t...

And i remember it well. theres a political storm in washington brewing over the ig report on james comey. what is the presidents reaction to that? >> the president had one brief tweet yesterday, thought he might mention it but he didnt. im sure on the way out the door as he had to camp david this afternoon, talking a lot about this but taking aim and a couple of tweets this morning saying the disastrous ig report shows in the strongest of terms how unfairly i and tens of millions of great people...