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There was a report earlier from a woman in the keys who said theres already eight inches of water in my house. the obvious question is, was that rainfall? she said, no, we really havent had that much rain. at that point, she said this is the surge. this is the surge you talk about. so it is remarkable. and literally we saw some tornado warnings out right around ft. pierce and interstate 95. this area from melbourne all the way down towards miami is in a tornado watch. well see some of those torn...

Collapses and essentially the other one engulfs it. i was briefly distracted by this tornado warning, which is in the vicinity of ft. pierce and what looks to be interstate 95 in that purple box. i dont have any other information. that just popped up as we got on the air. heres a different view. hurricane irma has been kind of warbling just a little bit. it doesnt make a beeline anywhere. it sort of does these little jogs, and well continue to see that. probably key west is going to see the eye ...

Crumbling or in externally bad shape. interstate 95 in north carolina. douglas kennedy shows us. >> potholes, some of them are two and 3 feet deep. you have to hold the steering wheel with both hands. >> as a trucker, fred spends a lot of time on i-95. one of the interstate highways oldest roots. stretching from maine to florida. he says going through north carolina is the worst. the north carolina department of transportation says half the concrete on i-95 in north carolina is rated fair to ver...

Possibly one of president trumps info structure projects. expanding each side of the highway from two lanes to four. >> it could create thousands of jobs and we believe its important that the federal government come in. >> the proposal adding tollbooths, and extra expense that doesnt sit well. >> tolls are high and expensive. >> he says i-95 helped build this country. he says the country needs to help rebuild i-95. at the truck stop, douglas kennedy, fox news. >> mike: low wages for mexican work...

The real problem is i-95 in north carolina was designed and built in the 1950s. which means a narrow roadway and only two lanes of traffic. dangerous driving that is i-95 in north carolina doubling the fatality rate of u.s. highways. 50,000 cars and trucks drive on the stretch of i-95 every day. this road was not built for that much traffic. >> one of the things we have seen is our infrastructure has started to crumble. we have seen theres been an increased demand for that infrastructure. >> he ...

Possibly one of president trumps info structure projects. expanding each side of the highway from two lanes to four. >> it could create thousands of jobs and we believe its important that the federal government come in. >> the proposal adding tollbooths, and extra expense that doesnt sit well. >> tolls are high and expensive. >> he says i-95 helped build this country. he says the country needs to help rebuild i-95. at the truck stop, douglas kennedy, fox news. >> mike: low wages for mexican work...

North carolina was designed and built in the 1950s. which means a narrow roadway and only two lanes of traffic. dangerous driving that is i-95 in north carolina doubling the fatality rate of u.s. highways. 50,000 cars and trucks drive on the stretch of i-95 every day. this road was not built for that much traffic. >> one of the things we have seen is our infrastructure has started to crumble. we have seen theres been an increased demand for that infrastructure. >> he is a member of the transport...

Crumbling or in externally bad shape. interstate 95 in north carolina. douglas kennedy shows us. >> potholes, some of them are two and 3 feet deep. you have to hold the steering wheel with both hands. >> as a trucker, fred spends a lot of time on i-95. one of the interstate highways oldest roots. stretching from maine to florida. he says going through north carolina is the worst. the north carolina department of transportation says half the concrete on i-95 in north carolina is rated fair to ver...

Automated drivers and you get rid of driving as a job, what kind of crisis are we facing in the next generation, mike? >> well, if in fact thats how we set the table, i would say the crisis is real and large. but i dont think its going to happen. and im not an expert, but i think youre talking about something an old professor of mine called the displacement theory. and in our industry it basically said that radio was going to displace newspapers and that sin ma was going to display radio and tha...

For localized urban flooding, high wind threats also a possibility, perhaps bringing down small branches and small trees. why is this a concern for you? besides the obvious, a busy travel weekend, people going to see their mothers hopefully. timing it with the weekend, could impact major airports in and out of the busiest hubs in america. want to plan ahead. look at the characteristics of the storm. a well defined center of circulation. fortunately just offshore, thats where the bulk of the heft...