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>> karen, thank you. with the uncertainty over where the storm might land, the entire state of florida is preparing for the worst, and of course hoping for the best. >> thats right. our martin savidge has more on the urgent preparations there. >> come on, guys, all the way down. >> reporter: all of florida is under a state of emergency, and the clock is ticking. biggest concern about this storm is the uncertainty of where its going and the intensity which its coming in. >> hurricane dorian now e...

People at a time to evacuate and get on the roads heading north because they know theres a very good chance this storm is going to move north once it makes landfall. theyre concerned if too many people get out on the road and head north all at once, maybe getting on the road a little bit too late, they might get caught in the storm as theyre trying to move. very difficult dynamic here tonight about ordering evacuations. >> all right, brian. i will stay in very close touch with you. brian todd on...

Difficult than many expected. >> tonight all of florida is under the state of emergency and the clock is ticking. >> biggest concern about this storm is the uncertainty of where it is going and the intensity of which it is coming in. >> reporter: hurricane dorian expected to barrel head first into the sunshine state early tuesday morning is gaining intensity and could now unload heavy rains, powerful winds and a strong storm surgeon -- surge on more than 20 million people. >> im concerned about ...

West on the weather that theyre watching and the media outlet, they may not take it as seriously. >> we wish you and the good people of jacksonville the very best. >> god speed to everyone in florida. thank you. julie: ordering evacuations in the gulf coast. thats where people evacuated to when early models showed that miami was going to bear the brunt of this as hurricane irma shifts now. we will go live to tampa next.

Soon as they receive it so that they can get to a safe place in order to weather out the storm. safety is our first and foremost fors residents at this point. >> and what is the advice in your region? >> it changes hour to hour as the storm track changes. they have been ordering evacuations in our st. pete area and tampa city proper. and there are evacuation shelters all across central florida as we speak right now. >> you mentioned the shelters all across florida. we mentioned that effort. but ...

That has shifted. now were looking at a storm surge of 5-10 feet. they can change depending on the precipitation with the storm. our real fear right now is the storm surge. every time it takes a jog one way or the other, the storm surge alters itself a foot or two. and also the timing. if it continues to slow down and comes in with a high tide, thats a bigger problem than if it comes in under a low tide. these are all things that mother nature just playing games with our preparations. look, were...

Ahead from a critical battleground state where some republican election observers say they were thrown out of polling sites and then replaced with democrats. why? plus, with the new nor noreaster coming to new england and new york governor bloomberg is ordering evacuations. new jersey has 4 million without power. rudy guiliani joins us next to explain why he thinks this whole thing is a federal failure. >> we have to get some help. >> what is going on here. we got not even. [bleep] >> there are ...

Through 21,000 acres of forest. officials are ordering evacuations now. they say this fire is not going to be stopping any time soon. a snapshot, meanwhile, of america on the jersey shore this weekend. today is a time of relaxation for some. not us here working in the studio. but its also certainly a time for remembrance. byron scott from nbc station, wcau in philadelphia has more. >> we are here on the boardwalk in wildwood, new jersey, been here since before the crack of dawn this morning. a...

if youre in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. >> 65 million people in danger. >> to all the people in eastern north carolina, good luck and our prayers are with you. >> mandatory evacuations, time to get out right now. >> you have to get out. >> weve never done a mandatory evacuation before and we wouldnt be doing it now if we didnt think this storm had the potential to be very serious. >> were tracking this monster minute by minute and going live ...

horizon from us now. shes definitely a big storm and people in her way better banted down the hatches. >> slamming down into the east coast. >> i cant stress this highly enough. if youre in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. >> 65 million people in danger. >> to all the people in eastern north carolina, good luck and our prayers are with you. >> mandatory evacuations, time to get out right now. >> you have to get out. >> weve never done a mandatory ...