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High tide locally is at about 2:00 a.m. eastern standard time. how long will the wind shift and the power be this way? theyre all unknowns and there are a lot of people who have a lot of fear right now and it is understandable but weve been talking to emergency officials and they believe that as soon as they can, theyll come out and be doing the work that only they can. so well take a break right now. when we come back, were going to show you proof positive of what is possible once the first res...

Braving the cold for us, joining us live now from a mountain of snow there in erie, pennsylvania. alex, that city got as much snow in the past several days as they usually get all winter? >> reporter: yeah, thats right, tom. they usually get about 100 inches of snow here in erie all winter. so far, theyve gotten 102 inches just in december alone. as for what happens for these massive mounds of snow like this one piling up all over town? officials here say, they just havent gotten to that point y...

Theyre going get a break this week. pedram? >> i think its about time. well see a little bit of improvement. well see the wind shift become more of an onshore component. worse than beijing on thursday in san francisco. it has improved a little bit. still looking at moderate conditions. but closer perspective as far as the coverage here. weve seen improvement in the fires, say 8 to 15% improvement in the coverage and containment of these fires. but still significant damage in place. but notice th...

Theres such a force, thats the kind of thing. its enhancing it if anything. most of irma is over land. we do have outer bans out over the atlantic ocean, also the gulf of mexico. one of the other things that we need to understand, weve been talking about it for hours. my colleague tom slater was talking about it earlier and tom meyer, that is there is going to be a high tide for tampa. those are usually about 2 to 3 feet. that occur in the morning about 4:00 or 6:00 in the morning. and well see ...

Rising. >> yeah. the sanitary sewer system wont be able to contain that. >> the water had blown out of naples by about five feet weve now almost replaced all of that water in 30 minutes. remember we showed you the pictures in tampa earlier because the water had blown out. its 30 minutes for four feet of that water to come back. and its just starting. watch for a wind shift in direction where mike bettes is. its been --? the crew in the upper right-hand portion is our crew in downtown naples. the...

A few hours later it starts to beat things out. once the wind shift happens because after the storm passes i come you get the wind out of the other direction. makes matters even more difficult. quite the pictures coming out of south miami-dade. reporter: andrew, we are going to stay with you for a moment. i want to talk to you about the conditions around you, specifically where you are in south miami-dade. just remind you a lot of our viewers right now arent actually watching. they are listening...

Another thing to keep in mind is when you have offshore float, you have the level rise. that shortly be followed by a quick rise. thats what we are expecting here to get quick wind shift in naples area. shepard: once the eye is fully over land, mark, how quickly should the storm diminish in strength? >> well, the inner part of this storm, if this take a track over land, we should see spin down fairly quickly. if it stays offshore itll be slower. we dont anticipate outer circulation to dissipate ...

Attorney generals, all republicans, who are suing and theyve issued this somewhat artificial deadline. but to your point, it is interesting to watch the wind shift. i want to give you a more cynical interpretation of your actions. basically that druch keeps making the mistake of calling republicans. when they could vote to repeal it, now its daca and everyone voted to repeal it. he said you guys wanted it. everyone is freaking out. >> you nailed it. i dont think people were taking the students a...

Do you think that matters? >> i think it completely matters. the opposition is not there. i dont really see where the opposition is to this. except now no longer ten attorney generals but nine. the attorney general decided i dont want to be part of this. this threat they have put on trump to sue daca is a false threat. theres nothing there. even if they were to try to sue, i dont know what the legal standing would be, it wouldnt be a case probably until a year. >> so theres a lawsuit, nine attor...

Wildfires fueled by gusty winds and high temps are sweeping through a number of u.s. states right now. >> theres one fire in particular that is a haunting reminder of the 19 firefighters who fought another blaze and lost their lives four years ago in one of the deadliest fires in u.s. history in that same area. in arizona. cnns martin savage has more now on the men who went above and beyond the call of duty to protect their city. >> reporter: these are the last images of the granite mountain hot...