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My dad was the mayor of the city im the mayor of during hurricane andrew. and it was coming right at us. i remember it like yesterday. then at the last minute it jogged south. then 30 to 50 miles south of us. mile the mayor was urging us to go to his command center down south which tells you anybody who is assuming its not going to come to them because it could go anywhere is making a huge mistake. you have to assume the worse. >> to his point. these storms have a personality of their own. they ...

Prepared for the worst. patrick oppmann, cnn, freeport, the bahamas. >> you have to feel for the people there. earlier i spoke with basil dean at the bahamas department of meteorology and asked him what conditions are like so far as this storm approaches. >> we have a few clouds. the winds have picked up just a bit looking at around 13 miles per hour. but we do expect that to change over time as dorian continues to make that trek toward the west-northwest. as you would perhaps now, at 11:00 the ...

Bahamas. the hurricane warning for that region has been issued and the prime minister is telling people in the affected areas to leave immediately. cnns patrick oppmann is in freeport. >> reporter: here in the northwest bahamas weve been feeling the wind pick up throughout the day. weve seen some of the first rain bands coming through. but really hurricane dorian is still quite a ways away and the full power of the storm will not be felt until saturday and into sunday when this storm could come ...

Youll be able to see where this thing is headed over the next 24 to 48 hours. notice the span here. this is sunday 8 a.m. were talking about 24-hour difference and then a 24-who a h-hour diff here. thats going to be slowing down. bahamas will have 140 to 150 winds and then theres the turn. on the west side its impacting with florida. a lot of it going offshore but it such a powerful storm, we could be looking at significant effects and eventually, this is way to early, but the carolinas but the ...

Landscape here and for many of the people who live in low-lying areas, talking about a storm surge a few minutes ago of 15 feet. that is much of the island where i am standing. so it is going to be destructive and very dangerous. >> okay. keep us posted. stay safe. patrick oppmann, thank you so much in the bahamas. now lets go to floridas east coast as people have been preparing for this storm for days but they could still feel the effects even if dorian doesnt make a direct hit. what are they b...

About it. twitter says that the problem has now been fixed. at this hour, were tracking this very strong hurricane dorian as it is making its way through the tlatlantic on the w the bahamas. the prime minister there is telling people to leave immediately. cnns patrick oppmann has more from the city of freeport. >> reporter: so here in the northwest bahamas, weve been feeling the wind pick up throughout the day. first rain bands are coming through. but really hurricane dorian is still quite a w...

This is one of the most dangerous cities in years. one of the most dangerous cities in the world. people have said they would go to el paso if it got too dangerous here. people said their families, children who cross every day. in el paso the u.s. side is considered the safe part of where im standing, the border crossing where im standing. juarez has been called the dangerous part. that has all changed within the past several days. >> patrick oppmann there, thank you. barack obama is calling o...

Relaying what was going on. the arrivals, coming and goings. after the shooting, hes very calm, very collected. theres really no reaction of him. certainly not the reaction of a hit went terribly wrong. so that is what the video shows us. but police say it actually is a very different picture. and that they have the story now worked out. and its not what theyve been telling us. big papi was never the target. >> wow, we did is not know this twist. patrick oppmann, thank you for this. lets talk ab...

Authorities have made several arrests. a tenth suspect appears in court today. two suspects were already serving time in prison. cnns patrick oppmann is in santa domingo. what have you learned about this person? >> reporter: we are checking in with sources, checking our phones all throughout the day, because they have told us that it could happen at any moment. they said as of last week, this week, they planned to tell us not only the motive, but also who made the call to have david ortiz shot. ...

After drinking from their mini bar. a lot more questions than answers here. dominican authorities are keeping tight-lipped about this. so much of this country depends on tourism, particularly american tourism. there are over 2 million american tourists who visit the dominican republic every year. perhaps its possible that some could have just died here because of natural causes. but many of the relatives feel something suspicious is happening, that they need further clarification as to what exac...