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Them leaving the beach. and at this point, were hoping everyone please evacuate from miami beach. >> we saw a situation at the airport there at miami international airport -- >> so as we continue with this evacuation, we just want people to know, this is one of the strongest storms in history. you need to leave miami beach. i appreciate the opportunity to tell the people that. our residents, visitors. this is a very serious storm. its most important that they leave. because at a certain point, t...

Governments options for taking care of you are beginning to close, and your options for taking care of yourself are also beginning to become very limited. so in these next few hours, people need to take hold. weve got a very strong massive storm heading in our direction, craig. >> all right. dave price there for us in our weather center. dave, thank you. well be spending a fair amount of time with you over the next few days. much of the focus on irma has centered on miami and floridas east coast...

Along miami beach, along south beach, that have happened, ive been here for andrew, i want to stay here through irma, i want to make sure my house is okay, family is okay. ive got to be very clear. nobody is recommending that anybody does that, including law enforcement, including local elected officials, including people who have been through storms like this before. and this is a storm, frankly, that many people have not ever seen the likes of, craig. its an extraordinary thing to be out here....

Telling people to prepare for a hurricane, nonetheless. because the kind of surge theyre expecting here is life-threatening. craig? >> rehema ellis there in nassau, bahamas, where folks are clearly getting ready, bracing for this thing. thank you. fema, meanwhile, under pressure, with irma bearing down on the u.s. and the cleanup from harvey just starting. the agency is being put to the test. ill talk to the man who ran fema during hurricane katrina. former director, michael brown. also, wev...

Thank you. meanwhile, for those of you just watching, you saw the line of cars trying to get out of florida there. some highways, interstates looking like virtual parking lots. do we know what highway that is, guys? is that 95? why make it out from this vantage point. we dont have -- this is tampa. this is the scene in tampa, florida. we dont know precisely which highway. folks try to get out of town. with irma ready to slam florida during the aftermath of harvey, the federal emergency managem...

Was a 5 for about 16 hours. was a 4 when it made landfall. the size of that storm, 180 miles wide, and the destruction was complete to homestead, and the tip of florida. now look at this. this is irma. category 5. longest running category 5 in hurricane history. anywhere in the world there has been no tropical cyclone that has been stronger longer than irma. size, 370 miles across. the state of florida is just 140 miles across. at just about its widest point. now, craig, you cant compare these t...

House briefing any moment now on the federal response. were told thats going to happen roughly 30 minutes from now. when it does, we will go there. but we start with sam champion, msnbc weather contributor in miami beach, monitoring irmas path of wrath, if you will. sam, what are you seeing now? what can we expect over the next 12 to 24 hours? >> hey, craig. everything is on track for the models that we have seen. and the forecasts that we have had for the past few days. now remember, we use two...

Over the next couple of days. working a little bit north of cuba, may interact with cuba a little bit on saturday. if it does, we could have a wobble in strength. and that wouldnt be good for cuba to get that direct eye right there. now, then we see that storm take a turn to the north. category 4. making landfall. sunday, about 8:00 a.m., in the central keys of florida. then heres the real problem, craig. watch the long-term track of this storm. youve got a category 4, about 340 miles wide. an e...