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In on these areas too. that's right in this area here. this is where the potential, at least the rotation were a possible tornado. that was in the dark. and you can't tell and you can't confirm any of this stuff until the morning. here is the loop of the radar to show you that eye. it doesn't look like it's going very west, does it? >> look at the intensity, though of those purples. >> right. it actually -- those darker shades, the reflectivity here, the extreme heavy rainfall is actually wasn't even -- it's actually gotten stronger, that little northern portion there. >> again, that's because...

>> with regard to storm surge, you know, we only had our zone 8 that evacuated and that's under 10 -- there is 9 feet in terms of the storm surge above sea level. so that's our downtown. that's our barrier island. they were evacuated as of late last night, early this morning. once the winds die down and it's below 45 miles per hour sustained, then our first responders and law enforcement will be authorized to come back out and assess any damage. i do know as of a few hours ago we had at least two homes in the county that suffered downed trees, that caused damage to homes. we are aware of power...

The northern half, there is two more lightning strikes with that convection in the northern half of this. irma doesn't want to die quickly. it's on a slow journey, painful journey. and millions of more are going to lose power up there as we go up the coast. and we'll continue to monitor that. >> now understand that. thank you. i had not understood that. >> it's very similar to other storms. if you go back and if you want to google it, you can look at the radar loop of katrina when it came on shore. we lost the back half of that storm too. it's not uncommon radar signature for a land-falling st...

Joining me now, andy card, he served as white house chief of staff under george w. bush. thank you for joining us. >> good to be here, thank you. >> when you read about that kind of dysfunction, isn't it the chief of staff's job to prevent that? doesn't it mean that reince priebus is not good at his job? >> it means that the president sets the tone at the white house. the chief of staff has a job to do but can't do what the president doesn't empower him to do. i happen to feel that the staff of the president should not be common in its thinking. there should be lots of different views there. s...

T -- that the staff of the president should have different views. it's the chief of staff's job to make sure the friction doesn't stop the president from making top decisions. but u d't want a white house that is monolithic in its thinking. that would certainly not be a good thing to happen and that has been with every president that i'm familiar with. tension between staff members, and sometimes it's very good and sometimes not so good. but it's always present. but it's kind of a reality and a necessary reality so you don't fall into that monolithic one-mind at the white house thinking. >> bu...