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West, northwest through the northeast caribbean and its hard to imagine it not missing the u.s. and british virgin islands and puerto rico on wednesday. this could be the first cat 4 to hit puerto rico in 85 years. so, this is a major hurricane. it could be catastrophic with land slides, flash flooding, 20 to 25 inches of rain in the mountains in puerto rico. not to say the u.s. virgin islands wont get hit hard. the islands that got hit barbuda, theyre going to be too far north. again, everythin...

Hit puerto rico in 85 years. so, this is a major hurricane. it could be catastrophic with land slides, flash flooding, 20 to 25 inches of rain in the mountains in puerto rico. not to say the u.s. virgin islands wont get hit hard. the islands that got hit barbuda, theyre going to be too far north. again, everything rushed to completion in puerto rico and the virgin islands tonight and tomorrow. >> and, mike, about whats behind you, how much of a wallop are portions of the east coast going to get ...

Up and look at the numbers. it was a hurricane from august 31st all the way until yesterday, so that was about 12 days. it had, of course, it was a category 5 that hit barbuda. the first category 5 to hit cuba since 1924. the first time in our history we were hit by category 4. it was a cat 5 for three days, the second longest we have on record of a storm remaining a cat 5. it was incredible. cuba took a big brunt of it. the only reason florida didnt get hit by a category 5 is it hit cuba. if it...

That is going to do it for this hour of "msnbc live." we begin with breaking news on hurricane irma and a new update coming in moment rs from the national circumstance center on the strongest storm ever recorded in the atlantic. the monster storm is screaming through the carr beeian right now, just listen to irma in st. martin. irma first hit barbuda this morning and she went to st. martin destroying the islands four strongest buildings.