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The more can be done. and then were going to have to put 3,000 or 4,000 workers to get the work done. you might add 3,000 or 4,000 people to get the lights on, cell tower, get the water up and fix the roads. youre going to add to that population. people should be encouraged. buses should be going in and getting people to voluntarily come out and spend a week up here in the mainland. >> general honore, thank you as always for your wise words here in the wake of these kinds of storms and disasters...

Theres a lot of enforcement out there and national guard to keep hour house safe. dont worry about running home to secure your house. >> last question, general honore, there had been talk of pea ten chal evacuations from the keys. do you think that would be a smart idea? >> i would recommend the vulnerable population, houses that are totally destroyed, to leave and to offer them the opportunity over the next 24 to 36 hours to come up to miami or here to orlando. theres a lot of hotel rooms avail...

In. so we need a day, maybe a day and a half, so on local officials will tell people in local shelters but if youre going to get on state highways or interstate, you need to he keep them off until the help can get in here. >> general honore, its always great to have your expertise. thank you very much. so chris, you heard the general. says what everything is saying that now is no time to try to change anything. everybody needs to remain sheltering in place at the moment. >>reporter: easy to sa...

There. so were waiting for first light toe see the extent of the damage throughout florida. lets bring in cnn contributor retired lieutenant honore. general, thanks so much for being with us, what are the conditions in orlando? >> well, orlando has been heavy winds and overnight curfew. but i just want to tell you and share with the american people this morning the united states militarys on the way. unlike is a response we had in hurricane harvey, what a difference it makes. the chairman and jo...

Points so people can get food and water in the communities theyre in. the other one, brooke, will be to command the highways and i thought well have much more stringent control of the interstate, but it looked like the state is going with a control by the cities as indication, the city of miami is telling citizens not to come until tomorrow because weve got to get the troops deployed. weve got to the get the fuel deployed and weve got to get those power companies in position. from what im seeing...

In florida for the good part of more than a week. the coast guard has been reconstituting forces today. >> well pull away. you were listening to rick scott of florida running through his takeaways from taking a tour both over florida and then the keys. a couple of the headlines and ill bring in lieutenant general russel honore. the river is flooding and just because you think youre in the clear will rivers will continue to rise and the storm surge in parts of florida up to eight feet and especia...

Water. so i think those decisions will be coming and if my projections are right and my estimate is right within the next 12 to 24 hours well start seeing some selected evacuation out of florida because theres no other safe place in florida to maintain those size populations. >> general honore, thank you as always for your time and your wisdom. you talked so much about the keys. we have bill weir standing by in the keys and my colleague john berman is in miami. john, over to you. i take that bac...

Back to 174 miles per hour. get up to 80 stories or so, talking a 30% increase of winds. essentially what were forecasting could be considerably higher for some of these major cities, miami in particular, on approach of the storm system. of course the buildings will do a great job in funneling winds, as well. the dangers become considerably higher for miami in particular. >> thank you very much for that. serious situation, no question. lets bring in retired lieutenant general, cnn contributor an...

Basketball game this evening. encouraging people to come into downtown, you got to be careful with that its still a hazard zone. cnn has been doing great reporting on how dirty and filthy that water is. theres a natural inclination for business to come back, come to our hotels, houston is recovering. but the recovery is not there yet. i think that we all have to go on a day-by-day basis. and fix the problems without trying to say where the worst is passed. >> speaking of that basketball game, ge...

Actually think about what texas was facing. >> lieutenant general honore, of course you bring that very keen perspective from katrina. there have been some comparisons made because of how widespread and devastating this storm was. but whats your point of view when the president expresses such optimism that things are going ratherle with and hes optimistic it will only get better? >> well, i think we ought to emphasize that since katrina and because of katrina, rita, gustav and others, significan...