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CNNW CNN Newsroom With Victor Blackwell And Christi Paul August 31, 2019

Any moment now miamidades mayor is set to update us on their preparations for the storm. Youre seeing a live picture on the right of your screen. We will bring that to you as soon as it starts. And we are on the scene covering dorian from every angle, you see our cnn crew spread out along the eastern coast. We want to get straight to cnn meteorologist allison ch chinchar with thee latest. The sustained winds are 145 Miles Per Hour gusting to 165. The movement of the storm is still west at about 12 Miles Per Hour, but the fascinating part comes from not one but two different Hurricane Hunter missions that are ongoing right now within dorian. This first one, this is the noaa mission picking up a wind speed of 157 Miles Per Hour. This is important because that is technically a category 5 strength wind. Sometimes you get these random ones so you always want to double check and get more data. Now we switch over to the air force reconnaissance flight that out there at the moment. They are also picking up category 5 strength winds at this point reaching up around the 160 Miles Per Hour range. So lets get some more information on this. We want to bring in major chris dike, an aerial reconnaissance officer with the u. S. Air force reserve. Weve talked about this. When you look at the new numbers coming in, what sort of factors impact this data and information coming in . Hey, allison, good morning. So were looking at this data. Theres a variety of Different Things that can be impacting, especially as the storm is strengthening or on the upswing, so a lot of times when were going through storms like this, well experience significant updrafts and downdrafts and the thunderstorms as were going through the feeder bands and into the eye wall, so this you know, some of these readings, you know, in and of themselves could be things like bursts of thunderstorm activity as theyre intensifying, but what we really try to key in on, especially as the meteorologists on board, were trying to look at the overall flow. Im trying to eliminate any of the smaller scale factors and trying to look at the larger flow of whats happening with the storm. So you know, it certainly is strong evidence if youve got two different aircraft that are kind of reading in that range, it certainly would not surprise me. Whats more of what im picking up on with the current recon advan recon seasons flights going on is from center fix to center fix were seeing a lowering of the pressure with each run through, which to me is more of a strength of the health and development of the storm than anything else. Certainly its still intensifying for sure. Lets say youre the National Hurricane center, youre looking at the same data because they have access to all of these numbers like we to. Are they going to want more than one reason or are these readings likely going to be enough for them to make some changes in the forecast . So whether so aerial weather reconnaissance is one piece of a larger picture, so the folks at the National Hurricane center, theyre really looking at the larger and the Bigger Picture of things. Our aircraft reconnaissance could be coming in with one wind speed and they could be getting different day from other sources and places saying well, yeah, theres this, that, and the other. Another thing to pick up on is where those wind speeds are occurring, right . If were picking up on those winds at flight level, they may have surface readings that are saying something completely different. Theyre looking at the much broader and Bigger Picture of things. Certainly it is a contributing factor in the decisionmaking process. Okay. Perfect, thank you so much. Thank you again for joining us, thats major chris dyke. Back to you. Thank you so much. That is an ominous piece of video behind her. Especially those numbers they reported. The numbers and everything else. Lets bring in cnns rosa flores in miami. Im sure you just heard what they were saying there. I know that miami technically out of the cone that they talk about, but its really on the edge of it, so what are people doing . Reporter you know, people are still preparing. Officials here are still asking people to be vigilant because of that factor, so let me give you a quick run through. The facts first here from the cnn Weather Center, miami is indeed outside of the cone of uncertainty. That is the good news. However, we are still expecting high category 1, low category 2 strength winds. That could cause power outages. Were also expecting heavy rain. That will cause flooding. Heres the other good news. No storm surge is expected here, but take a look around me. Im in a sandbagging station. You can see the crews here are working because officials are still asking people to be vigilant. People here in miami beach have been in line getting these sandbags. There is seasonal king tide going on right now. So you dont even have to have rain in miami for water to start bubbling up and flooding some of these neighborhoods, so people here take this very seriously. They have been getting sandbags all morning, taking them to their homes, preparing, even though like i said according to our cnn Weather Center miami is outside of that cone of uncertainty. But i think the word for this hurricane is uncertainty, at least it has been so far. Chr christi and victor. We are waiting for a News Conference to start. Carlos jimenez, the mayor of miamidade scheduled to start here in a few moments. T we will bring that to you. You see that podium there on the right of your screen. Now, as we have said that dorian may have veered away from florida, still not clear of trouble. Yeah, and Governor Ron Desantis very well aware of that. Listen to what hes saying. There is still significant chance of a strike on the state of florida. If you look at that cone, anyone inside that cone needs to be prepared. I think people are going to probably still understand, you know, that preparations need to be made and understand, even if it doesnt directly strike florida, you know, this is a big powerful storm, youre still looking at really significant storm surge on the east coast of florida. Youre looking at major flooding events. Now, listen, there are millions of Senior Citizens in florida, and gathering necessary food and water and medicine to try to ride out a storm, that alone can be difficult. Wendy lane from cnn affiliate wfts caught up with one woman in rural Highlands County raising racing to prepare for Hurricane Dorian. In an hours long line of people desperately waiting for generators theyre remembering hurricane irma. It was vur scary. Hurricane force winds caused areas of Highlands County to lose power for days, even weeks. Now dorian is posing the same threat. And we pray to the lord that he keeps us safe and everybody else. 78yearold paula cheney suffers from Numerous Health problems but not as many as her 82yearold husband who she cares for. Im giving him iv antibiotics at night, hes on an oxygen cons trait cons traitor. She explained how hard its been to prepare. Im not even thinking about it. My mind is somewhere else right now. It has to be because i cant i cant wrap my mind around the whole thing, you know, so all i can do is just keep praying to the lord. Hell help you. God is good. And he was listening sending some hope in the form of 79yearold june who was also listening. Ill call you. And offered to help paula and her husband with anything they need. Give me a hug. Ive needed help a lot of times. Thank you. Youre welcome. A community in rural florida embracing each other as they brace for the storm. Well continue to follow that, but there is some breaking news we want to get to in hong kong. All morning protesters have been out there, take a look at this. Theyve withbeen setting fires. Theyve been setting up barricades, throwing petrol bombs, using lasers to try to disorient and confuse the police, and on the opposite end of that, police are trying to control those crowds. You can hear this. You hear all the noise thats going on there . Tear gas and Water Cannons with blue dye have been used by police, the blue dye, the reasoning for that is so they can later identify those protesters who they may want to arrest. Now, you saw you can see the blue dye there. Theres the video of them spraying the blue dye there. The time now 10 10 p. M. There in hong kong, and its usually when the sun goes down late into the evening that any permitted protests turn into those more dangerous protests. Thats what were seeing here. The 13th weekend of this started with wanting an extradition bill. People who are charged in hong kong being extradited potentially to beijing for prosecution. Protesters wanting that bill pulled. It was tabled. They also want the resignation of the chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam. That has not happened. They want an ends to what they describe as police brutality. They want accountability for those officers. Lets go now to our Paula Hancocks whos been on the scene for several hours now. What are the protests looking like now is this i see youve had the opportunity to take off the gas mask. That suggests that no tear gas in the air . Reporter well, thats right, yes. The air has cleared im happy to say, and you can see that the police are now starting to retreat. Theyve just all gone into their advanc vans. Theyre moving on to another area. There are some pockets of violence elsewhere in the city. Here in causeway bay which is one of the high end areas, the shopping districts in hong kong, they have moved out. Now, there were a number of passers by, people in nearby shops that came out to see their retreat, and they were being jeered and cheered as they were leaving, so it just shows that passions are still very high here. I just want to show you over here to give you an idea of what some of these protesters have been doing, these are the bricks that they have pulled up from the streets here. I mean, this is the paving stones this was the pavement, the sidewalk at one point. That has all been pulled up, and these were what was being thrown at the police, which they then responded to with tear gas and also with the water cannon. And just over here, this is the area where a couple of hours ago we saw fires being burned. You can see that the protesters are trying to blockade some of these roads to make sure that police couldnt get through. Now, they did manage to get through. The last hour we have seen a number of people being arrested. Police systematically working their way down each street one by juone and making sure that whoever they believed was one of the ring leaders of this or one of the real hardcore troublemakers that they then have them in custody. But it just shows 13 weekends this is now, the 13th consecutive weekend. This is showing no signs of letting up. Not only that, im wondering it almost seems like its getting worse week by week. Paula hancocks, we appreciate it so much. Thank you. Listen to this, an arkansas woman, she was drowning in her car. She called 911 desperate for help. The newly released audio reveals that she spent the final minutes of her life being scolded by the 911 dispatcher. Cnn newsroom brought to you by fasenra. For more information visit fasenra. Com. Called eosinophils in their lungs. Eosinophils are a key cause of severe asthma. Fasenra is designed to target and remove these cells. Fasenra is an addon injection for people 12 and up with asthma driven by eosinophils. Fasenra is not a rescue medicine or for other eosinophilic conditions. Fasenra is proven to help prevent severe asthma attacks, improve breathing, and can lower oral steroid use. Fasenra may cause allergic reactions. Get help right away if you have swelling of your face, mouth, and tongue, or trouble breathing. Dont stop your asthma treatments unless your doctor tells you to. 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It reveals the tone of a dispatcher that the police themselves are calling both callous and uncaring at times. I want to play you a portion of that 911 call, and again, a warning, the audio itself is extremely upsetting to hear. I dont want to die. Youre not going to die. Hold on for a minute. Well, i need an officer, im sorry i understand that youre scared, but theres nothing i can do sitting in a chair. Youre going to have to hold on, and im going to send you somebody. Youre not going to die. I dont know why youre freaking out. Im scared. I understand that. Youre freaking out doing nothing but losing your oxygen up in there. So just calm down. When are they going to be here . As soon as they get there. I listened to the rest of the call, it does get even more disturbing as it goes on. Debra stevens says quote, im scared. Ive never had anything like this happen to me before. The dispatcher responds, this will teach you next time dont drive in the water. Debra stevens says im going to die. The dispatcher then responds, ms. Debbie, youre breathing just fine because youre screaming at me, so calm down. I know youre scared. Hold on for me. Stevens is not heard again, and not long after that, rescuers did finally reach the suv about 58 minutes after the end of the call. Sadly, they could not revive her. The interim police chief had this reaction to what you just heard. I completely understand the disgust and the concern that we all have. I understand that listening to a person going through the panic that ms. Stevens was in those final moments of her life, and we would all hope that we would get a little bit better response than perhaps what she was given. I dont want us interacting with anybody in that way, whether its a life and death situatio or not. Absolutely no criminal, weve looked at that, and theres she did nothing criminally wrong. Im not even going to go so far as to say she violated policy. Police say the dispatcher had turned in her two weeks notice before the call had come in, so she was, victor and christi working her last shift when she received a call from ms. Stevens. Just heard from the police chief, no criminal charges expected here, possibly no policy violations. It does beg a closer look at some of the tones used by dispatchers at that department. All right, Polo Sandoval, thank you for walking us through it. All right, coming up, Hurricane Dorian, the projection as of 10 20 eastern is that it wont have a florida landfall but a lot of people are getting out of town anyway, and there are long lines at the gas stations. Well have a live report next. And senator Bernie Sanders says hes coming up with a plan to wipe out billions of dollars of medical debt. When you read the plan, you think, wait a minute, is he telling voters what they want to hear or is there some way to back this up . Our experts are weighing in. 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