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3,000 people. the president says he's already hearing good things about preparation for this storm. >> tremendous people working on the hurricane. first responders, law enforcement. and fema and they're all ready. we're getting tremendous accolades from politicians and the people. we are ready. this is going to be one of the biggest to hit the country. >> as part of the federal government response to florence the centers for disease control opened emergency operations center in atlanta. >> part of the private preparation for florence there's ab online mapping program that connects civilian res...

Official posted pictures of what looked like thousands of pal lets parked on an abandoned runway. in an airport about 45 minutes south of san juan. we went looking and it wasn't hard to find. you can see why. it's a runway full of bottled water. and it seems to be also an exercise in blame. fema put out a statement saying it's our job to get the resources to the island. this is a distribution issue. pushing responsibility off on the local government. meanwhile the puerto rico government put out a statement saying delivered 20,000 palettes of water. between 30 and 40 million bottles of the wear...

Concerns of course the wind threat is an issue. and the record setting rainfall for the area. it is really a triple threat here. when we talk about this area flooding quite frequently into carolina beach. the area not much above sea level. so it doesn't take much for storm surge and flooding to cause serious concern. >> thanks very much. stay safe. trump is echoing the dire warnings about florence. that was after touting what he called incredible success responding to hurricane maria last year in puerto rico. where the death toll is 3,000. the president says he's already hearing good things ab...