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Long time and have experienced these storms many times, power you talking with them about how this is going to be different. And what and so the difference between what theyre used to and what this will be as a way to hopefully give them more encouragement to know that they need to get out you thank you, madam vice president. Yes, weve been emphasizing the size and the intensity of the storm and the direction in which its approaching, which is unusual and really raises that storm surge risk for ...

Took into account whats happening in the bahamas, unfortunately, which is the fact that it basically slowed to 1 to 3 miles per hour. so if those models continue we expect serious storm effects tomorrow evening, beginning 5:00/6:00 p.m. and continuing through most of the day wednesday. >> and what kind of resources do you have in place, mr. mayor, to deal with it? >> this is my third storm in four years. we are ready. public works has been working. tomorrow were deploying our swift boat teams. o...

Prepare and work with our governor and take care of the people of jacksonville. >> we saw and we just mentioned there you had record flooding two years ago. so youve seen what it takes to prepare for this and what the aftermath looks like. what preparations are you making here? we were talking about up to 20 inches potentially coming here. >> we have our public works team out. theyre trying to mitigate any potential shutdowns of that due to the storm effects. but the key is to make sure our peop...

There, up in the hills. how vulnerable is it still? what are your concerns even with these type of storm effects? >> look, ten of thousands of people lost their electricity today in the metropolitan area. and dorian really didnt hit the island of puerto rico with any forcefulness. lets remember, chris, 30,000 people still go to bed every night -- not 30,000 people. let me correct myself. there are 30,000 homes in puerto rico where people go to bed every night and they have a blue tarp as a roof....

Carolina. here are some of our peak winds gusts 106, cape lookout, fort macon and beaufort. wind surge topping 10 feet. right on top of the river there new bern where 200 people were rescued. 150 people still apparently on top of their homes waiting to be rescue you had. so first responders are trying to get there but its too hard right now. so unfortunately thats going to be a difficult situation. this is not a wind event. i know we are focused on the category but it still has some of that ener...

Broward county. one of the earlier curfews in place for the east coast. explain why you went with 4:00 p.m. >> well, i think number one reason is that because of the evacuations on the barrier island, we have left a lot of people that have left their property unattended. i mean, this is not just personal property. this is real property. this is condominiums, commercial property, bars, restaurants, you know, our fort lauderdale beach is legendry and with the barrier island, weve had to tell peopl...

Find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. down in texas the storm effects are expected to start impacting the rest of the nation in the form of higher gas prices. cnbc brian sullivan is live in galveston outside exxon refinery the second largest in the u.s. and currently closed down. how are things looking there and what should all the rest of us be expecting as a result? >> hey, chris, thank you. things are looking slow. i mean, normally this facility behind us here employs about 7,...

Growth. 236,000 jobs. were seeing a private sector showing signs of healing. yesterday the jobless claims number was below 350,000 again. when you have a jobless claims every week 350,000 people lining up for benefits sounds like a lot but it actually means theres some private sector hiring happening, thats actually kind of a good level of that number. >> could that offset the shrinkage in gooft well see from the sequester budget cuts? >> its been interesting, hearing from the white house forced...

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