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Pictures. the last really big storm surge event in this country was hurricane sandy on the jersey shore. weve been calling up those pictures and what happened with hurricane ike because that was also a storm that went toward the houston area. and crystal springs area got devastated by the same storm surge that well get here. so ill show you know pictures coming up and this will get your attention. >> it always gets my attention when you show -- how high is your monitor? >> this is only 7 feet. s...

Live, 10 to 15-foot of storm surge above ground, its devastating. thanks, everybody. >> okay, everyone. florida governor rick scott. hes saying even if you think you may have been spared, the most disastrous winds and storm surge from hurricane irma, for those folks living on the east coast of miami, it can take a turn. to confirm all that were joined by wnbc meteorologist raphael miranda. look, its really a tap dance right now for the folks in florida. some think theyre out of the woods, some t...

Would be absolutely the worst, they would draw this. >> what are the authorities telling people had a live in exposed areas like key west and all the keys? and then on to miami beach and south beef. to me, 38 toechy exposed to the elements. >> if theres anyone who didnt do the mandatory evacuation that you just mentioned, if they see this and theyre hearing it from all the meteorologists, you do not want to wait this one out. theyre thinking the storm surge could be as high as 15 feet. this moni...

Prela prelandfall emergency which freed up federal funding and assistance as we prepare for irma. 100% focused on making sure that floridians and visitors have timely information and monitor hurricane irma and issue updates throughout the next few days. we cannot stress this enough. get prepared. know your this is your responsibility. know your evacuation zone. listen to your locals. this storm has the potential to devastate our state and you have to take this very seriously. now, ive gone throu...

This job done, and i dont want to be disappointed by congress. >> this week, donald trump kicked off his push for tax reform in springfield, missouri, birthplace of route 66, commonly referred to as main street of america. offering a populous pitch he says will slash the tax rate for companies and be a boom for lower and middle class americans. we havent seen specifics of who would get those besides the very rich, how much they would be, and how to pay for it all. instead, all we have seen on tr...

Reform in springfield, missouri, birthplace of route 66, commonly referred to as main street of america. offering a populous pitch he says will slash the tax rate for companies and be a boom for lower and middle class americans. we havent seen specifics of who would get those besides the very rich, how much they would be, and how to pay for it all. instead, all we have seen on trumps plan is a bare bones, one page outline that leaves it to lawmakers to fill in the blanks. back with me, ali velsh...

Results of it now on the big screen. right out like what you are showing on your monitor right now. thats the results of inaction at either the local or the state or the federal level. clayton: you told our producers ahead of time. while you were at the department of homeland security you were to look at right wing extremist groups not left wing extremist groups. can you elaborate on that? >> my particular focus was islam and islamic groups. i didnt spend a lot of time, but we were told that the...

Rupture other chemicals on-site? >> like we said, we believe that they are in a remote enough area that we dont anticipate any other damage to property on the site. >> you said that the chemicals could burn -- is there any potential for them not to burn as they are released into the floodwaters? does that do anything to the environment? >> no, we anticipate that they will decompose once they start to warm up, and then they will burn. we had a generators, backup generators, backup backup generato...

Flood or most of it didnt. but, we went out every day to just check on things and monitor what was going on with the rising waters and we carried around hopes and life jackets and extra supplies in case we did run into anybody that needed help. and throughout all of it, i took photographs and little video clips and you can see through some of those, the difference between day-to-day. we didnt actually rescue anybody, although we did see somebody that wanted to across the bayou to get to family o...

Its actually below what it was. so it also a an immediate impact right in the vicinity of the both discharges. >> thank you. so this is a situation that will be closely monitoring. certainly its going to increase the flow of water coming downstream and certainly there will be some impact how we will be watching carefully to kind of monitor that impact and the flooding condition. so certainly asking everyone to be alert, to be attentive as we move forward. on the rescues, which continues to be a ...