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This is not survivorable the urgent warning we got from central florida officials to all the people living in hurricane miltons path. The evacuation zone involves six million people. And this storm is hours away now from colliding with floridas gulf coast. The impact has the potential to change the coastline. Our meteorologist janice dean was saying it will do that. President biden and vicepresident kamala harris are getting briefed were told on preparations. Officials are bracing for extreme wi...

jessica schneider on exactly what the former presidents lawyers are asking for and perhaps significantly which justice theyre asking. jessica, what more do we know about what the former president is seeking from the court? >> right now theyve filed an emergency request at the court, anderson, even though theyve waited two weeks after the 11th circuit ruled on this. now were finding out that the justice department has one more week to file its response. trumps team here, theyre asking f...

circuit didnt have the jurisdiction to act when it did. and now they want the supreme court to step in. notably, this request from trumps team goes directly to justice clarence thomas. but that is actually because he oversees all petitions that come in from the 11th circuit. it is likely here that justice thomas will refer this to the full court to decide this issue. but anderson, we have seen trump appeal to the supreme court several times in the next few years, with little success. i...

No undertow whatsoever. some big waves, but not overpowering. the delightful weather may be lending itself to a little bit about laws laise faire attitud, and one of the reasons that the governor is imploring people to pay close attention to the warning signs. >> local leaders and consultation are carefully considering evacuation decisions now. some are announcing those decisions this afternoon. i urge you to listen to your local officials. >> still fresh in the minds of those people, just a yea...

Having to make evacuation decisions but you want to know that zone now. >> okay, so thats -- information is important preparation no question. are you getting the aid that you need to just line up the resources you may need if it does come through and hit jacksonville? >> yeah, i spoke actually with the governor yesterday. ill see him again today. we have a great working relationship with the state and federal government. we also are fiscally sound. weve got the reserves we need to handle any ki...

Officials and the governor of florida will be providing warning order throughout the day to citizens. they need to heed those. fema does not make evacuation decisions. the goal is get out of a storm surge area and into a facility that can withstand the winds. thats the goal. steve: okay. pete: brock, as we look at this storm this comes on the heels of harvey as well. give us update on whats happening on the ground there in texas. >> on harvey? so we have established recovery commands. we have re...

Number, but it was -- most of them did do a voluntary shutdown well in advance of landfall. >> normally we hear emergency officials say let the first responders handle it. you just called for volunteers, for american citizens to jump in and help texas. what does that say about the situation right now? >> i mean, this is a landmark event for texas. texas has never seen an event like this. this is going to eclipse ike, eclipse allison that occurred in 2001. based on the benchmark of those storms, ...

These bands reach the coast. thats basically cutting off your time to prepare for the storm. the third hazard, that historic rainfall. we could see catastrophic flooding, widespread areas here including the houston metro area, southwest louisiana, corpus christi, 15 to 25 inches of rain isolated areas of 35 inches of rain. thats going to continue for several days. >> michael, heres the question. you talk about storm surge of 6 to 12 feet. around galveston they have a wall and a lot of places hav...