We have andrew yang here. He made the cut for the next debate stage. Is he cut out to take on the ultimate fight against donald trump . His big pitch is a stipend for all. Lets put it to the test tonight. Hes been going at it with bernie sanders. And whom does it serve to punish Service Members overseas . Well have a great debate. What do you say . Lets get after it. Good news. Dorian right now, a category 1 storm. Bad news, the longer it is over that warm warmer, the stronger it becomes. By sunday it could be a cat 4 hurricane and that will be around the bahamas. Then what . Then it hits the east coast of florida where, how strong, what happens when it hits. Throws the open questions the Hurricane Center is saying if youre thinking about making preparations, do it now. Think about how youll get out. There is a State Of Emergency in effect already in all 67 counties. Florida could feel Tropical Storm force winds as early as saturday evening. Remember, ones that kind of stuff starts, especially at night, very tough to move. Tom stater is tracking dorians every move. Well go to him live in our weather center. First, lets get into the Eye Of The Hurricane. Joining us now, jack parrish joining us from inside the hurricane. How are you guys up there in the storm . Is the crew okay . Are you okay . Yeah. Thanks for asking. We are doing just fine. Were flying 8,000 pete. Just for the audience, jack is a meteorologist. Hes not flying a plane. They work as a team up here. Hell try to get the information on the storm so he can help people back on land who are trying to figure it out and people flying the plane as well. This is one of the most fascinating aspects of our weather coverage. A few brave men and women who go up there into the storm. How does dorian size up with other storms that youve seen . Reporter ive been flying 40 years. This is a real robust cat 1. Showing every sign of getting a little stronger. We saw about 81 knots of wind on the left side of the eye. We saw about 72 on the east side. So it is a growing storm. No question about it. Any chance that we get lucky . This is only kind of story where journalists like to be wrong. That this storm somehow misses our east coast, or dissipates. Chances of that at this point . Reporter i have to tell you, what do i is observe the weather. We do multiple trips through the center to give them updates on what it is doing over the course of the next three or four hours. And then they put them into those Computer Models and noaa takes them and gives results. Its still about four days away from landfall. This is still plenty of time to track the intensity. I dont want it to hit florida either. All right. Well see what happens. The idea of this storm as compared to any other. Is there anything unusual about it . Or anything that gives you any concern or optimism about it . Reporter well, chris, we started to fly this last monday when it was down off the southeast tip of barbados. And it was very disorganized. Very disorganized for the next few days. And then it suddenly sprang into organization. Just as it moves off the Northeast Corner of puerto rico. So you know, seeing the state of disorganization, you would have found it hard to believe that it could organize so rapidly. We always suspect that it could get stronger suddenly. Anything that gets organized quickly starts to build quickly. Obviously more concern. One of the questions we get every season, it always bears repeating as an anxious from you guys. How can you fly through the middle of the hurricane and be okay . Reporter well, the way we see it, a commercial jet is flying at 550 miles per hour. So as far as that goes, thats how strong the wind is blowing. Part of the wind is horizontal in a hurricane so all you have to do is craft into the wind. And we can fly perpendicular into the center. We make a few course corrections and then go out the opposite side. It is only the turbulence that we find in the eye wall that is scary for us. And theyve been doing it longer than i was. We have the best experts in the business. What is it like in the Eye Of The Hurricane . Is it like a Magical Experience . Something that you get used to . On land, that is always the one moment of call as it passes over. What is it like in the sky . Reporter well, chris, we get three or four or five or six of those times when were in the
turbulence. Zero g. Occasionally flying about the cabin. Not that often but styles it happens. Then you burst into the center and it is just as calm as standing in the studio. I assure you. Thats how flat it is. A magnificent sight. It makes you sick to think that it is heading into the direction of populated areas. Right. Reporter and asking people to always Pay Attention to their emergency management. 100 . We all hope were wrong. We all hope the estimates, all the guesswork is exaggerated. You have to prepare for the worst. And just to remind people, the kind of men and women who do this work for the rest us, you heard jack casually go past the
fact styles it reaches 0 g in the airplane. That means no gravity. And things start floating around. Can you imagine . Being on an airplane and all of a sudden there is no more gravity. Let alone talking about it that casually. Thank you for the dedication. Thank to crew for us. Please let us know if there is any information that we need to pass along. A whole bunch of us will be going down to cover the storm to make sure everybody in its way gets the care that they deserve and the information that they need. Be well, brother, and thank you. Reporter thank you, chris. Important in these moments of crisis that if people will go through it, they know theyre not alone. Of course were going to cover it. It doesnt matter how uncertain the situation is. It is better to be there and prepare for the worst and then god willing, we pray for the best. Heres the avenue of concern. Triple threat. You have the storm surge. You have the winds. And you have the rain. These are not unusual components. Its about how much of each, where and how long. Well check in on its track. The expectations