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Evacuated statewide along with 88 nursing homes and because the bands of the storm are intermittent in the area has not been hit too hard just yet, people were actually coming out to the water to take in the sites. a few folks we saw surfing just before sundown. that said, the houses here are boarded up. shops have been close, many of them for days, and everyone keeping an eye on the track of the storm and waiting, ready and prepared to move to higher ground shut that time come. in the meantime, we are just taking in the sites here and it is really jaw-dropping to see just how quickly conditio...

He used on saturday. shannon brady >> shannon: alicia acuna, thank you. tonight, the president's coordinate emergency declarations, staying plugged in with officials across the southeast as dorian approaches. we're also getting where that the white house is working with the justice department on a new death penalty bill. if correspondent kristin fisher tracking the latest headlines from the trump administration, good evening. >> shannon, the white house wants to expedite the death penalty for people who are found guilty of committing these kinds of mass shootings. and today, the vice president...

>> well, for the last several days as you can see in the room behind me, i've had over a hundred of my colleagues working around the clock. and not just fem from employees, from the whole of federal government. nonprofit organizations such as the american red cross, the salvation army. we are here posturing and preparing for whatever the states may request of us. the local officials and states they are the first responders to this event. but as they identify any gaps that there could be as we talk about storm surge and impacts and the need to support shelters throughout these communities, we h...

Opened this morning. yesterday there were incredibly long lines at gas stations where a lot of stations ran out of fuel as we saw when we got here last night with the yel low bags over the pumps. then of course they were lining up for water as well at costco where there were hundreds of people lined up out the door to get the cases of water and also to get the other supplies and food and that sort of thing. you mentioned the governor declared an emergency situation here in all 67 counties now with emergency declarations. getting their evacuation plans potentially in place. here's more from gov...

We know it's only 60 miles that have been refinished at this point. he has issued emergency declarations that are subject to court challenges. he has talked -- obviously talked about moving around money designated for other important government functions to build this wall. and let's not forget that we are heading into september where there will be a major government funding fight probably over that wall. if you recall the shutdown we went through earlier this year over the border wall. at this point we should not be ruling out another one. >> your thoughts? >> by any means necessary he wants ...