Lifethreatening storm surges and days of heavy rain will bring dangerous flooding even cities right in the center of the state are expected to be battered by hurricaneforce winds. And pushed out. The personal assistant to President Trump, a loyalist from day one and gate keeper to the oval office is forced to resign after it was revealed that she talked about the president s family with reporters. What could she have said to turn the president against her . Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. The latest forecast is just in showing Hurricane Dorian as a major category three storm. Expected to gabe even more strength as it churns toward florida where it is expected to hit overnight on monday as a likely category four. Parts of the bahamas are already under a hurricane warning for what forecasters call an extremely dangerous storm and all of florida is under a state of emergency. With fema saying the entire state is at risk. There will be lifethreatening storm surges, days of heavy rain and even inland cities like orlando could see hurricaneforce winds. Residents have unearthed a stockpile of weeks worth of food and supplies. But in many places there are empty shelves already and floridas governor acknowledging statewide gas shortages. Our correspondents and analysts and guests will have full coverage of the breakingtories and our crews are deployed around florida as dorian churns toward florida growing and more menacing. Were in sebastian, florida, what is the latest . Reporter the critical todo list is short. It is fill up and load up and board up. The next step is get out. But that is proving more difficult than many expected. Tonight all of florida is under the state of emergency and the clock is ticking. Biggest concern about this storm is the uncertainty of where it is going and the intensity of which it is coming in. Reporter Hurricane Dorian expected to barrel head first into the Sunshine State early Tuesday Morning is gaining intensity and could now unload heavy rains, powerful winds and a strong storm surgeon surge on more than 20 million people. Im concerned about what category and what is going to happen. Because ive never seen a hurricane. Reporter floridas governor said hes contemplating ordering evacuations. But hasnt yet. At the state level, weve been monitoring some of the decisions or contemplations about evacuations. It is something that we obvious believe for certain people is going to be necessary and in certain communities they need to do that. But getting out could prove difficult. While there are long lines at gas stations, there is little gas. The tate said at times as many as half of the fuel pumps in miami have run dry. Starting today implementing florida Highway Patrol escorts for fuel trucks so we can facilitate refuelling in critical parts of the state. Reporter those who arent gasing up are preparing to hunker down. I live in a mobile home so i stand to be homeless but that is not really what is worried me. I have animals. I could replace my home but i cant my animals. Reporter in miami theyre tock piling food and water. How are you doing . Reporter though at some stores that is also in short supply. Florida power and light said electricity could be out for days. The company is bringing in 16,000 workers. Positioning them at 24 sites across the tate. The damage that could be required will require extended repair work and at extreme cases it may require fpl to rebuild part of the system in florida. Reporter and tonight the governor is warning those caring for the elderly to have a plan and a generator in place. 12 people died in 2017 after a nursing home in hollywood, florida, lost power in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. These folks have to step up and protect these folks. Reporter more than a dozen universities preparing to shut down along with theme parks and other attractions. In a place that thrives on tourism, what should have been a busy Labor Day Weekend is now a bust. As the Sunshine State braces for days of rain. Were hoping that everything comes out okay. But im kind of freaking out. Reporter and here they go. These are Indian River County sheriffs deputy deputies and in this case helping to put up hurricane shutters. Notice these are the clear ones. That is important because once a home is boarded up it essentially becomes a dark cave. So these residents, it means they plan to ride it out. A cat 4 storm on the way. If you dont get the windows and doors sealed there is a good chance youll lose your home. Not much time left. Martin savidge on the scene. Thank you. Lets go to our meteorologist tom sater at the cnn weather center. So tom, there is a new forecast just out. What does it show . Well we have a little change in the track now. Obviously what were going to see, wolf, in the next couple of days here, is what was a small size storm is going to visually look a lot larger and that is normal. Were seeing thunderstorms really develop around the center in the eye so this engine is firing now on all cylinders. When you look at color of white on the infrared it is now circular around that core. That means this thing is really churning. These tropical systems, their only job in life is to take warm air and take it to the north so anything in its way is going to block it from moving northward. Our watches in the bahamas and in many in many cases are warnings and by morning will have hurricane watches on the coast of florida. High pressure to the north has been blocking the systems. Remember, they want the path of least resistance to the north. And therefore weve been expecting this landfall in florida. But remember yesterday things started to change. One of the models, the european model wanted to put on the brakes. When it does that, that gives the surrounding environment time to change. What could weaken, and could the High Pressure weaken and allow this to move north. This is earlier. This is the european model on the west coast of florida after it wants to move northward. In fact it wants to go out into the gulf and this is the european. Now two days ago, wolf, they were all to the north and then they drops down to the south. And now things are changing. Let me explain the difference between the two. The u. S. Model has a 2 00 p. M. Tuesday landfall near Cape Canaveral and melbourne and this is at 2 00 p. M. On tuesday, same time period but still off shore. This stall movement may allow the environment to move in a different direction and if were looking for some ray of hope, we may have one. Here is the new track. It still takes it in as a landfall category four. Doesnt take it across the peninsula in toward the gulf, but unfortunately this is a bad one, ill get to the good news, this drags it up every populated community and city inland on that east coast of florida and continues to have it, 2 00 p. M. Wednesday as a category 2. This would be disastrous. There is no doubt about it. Because it is constant rain, it is constant surge and constant wind. That is devastation. But there here is the ray of hope. The european model wants to, because of the pause, because of that holding off shore, gives us steering current and this european model takes it to the coast. The last run was just off the coast. So the National Hurricane center are saying weve seen so many changes, sure it could be inland or right on the coast but it could still be off the coast. That is much like matthew was, although matthew did cause a lot of problems in the carolinas and record rainfall. So when we look at the differences instead of getting two feet of rainfall, we were seeing maybe about nine inches in orlando. So that shift a little bit more toward the east, that delay could give us some hope. Now this is still not the best Case Scenario. This is still bad news but we hope for everything we can. When you look at the amount of rainfall when we talk about this rain, there it is, melbourne around Cape Canaveral nine inches and orlando 3. 9. We can handle that. Sure well have some winds but our hope is the trend now coming back off the coast, that would be the best Case Scenario if we have any scenario at all and that is the game weve been playing, wolf. It is a scenario game. One thing is for sure, it is changing every day. It is changing every model run and will continue. But the closest we get to this. Well have a much better idea. Who boards up and evacuates. We dont know. We have the day tomorrow and sunday, although if you are starting to put up boards, the winds will get rough and that is a concern. Wave heights with the storm system right now are looking at easily ten feet high. That is not the storm surge, that is under the center as it approaches Cape Canaveral. So again the change in the last couple of models really have been a little bit more of a turn to the north and the track of putting those models together is right on the coast and inland. That is not good news and things are changing and that is one thing to takeaway, things are changing and they will. For everybody watching, it is better to be safe rather than sorry to take the precautions the authorities are saying. Joining us now jeffrey beyer, the president s nominee to head the agency. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for having us. What are everything fema is doing ahead of the storm in. What were doing is coordinating with state and we have resources in the tate of florida and beginning to move Critical Resources such as search and rescue, disaster medical assistance teams, those teams and personnel that can support the state in lifesaving efforts and moving resources down so the southern part of the state because as you just saw with your meteorologist, this is this storm could hit anywhere from south florida up to jacksonville. So we want to be able to move in along with the state behind the storm and provide aid to the american citizens as quick as possible. And, wolf, ill also say we want to thank you for what do you and the team. Youre part of the team when it comes to the storms and getting the message of preparedness out and making sure the citizens of florida are aware of the dangers of this and possibly going into georgia and into the carolinas. This is going to be a Long Duration for fema our state partners and locals. It is critically important that you are doing lifesaving work as we know. Is there a plan to relieve what are serious gasoline shortages right now. Were seeing that develop in various parts of florida. Right. And were very familiar with the fuel infrastructure, architecture if you will within florida and how fuel come news the ports primarily in the peninsula and through pipeline lines and trucks in the northern part of the tate. We are working with the governor and also working with the private sector to make sure that that we get gas stations fuel but it is a challenge. You have a large population. It is fuelling both cars and generators and critical things that they need and that is going to be a challenge. It always is in florida. When you look at evacuations in the storm of this magnitude, however we will be enablers and not prohibitors to the private sector in every way possible. What really worries me as someone who has covered the hurricanes is the gasoline shortages could hamper potential evacuation plans. And that is a very, very serious concern, right . Yes, sir, it always is. I know working with the governor and his team we have theyre working on plans to make sure that critical deliveries or working with the private sector to get critical deliveries into certain areas. With some changes in the track, it may be a benefit for those in the very southern part of florida, which is very densely populated as you well know, wolf. So that may aid to us, any help we could get well take across the board. But were monitoring the fuel shortages, the fuel outages and were working with our critical partners to see what, if anything, fema can do, the government can do and again what we dont want to do is prohibit anything with the private sector. We want to be an enabler to what they do. What is the most important thing that people in florida need to do to prepare right now . Wolf, first and foremost, make sure they know the risk and hazards around their communities. Make sure they are listening to the local their local officials. They know it best. Sometimes and a lot of times fema is on the tv and that is good. But it is really the local elected officials, the local Emergency Managers that know their community and that is why we support state efforts and we dont necessarily lead them. And know your family. Have a plan. Have a kit. Download the fema app. Go to ready. Gov and to get information. It is very important to make sure you are checking on your neighbors. That is what we do as americans. If you have elderly or population in your community that needs assistance, assist them. Be part of the team. And our citizens are the biggest part of our team that we have and they do a wonderful job in situations like this. We know there are a lot of elderly people down in that part of florida as well. Yes. Jeff beyer, thank you to you and everything that the men and women of fema are doing for the people down in florida right knew now. Joining us now the mayor of Miamidade County carlos jimenez. Thank you for joining us. You just heard the associate administrator of fema say his agency is prepared for the storm. Are local officials getting all of the help they need right now from the federal government . Were getting all of the help we need from the federal government and our State Government. I think weve had extraordinary cooperation from our State Government on this goaround and im very grateful to the governor and his team. But Miamidade County, weve gone through these in the past. Were pretty good at what we do down here. We have a couple of urban search and rescue teams based down here just for this reason. And so our preparations are underway. Our residents have been gasing up for some days now which is good. That means there is not going to be a crunch at the final hour and so even though we do have some gas shortages, well be able to take care of that. Our supply comes from Port Everglades just up the road. What should residents in miami and including miami beach, what should they be doing right now . Well everybody we tell everybody at the beginning of Hurricane Season, you need to have three days of food, they need to have three days of water, of medicine, et cetera. But most of all, if your in a evacuation zone and we have a large evacuation zone depending on the storm, that you need to have a plan. So it is not if we call for an evacuation, you should have already figured out are we going to stay with a friend or a family or what it is that you are going to evacuate to. We dont expect you to evacuate Miamidade County. We expect you to evacuate basically miamidade. Well evacuate in place away from the coastline toward the center of the county. And we also ask to make sure the generators are checked to make sure they work. Gasoline combustibles for the generators. And also we follow up with our elderly to make sure the laws are followed so that there is no repeat episode of what happened up in Broward County in hollywood with that elderly facility. Weve had new laws and were following up on that. Were happy to say that every elderly facility in miamidade is compliant with state law at this time. And so were prepared. Were going to be looking at this storm. Were hoping for the best. Hope that european model is the right model and that it steers away and goes up the coast and basically leaves florida alone. But in the case that it doesnt, Miamidade County will be prepared. Are you worried, mayor, that the gasoline shortages are going to get worse over the next 24, 48 hours . Im sure they that as more and more people gas up, were going to have shortages. But again, we have plans in place to replace those gas stations and our mantra to gasoline stations is to top off your tanks and even if the storm approaches we want you to top off your tanks. We have laws in place that money dates that a certain number of them must have generators so that after the storm people can access and have gasoline. A large number of our food stores also have generators so that we could get back to business as usual as quickly as possible once the storm passes. And also we have great building codes down here. And, again, Miamidade County is no stranger to hurricanes. Weve had a lot of experience. Every single hurricane teaches us something a little bit different. Were always better prepared for this hurricane than we were for the last. And im confident that Miamidade County and the people of Miamidade County can ride out whatever dorian gives it. Hopefully it doesnt give up much, hopefully it doesnt give the state of florida anything and moves out of the way in atlantic and we could say goodbye to dorian. We could hope for that but have to prepare as i say for the worst. Mayor carlos jimenez, thank you for joining us. Good luck to everyone down in miamidade. Good luck to everyone in florida right now. Thank you. Thank you. Up next, there is more breaking news. With an emergency declared for then stire state, florida residents are scrambling to stock up on food and water but many shelves are already are empty and many gas stations have no gas. All Money Managers might seem the same, but some give their clients cookie cutter portfolios. Fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals and needs. Some only call when they have something to sell. Fisher calls regularly so you stay informed. And while some advisors are happy to earn commissions whether you do well or not. 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