This is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news on the hurricane emergency now in effect for the entire state of florida. A justreleased forecast shows dorian is intensifying and is expected to be a major hurricane tomorrow as it ploughs closer and closer to the southeastern coast. Its likely to strike somewhere in florida on monday during the unusually busy labor day holiday. Its a final path that is right now uncertain. In Southeast Georgia also is at serious risk tonight. More than 20 Million People in both states are being warned to stock up and stay alert for potential evacuation orders. Tonight President Trump is acknowledging the threat of a huge disaster on his watch. He Just Announced hes canceling a trip to poland this weekend so he can stay in the United States to monitor the storm. This hour ill talk with republican congressman jim banks. Hes a key member of the House Armed Services committee and our correspondents andable li ablna standing by. Nick valencia is on the east coast. Nick, the entire state is on alert as dorian gets closer and stronger. Reporter wolf, these are nervous times and in some cases unusual times as well. The Sheriffs Office advertised this location as a place where residents can come and get free sand bags. Because inmates were helping out, they had to pause it as kids showed up for practice. Theyre restarting this program and residents are continuing to show up here, some of them frustrated not seeing the sand bags but it just goes to indicate just how nervous people are four days ahead of this storm. Cities all along the florida coast bracing for Hurricane Dorian. If you havent acted, act to make preparations. Do not wait until its too late. Reporter and floridians are heeding the warning stripping shelves of the essentials. This costco has dozens of people lined up to buy supplies. At gas stations like this one near miami beach, lines reach back into the main street. The governor signing an Emergency Declaration for every county in the state. One of the things that the state of emergency allows us to do is to get more fuel into the gas stations. I know people are going and looking. Weve heard reports of there being fuel shortages already. Reporter but four days out the path of the storm is still in flux. If we get into evacuation situation, we dont know if its going to be the flooding, the wind, the downed power lines, but you do know its going to be one of those. Reporter a million gallons of Drinking Water and over a million meals will be available across the state but residents should plan to have their own food and water for seven days, the governor says. Officials say they learned lessons from irma which hit the area hard two years ago. The mayor of West Palm Beach says theyre already sending out teams to Nursing Homes to make sure they have supplies and generators. We dont want a repeat of some of the horror stories, im sure you heard from other communities in 2017 where folks literally died from heat exposure. Reporter Labor Day Weekend is big business for these communities. In daytona beach, a tourist hot spot, this Restaurant Owner isnt taking any chances. I plan to make sure that were safe here and then listen. If they say to evacuate, im going to evacuate. Reporter in nearby coco beach, there are reports of Hotel Cancellations and cruise ships and flights are being rerouted from the coast. The chamber of commerce says theyre confident they can bounce back quickly, but dorian can bring massive rain and flooding. A lot of times the real difficulties of these storms is not during the storm, its the aftermath. Reporter when dorian does make landfall, it will be the fifth major hurricane to impact the state of florida in just the last four years. Wolf. Nick valencia on the scene for us. Thank you. Lets get the very latest forecast on dorians power and path. Allison chin chchara is at the weather station for us. What can we expect in the coming days and hours . The key word is strengthening. Thats what we expect it to do in the short term and long term. Its going to be entering the opening water. It has nothing in the way of land to weaken the storm and really just open waters with a lot of warm temperatures. Remember, that is fuel for storms like these. Right now winds still 85 miles per hour. Its moving forward at 13 miles per hour. There are hunter investigations moving forward. Theyre determining is the storm strengthening, shifting any . All of that will factor into where does it go from here . Does it end up in the northern half of florida, the southern half of florida . Does it do it on sunday . Does it do it on monday . All of those factors come into play. As of right now the track still expects it to be a category 3 and eventually a category 4 storm as it continues over the open atlantic likely getting to that major category status potentially in just the next 24 hours. Then it will continue to increase even though its going to go over the bahamas. Key thing to note, the bahamas are equal. The bahamas relatively flat. It does nothing to weaken this storm. It will eventually then continue to make landfall into portions of florida. Heres a look at the difference though. This is the american model. Again, focusing more on the central portion of florida and an earlier time. The european model, much more significantly south. Much more of an impact, miami and ft. Lauderdale. This is the location monday at 8 p. M. A much later time but it goes to show there is still a lot much guessing involved with this, at least in the long term of exactly when this storm makes landfall. It was exactly 14 years ago today that Hurricane Katrina made landfall in louisiana. A category 3, 127 miles per hour. We know the destruction, the damage, the death that that created. Allison, well get back to you. Youre continuing to monitor the latest developments. Also tonight, President Trump is trying to show that hes taking the hurricane threat to florida very, very seriously. Its in stark contrast with reaction to puerto rico was potentially in serious danger from dorian. Lets go to jim acosta. Jim, you were there in the rose garden a little while ago when the president spoke. Reporter thats right, wolf. President trump announced in the rose garden that hes not going to poland, a trip he planned in the coming days, so he can stay in washington and keep tabs on dorian. Vice president pence will be going in his stead. The United States is ready but theres no mistaking the big difference now and how the president was behaving 24 to 48 hours ago when the hurricane were talking about now was targeting puerto rico. Reporter President Trump is sounding all business about his administrations storm preparation efforts announcing in the rose garden he is postponing his trip to poland as Hurricane Dorian is expected to crash into the state of florida over the weekend. Our highest priority is the safety and security of the people in the path of the hurricane, and i will be rescheduling my trip to poland in the near future. Reporter the president is warning Floridians Dorian can be devastating. Be prepared and follow instructions. It will be a big hurricane, perhaps one of the biggest. Contrast the president s no nonsense warnings from florida with his comments on puerto rico when the hurricane was on its way to the island. The president tweeted, puerto rico is one of the most corrupt places on earth. Their political system is broken. By the way, im the best thing thats ever happened to puerto rico. But critics in puerto rico say thats not true pointing at the paper towel tossing performance on the island two years ago after hurricane maria. Between one and ten how would you grade the white house response . I would say it was a ten. Reporter away from the storm, the president is making other waves. Hes pulling back on military assistance to ukraine even as the country is dealing with russian aggression. Cutting that aid would be welcome by russias Vladimir Putin. The United States has a strong moral and i believe ethical commitment to help the ukraines defend themselves against the russian incursion. Eastern ukraine, its hard not to juxtapose this with the push by President Trump to bring russia back into the g7. Reporter but the president is again ramping up his rhetoric in the trade war with china accusing beijing of retaliating with tariffs aimed at American Farmers to punish china in 2020. China plays a vicious game. Theyve targeted our farmers. They actually target because they know that the farmers like trump and trump loves the farmers, actually. I love what they do. Theyre incredible people. They dont want any subsids dis. Reporter the president sounds just as mad at fox news telling them hes unhappy with the conservatives coverage of the president. Im not happy with fox. People think fox is for me. Fox is good look, sean and laura and tuck eer has really bn good tuckers a little tricky, thats okay. Hes been very good. Many of them. You guys in the morning, laura ainsley, steve, i used to say you were a solid 6, maybe a 7 but youre getting much better. Reporter now in another major Foreign Policy move, the president is going to draw down troops in afghanistan. Mr. Trump was supposed to meet with the new president of ukraine while he was in warsaw. No word whether the Vice President will have that meeting. Thats a very key meeting, as you know, wolff. The administration is wondering whether to hold up aid. Something the pentagon doesnt want be to see happen. Something the kremlin does. The final call is up to the president. Thank you very much. Joining us now, republican congressman, jim banks. Hes a member of the House Armed Services committee. Thank you very much for joining us. Great to be with you, wolf. You served in afghanistan. The reaction we just heard from jim acosta to this announcement from the president that hes going to significantly reduce u. S. Troops there to less than 9,000. Well, the deal is still yet to be finalized, wolf, but i am one who believes that a sustained presence in afghanistan is important to continue to fight the taliban, fight future threats that come from that part of the globe. It appears that the deal that President Trump is strikesing with the taliban would leave a residual force there. It would be more focused on counter terrorism. If that is where the president and the administration arrives, then i think i can support where theyre heading. Right now theres 14 or 15,000 u. S. Troops, a lot more American Contractors there. That would be a significant reduction. Lets get back to Hurricane Dorian right now, which is the breaking news were following. Serious threat to florida, maybe georgia as well. First of all, are you pleased that the president decided to at least postpone his visit this weekend to poland in order to stay in the United States and monitor the storm . Its a wise decision by the president , for him to be that focused on the storm. I also know that governor desantis, i know the governor very well. Served with him in the house of representatives. I know hes preparing as well as he can in his position as governor working closely with the federal government to do everything they can to prepare as well. So im pleased that the president made that decision. Im sure he will be focused on the storm and what we can do at the federal level to help our partners at the state level to keep everyone safe in florida. You heard in jim acostas report that the president s level of really a lot of support of the people of florida now and georgia, very different to the kind of image he was projecting when this storm was threatening puerto rico. What do you make of that . Well, ive been in congress, wolf, for 2 1 2 years. Weve had a number of storms that have wreaked havoc on both coasts and that congress has appropriated a lot of money and supplemental aid to different regions to help from time to time. The president in each and every case, including with puerto rico, has supported those large aid packages. At the same time, we should hold those accountable who spend those funds, and i think thats where the president s frustration has come, to make sure that those funds are spent on what theyre meant for, what the American People are appropriating those dollars to do. So i dont think everything has to be about politics and in this case the president is showing wise leadership in not going to poland, staying on the ground to focus our federal resources in how we can help all who are affected by this storm. The canceled trip to pole land this weekend means the president wont have the scheduled meeting with the new ukrainian president at the same time the president is now thinking very seriously of blocking 250 million in u. S. Military assistance to ukraine. Should the administration be doing more to help the people of ukraine against russian aggression . Well, wolf, the administration should keep doing what theyve been doing since President Trump took office and thats helping ukraine fight against russian aggression. But should the u. S. Block 250 million in appropriated funds, military aid for ukraine as the president is now suggesting . The president isnt suggesting hes doing that. He is a calling for a review. The fact of the matter, wolf, is that this president has provided lethal aid to our ukrainian partners to fight against the russians. Ive been in ukraine on the eastern front. Just recently since ive been in congress to see firsthand what our american troops do to train the men and women of the Ukrainian Military to fight back against the russians as well. When president obama was in office and ukrainians asked for help we sent them black kets. President trump has sent them lethal aid to fight back against the russians. This president has been tough in this regard in giving the ukrainians what they need to battle back against russian a kbre gregs. If he cuts foreign aid, i dont think he will do that, have me back on the show and i will criticize that. That is not what he has decided to do. Youre right. He hasnt made a final decision on this, but if he were to make a final decision and eliminate that 250 million in aid to ukraine, you would be opposed to that . I would be opposed to that, but im not opposed to the president calling for a review of the substantial amount of money we spend in foreign aid to support the ukrainianukrainians. That is all he has done. I imagine that review will come back with a positive outlook of how our aid dollars are spent with very important partner that we have in ukraine in a very important region of the world. Congressman jim banks, thanks so much for joining us. Great to be with you. 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President trump canceling a trip to poland this weekend in order to monitor Hurricane Dorian now forecast to slam into floridas east coast over the Holiday Weekend as a major category 4 storm. Lets dig deeper with our experts and our analysts. Fema is warning it could wreak, david, all sorts of havoc on roads, power, all sorts of infrastructu infrastructure. I assume it was the right call to postpone the visit to poland. It was the right call. Good for President Trump to postpone this disaster. Its an opportunity, as hes had many of them, wolf, to demonstrate that he can make a situation, especially an emergency, about other people, americans in distress, and not in himself. Thats not what he always did in prior disasters. Lets see if he can rise to the occasion. Because his theres a huge contrast with the way he was react