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Florida. thank you. >> thank you. >> much more on the storm we have been talking about. florida is taking this one seriously. the governor has asked for and received a pledge of federal disaster assistance. to help evacuations run smoothly and people have been boarding up sp stocking up. randi kaye has been seeing it all ta. joining us from a home depot. whats it been like there today? are people doing what they need to do? >> they seem to be. its been incredibly busy here since tuesday. thats w...

Briefings hes received is in the direct path of whenter storm is projected to go right now. he said hes not worried about anything. he said it is going to be fine. hes more concerned that state of florida. >> he was asked about the sudden resignation of his personal stand. what did he have to say about that? >> shes not this household name. her departure was pretty abrupt and send shock waves throughout the west wing. the president had said he had spoken with her following the off the record din...

County, in south florida, and all the way up the coast. everyone has to be prepared. floridians, we know how to prepare. and thats exactly what were doing. >> we just got word in people can see on the screen, we just got word there will be a mandatory evacuation order in some parts of brevard county. starting sunday. some communities in florida are beginning to make that decision. despite what the president said, its a local decision. evacuation orders are made at the local level, not the federa...

Should do. to take care of individual families. >> some of the decisions on evacuations for the state have been difficult. because of the uncertainty. do you have any plans to evacuate the barrier island section of the beach? >> right now our police and i will join them on tomorrow, are out sharing with residents on the island. encouraging them if such evacuation mandate comes forward to heed the warning and accept it. of course we do not know. we have to wait for greater clarity. at that time w...

For more on the new storm data. lets go to the source. the national hurricane center in miami. deputy director joining us now. this new forecast is what you expected to see? has the storm changes in any way? >> the storm has changed in the last few hours in terms of the intensity. earlier today it reached category 3 status. now its close to category 4. we increased the wind and advisory. by ten miles per hour. now 125 miles per hour. and as you have been talking about its not so much the intensi...

She said to reporters behind closed doors. cnns kaitlyn collins has that. i want to start off quickly with the storm and what the president had to say about it hes going to do a briefing at the fema headquarters he said hes not worried about his own officials. following cnn reporting saying that a lot of people who will be surrounding the president and shepherding him through this storm are going through officials not confirmed in their positions. for one, the fema administrator is an acting per...

Down and be prepared and vigilant. once we get into the eye of the storm so to speak, we do not plan to go out and do many rescues. >> to the residents. people who might be visiting. because it is after all holiday weekend. what do you want to say tonight? >> be smart. be vigilant. be prepared. above all, be safe. we recognize it is a holiday weekend. life takes precedence over pleasure at this time. and were used to this. i just encourage folks to put forth the best effort to take care of thems...

Uncertainty. its important to prepare along the coast. >> talk about the water here. the king tides. extremely high tides coupled with a storm surge. which i understand could be bigger if the storm slows down, yes? >> yes. one thing thats fortunate for the east coast of florida is that storm surge that occurs here isnt as high as it can be in other places and the tides isnt as great. the high tide particularly through multiple cycles will make it worse. we have storm surge with winds blowing on ...

Warnings. i suspect by tomorrow morning well have hurricane watches for the coast of florida. other changes have occurred. and pretty much the track. this important. everybody has been saying is there any hope is there any ray of hope? there is a ray. its not the entire hope sunshine. shining down. but the models show consistency. rite now still showing a land fall with a category 4. thats catastrophic damage. i want to back up to what is looked like earlier when the we talk about the u.s. model...

The storm is getting stronger and could grow stronger still. that much we know. the two key questions now. where will hurricane dorian hit and what will it do after it does? in for anderson. in a few days we have seen defense attorney go from a tropical storm to a hurricane that could reach category 4 before this is over. with millions of people at risk tonight, those two key questions could mean the world or their lives. we just got new data in from the national hurricane center. lets go to tom...