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And the wind increase follows shortly thereafter but now its getting back out over open water. Thats the fuel that the storms need to allow them to intensify. As it moves further away from cuba it will get into that really warm water so we do expect it to get back up to the category 4 strength as it crosses over the florida keys and continues up the west coasts. Places like naples and ft. Myers are looking at a category 4 storm. However, by the time we get to tampa we expect some weakening and b...

Cars. The rain came, affected the driving. So it takes a little bit to do a lot. Chad myers, most of what im saying ive been learning from you. Im still waiting on picture out of cuba. Our Patrick Oppmann is holed up right now in a closet with his crew because its been so bad. But what are you seeing and what does it add to your expectations . The eye now of irma has moved offshore of cuba. Our Patrick Oppmann right there, so hes finally going to get away from that purple band. And why is it pur...

Hurricanes, with 5. 5 million flo floridians ordered to evacuate, even the oldtimers who swore theyd stick around are fleeing. Plus, were now relying on storm mapping, why do they differ . And with thousands charged with price gouging officials warn they will prosecute. Ill talk to one economist who says price gouging during emergencies, well, thats a good thing. Were waiting on a press conference from Florida Governor rick scott. The latest trajectory of irma. Weve got Team Coverage lined up, P...

St. Louis is cleaning up after a second night of protests over the acquittal of a white policeman who shot a black motorist. And three named storms now in the atlantic. Maria is strengthening and so far on a similar path to irma just as residents of the florida keys return home. Cnn newsroom starts now. Hello again. Thank you so much for joining me this sunday. Im fredricka whitfield. President trump will be departing from his new Jersey Golf Club to head to manhattan. The stakes are high as he ...

Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. The breaking news tonight, Hurricane Irma racing toward florida and leaving a trail of death and widespread devastation across the caribbean. A new forecast has just been released extending the hurricane warnings and watches north on both florida coasts. Right now, irma is packing winds of 155 miles an hour. It is on track to make a direct hit on south florida early sunday. The storm surge is forecast to be as high as 12 feet, pot...

Same even though the path is moving, they want people to stay where they are. Kyung . [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] were having some technical difficulties there, this is Boris Sanchez in atlanta. Chris cuomo having difficulty communicating with the reporters. The effects of the storm are being felt all across south florida and the caribbean. I want to move over to Alex Marquardt who is near sarasota. Alex, what are you seeing there . [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] alex . Hi there, chris, we are in t...

Caribbean. Cuba is next in its path. Well show you the predictions. We have the best proof of what shes done so far. Chad myers is going to show you the track we know right now. Im being qualified about it because the closer the storm gets, the less hope there is for a shift. Theres still variables. Right now florida is under a hurricane warning. Its looking like a category 4. Thats 155mileanhour sustained winds. Gusts can go higher. The models call for a hit somewhere in south florida. There se...

Winds for the last hour or so. But this is the first of some of the rain bands that we have just started to get. We may lose actually our signal. But well just keep on going as long as we can. I want to go to Patrick Oppmann who is stand big in cuba. Patrick, what is the situation there . Well, along the northern coast here in florida, weve been feeling rain bands as well as squalls coming in. It has been knocking out the power here for the last several hours. We only have lights up because we h...

Up i see that, you know, a colleague of mine has been uninvited of something that he said he didnt even want to go to in the first place, you know, to the white house. Theres just something i cant stand for, man. The whole thing started when the president urged the nfl to fire Football Players who kneel during the National Anthem. Watch this. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. Hes fired he...

Few days was told by democrats you must be nasty to trump. Such poor leadership ability by the mayor of san juan and others in puerto rico who are not able to get their workers to help. They want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort. 10,000 federal workers now on island doing a fantastic job. Right now in puerto rico, nearly 1. 5 Million People still have no access to clean drinking water. Some are being forced to fill up jugs from creeks and streams. More than thr...