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Carley: 54 after the hour, heart stopping video as a journalist and his family flee rising floodwaters in the bahamas. take a look at that. rob: dorian battered that island. frustrated that everyday activities cause wrinkles and theres nothing you can do about it? downy wrinkleguard is a fabric conditioner that helps protect you from wrinkles all day. pants washed with downy wrinkleguard and detergent are virtually wrinkle free. try downy wrinkleguard. .

Storm coverage, hurricane dorian bringing devastation to the bahamas. look at this video from a helicopter. the storm is heading up the us east coast. carley: millions of floridians in the agriculture industry, preparing for the storm is not as easy as boarding up windows. rob: how will farmers protect their crops from the storm? a farmer himself joins us to talk about this issue and others dealing with the storm. they are hit with the strongest conditions they have seen. what crops are in dange...

The water goes down. in this case this water piles up and then the surge is pushed on top of it. the water wont be backing out. >> reporter: wind will be a concern too. we expect tropical storm winds. the hotel in front of me took their outdoor furniture and put it inside next to the hotel rooms. they are not taking chances. the airport here shutdown at 3:00, no one getting in or out. >> charleston is a low-lying area so storm surge could be a huge problem. hope everything is okay. rob: janice d...

>> even a category one the wind with that is 80 miles an hour. >> it doesnt matter the one or the 2. harvey was a tropical storm when it did all of its damage. rob: appreciate it. other headlines before we get to hurricane coverage. memorial services set for an army veteran shot and killed in a rampage in odessa, texas. laid to rest with full military honors next week, he joined the army in 2007 and served in afghanistan, he is one of 7 people killed by a man deemed mentally unfit to legally buy...

Seaboard, that is critical and any vegetables or crops of that nature on the eastern seaboard or citrus has been taking a beating for the last decade and our fruit is 3 quarters of the way, not harvested but a lot of that fruit also this year. carley: florida governor ron desantiss first major hurricane while he has been in office in this role. he is making sure people recognize the storm is still a danger. how do you think he is doing? >> we are proud of governor desantis. he is doing a great j...

Rescuers arrived. a fisherman and his wife were on a boat nearby, helped rescue crew members who escaped that inferno. listen as he describes the harrowing moments. >> we start hearing somebody on the side of the boat, i see 5 guys in a dinghy or tender at the back of the boat out there calling for help. >> reporter: the group members and passengers were on a 3-day scuba diving trip, some celebrity birthdays including a 17-year-old girl. the fisherman said he knew no one would make out alive. >>...

This was sandy, a category one storm transition to an extratropical storm. this was katrina. lets look at dorian, 350 miles wide when we talk about comparisons. sandy was just a one. when you talk about the categories i am not concerned with that right now in terms of the type of damage we are going to be dealing with. it will be flooding concerns and storm surge, 4 to 7 feet of storm surge along the coastline which could be devastating and upwards of 10, 12 inches of rain depending where the ce...

>> if youre in florida nowhere is safe. >> you need to be completing your preparation plans now and listening to your local officials because they will probably make evacuation rulings. rob: spend your weekend in atlanta. every county in florida is under state of emergency. governor ron desantis taking no chances as this catastrophic storm churns toward the coast. jillian: donald trump changes his plans. >> lots of people are getting out of florida today including $40 million worth of aircraft n...

Administrations reprogramming of fema funds to support border operations. he was before and tweeting this. im particularly concerned trump is pulling millions of dollars from fema to dt more immigrants and moment the administration is inhumane immigration policies. accrual, dangerous move at the height of hurricane season. the administration defending the transfer as routine and needed for lacking bed space. jillian: thank you very much. rob: the president taking part of us space command, respon...

The greatest generation literally saved the world, this twitter user says the same generation -- lastly, this guy coming in, this does not constitute understanding -- millennials, the punching bag of america. activism is nothing new among young people, think back to vietnam. the civil rights movement. rob: more intense than it is now. our show continues on. matthew mcconnaughhay. >> call him professor mcconnaughhay because he will be a professor at his alma mater, the university of texas austin ...