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To make landfall in the florida keys sometime early sunday. the latest track puts the west coast of florida in line for much of what the worst of irma will bring. were talking from fort myers through sarasota, st. petersburg, tampa as well. floridas governor. the mayors across this state are pleading with people still in evacuation zones. those mandatory evacuation zones do get out and get out now. hundreds of people, thousands of people across the state are headed to county shelters. and some p...

There. but also leaning on your years of living in cuba. being based there. your fears for the island, considering the conditions youre seeing as irma passes. >> reporter: you know, its really just astounding as the light comes up, and you see the damage where we are. and this is very concerning hurricane because skufring this in cuba, somewhat, they got it dead on last night. the effects are as far away as havana. and throughout the island. and still, the waters recede. right now, were on the s...

So who called the keys home are here. you know, key west, is a rather sizable homeless population as well. it brings to mind, victor, the old big bad wolf story and the little pigs, the two made of house straw and sticks ended up banging on the door. the guy who lives in the brick house, i think thats happening all over the keys tonight. and this morning, as the big bad wolf that is irma blows ashore here. >> and it is coming for us. . bill weir there in the keys. the florida governor telling ev...

Welcome back. im victor blackwell in miami. and florida governor rick scott has one message for the people ordered to evacuate the state of florida -- leave now. that warning is comes as hurricane irma bears down on the florida keys very soon. but its expected to arrive early tomorrow morning. florida officials going door to door in some communities to spread the word, more than 1 million -- excuse me, 5 million people have been urged to get out of the way of the storm. the category 4 storm just...

Seriously. and they did evacuate. and so, you dont -- from my just spoke to on the road on - i-75 said theres very little traffic this morning. so, i think that was a good thing. and getting that warning out early worked very well. >> absolutely. mayor barnett of naples, florida. thank you very much for being with us. well check back throughout the day. and you, sir, stay safe. the mayer maor makes a good poi that much of south florida is seasonal. hundreds of people who come down here for vacat...

Dont want to say it but you nailed it right there. so, listen, were already seeing clogged highways, mr. knfugate. gas and water running out in florida. reporters have been at the gas stations. seeing lines at grocery stores and on and on and on. how should officials prepare in these final hours for record-breaking storm, a record-breaking storm like this and another one coming behind it? >> well, theyre gearing up for big search and rescue operations. a lot of the teams that were working harvey...

Engaged in those on going recovery efforts in texas and louisiana. >> and, of course, those fires out west. >> absolutely. >> our support for and thanks to the people of fema who are helping with all of these emergency responses. daniel watson, former fema spokesperson. all right. one of the greatest dangers in a hurricane of this size is storm surges. its not just the wind. storm surjts are massive walls of water that cause devastating coastal flooding. and today the national weather service ha...

Part. thanks for being with us. see you tomorrow. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." hurricane irma is one of the strongest storms ever measured in the atlantic ocean and now its making its way through the caribbean.to south florida residents haveng already been ordered to evacuate, governor rick scott of florida is warning the storm is more powerful in 1992s hurricane andrew that devastatet parts of that state. rick reichmuth is our chief meteorologist at fox, ...

And donate some money and get involved, whatever you want to do. we want to thank everybody so much for having us here tonight. tomorrow night paul ryan in washington, tonight, say goodbye, everybody! >> goodbye! >> tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. hurricane armand is one of the strongest terms ever measured in the atlantic ocean and now its making its way through the caribbean. south florida residents have already been ordered to evacuate, governor rick scott a ford i...

Was going to get very close right here to the lesser antilles by saturday, the area that was just raked by this cat5 storm. kind of insult to injury right here. theres another one there in the gulf of mexico, that was going to move into mexico. that cat5 right there, irma that we are concerned about. you can cite my kind of c-2 ive all, kind of going through a replacement cycle, this is the thing that happens with these large hurricanes. the strongest of these wins just offshore. great news in p...