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We'll have much more on that in a moment. we are live in san juan where maria made the direct hit today. also in the dominican republic where the storm impact is just starting to be felt. i want to begin with tom though "outfront" in the weather center. tom, obviously, hits puerto rico at a category 4. slows down over land, now continuing to gain strength. and people on the east coast now need to be i ware. >> we do. all of the above. we missed a category a landfall by just two miles an hour. this was the strongest since 1928. what we have now is a category 2. the mountains of puerto rico, nic...

Northern eye wall, and this wind is not andrew. andrew was a category a -- this is a low end four, high end three. we expect a lot of wind damage, but houses will not be wiped from their damage like with andrew. the storm surge after the eye will kill the most people and destroy the most property. >> bill, can i ask you if i'm following you correctly, the eye wall will come over us and we will be in the eye or is it still off shore? >> the eye is off shore. it will be extremely close, kerry. if you get into the eye, or if you sit in the northern eye, and then have to travel through the entire ...

Westward schiff in the models, worst-case sncenario for the keys. further west, the strongest part of the eye could impact the keys. we saw the gas stations earlier, final gas track that came along, everybody lined up filling up with gas so they had enough gas to evacuate i-95. smart decision. with a category 4, category a storm here, the immense size of it as well. so much larger than hurricane andrew, another devastating hurricane obviously. people know it very well around here. the impacts of this are going to be like nothing we've ever seen here been in our lifetime. >> mike, to you now. w...

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bridge collapses. sending a tourist bus plunging into the forest below and the death toll could get higher. clock is ticking and tensions are soaring and if you want an idea how things heat are over the debt crisis, listen to this. president obama storms out of yesterday's meeting vowing he will veto any extension of the debt ceiling that is only short term. reports say he said to aeric cantor, quote, many could bring down my presidency. the august 2nd deadline is looming and pessimism is growing. a major rating agency says it will review the nation' sterling bond rating for a po...