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How far have you moved? it looks a lot more windy tonight. >> reporter: it is certainly more windy, steph. as you covered the past hour, the storm has been stalling over the bahamas. for us on the northeast coast of florida, im between west palm and daytona beach, we get caught between the rain bands and they go away. it is a situation that has a lot of locals on edge. as you were discussing with bill, families dont know what to do. theyre sort of in wait and see mode. on the other hand, though,...

We will bring you his remarks live. > we start our team coverage with phpz mariana a tenseeo in cocoa beach florida. mariana, as we wait to hear from the tpofrgovernor, are people hg the calls to evacuate? >> reporter: not just yet, phillip. at least the folks i have been speaking to. they are in full preparedness mode. they are almost tell you theyre experts in hurricanes with with a smile on their face. i moved onto the beach at the cocoa beach pier to show you the height of the waves behind m...

Coast guard sector los angeles long beach launched two coast guard harbor 45 foot response boat medium crews. air san francisco forward operating base helicopter crew, coast guard air station san diego mh 60 jayhawk helicopter crew, and coast guard cutter. the vessel has a portion of the bow sticking out of the water. those are my comments. >> ventura county fire department has been in unified command since this morning at 3:30. and it will continue to be a unified effort as we switch to santa b...

Areas to please get out if they can because theyre simply not going to be able to be safe once the hurricane moves in because emergency responders are not going to have the means to reach those people in the areas that are at most risk right now. so all eyes go to the hurricane with its anticipated arrival later this afternoon. were not seeing any significant changes here in nassau at this time, but thats definitely going to be changing as the day goes on. >> morgan in the bahamas, thank you so ...

Hes redestroying their businesses. hes probably going to win texas and florida. florida is essentially a read state. texas is a red state. this is his constituents. the only people he supposedly cares about are red state people. he doesnt have anything to say about them. its the people they would like to eliminate from government altogether, the democrats and blue state people who are the only people expressing concern. can i play in the red stater in the donald trump mode? rick scott, bought th...

>> you know, the concepts are the same and what was amazing yesterday is how everybody just clicked into a mode to get the job done. law enforcement, front line paramedics and hospital staff. you know, when you see this covered on the news, you may see oh, wow, look at this and that. but everybody just gets into this mode and you flip to it and you get the job done. thats the same as the military and its the same here. but you have to do this by setting up a system ahead of time and preparing. a...

Is in savannah, georgia. once again, emergency officials are preparing there as well. >> hey, kendis, yeah, emergency officials are keeping a close eye on whats happening in the bahamas. just taking note of the power and magnitude of that storm and what that could mean for savannah in coming days. right now they arent in full preparation mode. theyre gearing up for it. they said theyre going to put assets into place but the worst of the weather isnt supposed to arrive in savannahen till wednesda...

Hurricane. whats your reaction to that? >> so we saw the projected -- excuse me, the projected trajectory and overall strength had changed overnight, and although we dont know what the track is going to be, were preparing for all contingencies. >> its interesting because the -- an engineering professor at georgia tech said forecasting mode are most reliable three days out. thats where we are right now. i dont know if it makes anybody feel better. what about you? >> well, you know, the thing that...

>> the country is recovering from hurricane matthew that ripped into the bahamas in 2016. what did you learn from 2016 in terms of what youre doing this year with dorian headed toward the bahamas. >> what we have observed this time around is the request for people to evacuate as we look at the island of grand bahama, east and west grand bahama, where we are expecting heavy rainfall. people have heeded advice, evacuating, going to shelters. thats a big learning curve and were happy to see that. a...

This from miami beach all the way to the east coast, and there is a change in the mood. people are sort of relaxing a little bit with a change in the forecast, but thats exactly what authorities dont want to see. we heard governor desantis say any bump to the east could potentially put a lot of these communities back at risk. as you mentioned, many of these beachside cities, communities along the east coast of florida are still in the crosshairs, still in that cone of uncertainty. here in del ra...