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Prayer. the situation is getting more dangerous all over the state of florida. joining me now on the phone from orlando is the red cross. obviously we're just a couple of hours away from when irma is expected to hit the keys. much of florida, certainly the west coast, is going to feel its wrath throughout the day today. what are your priorities right now? >> really our priorities were to make sure that these evacuation centers were up and ready to receive people. the red cross has mobilized thousands of trained red cross disaster workers. i've seen that firsthand from here in the orlando sta...

Across a much wider area, some 300 miles away they felt this earthquake this morning just after noon local time. there is a tower in kathmandu, a historic tower, which collapsed completely a tourist site. people have been able to visit it for some ten years and observation deck on the eighth floor and they're digging for survivors there, some 200 are believed to be trapped now in that rubble and, of course others throughout the city are trapped in collapsed buildings, alex. it is a humanitarian disaster. hospitals are overwhelmed and the government is overwhelmed as well. india is the first no...

Where he needs to do them. yeah, we have some hope in some of those key battleground states. >> it's interesting you see it more in the non-battleground than in the battleground states. >> you do. in the end the battlegrounds will begin to conform to the national. that's generally what we've seen in races, and it looks like that may happen this time. >> clarence, shameless plugs, i start with you. >> i have to plug "argo." it helped me to appreciate the tough decisions that had to be made at a place like benghazi and that kind of crisis. i plug it awaaway. >> fair enough. dee dee, go. >> i'm t...

Government ready if the storm moves toward the oil slick? this morning, admiral thad allen, the national incident coordinator said there is no, quote, playbook. later he had this to say. >> we have a very robust con contingency plan. >> so, is there a plan or not? that's the question. ahead, my interview with florida senator bill nelson, who is demanding an answer. his state could get hit by this weather system. first, tom foreman joins us. what is the latest on where this might be headed? >> randi, like you said, we're not really sure what the plan may be. this is what disaster workers are mo...

Government ready if the storm moves toward the oil slick? this morning, admiral thad allen, the national incident coordinator said there is no, quote, playbook. later he had this to say. >> we have a very robust con continuingency plan. >> so, is there a plan or not? that's the question. ahead, my interview with florida senator bill nelson, who is demanding an answer. his state could get hit by this weather system. first, tom foreman joins us. what is the latest on where this might be headed? >> randi, like you said, we're not really sure what the plan may be. this is what disaster workers are...