This is stressful. Ive been through this in a couple times in the last 15 years, this is the worst. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. And we have breaking news. The National Hurricane center has just released its latest update for Hurricane Dorian and it is getting stronger. Lets get to Allison Chinchar with the latest. What does this mean . We talked about it with the Hurricane Hunters just minutes . The winds have increased gust be up to 165. The movement has shifted. It had been westnorthwest its now due west at 12 miles per hour. Again, the key thing to note is that its still intensifying. Its not that, oh, it already did, maybe were starting to enter a weakening phase. Its still intensifying. The question is what happens from here . The Hurricane Hunters looking at it. Theres that clock with wind speed. They picked up to 145 miles per hour. Track remains the same. Were off in a category 5, do they make an adjust to perhaps see if this storm could get up to a category 5 before it ends up making landfall. Bahamas, florida, other portions of the United States will be paying close attention to this. As of now, the track remains the same, still expected to move west towards the bahamas. And at some point, as it nears florida, its expected to shift to the north. The question is when does it do that . We do have hurricane warnings for portions of the bahamas. Theres no question those will get added to florida at some point today, maybe even tomorrow morning as the storm approaches. Remember, even if this does not make a technical landfall across florida, but just skirts along the eastern coastline, it doesnt mean they wont issue hurricane warnings for it. Because the wind is spread out so far, theyre still likely to have wind gusts along high land category 1 or 2 stretching from miami all the way to jacksonville. Allison chinchar, thank you so much. So, a lot of people are preparing for this, especially floridas space coast, because they dont know what this is going to bring for them and they have precious cargo that they need to protect. Yeah. Kennedys spokesperson says nasas space launch platform is being moved inside. Of course, they dont want the hurricane to damage it. Cnns nick valencia is there in cocoa beach. Nick, what are you seeing . I know its beautiful, but despite what theyre talking about, i know people there are feeling anxious . Reporter yeah, very anxious. And theres still a lot of uncertainty, in terms of just exactly are Hurricane Dorian will make direct landfall. Its is not stopping here from preparing. You see behind me, as you mentioned, it is gorgeous. Theres a few people on the beach. I just talked to one of the park rangers. And they said, by and large, in the last few days, the beach has been empty. This is a Holiday Weekend and you would expect people out. Overnight, there were mandatory evacuations put in place for brevard and part s cocoa beach where i am. They expect people to be evacuating from the Kennedy Space center. And i caught up with residents and asked them after that 5 00 a. M. Forecast came out about florida might be spared a direct hit, i asked him, does that change your preparations at all . This is what he had to tell me. You have to prepare for the worse. Id rather sit there and say, okay, this is what you want to do is have a lot of dry stuff, peanut butter, crackers, water. Reporter you definitely get that from that resident, there are people guarded here and preparing for the worst. Victor, christi. Thank you. Lets go to cnns brian todd in west palm beach. Brian, i know the story has been filling up the gas tank. And a lot of those stations running out. Has that tanker to resupply the station where you are, has that arrived yet . Reporter victor, weve been waiting for the tank toreer to arrive. Its very close. But they need it to get here. Its got 9,000 gallons of fuel thats going to leave here for customers. This is that sight that no one wants to see. The bag over the handle. Diesel gas that only doesnt help that many people here. They ran out of regular unleaded late last night. They ran out of all other gas at 12 30 a. M. Overnight. But they do anticipate once the tanker gets here, that they will have another run on gas. Again, we talked about the preparations here and off the coast of florida. Floridians know not to let down their guard. Even though the track is changing. Theyre preparing for a run on gas here. These guys were directing traffic all day yesterday. The traffic was snaking out here and on to forest hill boulevard. Down several blocks all day yesterday. They do expect another run this morning once the tanker truck gets here. Again, the dynamic could be changing. With the storm staying to the east maybe not giving a direct hit here, but the question is are they still going to order evacuations for Palm Beach County like they were going to tomorrow morning. That dynamic is changing. They may hold off on that and county officials. That could affect the run on gas. The governor of florida, ron desaintsd desantis has said, its not that they dont have the gas, but theyve had limited capacity to get trucks to ports like this. Theyve that to waive some fees to get through. And escort tanks like this. So the logistics have been challenging and thats led to shortages of gas. Theyve run out here and stations all around this corridor here. Even in miami yesterday, the governor said only about half the stations had gas. So, you know, even, further south in places again where they may not get a direct hit that is the dynamic here. Again, the key thing to look for in the coming hours is will they order a mandatory evacuation . Or will they hold off on that and just kind of wait it out . All right. Brian todd, thank you so much for sticking in there, buddy. I know that it is a chore. It is something. Its waiting to see where this thing is going to go. Take good care. You and the team there. Bernie sanders is prepping the plan to take on medical debt. Well break down and outline, so many questions that senator sanders has put forward this morning. Also President Trumps personal assistant is out of a job after reportedly sharing personal details about his family. She did this allegedly at a dinner with reporters. How significant is this sudden departure from the white house yet again. And were following the breaking news how of hong kong. Police are pushing back protesters who have set this fire that is now out in the streets. Were live from the district there in hong kong. Its racquetball time. thumps ugh carl, does your firm offer a satisfaction guarantee . Like schwab does. 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And this is how sanders answered. In another piece of legislation that were going to be offering we will eliminate medical debt in this country. I mean, just stop and think for a second, why should people be placed in financial duress, for what crime did you commit . You had a serious illness, right . That is not what this country should be about. So, that raised quite a few eyebrows. This is something that senator sanders had not unveiled previously. And his Campaign Said they werent prepared necessarily to release the full details of this plan in totality. Theyre still working through it. But what they did tell us today is, yes, senator sanders does plan to cancel at least as much as 81 billion for americans dealing with medical debt. He also wants to take on the 2005 bankruptcy bill that he firmly believes puts people in a cycle debt that they cant get out from underneath. And he also wants to protect the credit score of people dealing with medical debt. Sanders believes if youre dealing with a serious illness like illness that could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars that you shouldnt be placed with this undue burden of medical debt on top of it. What sanders did not review is how they plan to pay for it. This added on with the plans for medicare for all, free across the board for all americans. They want all free tuition and to cancel student loan debt. They do promise in the coming weeks there will be a more fulsome plan related to this particular issue of medical debt. This is something that has become a big priority for Bernie Sanders and his campaign. Ryan nobles, thanks so much. And there are details that need to be vetted out here. Cnns political analyst Michael Bender is with us here. Also a White House Reporter for tthe wall street journal. Michael, thank you for being with us. Questions for hundreds of billions of dollars at the end of the day, does not sound like a whole lot for medical debt. Then the questions of who, what is the criteria to determine whose medical debt get erased . Is it effective to release a plan without those details . I dont think its very effective to release the plan without the details. And as ryan said, i dont know if its a good idea to release a plan on a friday over a big weekend with a major storm approaching as well. Sanders has quite a bit of ground to make up in this race. This path forward is not clear. The wall street journal put out a story this summer that painted a stark picture for sanders. Elizabeth warren, who is sanders big rival for liberal voters, shes the first choice among that group. Sand serious not of the second choice of any of the candidates running in the field right now. Its warren who is the second choice for harris voters for buttigieg voters. And even warren, who is seen as a liberal, you know, the main liberal competitor with sanders. Her voters say their second choice is harris. So sanders has quite a bit of ground to make up. And this is his political calling card here. These big bold ideas. Head line grabbing ideas. Eliminating student debt. Medicare for all. Now eliminating medical debt. But when theres no Details Behind it, when the plan comes out, his opponents are just going to use that as a way to cast doubt on whether this is a credible plan and whether it has any chance of becoming law in washington. All right. Michael, i want to shift gears real quickly here to mad d madeleine westerhout. They was the president s assistant. Stunning people within white house walls. This is a woman seen as a loyal aide. Shes held a lot of significant power in President Trumps circle. Lets listen to what he said to say about her departure. Well, i guess she said some things. She called me. She was very upset. She was very down. And she said she was drinking a little bit, and she was with reporters. And everything she said was off the record. That still doesnt really cover for it. Mentioned a couple things about my children. But shes a very, you know, good person. And i thought i always felt she did a good job. So, what do you make of the consequences for her now . It seems like offtherecord conversations are not rare by any means, but because it involved his Family Member, that seemed to be his breaking point . Yeah, thats right. To be clear. The offtherecord nature of this, i cant go into details what was said or whethe yeah, we dont need to. But the president certainly said that the reason was, that he spoke that madelaine spoke gossip about his family. That is saris certainly a red lr this president , just ask steve bannon for the consequences about that sort of thing. Madeleine has been a person true the transition, and the campaign, and we know a pretty significant feat, given the historic turnover in this wet wing. And her desk was right outside the oval office. She was a gate keeper of sorts for people coming in and out which really made her one of the most powerful and frankly, least known members of this west wing. I just want to add one other thing here. Were talking off the record. And the viewers may wonder what is the point of going offer the record if it cant be shared with readers or viewers. I think theres a good question there and a fair debate. I think this happens a lat in the campaign trail or in foreign trips with the president or in small town, new jersey when hes in bedminster. And off the record, back and forth, with staff, gives you an opportunity to kind of understand these people deemer. And understand where theyre coming from. And that, you know, is and in that sense, with that context, youre able to give viewers and readers really a richer report of the motivations and context of the white house, or the candidate, or whoever youre reporting on. Right. Without compromising anything yes. 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