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Path of storm surge thats going to be between 3 and 6 feet. many people are in lower surge project the areas are making the decision so stay put. they figure 2 or 3 feet of water in the house is not the end of the world but everybody had to make that decision. one of the problems weve got is this is not a good time to get on the road. were trying to leave the road the open for people who absolutely have to get out. but the governors staff was very clear they do not want to get people trying long...

Animals in the zoo. miami-dade building code now is one of the strongest codes in the country because of these hurricanes. were doing the best, doing everything we can. but we know our animals. and again, its easier say to move a dog, a cat, even a horse but wild animals are different. >> that being said, walk us through your preparedness plan. give us some more insight into the preparations. >> sure, make sure the generator is working, food topped off. we have to take possible projectiles and t...

>> worse? but that was a 5. th this is a 4. >> but this is bigger. you see people and residents heeding those evacuation warnings. typically we dont have this kind of response. people have looked at cnn, looked at the weather out there. they know its coming. they figure lets be safer than sorry. also, the changes that we made since hurricane andrew, the building codes for one thing. south florida put in some of the string jest building codes there are. everything built since hurricane andrew has...

Animals sense whats coming? >> reporte >> they certainly sense something is different, the zoo is closed and people arent in the park, so i think they feed off of their keepers like your pets at home your dog knows when youre sick or scared. they reflect off our own feelings. >> reporter: we see the pink flamingos with a zoo keeper and they are going to drive them over to the shelter. tell us about the shelters here. we know after andrew, everything was leveled. >> everything was leveled and the...

And people are heeding that danger. >> when you hear these forecasts and you hear how strong this is right now, 185 miles an hour and obviously starting to hit warmer water, do you -- you said you lived there a long time. have you really ever seen anything like this? >> our closest storm to this would be hurricane donna back in 1960. this is sort of on the same track as donna, too. so, yeah, i was young. i was ten years old, but i remember that and its there and the awareness is there and of cou...

Have to go. he then officially resigned as president of the soviet union and turned over the nuclear codes to the new top man, russias boris yeltsin. >> society has been granted its freedom. has been politically and spiritually unchained and thats our biggest achievement. >> theres a saying about a revolution devouring its own children. in russias case it devoured its own father, gorbachev. >> i wish you all all the best. are you sure? the bus is down, but weve got a spot! head down to the light...

Ill and therefore, a committee would take charge until he recovered. >> a column of tanks is reported to be heading towards the russian parliament in moscow where thousands of people have gathered in defiance of the new soviet government. >> gorbachevs whereabouts are unknown. there are thoughts he is under house arrest. he certainly isnt able to act as he wants to. >> every year gorbachev liked to holiday on the black sea. and his aides showed up at his home and cut off communications and took ...

City. >> what about infrastructure, houston is a pretty good place and many of those places in southeastern parts of texas, have kept up their infrastructure, largely because theres oil and chemical industry there, but is this in some ways an opportunity for the state and some of these mun n e municipalities to improve on infrastructure and making it better? >> theres afternoon opportunn that and theres a good thing. were talking about upwards of $180 billion. so we have got to start spending mo...

Codes. hes the only one who has them, and he has proven to be very irrational and his inexperience shown to be very dangerous in these times. we have not been in this place with north korea in 20 years, and his saber-rattling of kim jong-un is potentially going to lead us on a path of war. and so congress has to start the debate. i know theres been two democrats who have introduced legislation saying that donald trump cannot go into nuclear war without consulting congress first. but the buck rea...

Anything out. all options have to be on the table. obviously having north korea with the means and the ability to have a nuclear weapon, a hydrogen bomb, and to deliver it to our shores is not an option we can tolerate either. so we simply cant take any option off the take at this point. >> senator james clapper, the director of national intelligence under president obama, he recently questioned president trumps fitness for office and capacity to handle the nations nuclear arsenal. listen to wha...