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Puerto rico and florida are already under states of emergency as people there are preparing for the worst. look at the path of this thing. the national hurricane center warns that the storm is, quote, potentially catastrophic with an increasing chance to affect parts of florida later this week. i want to bring in nbc meteorologist rafael miranda who is tracking irmas path. rafael, what have you got there? >> ali, were seeing a storm weve never seen before in the atlantic basin outside of the car...

Some are starting to return home for just the first time, but in other places, there are still mandatory evacuation orders. officials are releasing more water to try to bring down the levels of overwhelm eed reservoirs. 48 people have been killed so far as a result of the storm. were also watching another storostorm, too. hurricane irma making its way towards puerto rico this morning. were talking about states of emergency in puerto rico and in florida. and, listen, while we still dont know th...

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The winds here have been intensified and the worse is yet to come. >> officials warning either get out or die. its going to be that intense on puerto rico. welcome back. that was some of gabes reporting from puerto rico. i want to get another check on hurricane maria and the status. i want to bring in bill karins for that. i know im not supposed to compare hurricanes, but we were tracking irma last week. thats top of mind. the rainfall with maria is a lot more than irma ever delivered. >> yes. f...

Americans pull together, and we are one country. >> and can president trump heal the divide within his own party? this is "mtp daily," and it starts right now. good evening. im katy tur in new york, in for chuck todd. willi welcome to ho"mtp daily." our country could use historical unity. diving into the politics in a moment, but lets start with what is now tropical storm irma exiting florida after impacting the entire state from the keys to the panhandle, jacksonville and the northeast part o...

Cynthia? >> maya, were going to be back to you throughout. thank you very much for that report. joining us now is nbcs meteorologist steve sosna, who has been tracking irmas path. steve, whats the latest? >> well, what we have for you is still a category 2 storm, which is nothing to sneeze at here. it is not as strong as it was in the keys, but its still delivering impacts that are going to be very disruptive and just down right dangerous, especially now that we dont have daylight across central...

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Right there is from the space station. it shows irma, massive and terrifying, moving towards florida. many times bigger than hurricane andrew was. governor rick scott says all florida people should be ready to live. >> i love my family. do not put yourself or your family at risk. if you have been ordered to evacuate and are still home, please go to a shelter. >> this is life or death. and governor scott is going to be out front updating us in a couple of moments. at this hour we are not only tra...