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want as robust tourism as possible. but my most important priority is that floridians are safe and we are doing what we need to do to assist after the fact. this is a storm that is a record in terms of the 185-mile-per-hour impact of the baham bahamas. and it's very, very close to our shores. i appreciate the tracks that keep it off the shore. but we're going to have some impacts one way or the other. and that's really i think the main concern. we will be able to -- people will want to can many to florida. there will be time to do that stuff. we have a lot of great things going on with the economy. but safety really is number one. we obviously will be monitoring this the rest of the day. we have resources ready to go. the feds have been great. they have a lot of resources ready to go. hopefully by don't we will have
competition. i want to bring in one of the locals pondering the decision whether to stay or go. this is my friend david over here. you have lived here since the 1960s. what's on your mind today? are you leaving? are you staying? >> for now we are going to stay until we find out the official track and see what that does once it hits the gulf stream. so that could change. . >> you see what happened in the bahamas. you see the forecast now. is there anything that will prompt you to leave today, you think? what are you waiting to hear? >> since it is moving so slow, we have the opportunity to take a little more time to decide mr. we're going to stay or go. . >> is there anything about this storm in particular? you have opinion through so many. what concerns you? >> it concerns me. i want to have the safety of my family in mind the whole time.
we have clear air in some parts. that doesn't mean you should leave. stay sheltered, hunkered in. the eyewall is where the strong winds come in and they are coming in quickly. hopeful little they will take a northeastern turn. 160-mile-per-hour winds. they were up to 185-mile-per-hour winds. that's a little bit of good news. maybe a little wind shear as well. moving west. parked over the bahamas. they have until tonight before they see some relief. remains a category five throughout the day. by tuesday, category 4 storm. still a major hurricane. stays a major hurricane. also on wednesday and thursday. it's not until friday where we see a cat 2 storm. a landfall along by the coast. cape hatteras. we will watch that. it will move off north and east. it is moving very, very slow.
that is good news. terrible news for the bahamas. i want to mention that. good news for florida because the slower pace gets the steering currents in place. there's a lot of folks up and down the coast who want to know what is happening. we will not know until the turn take place. we have the hurricane watches and warnings in place. listen to your local officials and evacuate and heed the warnings. we could see gusty winds as early as today. >> michelle grossman tracking dorian. thank you so much, michelle. for more in the storm region, joining me is the spokesperson for the american red cross. bill, thank you so much for joining us today. this is a category 5 storm heading for the southeast. it is uncertain.
tracking dorian's path. that guy is watching to see exactly writ is going to go. . >> the local officials know your county in and out. there is very low-level areas there. listen to your evacuations. we had tropical storm warnings, hurricane warnings. if you are told to evacuate, i would evacuate. the window is closing. let's talk about the bahamas. some did not evacuate. we had a rough 36 hours so far. we have until tonight before we see some improvement. it went right through marsh harbor. rain and wind. we will continue to see that over the next five takes at least. let's tell you where we are in terms of the latest stats. location-wise, 30 miles east-northeast of free port and grand bahama island. they are in the bullseye.
and sisters from the bahamas. especially we have so many bohemians who live in dade and broward county in south florida. we are really worried about this storm because it is moving at a pace of 1 miles per hour, which is really slow. as we know when a storm is moving that slowly, it can change direction and staring us in our eyes. even if it doesn't hit us, it will go along the coast and so we are really worried about it. . >> we can still provide major damage there. parts are under mandatory evacuation orders. mayor, how confident are you that people are following those orders? >> we're confident that some of the folks are following the orders. that's the reason we're here. if you live in zone a, if you live in a mobile home or substandard housing, low-lying
breaking news in the search for the ship lost during hurricane joaquin. they are saying some 3 miles below the surface near the baham bahamas. this comes as the ship's owner has filed a lawsuit to block legal action from the families of the missing ship's crew. it did everything in its power to ensure the ship is safe and should bare no financial liability. so martin savidge has been working this for us and joins us from atlanta. first of all, how did they find this. >> they had a rough idea of where this vessel might be given this position it was lost on october 1st. there were 33 people on board. so they have a good idea of where to look. over the weekend they did spot something on the bottom and it seemed to match the dimensions of the vessel. nearly 800 people.
tropical storm before that. it changed quickly. but they had three hours leeway to know exactly what was going to happen, and the storm even continued to strengthen after they departed jacksonville, florida. that's what is a concern over this region. we'll show you the gps of the vessel and also what happened. at 5:00 in the morning on tuesday, they departed on the coast of florida. look at the forecast that was expected to be a tropical storm. expected to stay north of the baham bahamas. three hours after they depart, the forecast is now bumped up to a category 2, and then it remains for a couple of days and they had departed. we put the gps and the satellite with the storm system. wednesday afternoon, they are about 100 miles away from the center of the storm and approaching a category 1 hurricane. they have time to turn back.
the d.a. considers him ruthless. kingry is also an american, he allegedly confessed to the atf he ran a factory in mexico making drugs and explosiontives for the cartel. also sanchez, former leader of the gulf cartel. yesterday was a big day for law enforcement because they've been trying to get these guys in u.s. to face justice for some time. >> we saw what happened when el chapo was not extradited, he escaped. evan perez, thank you. good morning, i'm poppy harlow. i'm in for carol costello. we start with hurricane joaquin strengthening into a category 3 storm, bearing down on the baham bahamas.
they take the storm on the path west northwest. they take it to hurricane strength saturday early this the morning north of dominican republic. it could be to the north. don't focus on that red line. it could be in cuba through the baham bahamas, 80 miles per hour hurricane. it could be heading toward florida. computer models show it curving from florida and further south. all eyes sunday, monday, tuesday. this is our first must-watch storm. >> you made it sound ominous, this cone of uncertainty. never heard that before. >> we've been using that for years. that's the forecast margin. that's what we need to watch. >> thanks for keeping us up to date phil. all right. leading the news in "san