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155 or greater. we passed that threshold. we are looking at the store but running up on some of these outer barrier islands to cuba that obviously has not we can do it. we gained a little bit of strength. we are expecting this to run across the coast in the overnight hours before eventually making a turn and heading towards the state of florida. weve seen some changes. previously, we were looking at this being a category 4 going over some warm water, perhaps jumping up to a category 5. our lates...

Going to be up the east coast as was projected all week, you really have limited time to get that done. the reason these curfews are in effect at 8:00 p.m. tonight at miami beach, 7:00 p.m. tonight for all of miami, broward countys curfew is going in effect at 4:00 oclock, an emergency operators and officials, they want everybody who did not evacuate as urged who stayed behind to stay indoors. nobody on the streets, no vehicles, no people from here on out simply because it is dangerous and they ...

Anything on the beach other than people. so there are the majority of people are heeding the order. chris? >> good. and unfortunately, well all see what happens once the storm comes, who heeded the order, who did not, no who made the right choice, who did not. whats the good news? even if you mess up, youve got an amazing backup plan for you here with the first responders. theyre one of the best groups in the country. they are uniquely equipped and prepared, but even say they once the sustained ...

Is on the scene for us. john, there are a lot of construction cranes dotting the city skyline. what happens to them because potentially if they collapse that could be a huge danger? >> its a big fear here, wolf. there are more than 20 of these cranes up around the city. it is a sign of the progress in miami and a booming economy here. there is a lot of construction going on. these cranes are designed to withstand 145 miles an hour winds. the problem is irma is going to hit as a category five sto...

When andrew made land fall 25 years ago, it in from the west and slammed in at a perpendicular angle. what is the thinking behind irma coming up from the south on its spin and maybe, is it the curveature of the southern coast of florida, why only 5-10 feet right now? >> well, we have to, pardon me, you have to remember we are using a different threshold back then. we were using storm surge with a different boundary, now we are talking about above ground level had, we started using that a few yea...

President. we are all in on hurricane coverage. we are keeping an eye on what is going on in the house waiting for the final gavel. well bring you the news as it happens. i just heard from the white house on whether the president will sign this into law after the vote occurs. we will bring that to you, as well. right now make sure we bring you up to speed on what is going on with the disaster happening off our coast. the potential for it, at least, with hurricane irma. heres what we know. ...

American president to say when the north and kim jong-un says hes going to an night late america? >> here is the problem -- of course, kim jong-un is the problem. everything hes done is a profound source of instability and a threat to us. when you rhetorically lower the threshold on military action, you play right into kims paranoia that were out to get him. if you do something very deliberate and very appropriately cabin, like fly our planes over the north korea peninsula, that could get misint...

In the house of representatives today. there will always be this element. i call them the purists. i admire a lot of what they do. they have to be married to the pragmatist though because attend you to get 218 votes. >> harris: you hear chuck shumer about how we did it for the great of the country, blah, blah, blah. does that have any life for other issues? >> maybe. if chuck shumer decides he wants to play ball, they can play ball. the republicans still run the house and senate. they still have...

Australia, europe, southeast asia allies and others so that, again, now you have economic pain, have you military and diplomatic threshold being raised against china to where all of those things combined force change in their attitude towards north korea because right now china is content with the status quo. they really dont mind having a buffer state. and the collapse of the north koreaible regime scares them more than all of those other factors. pete: great point. we have to change the calcul...

North korea hasnt responded to threats or bribes or negotiations. the first step is to a knowledge they are on the threshold of being a nuclear power. once we acknowledge that, we can work with china on deterrence and containment. the big threat with north korea is not that they are going to bomb the u.s. mainland so much as they are going to share their technology. >> mike: the north korea threat, weve seen over a few administrations, its a problem that makes american presidents go gray. nation...