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Mobilization which is our alpha-bravo shift. half the department is working on one shift on the days, from 6:00 or 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. and the bravo shift comes in from 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. to the next morning. we have over 1,000 officers all in uniform on the shift. we spent most of the day trying to tackle as many of the downed trees and power lines and things like that that we can do before we have to start seeking shelter. and then as soon as the storm passes well go into recovery mo...

Where theres shelter, what the red cross is doing and what we can do to help them survive and get through this storm. >> and jim, do you have everything you need to help those seeking shelter, to help those calling on the red cross for much-needed help. >> we certainly think so. we even moved additional assets down here. we have nearly 1,000 people on the ground, another 400 arrived yesterday. we have 80 emergency relief vehicles. i know we have supplies for over 120,000 people. so, yes, we do b...

Head into today, tonight and into tomorrow certainly we are going to lose power, the emergency services are going to have to go to a different mode and different street out here. meanwhile we will stay in little havana and see if we can get real-time reports from relatives, obviously the best communications we can probably get with whats happening on the tinny island community, guys. abby: griff jenkins live for us all morning there. pete: tracking where it matters when you talk about storm surg...

Departures packed for the long-haul, big suitcases and only buying one-way tickets, not knowing how long they will have to stay away. nor how catastrophic the damage will be. >> i wanted to give time for my staff to evacuate. we have a one-way ticket. it is in gods hands. >> 100,000 residents of miami beach under a mandatory evacuation. hundreds of people today taking advantage of free sandbags for hours until the sandbags ran out. there are no more left. the forecast honing in on miami, fort la...

I think thats fascinating politically. the down side for democrats is potentially, especially for, you know, democrats with the base of the democratic party, where, you know, theres no love lost for donald trump, right? i think thats fine for schumer and nancy pelosi who i dont think throw their hats in the ring and run for the democratic nomination. but i think some of the democrats who are thinking about running for president and trying to win a democratic primary, i think there are some costs...

Think throw their hats in the ring and run for the democratic nomination. but i think some of the democrats who are thinking about running for president and trying to win a democratic primary, i think there are some costs that they have to be cautious about how willing and how exuberant they are about cutting deals with donald trump when clearly the base of the democratic party is in a full resist mode. >> so congressman, question before we have to go to a break, would a noninstitutionalist pres...

Potentially, especially for, you know, democrats with the base of the democratic party, where, you know, theres no love lost for donald trump, right? i think thats fine for schumer and nancy pelosi who i dont think throw their hats in the ring and run for the democratic nomination. but i think some of the democrats who are thinking about running for president and trying to win a democratic primary, i think there are some costs that they have to be cautious about how willing and how exuberant the...

>> grasping defeat from the jaws of victory. >> there are some republicans today, clears the way for something like tax reform, perhaps. >> okay. it doesnt because theres nothing that you can really get off the ground between now and december 15th that actually gives you a worse deadline as matt indicated with more leverage for democrats come december. it wastes time. while it makes december less frantic, it actually creates more problems. the problem here is trust. i happened to be in a republi...

Pushing for a more long-term solution. >> i think its ridiculous and disgraceful that they want to play politics at the debt ceiling at this moment. >> reporter: a senior republican source described trump as being in apprentice mode, making a deal on the spot. a second source saying he cut off treasury secretary steve mnuchin mid sentence. at the height of a tense meeting, sources say first daughter ivanka trump entered the oval office to pitch her agenda on the child tax credit. republican lead...

Ceiling at this moment. >> a senior republican source described trump as being in "apprentice" mode, making the deal on the spot. a second source saying he cut off treasury secretary steve mnuchin mid sentence. at the height of a tense meeting sources say first daughter ivanka trump entered the oval office to pitch her agenda on the child tax credit, throwing the meeting off topic, republican leaders visibly annoyed by her presence. >> his feeling was that we needed to come together, to not crea...