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Traffic is, youre seeing now, and the fuel concerns. >> reporter: thats right, it seems that south florida has mostly emptied out. the only people weve seen people are in shelters and waiting in gas lines. the last tanker has come and gone, and police officers tell me these pumps will run dry this evening. david? >> so many lines at gas stations today. matt, thank you. urgent pleas at miamis airport for people not to show up unless they already had tickets. every passenger jet sold out. the la...

new york stock exchange. as for europe, got a lot of crosscurrents there as the euro is nearing a four-month low. seeing red arrows across the board. the most notable loss is in france down 2.5%. yahoo!s ceo scott thompson is out and a victory for dan lobe who wins three board seats. how does the company reset and whats behind thompsons reported disclosure that he has cancer? at jpmorgan, three big firings as a result of that trading loss. elizabeth warren calling for jamie dimon t...

through things are getting better, just not that strong. >> on the other hand consumer spending was stronger. people are buying bigger ticket items. >> youre right. consumer spending was stronger, sue. it would have been over 3% if not for the weather because those warm temperatures caused housing consumption of services, utility bills to fall, that was probably equal if not greater than any boost housing might have gotten because of the weather. >> youre still optimistic. >> very much...

Cars, and there are millions, look at the traffic. a mass evacuation is under way. traffic on the turnpike all going one way. cars bumper to bumper. some running out of gas. forced to leave their cars behind. matt gutman reports. >> reporter: tonight, the river of humanity logjamming floridas three main routes out of the storm zone. >> we are running out of time. the storm is almost here. if you are in an evacuation zone, you need to go now. >> reporter: nearly 2 million in those zones. but flor...

Gets. ginger zee, joining us. were looking at the real possibility of a category 5. >> david, if it makes landfall as a category 5, that would only be the fourth in u.s. history. a strong category 4, a weak category 5, doesnt matter. its a catastrophic storm. coming here in the next 36 hours. 5:00 a.m., the storm is right next to the florida keys. storm surge, winds. jets up the state of florida. 2:00 p.m. monday, georgia into tennessee, low pressure depression by tuesday. wind speeds, among the...