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MSNBCW MSNBC Live August 31, 2019

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As the white house turns the president s assistant forced to resign. Hear why one of his daughters was involved, next. Were going to start with the latest on Hurricane Dorian. National Weather Service calling dorian an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane. Packing winds of up to 140 miles an hour. Its on track to become the most powerful hurricane to hit floridas east coast in 30 years. Now this is the view from the International Space station as dorian gets closer and closer to the bahamas, and this is what it looks like through the eye of the hurricane. This video, taken by storm hunters, Storm Chasers over the atlantic ocean. And in florida, its a state of emergency thats already in effect. Starting tomorrow, mandatory evacuations will begin in broward county, Martin County and barrier islands. F15 eagles from their base in jacksonville have been relocated ahead of the hurricane and are taking shelter in ohio. Meanwhile, nasa removed its large launcher from cape can al develop to protect it from those hurricaneforce winds. People are stocking up on bottled water, fuel and food and wart waiting in line for hours to collect those critical sand bags. Its expected to hit floridas east coast on tuesday. Many are torn between evacuating and riding it out. Right now theyre just packing up. Get ready to throw the kids in the car and say lets go to grandpas house. It should be up to us. Were sticking around no matter what. Right. Thats what we got plywood for. Weve got reporters all over the country, all over the region, tracking the strength and preparations for Hurricane Dorian. Vanessa webb in studio with us. Weve got the latest projection on where the storm is headed. Where is it going to go . Major change. The National Hurricane center at 5 00 a. M. Gave us an update here. Well get our next update at 8 00 a. M. First, lets show you the location of this storm system. Were dealing with that pinwheel eye. The difference here compared to a regular eye, the diameter is very low, about 20 meters here. That means we have really strong wind sheer. Rapid intensification phase has started to take place with sustained winds. Thats a constant wind speed of 140 miles per hour. Thats why were seeing watches and warnings for northwestern bahamas here. 470 miles west of palm beach, florida. Now the track. Thats the cone of uncertainty here has dramatically changed at that 5 00 a. M. Update here. Were still talking about a major hurricane. By monday, sustained winds start to go down. That pressure really starts to die down here and the winds calming a little bit. But look at this, this is well offshore. We were forecasting a potential landfall for West Palm Beach to miami. Miami completely out of the mix now here. You could see some minor flooding but were still going to watch the storm surge. The bigtime change, if you are in the carolinas, South Carolina, charleston to North Carolina as well, im even going to throw atlanta into the mix of this as well. Look how north the cone starts to go here, even macon, youre in as well here. Potential storm surge. This is the bigtime change here. Potential landfall now just out of the South Carolina coast. Charleston, myrtle beach youre in on that as well. So still we have a ton of time here, the cone of certainty is still very large but thats a huge change. I want to talk about our model data. The european is really starting to come into agreement with all of our models here. Look at how it barely touches the coastal areas of south florida here. So were going to watch this. This is actually the left quadrant of the storm. So, this is the lighter side. The right quadrant is where youll see the gustier winds and damaging winds from this potential hurricane that now is out towards charleston, wilmington, the outer banks of North Carolina. So still the cone of uncertainty, people still wondering, hey, should we pack up and leave . We need to still be getting prepared, jo. But the cone is very large now, and now weve added three to four more states. All right, janessa webb, tracking the very latest. Thank you. Take a live look at this picture of miami beach. Vanessa saying we may see this area spared. Theyre certainly hoping for the best there in miami beach, the calm before the storm just as daylight is breaking there. Beautiful pictures out of miami. So far, its pretty quiet. Depending on the track, miami might be among the areas that either is hit but from our latest forecast from janessa, it looks like theyll be spared late monday, early tuesday. Joining us now, msnbc 6, julia, youve been tracking what folks are doing at that gas station all morning. Whats the mood as people are getting their could havy and getting their supplies . Well, jo, this gas station getting even busier here this morning than when we were last speaking to you about this. You heard janessa talking about people wondering, do they stay or do they go . People remember two years ago that anything can happen with hurricane irma. Whether they stay or go, theyre going to need some gas. Weve seen people filling up their tanks here. Not just their cars, their vehicles, but also containers as well. Things moving along pretty well across the street from here elsewhere, though, theyre out of gas. This is one place that people are able to come to and find their gas. They were expecting a shipment here about an hour ago. Still hasnt arrived. As long as they get that shipment, they will be able to continue and keep providing gas for people. Jo . Julia baggs there in miami, thank you so much. Joining us now, marcia pa patrone. Good morning to you. Good morning. What is important for officials as this forecast continues to change and affect cities up and down the seaboard . Federal and local officials are preparing for the worst Case Scenario right now, preparing up and down. Governor has called in an emergency order, the national guard. All those things are good. Florida is a peninsula. Its more difficult to station supplies. What its really going to come down to is what the public is doing. Are they doing their part . Are they heeding any evacuation orders . That will really play out our worst Case Scenario for fatalities and other regions in the area who might need that. So, what the public needs to do now is really listen to your local officials, heed any warnings. If you are told to evacuate, evacuate now and get out soon. So, what is it walk us through the allocation of resources from the federal level here, when you have a hurricane that may not be hitting, say, miami beach and now its moving up toward savannah, potentially atlanta, myrtle beach, charlest charleston, as our meteorologist is telling us. What happens to the federal allocation of resources . Right. Fema has their folks in tallahassee and everybody up and down is preparing for that worst Case Scenario. They are stations supplies right now where they know that theyre going to need them. And every county knows what to prepare for. They know how much time it takes to evacuate their low their atrisk population. And everything that they are going to need. So, the fact that the governor has already declared a national rather a state of emergency is good. That means that they are preparing, they are working with their federal officials, their local and state officials. But, again, the public does play a part here, preparing for that. We know that when the storm comes through, were going to have storm surge, which is unusual rising of waters. Were going to have high winds and a lot of rainfall. So, prepare for everything. Prepare now and listen to your local officials. Its hard to listen to local officials sometimes when the model or the forecast looks rather uncertain. Its changed so much in the last couple of hours. Yes. How does a local official effectively urge a family or individual to get out of town or hunker down . Yeah. So, regardless of where the hurricane takes us, any path, we know that were going to have those three things, storm surge, tropical winds and rain. Heavy rainfall. And every local official knows what they need for their own area. Theyve got the projections and they know how many people live there. They know what kind of Road Conditions are there and when to evacuate. And when to make that call, right . You dont want to cause traffic jams or have people on the road if there are high wind Case Scenarios. They are watching and they will pull the trigger when they know is best and how much time for their atrisk population to get out of there. It really is important to listen to your local folks. Fema has a great app that folks should download and be monitoring if they need any kind of help, tips on what to do. Its always a good place to look. All right. Great stuff. Marsha catron, getting us ready wherever this hurricane may hit. We appreciate it so much. Next, as President Trump monitors dorians approach, he is reacting to what was once a trusted white house insider allegedly saying thats saying some things that have made her a white house outsider. And were watching dorian ahead, the National Hurricane center, where forecasters have been up all night monitoring the storm. Plus, some people just dont seem to be alarmed. As far as your concerns about the storm, do you have any . 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We know that he canceled the trip to poland. What is he saying about evac wagss here . They are hoping for the best but jo, they are preparing for the worst. President donald trump is hunkered down at camp david, monitoring Hurricane Dorian from a distance. We have a lot of experts coming up. Well be running things as sort of a control center. Reporter lying in dorians path is mr. Trumps prized florida resort. Maralago can handle itself. The thing im worry about is the state of florida. Reporter hundreds of chinese products on labor day. They cant compete. They devalued their currency, pumping money in. Reporter proposed 50 tariff hike targets consumer goods, such as plastic plates and ketchup but the president says chinas companies are suffering. 13 of companies will be leaving china in the fairly near future, and im not surprised to hear that. I think it will be much higher. The president also addressing the abrupt resignation of his personal assistant, confirming a political report that she made unflattering comments at an offrecord dinner a few weeks ago. 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 of things about my children. Reporter trump wishing her well while proclaiming his love for all his children. Tiffany is great. I love tiffany. Jo, the president is scheduled to get back here into washington noontime tomorrow. He will go straight to fema headquarters for an update on the latest. Jo . Hans nichols, thank you. National security reporter for the daily beast and jo watkins, republican strategist and former white house aide to president george h. W. Bush. Good morning, guys. Good morning. Good morning. All right, erin, who is madeli madeline westerhouse and how close was she to the president . This is a major move. Longtime secretary for President Trump. Her departure came as quite a shock for a lot of people in the white house, including reporters who were sort of scrambling thursday and friday to figure out what had happened. But i think this speaks to President Trumps wanting his staff to be absolutely loyal to him, right . Weve seen this before. Weve seen Trump Administration officials leave or get fired for the fact that they werent absolutely loyal. So i think this is just another case whereby President Trump has said look, you speak about my family, youre out. So i think that Going Forward, people inside the white house have said, look, this is just another example for us, understanding that were all just staffers, were all just replaceable. Going forward, i think people will be a little more tight lipped in those offtherecord dinners. What do you know about the relationship between madeline westerhouse and fellow west wing staffers here . Did that have anything to do with this abrupt exit, do you think . I dont have any reporting to that extent. Madeline and President Trump were quite close, worked together every day. She knew his schedule, was sort of by his side, you know, all day basically. But i think that, you know, madeline had said that she was at an offtherecord dinner, that everything she said was not for publication. Were not really sure what happened in the breakdown there or if reporters had asked for comment about what she said at the offtherecord dinner. For madeline and President Trump, they had a very close relationship. So, President Trump isnt really saying much right now about exactly what had happened behind the scenes or what led exactly to her departure in the hours before she resigned. But, obviously, you know, Going Forward, people weve talked to in the white house have said, look, this is just another warning for us. Were going to be sort of more tight lipped now. And it should be noted that these offtherecord dinners are very common in all administrations. Right. Thats right. In the Trump Administration, and in the obama administration, officials are very chatty. This is quite normal. So in this particular instance, you know, an official or staff er, employee basically got caught. So, well have to see what goes forward with reporters and their relationships inside the white house. Offtherecord dinners are common in the white house and on the campaign trail. You worked in a Previous Administration at the white house, joe. What did this sound like to you . What you learn when you work in the white house for elected officials, you dont say anything to anybody that you some day want to see in the newspaper or hear on a radio station. Even offtherecord comments could come back to bite you, especially if theyre offtherecord comments about the president s family. Madeline wasnt just a secretary, somebody who was just answering phones. She was a very powerful figure in the white house. The people that guard access to the president of the United States, that control access to the president of the United States are very powerful people even though their titles dont tell you that. Shes a very, very powerful person in the trump white house. And what they have to be concerned about now is Going Forward. Its not enough to release her, to say she did something that was not forgivable. Mortgage important thing is based on her financial situation, will she take a book deal . Someone that close to the president could write a tellall book and make millions of dollars, or will the Trump Campaign take

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