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Do you get the sense that people are appreciating what might happen? >> i think the people that were here in andrew and people who understand the power of a hurricane, who have watched other hurricanes, like in texas now, houston, those people now have seen so much and they finally realize. >> glor: the biggest threat here in miami is not the rain. as you saw in houston, with harvey, it is the wind speed and the storm surge, and the storm surge is the most difficult thing to predict. farther up ...

Took a ride with pilot paul barth. there are about 2.5 billion homes in florida in hazard zones. that is more than three times as many as any other states. >> this is a low area here. not very much, but two or three feet above sea level. so, if we have a strong storm surge, theres not much to protect it from the coastline. >> glor: so theres nothing stopping the surge from coming in. theres nothing stopping the wind. >> right, theres no barrier island on this side on key biscayne here. its wide ...

Reporting. jericka, thank you. omar villafranca went along today with a navy helicopter making rescues in port arthur, texas. >> reporter: we are riding with the navy helicopter squadron 7. this is the seventh person that they have rescued here in this area, the seventh just in this neighborhood alone. what theyve been doing is flying in from college station several hundred miles away, about 150 miles away, coming to the beaumont, port arthur area, where harvey hit overnight. and at this point, ...

More than 300 severe storm reports in less than 24 hours. look at where the catches are in place, from north carolina down to the tornado watch in the florida panhandle. still doing it for the next couple hours and then the low starts to move to the north and east. thats the first of many rounds of heavy rain that will move places like new york city and bring some potential for flash flooding for the weekend. and the threat that gio just mentioned, tuesday and wednesday, and wednesday, atlanta i...

Tonight, the captain, her gift and the news coming in now. >> hey guys. its jenny. >> reporter: jenny stansel has been battling chronic kidney disease for 15 years. it was about a year ago she had to go on >> so first, i don my mask. >> reporter: this is her routine every night. >> im hooked to this baby 10.5 hours a night, and its basically keeping me alive. >> reporter: showing us her steps, her new normal. its a far cry from her life as a flight attendant for alaska airlines. the 38-year-old ...

And she said, you dont know me, but heres some love. >> reporter: a friendship was born. >> a lot of people say, "kidney for lasagna, thats a huge trade." >> it was made with love. it was really good lasagna. >> it was! [ laughter ] >> reporter: and this evening, their doctors are happy to report it was a success. both recovering at the swedish organ transplant center in seattle. >> if i can provide just a little happiness and a little life -- >> life. >> well, yeah. she gets to live. pretty fai...

She was rushed to the hospital after a midair scare. >> i actually had to take a passengers seat on my last flight because i was so ill. >> reporter: doctors telling jennifer, her only option to live, a kidney transplant. >> i cant remember feeling so low. >> reporter: after several disappointments, her match was just feet away in the cockpit. >> it was a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. i was so happy. >> reporter: now just days before surgery, here they are. both donor and recipient, but f...

Since january 14th. his wife lady del rio made it to the u.s. just before the border closed, leaving behind her husband and two teenage daughters. now she is in the u.s. alone, desperate. the family sold their car and home to make the journey, and now they have nothing left in cuba. trapped mid-journey, apart. many cubans believe the repeal of wet foot/dry foot was coming causing a rush to the border. nearly 57,000 cubans entered the u.s. in fiscal 2016, more than twice the number in 2014. one t...

Jeff pegues is looking at the security. >> reporter: the secret service has gamed out numerous scenarios for protecting the new president tomorrow, from an active shooter to an assassin using a weaponized drone. director joseph clancy. there is so much concern about a lone-wolf-type terrorist attack. are you concerned about that? >> were concerned about every possibility thats out there. when i say "concerned," i mean we planned for every possible threat thats out there. >> reporter: the coast g...

Hughes says he made the decision to ground himself after being prescribed antidepressants. >> having that dream at that time, it is like being shattered. >> he told us he is now flying again but says depression is still a topic the industry doesnt like to talk about. >> pilots are people too. we have feelings and emotions just like everyone elsed. >> new research found about 12 percent of airline pilots surveyed met the threshold for clinical depression. four percent admitted to having suicidal ...