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Residents have rushing to board up homes and evacuate. We dont know exactly where its going to be landing. Where landfall will be. We think we are as well prepared as you can possibly be. I cannot stress this enough, get prepared now. Know your evacuation zone, listen to your local officials. This storm has potential to catastrophically and you have to take seriously. This is a catastrophic storm that our state has never seen. Maria very latest on the storms path and expected expectations rather for landfall, thats coming up this beaked. In washington lawmakers moving forward on relief plan. Senate approving the deal that he made with democrats this week and open to reaching across the aisle again. Market this is morning under selling pressure. Take a look at futures indicating decline of 65 points on Dow Jones Industrial average, the s p 500 and the nasdaq also negative this morning. In europe take a look at major averages, ....
The last flight leaves tonight at 9 30 from Miami International airport. What has the mood been like there in miami . Reporter i think its become more and more desperate over the last couple of days. Ive been here since wednesday. Its now friday. People are recognizing the severity of the storm and theyre taking it very, very seriously. I asked 1 guy how he felt earlier today. He told me here everybody is very anxious. They certainly want to put this storm behind them and the waiting game is not fun for anyone at this point. As we can imagine. Kenneth craig live for us in miami. Stay safe out there, thanks. Lets get the latest on irmas position from chief meteorologist paul deanno who has been tracking this storm. People talk about hurricane andrew in 1992, that one kind of popped up and strengthened its of nowhere, so there wasnt that many, many days of being anxious. Weve watched this out of nowhere, so there wasnt that man ....
Did you see anybody earlier in the evening telling you were not leafing, were going to ride it out . Going leaving, were going to ride it out . Going against what theyre telling folks . Reporter yes, a lot of people sort of taking their last walks, the calm before the storm. Thats what it was. And a lot of people telling me look, we decided not to evacuate. Well ride this out in our homes. We feel were safe and its sturdy. A number of them were here for hurricane andrew 25 years ago, and they feel if they can survive that they can survive anything, including hurricane irma, but thats not advised. Yeah, gambling tonight with their lives unfortunately. All right, Kenneth Craig live in miami tonight, thank you. And here paul deanno with the latest on irmas path. Its tracking all the way from haiti on one side to homestead, florida on the other side. Nearly 600 miles in size. Heres the storm, now back up to category 5 strength despite ....
Floridians are heeding call to get out. Cameras captured the desperate moment people tried to get out of town. The bottom line officials say, get out right now. It is 5 00 a. M. , saturday morning, lets get you to meteorologist chris sowers with the overnight update on irma, chris this is a massive storm. A massive storm its back up to a category 5. The 5 00 a. M. Update is not in, these are the 2 00 a. M. Numbers, 165 Miles Per Hour gusts shy of 180. North of cuba, havana is right there. Heres the florida straits and the florida keys. Its moving west at 12 Miles Per Hour. Were seeing the feeder bands wrapping around the center working their way in towards southern florida. Heres a closeup shot on Storm Tracker 6 live. We set it in motion for you, heres the florida straits and the florida keys, marathon is right here. Her ....